Tatsuro Yamashita breaks an unprecedented record this year! “Christmas Eve” ranked in the Oricon weekly singles ranking TOP 100 for 39 consecutive years

■Following on from last year’s 9th place, it also entered the top 10 of the weekly singles ranking for the second consecutive year!

Tatsuro Yamashita’s “Christmas Eve (2024 Version)” ranks 7th in Oricon’s latest “Oricon Weekly Single Ranking” announced on December 18, the first week of 2025, with weekly sales of 8,000 copies. in.

The record for the number of consecutive years in the weekly single top 100 for this work, which has been running since 1987, has been updated to an unprecedented 39 consecutive years.

The song, which was cut as a single from the album “Melodies” (released in June 1983), first entered the ranking in December 1983. After re-entering the rankings in 1987, they continued to be ranked in the Oricon Weekly Singles Ranking TOP 100 every year for 38 years until 2024.

During that time, the song was used as the commercial song for JR Tokai’s “X’MAS EXPRESS” in 1988, and it became an indispensable standard song during the Japanese Christmas season.

Also, following last year’s 9th place, it ranked in the top 10 of the weekly singles ranking for the second consecutive year. This is the first time in 35 years that “Christmas Eve” has ranked in the top 10 for the second consecutive year since 1990.

This is the ninth year that “Christmas Eve” has reached the top 10 of the weekly singles ranking.

“Christmas Eve” is a seasonal product that is released around this time every year. This year, under the title “Christmas Eve (2024 Version),” in addition to “Christmas Eve” and “White Christmas,” we have selected three Christmas songs from the album “SEASON’S GREETINGS” released in 1993. Contains a live version.

This masterpiece, which shines in pop history, will add color to Christmas throughout the country this year as well.

*Fiscal year is based on the year of Oricon ranking compilation and publication.
*According to Oricon research (as of December 23, 2024; aggregation period: December 9, 2024 to December 15, 2024)