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Saturday October 16th, 2010 with misa☆key
The History of Popular Japanese Music

Playing every Yearly #1 single from 1968 to today. With sleep-deprived ramblings in between.
Starting with some of the most popular songs of this year. JYJ is the English-language debut of some Tohoshinki members, and featuring Kanye (the only American-based musician who's songs I want on the show) pretty much meant it had to be played first.
Ayyy Girl (feat. Kanye West & Malik Yusef)
JYJ - The Beginning New
Break Out!
Tohoshinki - Best Selection 2010
Ponytail to Chouchou
AKB48 - (single)
Troublemaker
Arashi - Boku no Miteiru Fuukei
Now, the number one selling singles in Japan from 1968, when the Oricon chart was formed, to 1979, as well as some extras from the time period.
Hoshikage no Waltz
Masao Sen - (single)
Yoake no Scat
Saori Yuki - (single)
Kuroneko no Tango
Osamu Minagawa - (single)
Keroneko no Tango
Osamu Minagawa - (single)
Watashi no Joukamachi
Rumiko Koyanagi - Premium Best
Onna no Michi
Shiro Miya to Pinkara Trio - (single)
Shouwa Karesusuki
Sakura to Ichirou - (single)
Namida no Misao
Tonosama Kings - (single)
Swim! Taiyaki-kun
Ronnie Rucker - (single)
Nagisa no Sinbad
Pink Lady - Pink Lady no Katsudou Ooutsushin
UFO
Pink Lady - Pink Lady no Katsudou Ooutsushin
Pepper Keibu
Pink Lady - Pepper Keibu
Miserarete
Judy Ongg - (single)
Young Man (Y.M.C.A.)
Hideki Saijou - (single)
Yume Oide Sake
Jirou Atsumi - (single)
Moving to the number one selling singles of the past decade.
TSUNAMI
Southern All Stars - Ballads 3 ~The Album of Love~
Can You Keep A Secret?
Utada Hikaru - Distance
Hymne à l'amour ~Ai no Anthem~
Utada Hikaru - (digital single) New
independent
Ayumi Hamasaki - Rainbow
Sekai Hitotsu Dake no Hana
SMAP - DRINK! SMAP!
Jupiter
Ayaka Hirahara - Odyssey
Come Again
m-flo - EXPO EXPO
Hitomi wo Tojite
Ken Hirai - SENTIMENTALovers
Seishun Amigo
Shuuji to Akira - (single)
Real Face
KAT-TUN - Best of KAT-TUN
Sen no Kaze ni Natte
Masafumi Akikawa - Sen no Kaze ni Natte Ichigoichie
Koko ni Iru yo (feat. Thelma Aoyama)
SoulJa - Spirits
truth
Arashi - All the Best! 1999–2009
Kumorinochi, Kaisei
Kenta Yano starring Satoshi Ohno - Believe/Kumorinochi, Kaisei (single)
Straight run of the greatest hits from 1980-1999.
Dancing All Night
Monta & Brothers - (single)
Ruby no Yubiwa
Akira Terao - (single)
Matsuwa
Aming - (single)
Akai Sweet Pea
Seiko Matsuda - Pineapple
Shoujo A
Akina Nakamori - Variation <Hensoukyoku>
Sazanka no Yado
Eisuke Ookawa - (single)
Cat's Eye
Anri - MY FAVORITE SONGS
Moshimo Ashita ga....
Warabe - (single)
Romantic ga Tomaranai
C-C-B - The Best of C-C-B
Julia ni Shoushin
Checkers - Motto! Checkers
CHA-CHA-CHA
Akemi Ishii - Mona Lisa
Inochi Kurenai
Eiko Segawa - Segawa Eiko Zenkyokushuu
Paradise Ginga
Hikaru GENJI - Hi!
Diamonds
Princess Princess - Singles 1987–1992
Odoru Ponpokorin
B.B. Queens - WE ARE B.B. Queens
Oh! Yeah!
Kazumasa Oda - Oh! Yeah!
Kimi ga Iru Dake de
Kome Kome Club - Octave
YAH YAH YAH
CHAGE & ASKA - Red Hill
innocent world
Mr.Children - Atomic Heart
LOVE LOVE LOVE
Dreams Come True - LOVE UNLIMITED∞
DEPARTURES
globe - globe
Namonaki Uta
Mr.Children - Shinkai
Can You Celebrate?
Namie Amuro - Concentration 20
Break It
Namie Amuro - Break It/Get Myself Back (single) New
Yuuwaku
GLAY - pure soul
PRECIOUS
GLAY - (single) New
LOVE Machine
Morning Musume - 3rd: Love Paradise
Dango 3 Kyodai
Kentarou Hayami, Ayumi Shigemori, Himawari Kids and Dango Gasshoudan - (single)
Garden (feat. Kenji)
Sugar Soul - Uzu
Orbit-3
m-flo - EXPO EXPO