Japan’s CD sales drop
With the fast pace of the internet and file sharing, Japan’s CD album sales have plummeted. SIP, a market research company conducted a research for CD sales for the first half of the fiscal year. The accumulated costs of CD singles and albums for 2010 are 120.6B yen. This is a 7.4% drop from around the same time in 2009. While CD singles revenue increased by 1%, album sales dropped 10%.
For top selling artist revenue, Tohoshinki ranked number one selling approximately ¥2.3 Billion, with Arashi in second place with ¥2.2 Billion, and FUNKY MONKEY BABYS with ¥1.8 Billion.
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Source: [Nikkei Economic News] + [baiduTVXQ]
Translation credits: ssunsett@tohosomnia.net
Shared by: tohosomnia.net
What does this (half) prove? That file sharing is causing artists to lose money. While there are many fans out there that buy the physical CD’s, there are more people who would rather just download.
WHEE!!! THSK is the best that’s why I love them!! They got the 1st place without promoting. No doubt they can outsell ARASHI even though Arashi is like DBSK in JAPAN, TOHOSHINKI can still grab the 1st place…THAT’s the power of thsk and bigeast and cassies:)
i like dbsk but… it should not be said that it’s amazing that the group did not do any promotions and still had good sales because their hiatus and disbandment IS more than enough promotions for them. even people who don’t follow them or not really fans KNOW all about it. *shrugs*
@ItsMyFinger from my point of view, avex should directly give yunho and changmin their share from thsk sales… the same amount each of jyj are getting.
thsk outselling arashi?! arashi in one day sold half the amount of albums thsk sold for 5 months.
arashi album: released august 4, 2010 – total sales for ONE DAY ~275,081*
thsk compilation album: released february 2010 – total sales SO FAR ~553,158* (february to june)
@ac220989 thsk’s hiatus and disbandment is more than enough promotions for them.
In my opinion, artists get way too much money, anyways. XDD So it’s really not that big of a deal. (And it’s hilarious how Tohoshinki, a Korean group, can outsell Arashi, LOL).
*shock……
but tohoshinki is no. 1
go~go~go~
Yay for TVXQ!
Anyway, Japan’s CD sales drop due to the decrease # of fans overseas too, I think…’cause the lack of promotions of their music…they just promote animes overseas at those conventions.
Tohoshinki is number 1, without promotions…
They’re in hiatus and still number 1!!!
I hope the best…and they need to comeback soon!!!
WOOOO felicitaciones TVXQ!!
congratz congratz congratz!!
they didn´t make any promotional activities …
this is just WOW!!
wow Tohoshinki is making the dream come true by doing so well with their last album!!! so proud of them and as for arashi “what else is new” their new album just got leaked and its a 2disk album with some pretty good stuff making it obviously bound for the top spot on oricon and who knows top 10 best selling album of the year in japan? and as for their singles forget about it!!!! they destroy sales with their singles, so far these past 2 years have been the the “year of the arashi”
Awesome. Tohoshinki all the way! It’s too bad about the their hiatus though, they’re #1 one place will definitely be taken by Arashi with their next release…I want DBSK to always be #1 but unfortunately that’s the truth. SM seriously needs to hurry the hell up and realize that SHINee, SUJU, SNSD and f(x) can’t cover the amount of money they’ll loose if they let DBSK and if they do, it’s gonna take a whiilleee.
CD sales are indeed dropping… I was just checking out the oricon charts recently and the big name artists have really not been selling that much compared to before.
The top ten on weak weeks (lol, no pun intended) sometimes sell from a range of 5-30,000 copies.
