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  • ...ly appearing inside the top 10 of the Oricon, and on occasion, hitting the top spot with singles like "[[Time Goes By (Every Little Thing)|Time goes by]]" ...In March of 2000, creator and composer Igarashi left after releasing three albums. Subsequently, he went on to produce songs for [[dream]] and [[day after to
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  • ...a Prefecture]], [[Japan]]. Suzuki first entered the entertainment world in 1997 at the age of fifteen, when she entered a singing competion on held on the ...ase in Japanese tourism in Guam). The single ended up reaching #5 on the [[Oricon]] chart, and selling over 250,000 copies.
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  • ...ZZA']]" managed to crack into the top twenty, reaching #15 on the weekly [[Oricon]]. ...ine]]''. The album was very successly, with it peaking at #5 on the weekly Oricon, and it was produced by [[Sakuma Masabide]]. The album was very pop heavy,
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  • ...thumb|225px|left|YUKI promoting ''[[The Power Source|THE POWER SOURCE]]'' (1997)]] ...'[[J.A.M|J・A・M]]''. The album did well, peaking at #23 on the weekly [[Oricon]] chart. This was the band's first release to contain new material since si
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  • ...chi wa Freesia]]", setting a record for 25 consecutive #1 singles on the [[Oricon]] chart. ...|250px|Matsuda from ''[[Seiko Matsuda in Paris|SEIKO MATSUDA IN PARIS]]'' (1997)]]
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  • ...rple Line]]" they become first foreign male-group to have a #1 single on [[Oricon]] charts, Tohoshinki also broke [[Wikipedia:Elton John|Elton John]]'s recor ...debut album ''[[Tri-Angle (album)|TRI-ANGLE]]''. The album debuted at the top the charts and sold a total of 242,580 copies, making it the 8th best selli
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  • ...the weekly [[Oricon]] chart, the first seiyuu to put two singles in the [[Oricon]] weekly top3 simultaneously and the first seiyuu to hold a concert at [[wi * '''Education:''' Yoyogi Animation Gakuin (Seiyuu-Talent Department) March 1997.
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  • ...AIN]]" (produced by [[X Japan]]'s [[YOSHIKI]]), they have produced over 10 albums and 40 singles. With record numbers of audiences attending their concerts a ...5 million copies sold. (at present, it is ranked at #3 spot, according to Oricon).
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  • ...Ai no Uta~]]" (where she also played a starring role), which reached #1 on Oricon charts. She is also famous for her songs "[[Yasashii Kimochi]]" and her due ...[Sweet (Chara album)|Sweet]]'', which reached the low position of #61 on [[Oricon]].
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  • : 1997.11.16 .... It also sold 290,300 copies in 1998 and thus reached #78 on the yearly [[Oricon]] chart for 1998.
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  • '''Top 50 album sales in Japan from 2003-2006 according to [[Oricon]]''' ...and forward the sales in the music industry dropped. These are the top 50 albums according only to their sales they recieved the year of their release, not
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  • [[Image:Oricon logo 2017.png|thumb|300px|Logo (2017)]] ...anese]] music charts, similar to the Billboard charts in the US. The name "Oricon" is derived from the English words "original confidence".
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  • : 1997.04.23 ...ed #1 on the [[Oricon]] and sold 1,921,800 units, becoming the #5 album of 1997. It charted for fifty-four weeks and sold a total of 2,004,699 copies.
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  • : 1997.04.09 ...io album released by [[Every Little Thing]]. The album reached #1 on the [[Oricon]] weekly charts and charted for 60 weeks, selling 1,922,160 copies.
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  • : 1997.09.17 ...charted for 33 weeks, selling 647,000 copies. As it sold 511,790 copies in 1997, it was the 36th best-selling album.
