As for the sales of this year's music software, "Arashi", which will be suspended at the end of this month, ranked first by artist, and in the single category, AKB48, which had continued for 10 years, lost its first place, and two idol groups made it. The work of "SixTONES vs Snow Man" was ranked first.
Oricon, which is investigating the sales of domestic music software, announced the ranking of sales by CD, DVD, download sales, etc. for one year until the 13th of this month.
Of these, in terms of total sales by artist, the idol group "Arashi", which will be suspended at the end of this month, recorded an estimated 14.5 billion yen, ranking first in total for the ninth time.
The members of Arashi commented on the video and said, "I still have a feeling that I can't think of myself as an award winner every year. I think it's a record that the fans made with us. I really appreciate it. There is no choice but to do it. "
In the single category, the double-sided A-side single "Imitation Rain / DD" of "SixTONES vs Snow Man" by two male idol groups who made their debut at the same time was ranked first with an estimated sales of 1.76 million copies. ..
In the single category, AKB48 was ranked first for 10 consecutive years until last year, but this time it was ranked second, not 11 consecutive victories.
On the other hand, in the digital single category by download sales, LiSA's song, which became the theme song of the anime version of the popular manga "Kimetsu no Yaiba", occupies the 1st and 2nd place, and the 1st place is "Gurenge". 940,000 downloads, followed by Homura with 710,000 downloads.