The RIAJ Digital Track chart (RIAJ有料音楽配信チャート, RIAJ Yūryō Ongaku Haishin Chāto) was a record chart that ranks the best selling digital singles in Japan, with data provided by the Recording Industry Association of Japan from April 2009. [1] The chart measures cellphone downloads (着うたフル Chaku-Uta Full) (not downloads from PCs, or ringtones (着うた Chaku-Uta)). On July 27, 2012, the service that tracked the charts was shut down.
History
The RIAJ originally started certifying digital downloads in August 2006. [2] At the same time, they began posting a monthly chart called the Reco-kyō Chart (レコ協チャート) (officially the Yūryō Ongaku Haishin Chart (有料音楽配信チャート)). This now defunct chart ranked the highest Chaku-uta (ringtone) downloads for the month. The chart was disbanded in March 2009 (the final month's data being February 2009), and was replaced by the identically named weekly Chaku-Uta Full chart.
Methodology
The chart week runs from Wednesday to Tuesday and updated on every Friday at 11 a.m ( JST). [3] The first number-one song on this chart was " It's All Love!" by Kumi Koda and Misono. [4]
At first, the data was sourced from five providers: Dwango, Mora, Mu-Mo, music.jp and Recochoku. [3] On February 19, 2010, RIAJ announced that the data became the more expanded data sourced from 14 providers (new nine providers included the Oricon Me). [5]
Records
Only three non-domestic artists have ever broken the top 10 charts: Michael Jackson's " Thriller" at #7 in June 2009 (directly after his death) [6] and the Backstreet Boys' " Straight Through My Heart" at #4 in September 2009 [7] and Lady Gaga feat. Beyoncé's " Telephone" at #5 in April 2010. [8]
Songs with the most weeks at number one
- 4 weeks
- Greeeen – " Haruka"
- Mr. Children – " Inori ~Namida no Kidou"
- Che'Nelle – " Believe"
- 3 weeks
- AKB48 – " Flying Get"
- Exile – " Motto Tsuyoku"
- Hilcrhyme – " Daijōbu"
- Hilcrhyme – " Shunkashūtō"
- Infinity 16 welcomez Waka-danna from Shōnan no Kaze & Jay'ed – " Tsutaetai Koto ga Konna Aru noni"
- Juju – " Kono Yoru o Tomete yo"
- Juju with Jay'ed – " Ashita ga Kuru Nara"
- Kara – " Go Go Summer!"
- Kaoru to Tomoki, Tamani Mook – " Maru Maru Mori Mori!"
- Kana Nishino – " Best Friend"
- Kana Nishino – " If"
- Kana Nishino – " Kimi tte"
- Kana Nishino – " Watashitachi"
- 2 weeks
- AKB48 – " Heavy Rotation"
- AKB48 – " Kaze wa Fuiteiru"
- AKB48 – " Give Me Five!"
- Namie Amuro – " Love Story"
- Exile – " Futatsu no Kuchibiru"
- Exile – " I Wish for You"
- Exile – " Yasashii Hikari"
- Masaharu Fukuyama – " Hatsukoi"
- Ayumi Hamasaki – " Sunrise (Love Is All)"
- Hilcrhyme – " Loose Leaf"
- Jamosa feat. Jay'ed & Wakadanna – " Nanika Hitotsu"
- Kaela Kimura – " Butterfly"
- Koda Kumi – " Ai o Tomenaide"
- Mr. Children – " Kazoe Uta"
- Mika Nakashima – " Always"
- Kana Nishino – " Aitakute Aitakute"
- Kana Nishino – " Motto..."
- Kana Nishino – " Distance"
- Kana Nishino – " Sakura, I Love You?"
- Fuyumi Sakamoto – " Mata Kimi ni Koi Shiteru"
- Shota Shimizu x Miliyah Kato – " Forever Love"
- Kana Uemura – " Toilet no Kamisama"
See also
References
- ^ "「着うたフル（R）」有料音楽配信チャート 本日より毎週金曜日に公表開始" (in Japanese). RIAJ. April 10, 2009. Retrieved May 12, 2010.
- ^ "一般社団法人 日本レコード協会".
- ^ a b "一般社団法人 日本レコード協会".
- ^ "一般社団法人 日本レコード協会｜各種統計". Archived from the original on 2014-08-21. Retrieved 2011-02-12.
- ^ "「着うたフル（R）」有料音楽配信チャート 本日よりデータ提供協力配信事業者を拡大し、公表開始" (in Japanese). RIAJ. 2010-02-19. Retrieved 2010-02-19.
- ^ "一般社団法人 日本レコード協会｜各種統計". Archived from the original on 2014-08-28. Retrieved 2009-08-08.
- ^ "一般社団法人 日本レコード協会｜各種統計". Archived from the original on 2014-10-10. Retrieved 2014-09-11.
- ^ "一般社団法人 日本レコード協会｜各種統計". Archived from the original on 2012-03-11. Retrieved 2010-04-23.
External links
- RIAJ Digital Track chart (in Japanese)