is the debut single by Shiro Miya & Pinkara Trio released on May 10, 1972, in Japan. The lyrics are simple, but sad. The song is written about a woman who devoted herself to her only man but was deserted by him and was crying. The single became a mega-hit song and had been recognized as the best-selling song in Japan until "

Oyoge! Taiyaki-kun is a song by Japanese singer Masato Shimon, released by Canyon Records (now Pony Canyon) on December 25, 1975. The B-side "Ippon Demo Ninjin" was sung by Japanese folk music, folk singer Kenichi Nagira. However, the label claimed that the song was ...

" was released. The song holds an all-time consecutive number-one record to spend 16 consecutive weeks at the number-one position on the

Oricon , established in 1999, is the holding company at the head of a Japanese corporate group that supplies statistics and information on music and the music industry in Japan and Western music. It started as, which was founded by Sōkō Koike in Nov ...

single charts. In Japan, it was the best selling single in 1972 with over 1.3 million copies and held the rank in the next year with over 1.8 million copies. The song was charted for 84 weeks on the Oricon charts. In total it sold over 3.25 million copies and is the second best selling single in Japan according to the Oricon. It is also the best selling

enka is a Japanese music genre considered to resemble traditional Japanese music stylistically. Modern ''enka'', however, is a relatively recent musical form, which adopts a more traditional musical style in its vocalism than ''ryūkōka'' music, p ...

. Their album ''Onna no Michi'' also reached at the number-one position on the Oricon charts.

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