List of best-selling albums in Japan

Japan is the second-largest music market in the world and the following lists cover the top-selling albums in the country of Japan, based on information provided by the Recording Industry Association of Japan and Oricon Inc. ^[1]

History

Colors
	Greatest hits album

In the history of the Oricon weekly albums chart, which started in January 1970, only 280 out of all of the charting albums have sold more than one million copies, a feat mostly achieved by domestic acts. ^[2]

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 takes into consideration physical sales for its charts, meaning that digital purchases are excluded. ^{[2] [3] [4] [5]} The best-selling album is First Love (1999) by non-binary solo artist Hikaru Utada, which sold over 7.5 million copies by the end of that year. ^[6] Ryuichi Kawamura's Love (1997) topped the album chart with sales of 1,021,000 copies, making him the only male solo artist to have an album sell over one million copies in its first week in Oricon history. ^[7] Love went on to sell 2,788,000 copies, and holds the record as the best-selling male solo album of all time. ^[8] Whereas, Mr. Children's Atomic Heart (1994), still remains its position as the top-selling original studio album by a male band.

3 million or more copies

Album	Artist	Released	Sales
First Love	Hikaru Utada	10 March 1999	7,672,120
B'z The Best "Pleasure"	B'z	20 May 1998	5,136,000
Review	Glay	1 October 1997	4,875,980
Distance	Hikaru Utada	28 March 2001	4,472,353
B'z The Best "Treasure"	B'z	20 September 1998	4,439,000
A Best	Ayumi Hamasaki	28 March 2001	4,293,843
Globe	Globe	31 March 1996	4,136,000
Deep River	Hikaru Utada	19 June 2002	3,605,000
Number 1's	Mariah Carey	17 November 1998	3,600,000 [9]
Umi no Yeah!!	Southern All Stars	25 June 1998	3,592,000
Delicious Way	Mai Kuraki	28 June 2000	3,530,000
Time to Destination	Every Little Thing	15 April 1998	3,520,000
Atomic Heart	Mr. Children	1 September 1994	3,430,000
Sweet 19 Blues	Namie Amuro	22 July 1996	3,359,000
5×20 All the Best!! 1999–2019	Arashi	26 June 2019	3,300,400
Bolero	Mr. Children	5 March 1997	3,283,000
Neue Musik	Yumi Matsutoya	6 November 1998	3,252,000
Faces Places	Globe	12 March 1997	3,239,000
The Swinging Star	Dreams Come True	14 November 1992	3,227,000
Impressions	Mariya Takeuchi	25 July 1994	3,067,000
Zard Best: The Single Collection	Zard	28 May 1999	3,034,000
All Singles Best	Kobukuro	27 September 2006	3,018,000
Loose	B'z	22 November 1995	3,003,210

2 million–2.9 million copies

Album	Artist	Released	Sales
Delicious	Dreams Come True	25 March 1995	2,966,000
Back Beats #1	Maki Ohguro	11 December 1995	2,868,000
Ballads 3 ~The Album of Love~	Southern All Stars	22 November 2000	2,845,000
evergreen	My Little Lover	5 December 1995	2,797,000
Love	Ryuichi Kawamura	22 November 1997	2,788,000
Cruise Control 1995-2000	Globe	22 September 1999	2,763,000
Shinkai	Mr. Children	24 June 1996	2,745,000
Message	Mongol800	16 September 2001	2,729,000
musiQ	Orange Range	1 December 2004	2,649,000
Drive: Glay Complete Best	Glay	29 November 2000	2,637,000
Utada Hikaru Single Collection Vol. 1	Hikaru Utada	31 March 2004	2,621,000
Mother Father Brother Sister	Misia	24 June 1998	2,580,000
Love Brace	Tomomi Kahara	3 June 1996	2,571,000
Loveppears	Ayumi Hamasaki	10 November 1999	2,562,000
The Way We Are	Chemistry	7 November 2001	2,471,000
Finally	Namie Amuro	8 November 2017	2,451,651
Love Unlimited	Dreams Come True	21 April 1996	2,434,000
Pure Soul	Glay	29 July 1997	2,427,000
Dance To Positive	TRF	27 March 1995	2,382,000
Heavy Gauge	Glay	20 October 1999	2,358,000
Shōso Strip	Ringo Sheena	31 March 2000	2,332,000
Mr. Children 1992–1995	Mr. Children	11 July 2001	2,324,000
Moment	Speed	16 December 1998	2,319,000
Greatest Hits "The Soul	Dreams Come True	14 February 2000	2,318,000
Ark	L'Arc-en-Ciel	1 July 1999	2,315,000
Love Is The Message	Misia	1 January 2000	2,298,000
Best! Morning Musume 1	Morning Musume	31 January 2001	2,260,000
Every Best Single +3	Every Little Thing	31 March 1999	2,256,000
Ray	L'Arc-en-Ciel	1 July 1999	2,179,000
Best Of Dreams Come True	Dreams Come True	1 November 1997	2,170,000
The Power Source	Judy and Mary	26 March 1997	2,162,000
Def Tech	Def Tech	22 January 2005	2,100,000
Ketsunopolis 4	Ketsumeishi	29 June 2005	2,071,000
Viva La Revolution	Dragon Ash	23 July 1999	2,060,000
Rise	Speed	1 April 1998	2,048,000
Second to None	Chemistry	1 January 2003	2,025,000

