Yesterday was Kagamine Rin and Len's birthday! But the Kagamine wave still hasn't reached this week's ranking (too late D:) so we'll have to wait next week for that, hopefully. However, this ranking is pretty special in a way because you get to hear awesome first songs from THREE new Vocaloids. That would be CUL, Yuzuki Yukari, and IA ~Aria on the Planetes~. I'm surprised at how wonderful they all sound, not to mention they were tuned and their songs composed by really veteran/popular producers, so I hope you enjoyed them as much as I did. Aside from that, we have a few strong songs from last week as well as new stuff from popular sings (longtimenoseedoriko!) so this is pretty much a ranking that won't bore you at all. Enjoy!

↑# - 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 )

You might remember that I did a sort of intro post (plus a previous ranking writeup) for Nico Nico Indies Ranking. This is the ranking for this month. As I said, NNI is much more slow-moving compared to utattemita and Vocaloid, so you might still encounter songs here which appeared in the previous ranking. In order to keep your interests piqued, I'll copy my intro discussion on the artist from last ranking as they appear here. :)

original nicovideo link

( new upload ranking )

( overall ranking )

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
↓# - 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 )

Apologies again for the lateness. If you've read the utaran, you already now my problems with my Internet. I just hijacked someone's net for a while so I can post this. Again, lack of witty comments and stuff :(.

Weekly Vocaloid Ranking #197 (July 04-11, 2011)

↑# - 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 )

The first half of 2010 SP ranking (GUMI part) can be found here. For an intro on the SP ranking, please refer to the Miku compilation!

This compilation has even less songs at 80, but I'm sure they're all worth your listen!

Since all of them are GUMI songs, I'll just type the song, composer, and additional Vocaloids used if there are any.

original nicovideo link

( list under the cut! )

Weekly Utattemita Ranking #112 (December 20-27, 2010)

This is the ranking for Christmas week, which means there are tons of Christmas-related songs and parodies. Surprisingly, the top ones are very predictable since they haven't been toppled since last week, just rearranged a lot. Still, there are many interesting uploads this week, a rather big influx of parodies, and returners you wouldn't expect at all.

↑# - 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

I'll be including the weekly top ten and the overall top thirty of the week. Links to the nicovideo are included as well as some information. You may download the .mp3 file by inputting the link @ nicosound. Enjoy!

original Nico Nico Douga Link

( New Upload Ranking )

( Overall Weekly Ranking )

Nem

mylist | website | blog

Nem is a composer who is most probably well-known by now, not only because of his Vocaloid works but also because of his collaborations outside the Vocaloid-dom, either in his unit or with other singers. If you are a fan of GUMI, a fan of certain Nico singers (somewhere along the Asamakku/Dasoclear/wotamin mountain), you probably have heard of him and his works :).

Nem started his Vocaloid career in Nico Nico Douga sometime last year on June. He uploaded an old song of his, revised to be sung by GUMI right on the day she was released. His music borders between ballad and jazz, with excessive but dexterous use of violin and piano music. He also uses guitars in some of his ballads ("Alice ni Sayonara"), but not as much. It might be coincidental, but some of his songs portray certain seasons like summer ("Starmine") and winter ("Sayonara Polaris", etc.).

One impression he left with is first work is how he tunes his Vocaloids, specifically GUMI. He has a way of tuning GUMI so smoothly, she sounds human, complete with the pauses and breaths. He also rarely makes GUMI sing so high that she wavers, so her smooth, silky low voice is preserved very well in his songs. His Miku is also tuned to perfection with crisp last notes and no gratingly high/low reaches.

Aside from composing Vocaloid songs, Nem sings covers of Vocaloid songs. He also composes songs to be sung by his unit partner Aya or by himself. He also composed for PointFive's EnhAnce CD, specifically "Somatic Delusion" and "Summer Rain".


sample songs

# vocaloid
• Yoiyami no Augustin (GUMI)
• Bokura no Uta (GUMI)
• Alice ni Sayonara
• Starmine (GUMI)
• winter gift (Hatsune Miku)

# original + covers sung by Nem
• Kanon (original)
• Itsumo Yori Nakimushi na Sora (original by Rerulili)
• Mitsubachi (original by NioP)
• Jenga (original by 40mP)
* you can listen to some of Nem's original works (sung by Aya) in his website.


nikki says
I first heard of Nem in "Yoiyami no Augustin" because I was excited to listen to GUMI works (note: Nakajima Megumi fan). It was really impressive, but I felt it was underappreciated at that time. Next time I saw his work was when he released "Starmine", which I immediately loved because of the theme, the melody and GUMI's voice. If buzzG is my GUMI rock producer, Nem will be the jazz/ballad one and both of their works will always be included in my primers for GUMI/Vocaloid songs. If I were to choose a favorite song composed by him, it would be "Starmine" despite the fact that I have a ton of "Scissorhands" covers in my playlist... As for his covers, my favorite would be "Itsumo Yori Nakimushi na Sora".



On an unrelated note..

MGS Utattemita CD "Starry Sky" can now be ordered from Amazon! You might remember I wrote a review of the CD which has a wonderful singing cast including Miichan, Pagoda, Jack, Keisen, REN, etc.

Please buy the CD!

This is the monthly ranking for the month of June. For some reason, they only did 30 this month.

original nicovideo link

( top 30 under the cut )

PUPI and SunaP just announced information about their CD: enhAnce which is performed by a group called PointFive (.5). PointFive is composed of Dasoku, Asamaru, Clear, Amu, Miichan and PUPI. You might notice, if you've listened to previous lives by Pupi, that this is the "DACAMP" secret he's been discussing for about a month now ;).



The website can be found here.

The CD will have 12 songs and will be a mixture of original songs composed by PUPI, SunaP and guest producers (Nem, 40mP and RenaissanceP). The cover art, if I'm not mistaken, was drawn by Aki Akane. The CD will be released July 07, 2010 at 2,625 yen. There is already an Amazon page for it :).
EDIT: Here is the full track list of the album, plus the singers and composers involved. Some of them are covers of Vocaloid songs.

01. Undecidable - 0.5 version (lyrics: PUPI, composition: sunaP, arrangement: pupi/松岡美弥子)
02. Dessin - dasoku x clear x amu (lyrics, composition, arrangement: 40mP)
03. Tsukiyo na Mori - clear x miichan (original by bonorisu)
04. Mitsubachi - asamaru x amu (original by nio)
05. somatic delusion - amu x miichan (lyrics: orange, composition & arrangement: nem)
06. escape - clear x dasoku x asamaru feat. jack (original by jimmythumbs)
07. setsuna - miichan x asamaru (lyrics, composition: sunaP, arrangement: renaissanceP)
08. scissorhands - dasoku x amu (original by nem)
09. hoshi no komori uta - dasoku x clear (lyrics, composition, arrangement: 40mP)
10. summer rain - asamaru feat. jack (lyrics: touka nayuta, composition & arrangement: nem, guitar: rerulili)
11. stardust utopia - dasoku x clear x miichan (original by otetsu)
12. fireflower - 0.5 version/everyone (original by halyosy)



I can't wait!