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I would like to give credit where credit is due. Videos are from YouTube and other sources such as NicoNico while Oricon rankings and other information are translated from the Japanese Wikipedia unless noted.

Wednesday, September 11, 2013

Oricon Top 10 Albums of 1996

1.  globe                                       globe
2.  Namie Amuro                         Sweet 19 Blues
3.  B'z                                       　Loose
4.  Maki Oguro                            Back Beats #1
5.  My Little Lover                      evergreen
6.  Mr. Children                           Shinkai
7.  Southern All Stars                  Young Love
8.  Dreams Come True                 Love Unlimited
9.  Tomomi Kahala                       Love Brace
10. Nanase Aikawa                       Red

Not so much for the particular albums, but for the artists themselves, this is a very memorable list. Just about everyone there were pretty much household names and images on the telly during those early years working in Tokyo. globe was just another diamond in the Tetsuya Komuro crown, along with his then-protege Tomomi Kahala and his wunderkind, Namie Amuro. And Tetsuro Oda, who was instrumental in the success of the 80s Beach Princes, TUBE, also got behind the explosive debut of urban rocker Nanase Aikawa.


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