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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 ...
The Oricon Albums Chart is the Japanese music industry standard albums popularity chart issued daily, weekly, monthly and yearly by Oricon. Oricon originally published LP, CT, Cartridge and CD charts prior to the establishment of the Oricon Albums Chart on October 5, 1987. The Oricon Albums Chart's rankings are based on physical albums' sales.
The best-selling artist according to Oricon are B'z (more than 86 million), who is also the best-selling artist by a number of albums sold (46.5 million). [7] The best-selling artists by number of singles sold are AKB48 (50.8 million), [8] B'z (35.8 million) in second place, [9] Mr. Children (28.45 million) in third place, [10] and Southern All ...
With their album Anti Anti Generation (2018), rock band Radwimps (pictured in 2016) topped the first issue of the Oricon Combined Albums Chart.. The Oricon Combined Albums Chart (Japanese: オリコン合算アルバムランキング, Hepburn: Orikon Gassan Arubamu Rankingu) is a record chart released weekly by Oricon, a major provider of information on the Japanese music industry.
Taiyaki-kun" is the best-selling single in Japan. [2] There were several singles which achieved worldwide success. Kyu Sakamoto's "Sukiyaki" sold estimate 13 million copies over worldwide. However, those were worldwide sales. There were many non full-track digital download singles in Japan.
This is a list of the world's best-selling albums of recorded music in physical mediums, such as vinyl, audio cassettes or compact discs. To appear on the list, the figure must have been published by a reliable source and the album must have sold at least 20 million copies and certified at least 10 million units (the equivalent of a diamond ...
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 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).