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  • : 1997.07.02 ...g 1,425,130 copies. It also reached #13 on the yearly [[Oricon]] chart for 1997. The album won the Rcok Album of the Year Award at the 12th Annual [[Golden
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  • : 1997.07.24 ...1 on the weekly [[Oricon]] charts, and charted for a total of 28 weeks. In 1997, it sold 1,879,090 copies, becoming the #7 album of the year. The album sol
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  • ..."[[10gatsu no Christmas|10-gatsu no Christmas]]", broke the [[Oricon]] Top 100, thus indicating that her popularity was on the rise. ...dorama theme song single, "[[Niji no Dreamer]]", reached the top of the [[Oricon]] charts. By the end of the dorama, she was the main vocals of the idol uni
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  • ...a]]''. The album was a flop, only reaching until the lower part of the top 100. Later on that year she played one of her best-known roles as ''Shido Hikar ...d on her [[Shiena|debut album]]. Though over the course of her next couple albums she was still considered an idol. Shiina embraced a more natural image with
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  • : 1997.03.03 ...Oricon]] weekly charts and sold 3,259,290 copies, becoming the #2 album of 1997. It charted for 38 weeks and sold a total of 3,283,270 copies.
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  • [[Image:Home (1997~2000).jpg|thumb|300px|Album Cover]] : Home (1997~2000)
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  • ...kipedia:Takashi Murakami|Murakami Takashi]]. The album reached #2 on the [[Oricon]] weekly charts and sold 541,627 copies, becoming the #18 album of 2005. Th *[http://www.oricon.co.jp/music/release/d/596930/1/ Oricon Profile]
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  • [[Image:Yuzu no Ne 1997-2007.jpg|thumb|300px|Album Cover]] : Yuzu no Ne 1997-2007 (ゆずのね 1997-2007)
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  • .../music/68314/ THE ALFEE、27年にわたる野外イベントに幕]". ''[[Oricon]]''. 2009-08-10. Retrieved 2009-12-31.</ref> As of June 27, 2010, they have ...ia:Bromide (Japanese culture)|bromide]] (c. 1974–75)<br />Clockwise from top left: [[Miyake Yasuo|Miyake]], [[Sakazaki Kohnosuke|Sakazaki]], [[Takamizaw
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  • # [[Since 1997|since 1997]] Φ (''Phi'') is KinKi Kids' 10th album. Unlike their other albums, which follows the latin alphabet, the title uses the greek letter "Φ" as
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  • ...ird studio album by [[Amuro Namie]]. This is her first studio record since 1997's ''[[Concentration 20]]'', after taking a year-long hiatus from the record The album reached #1 on the weekly [[Oricon]] chart, and ranked for a total of eight weeks. It sold 802,740 copies, bec
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  • : 1997.02.21 ...ed for 48 weeks, selling 369,440 copies. Because it sold 314,170 copies in 1997, it became the #66 album of year.
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  • ...cover. It reached #1 on the [[Oricon]] charts and sold 1,325,120 copies in 1997, becoming the #14 album of the year. It charted for 91 weeks and sold a tot *[http://www.oricon.co.jp/music/release/d/195439/1/ Oricon Profile]
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  • ...850 copies in 1997 and thus reached #51 on the yearly [[Oricon]] chart for 1997. The album also won the Best Album Award at the 38th Annual [[Nihon Record *[http://www.oricon.co.jp/music/release/d/46285/2/ Oricon Profile]
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  • # [[100 Reasons Why]] In 1997 Utada Hikaru released an album under the name Cubic U. All the songs were s
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  • : 1997.09.21 * 1997.11.1 CHARA Junior Sweet
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  • : 1997.11.19 ...ed #1 on the [[Oricon]] chart. The album also reached #10 for the yearly [[Oricon]] chart for 1998. It sold 1,040,160 copies in it's first week, charted for
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  • ...ekly chart. The album also reached #12 on the [[Oricon]] yearly charts for 1997. It sold 966,140 copies in it's first week, charted for 17 weeks and sold 1 * [http://www.oricon.co.jp/music/release/d/48673/1/ Oricon Profile]
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  • ...Kawaranai Mono–]]" was used as lead track. For unknown reason, his only 1997 release single, "[[Heat Up|HEAT UP]]", wasn't included in the album trackli ...inal edition sold 912,800 copies in 2000, it was the [[2000 Oricon Top 100 Albums|18th best-selling album of that year]]. In the end, it sold approximately 1
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  • : 1997.05.21 ...r 53 weeks with a total of 1,766,160 albums sold making it the #8 album of 1997.
