Oricon Karaoke Chart Explained

Oricon Karaoke Chart is issued weekly and yearly by Oricon. It is one of the main charts of Oricon with Oricon Singles Chart and Oricon Albums Chart. Single and Album Chart both are based on sales, while this chart rankings are based on the plays in Karaoke in Japan. Karaoke is a popular cultural event in Japan.[1] This chart could indicate the popularity of songs in Japan in another viewpoints.

Record

The most consecutive weekly No.1 (as of 2022).

Rank Artist Song Weeks Ref.
1 85 [2]
2 51 [3]
3 48 [4]
4 42[5]
5 GReeeeN37[6]

Yearly chart history

2010s

2013[7]
Rank Song (English name) Song (Japanese name) Artist
1 Memeshikute 女々しくて Golden Bomber
2 Zankoku na Tenshi no Tēze
(A Cruel Angel's Thesis)
残酷な天使のテーゼ Yoko Takahashi
3 小さな恋のうた MONGOL800
4 ハナミズキ Yo Hitoto
5 Eikōnokakehashi 栄光の架橋 Yuzu
6 Kiseki キセキ GReeeeN
7 Senbonzakura 千本桜 WhiteFlame ft.Hatsune Miku
8 Heavy Rotation (song)Heavy Rotation ヘビーローテーション AKB48
9 366-Nichi 366日 HY
10 Tentai kansoku 天体観測 BUMP OF CHICKEN
2014[8]
Rank Song (English name) Song (Japanese name) Artist
1 Let It Go (Japanese Version) レット・イット・ゴー~ありのままで~(日本語歌) Takako Matsu
2 恋するフォーチュンクッキー AKB48
3 Hanamizuki ハナミズキ Yo Hitoto
4 Zankoku na Tenshi no Tēze
(A Cruel Angel's Thesis)
残酷な天使のテーゼ Yoko Takahashi
5 Senbonzakura 千本桜 WhiteFlame ft.Hatsune Miku
6 Memeshikute 女々しくて Golden Bomber
7 Chiisana Koi no Uta 小さな恋のうた MONGOL800
8 Eikōnokakehashi 栄光の架橋 Yuzu
9 So (kana de)奏(かなで) Sukima Switch
10 Nanbu Shigure 南部蝉しぐれ Kohei Fukuda
2015[9]
Rank Song (English name) Song (Japanese name) Artist
1 R.Y.U.S.E.I. J Soul Brothers
2 ひまわりの約束 Motohiro Hata
3 Ito Miyuki Nakajima
4 Dragon Night Dragon Night Sekai no Owari
5 Let It Go (Japanese Version) レット・イット・ゴー~ありのままで~(日本語歌) Takako Matsu
6 Hanamizuki ハナミズキ Yo Hitoto
7 Darling Darling Kana Nishino
8 Zankoku na Tenshi no Tēze
(A Cruel Angel's Thesis)
残酷な天使のテーゼ Yoko Takahashi
9 Story Ai
10 So (kana de) 奏(かなで) Sukima Switch
2016[10]
Rank Song (English name) Song (Japanese name) Artist
1 海の声 Kenta Kiritani
2 Ito Miyuki Nakajima
3 Himawari no Yakusokuひまわりの約束 Motohiro Hata
4 Torisetsu トリセツ Kana Nishino
5 Hanamizuki ハナミズキ Yo Hitoto
6 Zankoku na Tenshi no Tēze
(A Cruel Angel's Thesis)
残酷な天使のテーゼ Yoko Takahashi
7 365日の紙飛行機 AKB48
8 R.Y.U.S.E.I. R.Y.U.S.E.I. J Soul Brothers
9 So (kana de) 奏(かなで) Sukima Switch
10 Chiisana Koi no Uta 小さな恋のうた MONGOL800
2017[11]
Rank Song (English name) Song (Japanese name) Artist
1 Gen Hoshino
2 Ito Miyuki Nakajima
3 前前前世 Radwimps
4 Himawari no Yakusokuひまわりの約束 Motohiro Hata
5 So (kana de)奏(かなで) Sukima Switch
6 Hanamizuki ハナミズキ Yo Hitoto
7 Zankoku na Tenshi no Tēze
(A Cruel Angel's Thesis)
残酷な天使のテーゼ Yoko Takahashi
8 Chiisana Koi no Uta 小さな恋のうた MONGOL800
9 Umi no koe 海の声 Kenta Kiritani
10 Kiseki キセキ GReeeeN
2018[12]
Rank Song (English name) Song (Japanese name) Artist
1 Lemon Lemon Kenshi Yonezu
2 Ito Miyuki Nakajima
3 Zankoku na Tenshi no Tēze
(A Cruel Angel's Thesis)
残酷な天使のテーゼ Yoko Takahashi
4 Chiisana Koi no Uta 小さな恋のうた MONGOL800
5 So (kana de)奏(かなで) Sukima Switch
6 Himawari no Yakusokuひまわりの約束 Motohiro Hata
7 Dancing heroダンシング・ヒーロー Yōko Oginome
8 Hanamizuki ハナミズキ Yo Hitoto
9 Koi Gen Hoshino
10 さよならエレジー Masaki Suda
2019[13]
Rank Song (English name) Song (Japanese name) Artist
1 Lemon Lemon Kenshi Yonezu
2 マリーゴールド Aimyon
3 Sayonara Elegy さよならエレジー Masaki Suda
4 Pretender Official Hige Dandism
5 パプリカ Foorin
6 Charles シャルル Keina Suda (Balloon-P) feat. V Flower
7 Ito Miyuki Nakajima
8 Zankoku na Tenshi no Tēze
(A Cruel Angel's Thesis)
残酷な天使のテーゼ Yoko Takahashi
9 Chiisana Koi no Uta 小さな恋のうた MONGOL800
10 Hanamizuki ハナミズキ Yo Hitoto

