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Apologies that this is late again. I'm having problems with Nicodou today and I can't load the individual videos, so I just settled for the ranking video itself and the song previews. Sorry of the comments are much more unhelpful than usual ^^;.

It's MMD cup season so you'll be seeing a lot of MMD videos. There's also quite a lot of Rin, which means variety from the GUMI-fest we had recently. You'll notice in the history from this ranking and the previous that last year, around this time was the time popular producers started using GUMI (hachi, SignalP, etc.), probably signifying her rise in popularity, too :). It's been a year since Matryoshka, WTF.... I am still looping it..........

↑# - the song moved up from a previous top 30 rank
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↵ - song is a re-entry to the top 30 rankings

original nicovideo link

Songs are arranged from 1-30.

( top 30 under the cut )

This week doesn't have as much new ones as last week's but there are still quite a few worthy of a listen. There are some Ps which are new to the rankings, too, so I think everyone should check out what kind of awesome songs they uploaded. :) Since it's 1AM here, this post is going to be short and sweet ♥.

↑# - the song moved up from a previous top 30 rank
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↵ - song is a re-entry to the top 30 rankings

original nicovideo link

Songs are arranged from 1-30.

( top 30 under the cut )

Junky

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Since Junky is to release a CD soon, I think it's just right that we feature him now for those people who are interested in his album :).

Junky started uploading Vocaloid songs in NND around mid-2009. He started with metal and hard rock as his genre, which might be influenced with his experience as a guitarist for the doujin circle Crony Craft. However, later on, he branched out to be more flexible in terms of pop, electronica, etc. Despite the variety in his music, he is not very prolific and has only six Vocaloid songs in Nico Nico Douga, the most popular of which is Melancholic, which is about to reach a million views soon.

Junky's style, as stated before, changes with each song, although he is quite loyal to his guitar music. After hard rock, he shifted to jazz rock and eventually into electronic pop and recently back to hard rock. While it might confuse some, since most of the producers we know have a specific genre they are good at, Junky's flexibility makes each of his songs an entirely different experience. His guitar-playing is sharp and snappy, often coupled with a mixture of other instruments including but not limited to synthesizer, piano, and drums. Since each of his song differs in genre, it's a bit hard to describe solidly his musical style.

As he changes his music styles every time he makes a song, so does his Vocaloids. His prime Vocaloid at the moment seems to be Kagamine Rin, but lately he's also been using Hatsune Miku and Gumi. All his Vocaloids are toned in medium pitch, slowly and eventually rising into a high-pitched chorus but not shrill to the ears.

Despite his limited number of songs, he is pretty popular in the Vocaloid scene because most of his songs are all hits. He has even participated in a number of compilation albums including EXIT TUNES' Gumism, Supernova and Vocaloanthems, Vocaloid Lovesongs Girls Side and Vocaloid Best from Nico Nico Douga (Blue). He has released a CD last year named Quarter, which featured his hits and more. This August, he is going to have a major debut with utaite Choucho, releasing an album called Lapis.

sample songs
• SparkRING (Kagamine Rin)
• ZIGG-ZAGG (Hatsune Miku)
• For My Soul (GUMI)
• Sadistic Love (Kagamine Rin)

• Nico Nico Indies - Sweet Magic (Junky feat. Lon)


nikki says
Like most of you, I knew of Junky because of his hit, Melancholic. I didn't like it much at first, but it was so catchy and it started to be one of my favorite Rin songs. However, I only managed to listen to most of his works when I listened to the crossfade for his CD "Quarter". I'm not a big fan of electronic, but I love his jazz rock, especially SparkRING. His songs might not sound that good on the first listen, but as you listen to them over and over, they grow on you.

I can't wait for his and Choucho's album :3. It's going to be released August 24 for 2,000 yen. You can see a sneak video of their recording/rehearsals here.

This "album" is a collaboration among Vocaloid producers, utaite, illustrators, and other artists, but it's not really an album. Actually, it's a series of songs uploaded in Nico Nico as a "set". If you know about the previous season albums "Utaite Tsunagu Album" which has included Clear, Wotamin, Re:A and others in the past, "&" is very much like them.

The theme is "relationships, ties and connections with all things". Each song is a collaboration of a VocaloidP, a singer, and an artist who did the PV. All songs are original and they are not covers of existing songs.

Here's the list of the songs, collab team and a short description on each song. The whole set is in this mylist. When you listen to one song, it automatically forwards to the next track, but in case it doesn't work, just check the mylist :).

( track list )

Weekly Vocaloid Ranking #173 (January 17-25, 2011)

This week's ranking has a good influx of new songs although most of those from the past week are strong enough to stay (even if pushed down a lot). There are a lot of rock songs this week, too, as well as awesomely catchy ones!

I apologize for the lack of info and comments on the PV and images. I wrote this at work and my work Mac has no Flash (yay!) so I'm using nicosound to stream the whole thing x_X;

↑# - the song moved up from a previous top 30 rank
↓# - song moved down from a previous top 30 rank
↵ - song is a re-entry to the top 30 rankings

original nicovideo link

Songs are arranged from 1-30.

( top 30 under the cut )