List of Million-certified albums by the Recording Industry Association of Japan

This is the list of the albums that have shipped over 1,000,000 copies and been certified Million by the Recording Industry Association of Japan (RIAJ). ^{[10] [11]} Albums are listed in alphabetical order of each recording artists' name.

Year	Artist	Title	Level	Notes
1999	19	Ongaku	Million
1996	Nanase Aikawa	red	2× Million
1997		paraDOX	Million
1999		ID		Compilation album
2011	AKB48	Koko ni Ita Koto
2012		1830m
2014		Tsugi no Ashiato
2000	aiko	Sakura no Ki no Shita
2001		Natsufuku
1995	Namie Amuro	Dance Tracks Vol.1	2× Million
1996		Sweet 19 Blues	3× Million
1997		Concentration 20	2× Million
1998		181920	2× Million	Compilation album
2008		Best Fiction	Million
2017		Finally	2× Million
2009	Arashi	All the Best! 1999–2009	Million
2010		Boku no Miteiru Fūkei
2011		Beautiful World
2015		Japonism
2019		5x20 All the Best!! 1999–2019	2x Million	Compilation album
2006	Ayaka	First Message	Million
2009		Ayaka's History 2006–2009		Compilation album
2002	Kimimaro Ayanokoji	Bakushou Super Live Dai-1 Shū: Chūkounen ni Ai wo Komete		Live album
1989	B'z	Off the Lock
1990		Break Through
		Wicked Beat
		Risky
1991		Mars		EP
		In the Life	3× Million
1992		Run	2× Million
		Friends		EP
1994		The 7th Blues	Million
1995		Loose	3× Million
1996		Friends II	Million	EP
1997		Flash Back: B'z Early Special Titles	Million	Compilation album
		Survive	2× Million
1998		B'z The Best "Pleasure"	5× Million	Compilation album
		B'z The Best "Treasure"	4× Million
1999		Brotherhood	Million
2000		B'z The "Mixture"	2× Million	Compilation album
		Eleven	2× Million
2002		Green	Million
		The Ballads: Love & B'z		Compilation album
2005		B'z The Best "Pleasure II"
2008		B'z The Best "Ultra Pleasure"
2001	Backstreet Boys	The Hits: Chapter One
2000	The Beatles	1	2× Million
2002	BoA	Listen to My Heart	Million
2003		Valenti	Million
2005		Best of Soul	Million	Compilation album
1994	Bon Jovi	Cross Road	Million	Compilation album
1995		These Days	Million
1998	Boøwy	This Boøwy	Million	Compilation album
1998	The Brilliant Green	The Brilliant Green	Million
2021	BTS	BTS, the Best	Million	Compilation album
1991	Mariah Carey	Emotions	Million
1993		Music Box	Million
1994		Merry Christmas	2× Million
1995		Daydream	Million
1997		Butterfly	Million
1998		Number 1's	3× Million	Compilation album
1995	The Carpenters	Seishun no Kagayaki: 22 Hits of the Carpenters	2× Million	Compilation album
1991	Chage and Aska	Tree	3× Million
1992		Super Best II	2× Million	Compilation album
		Guys	Million
1993		Red Hill
1997	Chara	Junior Sweet
2001	Chemistry	The Way We Are	2× Million
2002		Second to None	2× Million
1982	Eric Clapton	Timepieces: The Best of Eric Clapton	Million	Compilation album
1992		Unplugged	Million	Live album
1999		Clapton Chronicles: The Best of Eric Clapton	2× Million	Compilation album
2001	Da Pump	Da Best of Da Pump	Million
1994	Deen	Deen	Million
1997	Celine Dion	Let's Talk About Love	Million
1999		All the Way… A Decade of Song	2× Million	Compilation album
2005	Def Tech	Def Tech	2× Million
2006		Catch the Wave	Million
1998	Dragon Ash	Buzz Songs	Million
1999		Viva la Revolution	2x Million
2001		Lily Of Da Valley	Million
1989	Dreams Come True	Dreams Come True	Million
		Love Goes On...	2× Million
1990		Wonder 3	Million
1991		Million Kisses	3× Million
1992		The Swinging Star	Million
1993		Magic	2× Million
1995		Delicious
1996		Love Unlimited	Million
1997		The Best of Dreams Come True	Million	Compilation album
		Sing or Die	Million
1999		The Monster	Million
2000		Greatest Hits "The Soul"	2× Million	Compilation album
