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Japanese music chart
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.
A Digital Albums Chart based on download sales was established on November 19, 2016.
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On December 24, 2018, Oricon introduced a Combined Albums Chart based on
album-equivalent units
. It counts physical sales, digital sales and streaming.
[2]
Charts are published every Tuesday in Oricon Style and on Oricon's official website. Every Monday, Oricon receives data from outlets, but data on merchandise sold through certain channels does not make it into the charts. For example, the debut single of
NEWS
, a pop group, was released only through 7-Eleven stores, which are not covered by Oricon, and its sales were not reflected in the Oricon charts. Oricon's rankings of
record sales
are therefore not completely accurate.
Best-selling albums of all time
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Rank
|
Year
|
Title
|
Artist
|
Sales
|
1
|
1999
|
First Love
|
Hikaru Utada
|
7,650,215
[3]
|
2
|
1998
|
B'z The Best "Pleasure"
|
B'z
|
5,135,922
|
3
|
1997
|
Review
|
Glay
|
4,875,980
|
4
|
2001
|
Distance
|
Hikaru Utada
|
4,469,135
|
5
|
1998
|
B'z The Best "Treasure"
|
B'z
|
4,438,742
|
6
|
2001
|
A Best
|
Ayumi Hamasaki
|
4,301,353
|
7
|
1996
|
Globe
|
Globe
|
4,136,460
|
8
|
2002
|
Deep River
|
Hikaru Utada
|
3,604,588
|
9
|
2000
|
Delicious Way
|
Mai Kuraki
|
3,530,000
|
10
|
1998
|
Time to Destination
|
Every Little Thing
|
3,520,330
|
See also
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References
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External links
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