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  • : 1997.03.26 ...fourth album released by [[JUDY AND MARY]]. The album reached #1 on the [[Oricon]] charts, charted for 49 weeks and sold a total of 2,162,370 copies. This i
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  • ...,260 copies. The album also reached #15 on the yearly [[Oricon]] chart for 1997. * [http://www.oricon.co.jp/music/release/d/44772/1/ Oricon Profile]
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  • : 1997.12.25 ...g Industry Association of Japan]]. It also reached #23 on the yearly for [[Oricon]] chart for 1998. The album won the award Record of the Year and the 12th A
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  • : 1997.03.12 ...for sixty-four weeks. It sold 3,200,110 copies, making it the #3 album of 1997 and is the #16 best-selling album in Japan. It also won the Best Pop Album
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  • ...f other units, such as videos, and have been voted #58 in HMV Japan's "Top 100 Japanese Pop Artists" of all time.<sup>[http://www.hmv.co.jp/news/newsDetai ..., that same year. [[Heavenly|heavenly]] followed, in 1995. The first three albums sound were very [[DEAD END]]-esque because most of the band members were fa
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  • ...mains, one of Japan's top all-girl groups with a number of hit records and albums. They have sold over 17,746,446 copies in Japan alone. The group has been k ;First Generation (1997)
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  • ...llion records in Japan, and 3 of her albums are in the Top 10 best-selling albums of all time in Japan (#1, #4, #8), making her one of the most successful an ...ada Hikaru SINGLE COLLECTION VOL.2]]'' was released. It debuted atop the [[Oricon]] charts once again. It has also been anounced that Utada has severed ties
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  • ...best-selling album of 1996. In 1997 selling 473,710 becoming #38 album of 1997. * [http://www.oricon.co.jp/music/release/d/296384/2/ Oricon Profile]
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  • : 1997.10.01 ...lbum also sold 241,710 copies in 1998 and thus reached #97 on the yearly [[Oricon]] charts for that year.
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  • : 1997.11.15 ...or 1997. It also sold 509,720 copies in 1998 and thus reached #50 on the [[Oricon]] charts for that year.
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  • : 1997.12.24 ...eeks, selling 1,365,860 copies. The album also reached #17 on the yearly [[Oricon]] charts for 1998.
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  • : 1997.03.03 <small>(LP)</small> ...for the catalog code printed on the album's logo. The album reached #4 on Oricon weekly charts, and charted for 58 weeks, selling 859,570 copies. In 1996 it
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  • : 1997.02.02 <small>(LP)</small> ...e versions, original, LP and re-released editions. The album reached #1 on Oricon weekly charts, and charted for 57 weeks, selling 1,690,410 copies. It also
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  • [[Image:Cycle Hit 1991-1997 Spitz Complete Single Collection.jpg|thumb|300px|Album Cover]] : CYCLE HIT 1991-1997 Spitz Complete Single Collection
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  • [[Image:CYCLE HIT 1997-2005 Spitz Complete Single Collection.jpg|thumb|300px|Album Cover]] : CYCLE HIT 1997-2005 Spitz Complete Single Collection
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  • ...re]], a club owned by [[avex trax|Avex]]. One fateful night at Velfarre in 1997, Hamasaki was introduced to [[Wikipedia:Max_Matsuura|Matsuura Max]] (her fu ..., coming in at #9. Her next two singles both charted within the [[Oricon]] Top 10.
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  • : 1997.04.23 <small>(MiniDisc Reissue)</small> ...t. The album's cover features the band members depicting the cover arts of albums by Western artists that had influenced them, these being:
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  • : 1997.01.29 ...'' is the first solo album released by [[Inaba Koshi]]. It reached #1 on [[Oricon]] charts and it charted for twelve weeks, selling over 1,000,000 copies. It
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  • : ¥2,100 <small>(Regular Edition)</small>
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  • '''#1 Singles and Albums in 2017 according to [[Oricon]]''' ...2016 to December 10, 2017. Click on the # for that week to view the top 30 albums and singles.
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  • [[File:CYCLE HIT 1997-2017 Spitz Single Collection Cover.jpg|thumb|250px|Album Cover]] ...sc 1 [[Cycle Hit 1991-1997 Spitz Complete Single Collection|CYCLE HIT 1991-1997 Spitz Complete Single Collection]]'''
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