here's the top 100 songs for 2010 in Japan Itunes. hymn a l'amore came at #73

http://www.tokyohive.com/2010/12/itunes-store-japan-announces-2010-itunes-top-songs-100/

: ?Butterfly? ? Kimura Kaela
2: ?Tamashii Revolution? ? Superfly
3: ?Ponytail to Shushu? ? AKB48
4: ?Zutto Suki datta? ? Saito Kazuyoshi
5: ?Heavy Rotation? ? AKB48
6: ?Namida? ? FUNKY MONKEY BABYS
7: ?Mata Kimi ni Koishiteru? ? Sakamoto Fuyumi
8: ?Ring a Ding Dong? ? Kimura Kaela
9: ?Shunkashuutou? ? Hilcrhyme
10: ?Motto Tsuyoku? ? EXILE
11: ?Telephone? ? Lady GaGa & Beyonc?
12: ?Sunshine Girl? ? moumoon
13: ?Ato Hitotsu? ? FUNKY MONKEY BABYS
14: ?Mister? ? KARA
15: ?Wildflower? ? Superfly
16: ?Poker Face? ? Lady GaGa
17: ?Taisetsu? ? FUNKY MONKEY BABYS
18: ?Hero? ? FUNKY MONKEY BABYS
19: ?TiK ToK? ? Ke$ha
20: ?California Gurls (feat. Snoop Dogg)? ? Katy Perry
21: ?Manazashi? ? Honey L Days
22: ?Takaramono~Kono Koe ga Nakunarumade~? ? NAOTO INTI RAYMI
23: ?366-nichi? ? HY
24: ?Nee? ? DREAMS COME TRUE
25: ?We Are the World 25 for Haiti? ? Artists for Haiti
26: ?Loose leaf? ? Hilcrhyme
27: ?1001 no Violine? ? THE BLUE HEARTS
28: ?VICTORY? ? EXILE
29: ?GENIE? ? Shoujo Jidai
30: ?Gee? ? Shoujo Jidai
31: ?Bad Romance? ? Lady GaGa
32: ?Sunao ni Narenakute? ? Sugawara Sayuri
33: ?Ai wo komete Hanataba wo? ? Superfly
34: ?Owari Hajimari? ? Kariyushi58
35: ?Chiisana Koi no Uta? ? MONGOL800
36: ?Daijoubu? ? Hilcrhyme
37: ?Sakura saku? ? Kitano Kie
38: ?Hanamizuki? ? Hitoto Yo
39: ?Arukuaraundo? ? Sakanakushon
40: ?Beginner? ? AKB48
41: ?Minna Sora no shita? ? Ayaka
42: ?Mahou no Ryouri~Kimi kara Kimi e~? ? BUMP OF CHICKEN
43: ?GO! GO! MANIAC? ? Houkago tea Time
44: ?Futatsu no Kuchibiru? ? EXILE
45: ?TSUBOMI feat.Kusuo? ? lecca
46: ?Sakura? ? FUNKY MONKEY BABYS
47: ?Kiseki? ? GReeeeN
48: ?Itsuno Hi mo? ? Abe Mao
49: ?Aitakatta (Idoling!!! version)? ? AKBIdoling!!!
50: ?Lollipop? ? Koda Kumi
51: ?Ai? ? Hata Motohiro
52: ?Break It? ? Amuro Namie
53: ?Gachizakura? ? Shonan no Kaze
54: ?Utauyo!!MIRACLE? ? Houkago Tea Time
55: ?Ichibu to Zenbu? ? B?z
56: ?Junrenka? ? Shonan no Kaze
57: ?Roll Over the Rainbow? ? Superfly
58: ?Hello,Again~Mukashi kara aru Basho? ? My Little Lover
59: ?Zankoku na Tenshi no thesis? ? Takahashi Yoko
60: ?SAKURA? ? MONKEY MAJIK
61: ?Love the Way You Lie? ? Eminem & Rihanna
62: ?Sukide, Sukide, Sukide? ? Koda Kumi
63: ?RIVER? ? AKB48
64: ?BRAVE HEART feat. Nishino Kana? ? NERDHEAD
65: ?I Wish For You? ? EXILE
66: ?SCAR? ? RIP SLYME
67: ?NO, Thank You!? ? Houkago Tea Time
68: ?Empire State of Mind (feat. Alicia Keys)? ? Jay-Z
69: ?Oogoe Diamond? ? AKB48
70: ?Hibiscus? ? MINMI
71: ?Nando demo? ? DREAMS COME TRUE
72: ?Toilet no Kamisama? ? Uemura Kana
73: ?Hymne a l?amour~Ai no Anthem~? - Utada Hikaru
74: ?Identity? ? Sakanakushon
75: ?Noudouteki Sanpunkan? ? Tokyo Jihen
76: ?only my railgun? ? fripSide
77: ?Tentai Kansoku? ? BUMP OF CHICKEN
78: ?Listen!!? ? Houkago Tea Time
79: ?I Gotta Feeling? ? The Black Eyed Peas
80: ?You Belong With Me? ? Taylor Swift
81: ?Manifest? ? RADWIMPS
82: ?Baby? ? Justin Bieber & Ludacris
83: ?Straight? ? Tortoise Matsumoto
84: ?Just Dance? ? Lady GaGa & Colby O?Donis
85: ?Aitakute Ima? ? MISIA
86: ?Itsumademo Kawaranu Ai wo? ? Kobukuro
87: ?Misery? ? Maroon 5
88: ?LAYLA? ? Kobukuro
89: ?Share The World? ? Tohoshinki
90: ?Story? ? AI
91: ?FAKE feat. Amuro Namie? ? AI
92: ?Party In the U.S.A? ? Miley Cyrus
93: ?Haruka? ? GReeeeN
94: ?Suirenka? ? Shonan no Kaze
95: ?Someday? ? EXILE
96: ?Sakura no Shiori? ? AKB48
97: ?One day? ? The ROOTLESS
98: ?Way to Love? ? Karasawa Miho
99: Uta utai no Ballad? ? Saito Kazuyoshi
100: ?Waving・Frag Coca・Cola(R)・Celebration・Mix~Sekai ni Hitotsu no Hata withAI? ? K?Naan with AI

I find this quite odd. I would suspect that both Goodbye Happiness and Can't Wait 'Til christmas sold more than Hymn a L'Amore since both songs ranked higher in intunes and in the RIAJ digital charts (Can't wait was number 1 in downloads for a couple of weeks straight).

Is there a cut-off date for the list that's why Can't Wait and Goodbye weren't included in the top 100? I'm pretty sure it sold more than enough to be in the top 100.

Hikki way down there at 73

Well maybe because Hikki released her single were on December, so not quite many people download her single. Not like other artist whose been released their single way before Hikki.

So i think its quite nice to see her single on the chart, even though not on the top list :D

I saw this list a while ago... I definitely think there was a cut-off date. Can't Wait Til Christmas definitely outranked Hymne a L'Amore. What further proves that there was a cut-off date: notice that both Ayumi Hamasaki and Arashi are absent from the list. Even though I expected that from Ayumi (LOVE SONGS was a dissapointment, imo), Arashi scored tthe #36 top selling album worldwide this year, with 1.1 million sold. No way they'd be excluded from this list.

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my thoughts exactly! i even think that goodbye happiness outsold Hymn..Hymn wasn't really a strong digital seller when it was released.