Overall CD sales are down, so these days its impressive even to sell 40,000 copies within the first week lol.
it’s still many money
wow CD sales world wide have dropped because of the power of internet. Most entertainers turn to online digital downloading such as amazon.com and itunes…most profits are coming from those these days, but i agree a lot of people just download the songs online for free after they’ve been leaked…
Sm must be pissed hahaha
tohoshinki fighting
bet avex lost buch of cash right now, and i mean LOTS
for this 4rum ben asked if Koreans do not
good job Tohoshinki and arashi!!!
both are well respected groups!
i must say also that both do have solid fanbases :)
@snsdsuju – as far as I’m aware, both Yunho and Changmin are still under Avex, though not carrying on any activities. But even if their contracts have expired, SM should give them the honestly earned part of the profit from the sells of Tohoshinki records after SM receive their share from Avex. Otherwise it will just stink if they don’t get anything >_<
@aimisnsd
thsk ranking higher than arashi based on this can lead to misconceptions of outselling/etc so it’s cool that you shared information regarding releases and sales figures.
really anticipating when arashi releases their album this week… because so far, arashi ranks 1&2 in best-selling singles for first half of 2010 as well as best-selling dvd for first half of 2010.
@tohoshinki
hopefully yunho & changmin would get their share of that ¥2.3 billion… they’re still thsk even though they left avex.
and people are wondering why max matsuura was so pissed at SM lol
¥2.3 Billion, that’s why.
Half year Oricon single sales 2010
http://contents.oricon.co.jp/music/special/2010/musicrank0624/index02.html
1. Arashi – Troublemaker = 688,194
2. Arashi – Monster = 654,287
3. AKB48 – Ponytail to Shou Shou = 577,016
4. KAT-TUN – Love Yourself ~Kimi ga Kirai na Kimi ga Suki~ = 439,736
5. AKB48 – Sakura no Shiori = 381,210
6. Tohoshinki – BREAK OUT! = 289,412
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Half year Oricon album sales 2010
http://contents.oricon.co.jp/music/special/2010/musicrank0624/index04.html
1. Namie Amuro – PAST<FUTURE = 566,343
2. FUNKY MONKEY BABYS – FUNKY MONKEY BABYS BEST = 548,061
3. Tohoshinki – BEST SELECTION 2010 = 547,180
@snsdsuju
i don’t dispute the fact that thsk had the highest revenue this first half 0f 2010… just that the reasons that thsk sold more is because thsk had more releases; 2 singles and 4 compilation albums – and albums cost more than singles do.
based on singles alone, arashi’s sales figures for ONE single is much more than thsk’s sales figures for TWO singles. although ranking IS news; number of releases, form of releases (single or album), and actual sales figures for each releases SHOULD be considered before making any grand conclusions [i.e. thsk outselling arashi?!].
that said, hopefully thsk, the five of them, will release a single or an album comprised of new material… because avex, your releasing of thsk’s compilations and collections is NOT a reassurance to me regarding thsk’s status as a group.
@aimisnsd – oh well, let it be like that, we can only assume and speculate due to the lack of information :)
As long as favourite singers release new stuff and their fans support them by buying the products,that’s all that matters in the end.
@aimisnsd thank you for sharing these facts and your opinions.
arashi = 2 releases; 2 singles
thsk = 6 releases; 2 singles; 4 compilation albums
albums cost more than singles
thus, it’s possible for thsk to have higher revenues for the first half of 2010. but when arashi releases their album this week, things would definitely change in their favor because they usually sell units in the ~500,000s.
@ItsMyFinger
arashi releases cd & cd+dvd type singles, and not really sure if sales of the cd+dvd versions are counted for that single but if it is… based on my understanding, this ranking includes only arashi’s 2 singles vs thsk’s 2 singles & 4 compilation albums. arashi’s sales for the 2 singles is higher than thsk’s 2 singles & the first compilation album, however the first day sales and pre-order sales of thsk’s 3 compilation albums released on june 30 was also included in the first half of 2010 and that could have made up the difference. also, the sales here are just rough estimates based on oricon… there could be addition of recent sales.
@AnNguyen – I can tell now there are people who disagree with this article, or at least with calling Tohoshinki as @1 artist in terms of cd sales, but I appreciate the fact that they prefer to thumb down the comments instead of posting negative messages.
