^Now that article, even after translating it on Google, Bing, or elsewhere is quite confusing (surprise,surprise ...Now I know when HEART STATION debuted @ #1 its 1st week, she equalled Hikaru Genji,The Checkers, and Kinki Kids for the most consecutive #1 studio albums from debut on (5) with a total six overall (only equal to Kinki Kids); This release put her as the ONLY artist in Japan to have Seven Consecutive #1 albums (but only since debuting), @ least according to this link: http://www.emimusic.com/blog/2010/hikaru-utada-scores-seventh-consecutive-number-one-album/

Now someone correct me if I'm wrong, and HUGE congrats to Utada BTW as always, but I thought Ayu had the most #1 (original,compilation,overall,or otherwise) albums for any artist,solo or group, in Japan? She had 8 consecutive from her studio debut, "Guilty" broke the streak, and than had 2 more with Next Level and Rock N Roll Circus (its that much higher if we add her five best-of/compilations that had prodigious first week numbers as well)...And doesn't Mariah Carey and Boa have equal to or more #1 albums as well (unless like Exodus and TITO, Western artists and English releases CAN'T count towards this, or even foreign artists singing in Japanese)? This is really confusing and heavy-handed I know, I'm just a little skeptical about the language used, because this may be relative fact rather than absolute truth! What's more is, doesn't Southern All Stars,Seiko Matsuda,Yumi Matsutoya,B'Z,Mr. Children,Koda Kumi,GLAY,L'arc~en~ciel and Namie Amuro and some others too numerous or irrelevant to mention all have more #1 albums (original,best-of, or overall) than Utada consecutive or otherwise as well? Or does this record only refer to since OFFICIALLY debuting with Japanese music (because if that's the case, Ayu nor Utada are the true setters of that record, since there was 'Precious' and 'Nothing from Nothing' EP that went nowhere)?

Another thing was when ULTRA BLUE had 500K+ debut frame and made her the #1 artist with most consecutive albums to break half-a-million units in 1st week of release (5, including UHSCV1 and EX-cluding Exodus as usual). She's now ahead of the now-debunked SPEED (w/ 4) in second place, with five artists (Globe, Chemistry, and three other acts I can't make out or read properly from all the kanji http://www.oricon.co.jp/news/ranking/25390/!) tieing thrid place w/ 2 frames each. Again, basic research tells us Ayumi Hamasaki (she had like what 8 or more, even though they were distributed during Oricon Holidays and all charted prematurely blending two weeks or more combined) and Mr. Children, and a sizeable host of others, have done this same feat @ LEAST that many times or more (half-a-million in the first week) I mean. Unless, f course, they mean directly and consecutively since DEBUTING; but even if THAT's the case, I know of several Johnny's Jimusho acts (Kat-tun,Arashi,and News all keep creeping up in my mind) that have fufilled all the criteria for this as well .. Anyone who knows or cares, please help explain!...I want all these accolades and achievements of Hikki to just be legit more than anything else ...