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Is "The Swinging Star" still high-ranking?

Posted: Sat Aug 30, 2003 11:12 am
by ricekid
I just read a list of the 10 best selling albums of all-time in a Jpopmusic.com thread, and 'The Swinging Star' was not listed. Has it retained it's place as one of the highest sellers?

The List:
1 First Love (Utada Hikaru) 765.0
2 B’z The Best “Pleasure” (B’z) 511.9
3 REVIEW~BEST OF GLAY (GLAY) 487.6
4 Distance (Utada Hikaru) 446.9
5 B’z The Best “Treasure” (B’z) 443.2
6 A Best (Hamasaki Ayumi) 428.8
7 globe (globe) 413.6
8 DEEP RIVER (Utada Hikaru) 358.3
9 delicious way (Kuraki Mai) 353.0
10 Time to Destination (Every Little Thing) 352.0

can't believe Kuraki Mai would do better then DCT...

Posted: Sat Aug 30, 2003 3:13 pm
by Jei
Hey ricekid,

Yeah...I saw your post on JPopMusic.
That list there is correct...Swinging Star is around #15 or #16 these days. I think it's officially listed at 3.2 million or something like that. Take away Utada, Hamasaki and the B'z best ofs and they're still on the list :)

On a bright note, DCT has more albums on the Top 50 best selling album list than any other artists, period. I'll see if I can dig up the complete list.
(Delicious is very close in rank to Swinging Star...2.9 million or so...)

PS: Kuraki was still riding the Utada wave when she debuted....