- Radiohead / The King Of Limbs
- The Strokes / Angles
- Sum 41 / Screaming Bloody Murder
- Britney Spears / Femme Fatale
- Avril Lavigne / Goodbye LullabyAvril Lavigne / Goodbye Lullaby
- Chris Brown / F.A.M.E.
- PiNK / Greatest Hits
- Within Temptation / The Unforgiving
- Kim HyungJun / First Mini My Girl - Japan Edition -
- Far East Movement / Free Wired
We can see a high Top10 artist turnover this week. As explained before, many big releases went on sale in this chart week. There were pop&rock starts here such as The Strokes, Sum 41 and Britney Spears but it was Radiohead who ruled the chart with their new album"The King Of Limbs". Their 8th studio album actually failed to go straight to #1 in the UK and the US, although they had managed to do it with their last album "In Rainbows". It however won't necessarily mean this new album wasn't successful sales-wise. As you may know two digital versions of the album and deluxe box sets had already become all available on their merchandise site back in February. It can be assumed more people in both countries already got their own copy via the website so that fewer people might grab one from a local record shop for this time. In the meantime, I think the Japanese still prefers physical to digital. It might be one of the possible reasons why Radiohead succeeded in reaching #1 spot here in Japan.
I'm so happy to see two big indie bands in Top 10 this week as an indie rock fan. In Japan indie is not as popular as it is in the UK and states, despite the fact that there are so many bands coming to play and releasing records in Japan. Seeing any indie band in Top 10 is not something often happening. This week's chart battle should've been so bruising but two indie heroes led it. I expect we will see another high turnover next week. See what will happen next.
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