2015		Dreams Come True The Best! Watashi no Dorikamu	Million	Compilation album
1997	Enya	Paint the Sky with Stars	Million	Compilation album
2001		Themes from Calmi Cuori Appassionati	Million
1997	Every Little Thing	Everlasting	Million
1998		Time to Destination	4× Million
1999		Every Best Single +3	2× Million	Compilation album
2000		eternity	Million
2001		4 Force
2003	Exile	Exile Entertainment
2005		Perfect Best		Compilation album
2007		Exile Love
2008		Exile Catchy Best		Compilation album
		Exile Ballad Best	2× Million
2009		Aisubeki Mirai e	Million
2011		Negai no Tō
1993	Masaharu Fukuyama	Calling
1995		M-Collection: Kaze wo Sagashiteru		Compilation album
1999		Magnum Collection 1999 "Dear"		Double-disc compilation album
2001		F
2011	Girls' Generation	Girls' Generation
1996	Glay	Beloved
1997		Review	5× Million	Compilation album
1998		Pure Soul	3× Million
1999		Heavy Gauge	2× Million
2000		Drive: Complete Best	2x Million	Double-disc compilation album
1996	Globe	Globe	4× Million
1997		Faces Places	3× Million
1998		Love Again	2× Million
		Relation
1999		Cruise Record 1995-2000		Double-disc compilation album
2001	Gospellers	Love Notes	Million
2008	Greeeen	A, Domo. Ohisashiburi Desu.
2009		Shio, Koshō
1989	Shogo Hamada	Wasted Tears
2000		The History of Shogo Hamada "Since 1975"		Compilation album
1999	Ayumi Hamasaki	A Song for ××
		"A"		14-track CD single
		Loveppears	2× Million
2000		Duty	3× Million
2001		A Best	4× Million	Compilation album
2002		I am...	3× Million
		Rainbow	2× Million
2003		A Ballads	Million	Compilation album
		Memorial Address		EP
2004		My Story
2006		(Miss)Understood
1998	hide with Spread Beaver	Ja, Zoo
1999	Lauryn Hill	The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill
2003	HY	Street Story
1993	Kyosuke Himuro	Memories of Blue
1995		Singles		Compilation album
2000	Ken Hirai	The Changing Same
2001		Gaining Through Losing		Compilation album
2003		Life Is...
2005		Ken Hirai 10th Anniversary Complete Single Collection '95-'05 "Uta Baka"	2× Million	Compilation album
1993	Eri Hiramatsu	Single is Best	Million
1998	Kohmi Hirose	The Best "Love Winters"	2× Million
1999	Tomoyasu Hotei	Greatest Hits 1990-1999	Million
2010	Ikimonogakari	Ikimonobakari: Members Best Selection
1989	Miki Imai	Ivory
1993		Ivory II
1997		Pride
1997	Koshi Inaba	Magma
1999	Yōsui Inoue	Golden Best		Double-disc compilation album
1994	Judy and Mary	Orange Sunshine
1995		Miracle Diving
1997		The Power Source		2× Million
1998		Pop Life		Million
2000		Fresh		Million
2001		Warp	Million
		The Great Escape	Million
1996	Tomomi Kahala	Love Brace	2× Million
1997		Storytelling	Million
1997	Makoto Kawamoto	Makoto Kawamoto	Million
1997	Ryuichi Kawamura	Love	3× Million
2003	Ketsumeishi	Ketsunopolis 3	Million
2005		Ketsunopolis 4	2× Million
1997	KinKi Kids	A Album	Million
1998		B Album	Million
2000		KinKi Single Selection	Million
1998	Kiroro	Nagai Aida: Kiroro no Mori	Million
2005	Kobukuro	Nameless World	Million
2006		All Singles Best	3× Million	Compilation album
2007		5296	Million
2012		All Singles Best 2	Million	Compilation album
1992	Kome Kome Club	Octave	3× Million
1995		Decade	Million
2005	Kumi Koda	Best: First Things	2× Million	Compilation album
2006		Best: Second Session	2× Million
		Black Cherry	Million
2000	Yuki Koyanagi	Expansion	Million
1986	Toshinobu Kubota	Shake It Paradise	Million
1987		Groovin'	Million
1988		Such A Funky Thang!	Million
1989		The Baddest	Million	Compilation album
1990		Bonga Wanga	Million
2000	Mai Kuraki	Delicious Way	3× Million
2001		Perfect Crime	Million
2004		Wish You the Best	Million	Compilation album
