List of number-one digital singles of 2010 (Japan)
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This is a list of songs that reached #1 on the RIAJ Digital Track Chart
chart in Japan in 2010
. The highest-selling digital singles in Japan are published by Recording Industry Association of Japan
. PC downloads and ringtone downloads are not eligible for the chart, only cellphone downloads (Chaku-uta Full) count for the chart.
The chart week runs from Wednesday to Tuesday. The final week of 2009, starting December 29, was merged with the following week (12/30-1/5) due to New Year's celebrations (in a similar manner to Oricon
).
RIAJ Digital Track Chart
The is chart ranks the best selling digital singles in Japan, provided by the Recording Industry Association of Japan since April 2009. The chart measures cellphone downloads ....
chart in Japan in 2010
2010 in Japanese music
The following is a list of notable events and releases that occurred in 2010 in Japanese music.-January:* January 10 – RIAJ certifies pop/dance group Exile's album Aisubeki Mirai e as a million selling album...
. The highest-selling digital singles in Japan are published by Recording Industry Association of Japan
Recording Industry Association of Japan
The Recording Industry Association of Japan is an industry trade group composed of Japanese corporations involved the music industry...
. PC downloads and ringtone downloads are not eligible for the chart, only cellphone downloads (Chaku-uta Full) count for the chart.
The chart week runs from Wednesday to Tuesday. The final week of 2009, starting December 29, was merged with the following week (12/30-1/5) due to New Year's celebrations (in a similar manner to Oricon
Oricon
, established in 1999, is the holding company at the head of a Japanese corporate group that supplies statistics and information on music and the music industry in Japan. It started as , which was founded by Sōkō Koike in November 1967 and became known for its music charts. Oricon Inc...
).
Chart history
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| January 5 | "Hatsukoi Hatsukoi (Masaharu Fukuyama song) is the twenty-fifth single by Japanese artist Masaharu Fukuyama. It was released on 16 December 2009. has a tied in with Toshiba Regza Fall/Winter CM. "On and On 09'" is the re-worked version of "On and On," which was performed in Mischishirube 20th Anniversary Tour. is an instrumental piece used... " |
Masaharu Fukuyama Masaharu Fukuyama is a Japanese singer-songwriter, guitarist, record producer, actor, radio personality, and photographer from Nagasaki, Nagasaki Prefecture. He is the best-selling male solo artist in Japan. He is a member of entertainment company Amuse, Inc. and is known for his low, deep voice. Among fans, he is... |
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| January 12 | "Butterfly Butterfly (Kaela Kimura song) "Butterfly" is a wedding song by Japanese musician Kaela Kimura, released as a digital single on June 1, 2009, roughly a month before her fifth album, Hocus Pocus. It was extremely successful, reaching downloads of over 2,000,000 just over six months after its release. It is Kimura's most... " |
Kaela Kimura Kaela Kimura , born , is a Japanese pop rock singer, songwriter, model, and TV presenter.- Career :Born in Adachi, Tokyo, Japan to a British father and Japanese mother, Kaela started working as a model in 2002 for the Japanese magazine Seventeen... |
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| January 19 | "Always Always (Mika Nakashima song) -Charts:-Chart procession and succession:... " |
Mika Nakashima Mika Nakashima is a Japanese singer, model, and actress. She has achieved five number-one albums in Japan and also embarked on an acting career, most notably in the live-action movie Nana, based on the manga of the same name.- Early life and debut :... |
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| February 2 | "Butterfly" | Kaela Kimura | |
| February 9 | "Forever Love" | Shota Shimizu Shota Shimizu is a Japanese musician and singer-songwriter from Yao, Osaka Prefecture, Japan, who made his debut in 2008. On June 1, 2008, Shimizu performed at Central Park during the annual Japan Day Festival. Shota Shimizu went to a local Christian school in Osaka where he learned how to sing gospel music. He... x Miliyah Kato |
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| February 23 | "Best Friend Best Friend (Kana Nishino song) -Oricon Charts :... " |