I also agree that article’s writer should have included more information on how exactly the top 3 were determined, to make it more accurate and prevent upset fans
I wonder now how the numbers were counted (out of curiousity, not to stir up some shit!)
Two singles of Arashi sold 2-2.5 times more than two singles of Tohoshinki, and they cost more.
Arashi dvd cost more than TVXQ and sold 4 times more than The One.
The Best Collection sold many, but it cost even less than Arashi’s singles, at least on Amazon, don’t know how much it cost in music stores.
The A/B sides collections were released on the very last day of June. I wonder if those were counted for the first half of 2010, because even if they were, Arashi should have come on top anyway in terms of money making from their CDs :/ I’m not good at math though, I admit it.
I can’t download songs. I have this whole guilty feeling. The artists work hard to create the songs and I just go and download. Though it is pretty expensive to buy cd’s, I’d rather buy than download lol.
@aimisnsd I only wrote it because I could sense that some fan wars might get started :) And because of the articles about j-pop and k-pop selling sex, so I was afraid that the discussion would continue in here :)
I think it’s great that you provide these facts for the fans ^^
@AnNguyen
my only point is this: ranking IS news; it’s just that we should consider number of releases, form of releases (single or album), and actual sales figures for releases before making any grand conclusions.
[edited to add sales for thsk's dvd]
arashi: 2.2 billion yen
S 2010.03 troublemaker ~692,501*
S 2010.05 monster ~685,847*
DVD 2010.04 arashi aniversary tour 5×10 ~659,539*
tohoshinki: 2.3 billion yen
S 2010.01 break out! ~289,412*
S 2010.03 toki wo tomete ~227,349*
CA 2010.02 best selection 2010 ~553,158*
CA 2010.06 complete a-side collection
CA 2010.06 complete b-side collection
CA 2010.06 complete a-side + b-side collection
DVD 2010.03 thsk video clip collection -the one- ~167,220
S = single
CA = compilation albums
DVD = dvd releases (not sure if this is included but since it’s pointed out, added for both)
I remember first week sale of” THSK Video Clip Collection -The One-” was about 100.000 and they made a record as a foreign artist for this
ah, indeed, I didn’t notice it was for cds only, my bad.
Still it makes me happy as a fan to see Tohoshinki competing as equals with Japan’s most loved and popular boyband.
I hope this isn’t turning into a fanwar between cassiopeias and arashians or a j-pop vs. k-pop^^ They have both done a great job :)
I was really happy when I heard that DBSK accomplished a lot in the Japanese music industry because I thought that k-pop fans and j-pop fans would be able to get along better with the korean crossovers but apparently there are more fanwars going on ^^”
If the Japanese people don’t have a problem with Korean artists promoting in their country why should we? :)
Ah .. I see now
Namie Amuro got the best album sales this half year but didn’t release any single.
FUNKY MONKEY BABYS album is #2 but the single didn’t sold that much
Arashi haven’t release an album at this half year
@ItsMyFinger
the title stated cd so i didn’t include the dvd releases. but it’s include in this post. ranking for the first half is news; it’s just that we should consider number of releases, form of releases (single or album), and actual sales figures for releases before making any grand conclusions.
arashi
2010.04 arashi aniversary tour 5×10 ~659,539*
tohoshinki
2010.03 thsk video clip collection -the one- ~(can’t find any values)*
@aimisnsd – that’s all true, but still such news are sweeter than honey for TVXQ fans, especially in current situation ;)
And Arashi also released a dvd this April, Anniversary Tour 5×10, which went Double Platinum already. You forgot to mention that.