1992	Keisuke Kuwata	From Yesterday	Million	Compilation album
1994		Kodoku no Taiyou	Million
2002		Rock and Roll Hero	Million
		Top of the Pops	Million	Double-disc compilation album
1996	L'Arc-en-Ciel	True	Million
1998		Heart	Million
1999		ark	2× Million
		Ray	2× Million
2000		Real	Million
2001		Clicked Singles Best 13	Million	Compilation album
2011	Lady Gaga	The Fame	Million
2002	Avril Lavigne	Let Go	Million
2004		Under My Skin	Million
2007		The Best Damn Thing	Million
2001	Love Psychedelico	The Greatest Hits	Million
1997	Luna Sea	Singles	Million	Compilation album
1998		Shine	Million
1992	Noriyuki Makihara	Kimi wa Boku no Takaramono	Million
1993		Self Portrait	Million
1994		Pharmacy	Million
1997		Smiling	Million	Compilation album
1999	Ricky Martin	Ricky Martin	Million
1989	Yumi Matsutoya	Love Wars	Million
1990		The Gates of Heaven (Tengoku no Door)	2× Million
1991		Dawn Purple	2× Million
1992		Tears and Reasons	Million
1993		U-miz	Million
1994		The Dancing Sun	2× Million
1995		Kathmandu	Million
1997		Cowgirl Dreamin'	Million
1998		Neue Musik: Yumi Matsutoya Complete Best Vol.1	3× Million	Double-disc compilation album
2001		Sweet, Bittersweet: Yuming Ballad Best	Million	Double-disc compilation album
2012		The Best of Yumi Matsutoya 40th Anniversary	Million	Compilation album
1996	Max	Maximum	Million
1997		Maximum II	Million
1998		Maximum Groove	Million
1999		Maximum Collection	Million	Compilation album
1998	Misia	Mother Father Brother Sister	2× Million
2000		Love Is the Message	2× Million
2001		Marvelous	2× Million
2002		Kiss in the Sky	Million
2003		Misia Greatest Hits	2× Million	Compilation album
1995	Chisato Moritaka	Do the Best	Million
2000	Morning Musume	3rd-Love Paradise	Million
2001		Best! Morning Musume 1	2× Million	Compilation album
1992	Mr.Children	Kind of Love	Million
1993		Versus	Million
1994		Atomic Heart	3× Million
1996		Shinkai	2× Million
1997		Bolero	3× Million
1999		Discovery	Million
2000		Q	Million
2001		Mr. Children 1992-1995	2× Million	Compilation album
		Mr. Children 1996-2000	2× Million	Compilation album
2002		It's a Wonderful World	Million
2004		Shifuku no Oto	Million
2005		"Four Dimensions"	Million	EP
		I Love U	Million
2007		Home	Million
2008		Supermarket Fantasy	Million
2012		Mr. Children 2001–2005 ＜micro＞	Million	Compilation album
		Mr. Children 2005–2010 ＜macro＞	Million	Compilation album
1996	My Little Lover	Evergreen	3× Million
1989	Tsuyoshi Nagabuchi	Showa	Million
2002	Mika Nakashima	True	Million
2003		Love	Million
2005		Best	Million	Compilation album
1991	Kazumasa Oda	Oh! Yeah!	Million
2002		Jiko Best	3× Million	Compilation album
1993	Maki Ohguro	Da Da Da	Million
1994		Eien no Yume ni Mukatte	Million
1995		La La La	Million
		Back Beats #1	3× Million	Compilation album
1997		Power of Dreams	2× Million
1997	Mayo Okamoto	Smile	Million
2001	Chihiro Onitsuka	Insomnia	Million
2004	Orange Range	musiQ	2× Million
2005		Natural	Million
1991	Yutaka Ozaki	Seventeen's Map (Jūnana-Sai no Chizu)	Million	Reissue (first released in 1983)
1992		Confession for Exist (Hounetsu e no Akashi)	Million	Posthumous album
1996		For All My Loves (Aisubeki Mono Subete ni)	Million	Compilation album
2001	Porno Graffitti	foo?	Million
2004		Porno Graffitti Best Red's	Million	Compilation album
		Porno Graffitti Best Blue's	Million
1989	Princess Princess	Lovers	Million
1990		Princess Princess	Million
1992		Singles 1987–1992	Million	Compilation album
1996	Puffy	AmiYumi	Million
1998		Jet-CD	Million
2004	Queen	Jewels	Million	Compilation album
2002	Rip Slyme	Tokyo Classic	Million
2015	Sandaime J Soul Brothers	Planet Seven	Million