Kana Nishino Kana Nishino is a J-Pop singer and lyricist signed with SME Records' Newcome Inc. She debuted on February 20, 2008, with the single "I". CNN said that she was the favorite singer of teenage girls in Shibuya, Tokyo.- Life and career :... |
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| March 16 | "Lion" | Yusuke Yusuke Kamiji is a Japanese actor, singer, and tarento. In the music world, he is known mononymously as .- Biography :Kamiji graduated from Yokohama Senior High School. He belonged to the baseball club while in school, and played catcher. He and Daisuke Matsuzaka played together for one year, and when Matsuzaka... |
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| March 23 | "Sakura" | Ketsumeishi Ketsumeishi is a four-member Japanese pop and hip hop group that incorporates singing and rapping into their music. They have had several major hits in Japan, including "Sakura", which reached number two on the Oricon yearly chart for 2005 and was featured in the Japanese game Taiko no Tatsujin... |
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| March 30 | "Bye Bye Bye Bye (Miliyah Kato song) - Promotion and tie-ups:The title track was the opening theme song for late night music television show CDTV during April and May 2010.- Track listing :- Charts and sales :-Chart procession and succession:... " |
Miliyah Kato | |
| April 6 | "Mata Kimi ni Koi Shiteru" | Fuyumi Sakamoto Fuyumi Sakamoto is a Japanese female enka singer under EMI Music Japan.-Career:On March 4, 1987, Sakamoto debuted as a recording singer with the single "Abare Daiko". In 1988, she took part in the 39th NHK Kōhaku Uta Gassen for the first time... |
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| April 20 | "Daijōbu" | Hilcrhyme Hilcrhyme is a Japanese two member hip-hop group. They are best known for their 2009 hit song "Shunkashūtō," which has been certified for 1,000,000 cellphone digital downloads and 1,000,000 ringtone downloads separately... |
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| May 4 | "Tsubomi feat. Kusuo" | lecca Lecca is a Japanese reggae singer-songwriter.Her major debut was in 2006 with the mini-album Dreamer, with Avex' sub-label Cutting Edge.- Singles :* For you * My measure * Tsubomi / Snow Crystals, feat... |
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| May 11 | "Daijōbu" | Hilcrhyme | |
| May 18 | "Aitakute Aitakute Aitakute Aitakute is a song by Japanese pop singer Kana Nishino. It was released as her 10th single on May 19, 2010. The song is produced by Giorgio Cancemi, writer of many of Nishino's hit songs . The B-side "Love Is Blind" is produced by contemporary R&B producer Hiro... " |
Kana Nishino | |
| May 25 | |||
| June 1 | "Loose Leaf Loose leaf The term loose leaf is used in the United States, Canada, and some other countries to describe a piece of notebook paper which is not actually fixed in a spiral notebook... " |
Hilcrhyme | |
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| June 15 | "Ring a Ding Dong Ring a Ding Dong "Ring a Ding Dong" is Japanese musician Kaela Kimura's 16th physical single, released on June 9, 2010. The song was used in a wide-scale commercial campaign for NTT DoCoMo, which featured Kimura in the commercials.-Background:... " |
Kaela Kimura | |
| June 22 | "Love Rain (Koi no Ame)" | Toshinobu Kubota | |
| June 29 | "Hello, Again (Mukashi Kara Aru Basho)" | Juju Juju (singer) is a Japanese jazz singer. She is represented by Sony Music Associated Records Inc.-Biography:She currently resides in New York City. She dreamed of being a jazz singer while growing up in Kyoto, and participated in all sorts of music-related activities. At age 18, she left for the US alone... |
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| July 6 | "Sunshine Girl Sunshine Girl (song) "Sunshine Girl" is Japanese band Moumoon's 8th single, released on May 12, 2010. It achieved success after a high profile commercial campaign for Shiseido's Anessa range of sunblock cosmetics... " |
Moumoon Moumoon Moumoon is a Japanese pop duo consisting of two members, vocalist and lyricist Yuka and composer Kōsuke Masaki. Formed in 2005, the duo signed with Gate Records in 2006, and released their debut single "Flowers/Pride", and mini-album Flowers that September... |
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| July 13 | "Lollipop Gossip Candy "Gossip Candy" is the forty-seventh single by J-Pop singer Kumi Koda, released on July 7, 2010. Like her previous singles "4 Hot Wave," "Freaky," and "Moon," this single includes four songs. One song has two versions on the single. This is the first single by Kumi Koda since her last studio album,... " |
