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Not many new releases this week, so we still have the classics up and strong. It's funny how some of the Ps with songs still in the ranking also uploaded new songs this week (lol40mP). The new songs all have their charm, too, so please do check them out! Oh, and by the way, Happy Synthesizer is back XD.

↑# - 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 )

scop / すこっぷ

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Scop is one of my favorite Vocaloid producers (at the moment) and he will be celebrating his birthday next month, so I decided to make a spotlight on him first :3.

Scop is a prolific Vocaloid producer, having uploaded a lot of songs since his debut in 2008. His first big break is with his hit Lowry's Room and since then he had released a lot of songs which became extremely popular. Most of his songs have sad or bitterweet messages hidden behind the beautiful music.

He is known for making songs with wonderfully unique piano melodies. His earlier works were more on upbeat electropop, as well as piano ballads. Recently, he has started leaning towards upbeat jazz led by piano (and sometimes violins). He also has some songs bordering on alternative rock, but they're still dominated with piano music combined with crisp electric guitar and very subtle drums.

Scop uses solely Hatsune Miku for his works. His tuning varied a little over time. His first songs has Miku singing in a slightly muffled, faded voice that are shaky at times. As he progressed, his Miku slowly turned crisper and more solid. His Miku has interesting "stops", usually at the end of each line, giving his songs a unique identity. Aside from Miku, a lot of utaite also cover his songs despite their higher-than-normal pitch.

Scop holds regular namahousou and also sings covers of other people's songs. He has a really cute voice ;).

On a more personal note, Scop dreams of having a music-related career and always hopes that his songs will come to touch people's hearts, even if they're a little sad (and morbid at times). He likes bitter and sweet things, but he does not drink. He said in Twitter that he cannot play the piano at all, but he can do so with a mouse ^^;. And if what he said in Twitter (again) is true, it will be his birthday this March 5. :) Don't forget to greet!

sample songs>
• Hello Goodbye
• Hikari
• Internet City
• Yubikiri
• Raindrops
• eve*2 (Eve Eve)

covers
• Guriguri Megane to Gekkouchuu (FullkawaP original)
• Kanaria (baker original)
• Hello/How Are You w/ Dakishimeta Tonight & Chawa (HoehoeP original)


nikki says
I first knew of scop when I listened to "Lowry's Room" (and Seriyu's awesome cover of it). The next time I encountered his work was with "Internet City" and by then I wondered why he would make such sad lyrics with his music. Despite listening to his ballads a lot, I love his jazz works the most. My favorite will always be "Yubikiri", although his recent "Top Secret", "Raindrops", and "eve*2" are really awesome, too. His music aside, I like reading his tweets because he likes complaining about cleaning his room and talking of his daydreams XD.

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! )

As you might remember, I posted the midyear special ranking sometime in July, where the songs included were those uploaded from December 2009 to June 2010. This is the LATTER PART of that ranking, where the top songs from June 15 to December 14, 2010 are uploaded.

The video has 80 songs, but the mylist has 200 songs O_O;. A-anyway, I've included them all in the list. As with the previous mid-year ranking and all the other rankings which aren't weekly, this is written in reverse for more suspense :D.

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

nicovideo link 1
nicovideo link 2

( list under the cut! )


The last few are so predictable XD;. Anyway, I'll be doing the rest of the rankings, too (how many more to go? D: ) so please wait for them! /o/

...The tags...I...will do them later orz.

Weekly Vocaloid Ranking #168 (December 13-20, 2010)

Not many new things today, which is a bit disapppointing since the old songs just ended up getting juggled from one rank to another. There are quite a few well-known P's who uploaded this week, anyway, so the ranking is worth a look!

↑# - 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 )