1995	Scatman John	Scatman's World	Million
1995	Sharam Q	Gambler	Million
1996		Single Best 10	Million	Compilation album
1998	Shazna	Gold Sun and Silver Moon	Million
1999	Ringo Sheena	Muzai Moratorium	Million
2000		Shouso Strip	2× Million
2001	SMAP	Smap Vest	2× Million	Compilation album
2016		Smap 25 Years	Million	Compilation album
1997	Speed	Starting Over	2× Million	Studio album
1998		Rise	3× Million	Studio album
1998		Moment	3× Million	Compilation album
1999		Carry On My Way	Million	Studio album
1990	Southern All Stars	Southern All Stars	Million
		Inamura Jane	Million	Motion picture soundtrack
1992		Yo ni Manyou no Hana ga Saku nari	3× Million
1996		Young Love	2× Million
1998		Umi no Yeah!!	4× Million	Double-disc compilation album
		Sakura	Million
2000		Ballad 3: The Album of Love	2× Million	Double-disc compilation album
2005		Killer Street	Million	Double album
1995	Spitz	Hachimitsu	Million
1996		Indigo Chiheisen	Million
1999		Recycle: Greatest Hits of Spitz	Million	Compilation album
1999	Ami Suzuki	SA	2× Million
2000		Infinity Eighteen Vol. 1	Million
1995	Masayuki Suzuki	Martini II	Million	Compilation album
1992	Mariya Takeuchi	Quiet Life	Million
1994		Impressions	3× Million	Compilation album
2001		Bon Appetit!	Million
2008		Expressions	Million	Compilation album
2003	t.A.T.u.	200 km/h in the Wrong Lane	Million
1998	T.M. Revolution	Triple Joker	Million
1999		The Force	Million
1992	T-Bolan	So Bad	Million
1993		Heart of Stone	Million
1996		Singles	Million	Compilation album
1999	TLC	FanMail	Million
2005	Hideaki Tokunaga	Vocalist	Million
2007		Vocalist 3	Million
2003	Twelve Girls Band	Beautiful Energy	Million
1994	TRF	Word Groove	Million
		Billionaire	Million
1995		Dance to Positive	2× Million
		Hyper Mix 4	Million
		Brand-New Tomorrow	Million
1998		Works	Million	Compilation album
1989	Tube	Tubest	Million
1993		Roman no Natsu	Million
1994		Owaranai Natsu ni	Million
		Melodies & Memories	Million
1995		Yuzurenai Natsu	Million
1996		Tubest II	Million	Compilation album
2000		Tubest III	Million
1996	Ulfuls	Banzai	Million
1993	Unicorn	The Very Best of Unicorn	Million	Compilation album
1999	Hikaru Utada	First Love	8× Million
2001		Distance	4× Million
2002		Deep River	3× Million
2004		Utada Hikaru Single Collection Vol. 1	3× Million	Compilation album
		Exodus	Million	Released under the stage name "Utada"
2006		Ultra Blue	Million
2008		Heart Station	Million
1993	Wands	Toki no Tobira	2× Million
		Little Bit…	Million
1995		Piece of My Soul	Million
1991	X Japan	Jealousy	Million
1993		X Singles	Million	Compilation album
1995	Tatsuro Yamashita	Treasures	Million	Compilation album
1998		Cozy	Million
1996	The Yellow Monkey	Triad Years Act 1: The Very Best of the Yellow Monkey	Million	Compilation album
1999	Yuzu	Yuzuen	Million
2000		Tobira	Million
1996	Miwa Yoshida	Beauty and Harmony	Million
1993	Z-Dan	Enoshima: Southern All Stars Golden Hits Medley	Million
1992	Zard	Hold Me	Million
1993		Yureru Omoi	3× Million
1994		Oh My Love	2× Million
1995		Forever You	Million
1996		Today Is Another Day	Million
1997		Zard Blend: Sun & Stone	2× Million	Compilation album
1999		Eien	Million
		Zard Best the Single Collection: Kiseki	3× Million	Compilation album
		Zard Best: Requested Memorial	Million
2006		Golden Best: 15th Anniversary	Million
1992	Whitney Houston / Various artists	The Bodyguard	2× Million	Motion picture soundtrack
2003	Various artists	Winter Sonata	Million	Korean drama soundtrack
2007	Various artists	R35 Sweet J-Ballads	Million	Compilation album
2014	Various artists	Anna and the Snow Queen Original Soundtrack	Million	Motion picture soundtrack

