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This is a list of the top-selling albums in Japan, based on data compiled by Oricon. Prior to January 1987, the domestic albums chart was separated into LPs (created in 1970), cassette tapes (introduced in 1974) and compact discs (launched in 1985), until their unification, which remains the current form. It is worth noting that Oricon only ...
Number-one albums of 2025 on the Billboard Japan Hot Albums Issue date Album Artist(s) Ref. January 1 Nantettatte AKB48: AKB48 [1] January 8 Antenna: Mrs. Green Apple [2] January 16 [3] January 22 Gold: SixTones [4] January 29 The Best 2020–2025: Snow Man [5] February 5 Prezent: Zerobaseone [6] February 12 Awake: NiziU [7]
The top music artists in Japan include Japanese artists with claims of 15 million or more record sales or with over 2 million subscribers. Japan is the largest physical music market in the world and the second largest overall behind the United States, and the biggest in Asia, according to International Federation of the Phonographic Industry .
Pages in category "Discographies of Japanese artists" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 292 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
This is a list of albums that have peaked at number-one on the Oricon Albums Chart, the preeminent singles chart in Japan. Each chart is on a week-ending format. The chart was created on October 5, 1987, and eventually replaced the original LP chart. It monitors the number of physical album purchases of the most popular albums.
The discography of British art pop/new wave band Japan, including their reformation as Rain Tree Crow, consists of six studio albums, seventeen compilation albums, one live album, and four video releases.
The following list indicates the best-selling albums from 1980 to 1989 on the Japanese Oricon chart. [1] It is based on cumulative sales figures of three formats (on vinyl, audio cassette, and compact discs).
"Wish" was released as a physical maxi single in Japan, [2] and as the lead track for the single album of the same name in South Korea. [3] The Japanese version of "Wish" debuted at number 3 on the Oricon Singles Chart and received a gold certification with at least 100,000 copies sold, while its Korean single album debuted on top of the Circle ...