2020s

2020[14]
Rank Song (English name) Song (Japanese name) Artist
1 Pretender Pretender Official Hige Dandism
2 紅蓮華 LiSA
3 Marigold マリーゴールド Aimyon
4 Lemon Lemon Kenshi Yonezu
5 白日 King Gnu
6 夜に駆ける Yoasobi
7 Sayonara Elegy さよならエレジー Masaki Suda
8 香水 Eito
9 Ito Miyuki Nakajima
10 Machigai Sagashi まちがいさがし Masaki Suda
2021[15]
Rank Song (English name) Song (Japanese name) Artist
1 Dry Flower ドライフラワー Yuuri
2 Neko DISH//
3 うっせぇわ Ado
4 LiSA
5 Yoru ni Kakeru 夜に駆ける Yoasobi
6 Marigold マリーゴールド Aimyon
7 Mahō no jūtan 魔法の絨毯 Tayaka Kawasaki
8 Gurenge 紅蓮華 LiSA
9 Zankoku na Tenshi no Tēze
(A Cruel Angel's Thesis)
残酷な天使のテーゼ Yoko Takahashi
10 Niji Masaki Suda
2022[16]
Rank Song (English name) Song (Japanese name) Artist
1 Dry Flower ドライフラワー Yuuri
2 Cinderella Boy シンデレラボーイ Saucy Dog
3 Marigold マリーゴールド Aimyon
4 Suihei-sen 水平線 back number
5 Zankoku na Tenshi no Tēze
(A Cruel Angel's Thesis)
残酷な天使のテーゼ Yoko Takahashi
6 Neko DISH//
7 Betelgeuse ベテルギウス Yuuri
8 Mahō no jūtan 魔法の絨毯 Tayaka Kawasaki
9 Citrus CITRUS Da-iCE
10 Zankyō chi uta 残響散歌 Aimer
2023[17]
Rank Song (English name) Song (Japanese name) Artist
1 Kaijū no hana-uta 怪獣の花唄 Vaundy
2 Dry Flower ドライフラワー Yuuri
3 Idol アイドル Yoasobi
4 Marigold マリーゴールド Aimyon
5 Cinderella Boy シンデレラボーイ Saucy Dog
6 Zankoku na Tenshi no Tēze
(A Cruel Angel's Thesis)
残酷な天使のテーゼ Yoko Takahashi
7 Saudade サウダージ Porno Graffitti
8 Suihei-sen 水平線 back number
9 Sayonara Elegy さよならエレジー Masaki Suda
10 Shin Jidai 新時代 Ado

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Why is Karaoke so popular in Japan and whole Asia? .
  2. Web site: 米津玄師「Lemon」がカラオケランキングにて"85週"連続1位を記録 .
  3. Web site: Kenshi Yonezu sets new Karaoke Chart record, dethrones Golden Bomber .
  4. Web site: ゴールデンボンバー カラオケランキング49週連続1位、AKB48抜き歴代記録更新 .
  5. Web site: AKB48's "Heavy Rotation" creates new record on Oricon's Karaoke Ranking! .
  6. Web site: 歴代カラオケ「連続首位」週数記録TOP5 .
  7. Web site: oricon karaoke 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20141110152113/http://www.oricon.co.jp/rank/ko/y/2013/ . dead . 2014-11-10 .
  8. Web site: oricon karaoke 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150214151736/http://www.oricon.co.jp/rank/ko/y/2014/ . dead . 2015-02-14 .
  9. Web site: oricon karaoke 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160201163705/http://www.oricon.co.jp/rank/ko/y/2015/ . dead . 2016-02-01 .
  10. Web site: oricon karaoke 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20171021184340/http://www.oricon.co.jp/rank/ko/y/2016/ . dead . 2017-10-21 .
  11. Web site: oricon karaoke 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180620102141/https://www.oricon.co.jp/rank/ko/y/2017/ . dead . 2018-06-20 .
  12. Web site: oricon karaoke 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190924201348/https://www.oricon.co.jp/rank/ko/y/2018/ . dead . 2019-09-24 .
  13. Web site: oricon karaoke 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20191223024929/https://www.oricon.co.jp/rank/ko/y/2019/ . dead . 2019-12-23 .
  14. Web site: oricon karaoke 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210109143805/https://www.oricon.co.jp/rank/ko/y/2020/ . dead . 2021-01-09 .
  15. Web site: oricon karaoke 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220105070546/https://www.oricon.co.jp/rank/ko/y/2021/ . dead . 2022-01-05 .
  16. Web site: oricon karaoke 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230103203212/https://www.oricon.co.jp/rank/ko/y/2022/ . dead . 2023-01-03 .
  17. Web site: oricon karaoke 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240111051108/https://www.oricon.co.jp/rank/ko/y/2023/ . dead . 2024-01-11 .