New entries, interesting changes and surprising ranks complete the results for the last week of October.
This article covers the fifth week of October – which includes singles/albums released between 30/10/2017 and 05/11/2017.
Let’s take a look at the data.
Oricon Weekly Album ranking
NEW ENTRY: HEAVENS score second straight top 10
HEAVENS released the powerful mini-album “HEAVENS SKY” in the past week. The impressive mini-album shot straight to #8 with almost 10.000 copies sold on its first week.
This is HEAVENS‘ second straight top 10 release on Oricon Weekly (the first one, “Fumetsu no Inferno” ranked at #4 earlier this year).
You can read our review HERE.
NEW ENTRY: A3! units rank on top 5 + all A3! releases are currently charting on top 35
The past week was filled with A3! releases. Completing the Blooming CD series, the Autumn and Winter troupes released their mini-albums. The two releases charted incredibly high on Oricon and the weekly results showed once again how popular the franchise is. “Blooming AUTUMN” ranked #3 and “Blooming WINTER” ranked #4 on Oricon Weekly.
If there’s one thing we’ve noticed is that A3! releases tend to go hand in hand on the charts. They rise and fall together almost always with one rank of difference between them. This happens with Autumn and Winter‘s releases but also with the still charting Spring and Summer releases.
“Blooming SPRING” and “Blooming SUMMER” are back on Oricon Weekly’s Top 35 after a week almost dropping from Top 50. Both releases occupy #31 and #32 on this week’s Oricon Weekly chart.
You can read our review of “Blooming Spring” HERE.
Oricon Weekly Single ranking
Nobuhiko Okamoto still charting
After achieving a solid #12 on Oricon weekly during the 4th week of October, OkamotoĀ is still ranking on Oricon withĀ “Melty Halloween“.
The single dropped from #12 and is now occupying a modest #33. You can read our review HERE.
GROWTH chart their highest since debut
GROWTH‘s powerfulĀ “Mahou no Kizuna” is still ranking on Oricon after one week since its release. The single debuted on the Weekly chart at #19, this week it occupies a more modest position.Ā “Mahou no Kizuna” is currently #37.
You can read our review HERE.
SOURCES:Ā Oricon official website – albums / singles
If there aren’t sales figures on the prints we’ve posted it’s because the music label behind that artist doesn’t want to disclose that information.