Kumi Koda Kumi Koda , better known by her stage name , is a Japanese singer and songwriter from Kyoto, known for her urban and R&B songs. Having debuted in 2000 with the single "Take Back", Koda gained fame for her seventh single, "Real Emotion/1000 no Kotoba", the songs of which were used as themes for the video game... |
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| July 20 | "Moon Moon/Blossom - Oricon Sales Chart :-Chart procession and succession:- External links :* - Moon Full PV on trilulilu website.* - Blossom on trilulilu website.* - Blossom Full PV on trilulilu website.... " |
Ayumi Hamasaki Ayumi Hamasaki is a Japanese singer-songwriter, record producer, model, lyricist, and actress. Also called "Ayu" by her fans, Hamasaki has been dubbed the "Empress of Pop" because of her popularity and widespread influence in Japan and throughout Asia. Born and raised in Fukuoka, she moved to Tokyo at fourteen to... |
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| July 27 | "Ofutari Summer" | Ketsumeishi | |
| August 3 | "If If (Kana Nishino song) "If" is a song by Japanese pop singer Kana Nishino. It was released as her 11th single on August 4, 2010. The song was given the working name "I Swear" before its release... " |
Kana Nishino | |
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| August 24 | "Heavy Rotation Heavy Rotation (song) -Heavy Rotation:*Team A: Haruna Kojima, Atsuko Maeda, Haruka Nakagawa, Rino Sashihara, Mariko Shinoda, Minami Takahashi, Aki Takajo*Team K: Sayaka Akimoto, Tomomi Itano, Minami Minegishi, Sae Miyazawa, Erena Ono , Yuko Oshima,... " |
AKB48 | |
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| September 7 | "if" | Kana Nishino | |
| September 14 | "Motto Tsuyoku" | Exile | |
| September 21 | "Suki de, Suki de, Suki de." | Kumi Koda | |
| September 28 | "Motto Tsuyoku" | Exile | |
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| October 12 | "I Wish for You" | ||
| October 19 | "One Day" | The Rootless | |
| October 26 | "Gee Gee (Girls' Generation song) "Gee" is a song by K-pop girl group Girls' Generation. It was released on online music sites on January 5, 2009, with the physical release of the EP on January 7... " |
Girls' Generation Girls' Generation Girls' Generation is a nine-member South Korean electropop girl group formed by S.M. Entertainment in 2007. The nine members are: Taeyeon , Jessica, Sunny, Tiffany, Hyoyeon, Yuri, Sooyoung, Yoona and Seohyun... |
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| November 2 | "Kimi tte Kimi tte is a song by Japanese pop singer Kana Nishino. It was released as her 12th single on November 3, 2010. The song was marketed as a "heart-warming tender" mid-tempo ballad in the initial press release, also describing the lyrics as being about "scaling up passion to love."-Promotion:The song was used... " |
Kana Nishino | |
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| November 16 | |||
| November 23 | "Kono Yoru o Tomete yo Kono Yoru o Tomete yo is a song by Japanese pop, R&B and jazz musician Juju. It was used as the theme song of the Miho Kanno and Hiroshi Tamaki starring drama Guilty: Akuma to Keiyaku Shita Onna, and was released on November 17, 2010.... " |
Juju | |
| November 30 | "Ryūsei Ryusei -Biography:The Ryusei is a Go competition used by the Japanese Nihon-Kiin. It was started in 1991 and is a fast go tournament. The tournament consists of four sections. The winner from each section, along with the player who won the most games in each section play in a single knockout tournament.... " |
Kobukuro Kobukuro is a Japanese band, which formed in 1998 and made its major label debut in 2001. The name is a portmanteau of the two family names, Kentarō Kobuchi and Shunsuke Kuroda.- Members :... |
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| December 7 | "Kono Yoru o Tomete yo" | Juju | |
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| December 21 | "Can't Wait 'Til Christmas Can't Wait 'Til Christmas "Can't Wait 'Til Christmas" is a song by Japanese singer-songwriter Hikaru Utada. It was released on Utada's second Japanese compilation album, Utada Hikaru Single Collection Vol. 2, on November 24, 2010.- Composition and inspiration :... " |
Hikaru Utada |
See also
- List of number one Reco-kyō Chart singles 2006–2009
- List of number-one digital singles of 2009 (Japan)
- List of number-one digital singles of 2011 (Japan)