Yearly Ranking Announcement! BEST OF 2008!!

2009年12月8日 (火)

It is an announcement of the Yearly Sales Ranking! The charts are based on sales(*) of all HMV physical stores,
HMV Online and HMV Mobile! (* Sales Data of 2007/12/1 through 2008/11/20)

Check out the popular music titles & movie titles of a year 2008! See if your favorite titles has ranked in!

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■■■　Japanese Pop Movement of 2008　■■■ 2008 was a year of EXILE! The 3 titles has ranked in the TOP 20 of the Album Sales Chart and it was all Million Sellers!! The new wave of J-Pop was a style of "answer song" such as "Soba ni Irune" of Thelma Aoyama feat Soulja. And we could not forget the smash hit of Perfume! Techno-Pop and House-Pop became a common music in 2008.

			No.1　 Namie Amuro 『 BEST FICTION 』
			The greatest hits of Namie Amuro, "Best Fiction" became Number 1 in the JP chart!! Her song had the mixed essence of J-Pop and HipHop since she released her 7th studio album "Queen of Hip-Pop" in 2005. Now she is "Queen of J-Pop".

		No.2 Exile 『 EXILE LOVE 』				No.7 Bump Of Chicken 『 ORBITAL PERIOD 』
		No.3 Kobukuro 『 5296 』				No.8 B'z 『 B'Z THE BEST: ULTRA PLEASURE 』
		No.4 Hikaru Utada 『 HEART STATION 』				No.9 Greeeen 『 Ah, Domo. Ohisashiburi desu 』
		No.5 Exile 『 EXILE CATCHY BEST 』				No.10 Ayumi Hamasaki 『 A COMPLETE: SINGLES 』
		No.6 Dreams Come True 『 AND I LOVE YOU 』			SEE TOP 20	>>> click here ! <<<

【 SEE BY GENRE 】

▲　Single TOP 20		▲　DVD TOP 20		▲　Punk TOP 20

▲　HipHop TOP 20		▲　Reggae TOP 20		▲　Club TOP 20

■■■　International Music Movement of 2008　■■■ There were not much big movement through a year but the releases of a big-name artist such as Madonna and Mariah boosted the music scene! From Rock genre, the leading artists of the 90's UK Rock such as Oasis, Radiohead and Verve has showed their music spirit. A new young artist who has achieved stardom is definitely Leona Lewis!!

			No.1　 Coldplay 『 VIVA LA VIDA OR DEATH AND ALL HIS FRIENDS 』
			Known as i-pod commercial in Japan, Coldplay was Number 1 in the international music chart!! Their fourth studio album produced with Brian Eno, "Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends" was a great album allowedly. A sound quality is impressive.

		No.2 Madonna 『 HARD CANDY 』				No.7 Leona Lewis 『 SPIRIT 』
		No.3 Alicia Keys 『 AS I AM 』				No.8 Offspring 『 RISE AND FALL、 RAGE AND GRACE 』
		No.4 Radiohead 『 IN RAINBOWS 』				No.9 Oasis 『 DIG OUT YOUR SOUL 』
		No.5 Mariah Carey 『 E=MC2 』				No.10 Jack Johnson 『 SLEEP THROUGH THE STATIC 』
		No.6 Ne-yo 『 YEAR OF THE GENTLEMAN 』			SEE TOP 20	>>> click here ! <<<

【 SEE BY GENRE 】

▲　Rock Album TOP 20		▲　Pop Album TOP 20		▲　Int. Music DVD TOP 20

▲　R&B TOP 20		▲　HipHop TOP 20		▲　Club/Techno TOP 20

▲　Reggae TOP 20		▲　World Music TOP20		▲　Asia TOP 20

▲　Jazz TOP 20		▲　Easy Listening TOP 20		▲　Soundtrack TOP 20

▲　Light Classical TOP 20		▲　Classical TOP 20

■■■　Visual Item Movement of 2008　■■■ Through movie, TV drama and an anime, the remake versions and the sequel title of the series became a big hit in 2008. The popular titles were a comedy-fantasy film produced by Walt Disney Pictures "Enchanted", a Japanese film starring Kenichi Matsuyama and Hiromi Nagasaku "Hito no Sex wo Warauna" and a drama with the young highly targeted actors "Rookies"!!

【 SEE BY GENRE 】

▲　International Movie TOP 20		▲　Japanese Movie TOP 20		▲　TV/Drama TOP 20

▲　Anime TOP 20		▲　Comedy TOP 20

BEST OF 2008! GERATION RANKING!

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