Ahh wow I can't believe I didn't notice that. During her run they changed the spelling of her name from GaGa to Gaga, which ended up as two records in my database. It only counted one of them for the table (the one with just a few weeks). I just fixed it, it adds a LOT of weeks in the US and Canada. She moves up to #6 and P!nk drops to #7. Doesn't look like this affected any other artists.
Wasn't possible unfortunately. The Oricon archive is in Japanese characters. Someone would have to manually go through each chart from January 2001 up to now, pick out the western artists (if there are any there), translate them, add up the weeks, etc.
Oh I see.
This compilation is so great nonetheless
King Robbie
But dead at 21 alone has more weeks than any artist
Wasn't possible unfortunately. The Oricon archive is in Japanese characters. Someone would have to manually go through each chart from January 2001 up to now, pick out the western artists (if there are any there), translate them, add up the weeks, etc.
Mmm, I mission most advantageous to Empress of Nippon Gaga. I may undertake.