I kindda doubted this news, and I’m not sure about half of fiscal year
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Half year Oricon single sales 2010
http://contents.oricon.co.jp/music/special/2010/musicrank0624/index02.html
1. Arashi – Troublemaker = 688,194
2. Arashi – Monster = 654,287
3. AKB48 – Ponytail to Shou Shou = 577,016
4. KAT-TUN – Love Yourself ~Kimi ga Kirai na Kimi ga Suki~ = 439,736
5. AKB48 – Sakura no Shiori = 381,210
6. Tohoshinki – BREAK OUT! = 289,412
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Half year Oricon album sales 2010
http://contents.oricon.co.jp/music/special/2010/musicrank0624/index04.html
1. Namie Amuro – PAST<FUTURE = 566,343
2. FUNKY MONKEY BABYS – FUNKY MONKEY BABYS BEST = 548,061
3. Tohoshinki – BEST SELECTION 2010 = 547,180
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For other reference:
Yearly single sales 2009
http://wiki.jpopstop.com/wiki/2009_Oricon_Top_200_Singles
1. ARASHI – Believe / Kumori Nochi = 656,676
2. ARASHI – Ashita no Kioku / Crazy Moon ~Kimi wa Muteki~ = 620,557
3. ARASHI – My Girl = 513,186
4. Akimoto Junko – Ai no Mama de = 489,138
5. ARASHI – Everything = 423,004
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Yearly album sales 2009
http://wiki.jpopstop.com/wiki/2009_Oricon_Top_200_Albums
1. ARASHI – All the BEST! = 1,432,781
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And where between the chart and the news are connected? I'm confused
arashi: 2.2 billion yen
2010.03 troublemaker ~692,501*
2010.05 monster ~685,847*
tohoshinki: 2.3 billion yen
2010.01 break out! ~289,412*
2010.03 toki wo tomete ~227,349*
2010.02 best selection 2010 ~553,158*
2010.06 complete a-side collection
2010.06 complete b-side collection
2010.06 complete a-side + b-side collection
(a-side & b-side collections were released 06.30 but sales for that day would still count for the first half, also pre-orders may be released earlier.)
*oricon chart sales
tohoshinki sold more because they released more. if you look at the sales figures, sales for 2 singles of tohoshinki is almost equal to the sales of 1 single of arashi. also, tohoshinki actually didn’t need to promote because news of hiatus & disbandment in itself is enough promotions for them. avex releases collections because dbsk is disbanding, dbsk is disbanding then fans are buying such releases… it’s a full circle, actually.
@applepandora – indeed. It was one of the stupidiest (if there’s such a word? :D ) decision of SM, really. Or they hoped SJ and/or SNSD will be able to cover the loss of possible income from TVXQ sells? I don’t know what to think.
sm entertainment lost a lot of money because they let go of tohoshinki such a shame
Who thumbs down the comments??? I don’t see anything overly negative in them – it’s true that Tohoshinki aren’t active rigth now and that Arashi will definitely be on top with their new album.
C’mon, I love TVXQ with all my heart and hope for their comeback one day, but it’s obvious how much Arashi are loved in Japan and many people are willing to spend on their products.
If only TVXQ are back with as much power as they have now, they would be a very tough competition. Even now TVXQ rule on Amazon Japan like no one else.
Arashi released only 2 singles on the 1st half of this year while Tohoshinki released 2 singles + 1 compilation album.
Album price is about 3 times higher than singles’ so it’s not surprising that the sales number of Tohoshinki would be higher than Arashi, even though Arashi single sold more than 600k for each
Congratz to the top three!! I love all of them ^^
It’s incredible that they beat out Arashi since Arashi have been known, popular and loved by Japanese for like 10-11 years already.
Can’t SM understand how much more money Tohoshinki can bring them if they continue their activities?
If I was SM CEO, I’d care about the possible (insanely huge) profit for my company and kiss the ground the biggest money earning group walks on..
Congratulation to both Tohoshinki and Arashi. They are my favourite groups but I love Tohoshiki more. I hope Tohoshiki will be back soon.
Arashi’s revenue will definitely exceed 3 billions because their new album will be released next week and it’s no doubt the No.1 Top -selling album on Oricon this year.
wow Tohoshinki outsell Arashi nice job to bad they no longer together.