CHART: Japanese pop singles/albums(15/Feb)

[Cazou ACID Sanada]

Sorry for being late posting the newest ranking from Japan. My site
has changed the new news system, and I wonder if this is delivered to
your site correctly.

Anyways, here's a music chart from the far-east island country.
This ranking is compiled from the latest "ORICON-WEEKLY", the most
popular music chart magazine in Japan.

ORICON SINGLES TOP 20

LW TW TITLES ARTISTS

- 1.Doukoku Shizuka Kudoh
- 2.Yasashii Ame Kyoko Koizumi
2 3.Makenaide Zard
1 4.Gajaimo Tunnels
3 5.Kiss Me Kyosuke Himuro
5 6.Bokutachi No Shippai Douji Morita
- 7.Itsuka Kitto Misato Watanabe
- 8.Believe The Alfee
4 9.Motto Tsuyoku Dakishimetanara Wands
7 10.Sekaijuu No Dare Yori Kitto Miho Nakayama & Wands
16 11.Road The Tora Buryu
10 12.I Will Always Love You Whitney Houston
6 13.Cry For The Moon/Anti-Heroine Mari Hamada
- 14.Kaze Fuku Oka Souichi Taniguchi
9 15.Watarasebashi/Writer Shibou Chisato Moritaka
11 16.Bye For Now T-Bolan
21 17.Tenshi No Kyuusoku Fumina Hisamatsu
19 18.Kagerou Yoko Nagayama
8 19.Boku Naraba Koko Ni Iru Jun'ichi Inagaki
12 20.You And I Keizo Nakanishi

Shizuka Kudoh and Kyoko Koizumi debut at No.1 and No.2. Zard go down
one point but still have red point. Misacchan's new single debuts
at No.7.

ORICON ALBUMS TOP 20

LW TW TITLES ARTISTS

2 1.Memories Of Blue Kyosuke Himuro
1 2.The Bodyguard Soundtrack
6 3.The Swinging Star Dreams Come True
4 4.Bee-Beep Princess Princess
5 5.Dramatic Songs Miho Nakayama
- 6.Terunobu Maeda & His Blues Friends Terunobu Maeda & His Blues Friends
8 7.The Checkers The Checkers
3 8.Force Katsumi
9 9.Flow Into Space Miki Imai
12 10.Wands Wands
8 11.Beautiful Midori Karashima
10 12.Friends B'z
11 13.So Bad T-Bolan
- 14.Opera Scanch
- 15.Dada Reiichi Nakaido
14 16.Intro II Hideaki Tokunaga
16 17.Run B'z
18 18.Love Goes On... Dreams Come True
30 19.Hold Me Zard
21 20.Quiet Life Mariya Takeuchi

Kyosuke Himuro reached No.1 again. Wands' debut album finally reaches
top 10 18 weeks after its release.

Now, here are my answers to your questions(by e-mail).

>From: Paul Why <paul...@lon40.nt.com>
>Date: Tue, 9 Feb 93 20:50:41 GMT
>Message-Id: <93020920...@nnsgs50.lon40.nt.com>
>Subject: Could you help me with this question, please?
>
>I'm trying to find the name of the female star who has had a single in the
>Japanese top twenty for the last two years, making it the biggest-selling
>foreign record in the history of the Japanese record industry. Apparently,
>it was recently a small hit in the UK, too.

I'm not really sure, but I believe it's "Happy Ever After" by Julia
Fordham. This song scored a pretty big hit about 2 years ago
because it was featured in the theme of popular TV drama.

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