Best-selling albums by year

Sales figures derived from Oricon. ^[12]

Year	Album	Artist	Sales	Ref.
1989	Delight Slight Light Kiss	Yumi Matsutoya	1,575,510	[13]
1990	Love Wars	Yumi Matsutoya	1,602,230	[14]
1991	The Gates of Heaven	Yumi Matsutoya	1,975,080	[15]
1992	Super Best II	Chage and Aska	2,543,290	[16]
1993	The Swaying Miss	Zard	2,230,900	[17]
1994	Magic	Dreams Come True	2,584,400	[18]
1995	Delicious	Dreams Come True	2,910,330	[19]
1996	Globe	Globe	3,762,610	[20]
1997	Review	Glay	3,333,470	[21]
1998	B'z The Best "Pleasure"	B'z	5,034,980	[22]
1999	First Love	Hikaru Utada	7,365,830	[23]
2000	Delicious Way	Mai Kuraki	3,451,660	[24]
2001	Distance	Hikaru Utada	4,404,290	[25]
2002	Deep River	Hikaru Utada	3,526,780	[26]
2003	Second to None	Chemistry	2,001,917	[27]
2004	Utada Hikaru Single Collection Vol. 1	Hikaru Utada	2,495,967	[28]
2005	musiQ	Orange Range	2,630,763	[29]
2006	Ken Hirai 10th Anniversary Complete Single Collection '95-'05 Utabaka	Ken Hirai	2,070,766	[30]
2007	Home	Mr. Children	1,181,241	[31]
2008	Exile Love	Exile	1,470,959	[32]
2009	All the Best! 1999–2009	Arashi	1,432,000	[33]
2010	Boku no Miteiru Fūkei	Arashi	1,053,064	[34]
2011	Beautiful World	Arashi	907,589	[35]
2012	Mr. Children 2005–2010 ＜macro＞	Mr. Children	1,170,298	[36]
2013	Love	Arashi	796,525	[37]
2014	Tsugi no Ashiato	AKB48	1,041,355	[38]
2015	Japonism	Arashi	981,639	[39]
2016	Are You Happy?	Arashi	747,115	[40]
2017	Finally	Namie Amuro	1,777,850	[41]
2018	Finally	Namie Amuro	638,939	[42]
2019	5x20 All the Best!! 1999–2019	Arashi	2,100,438	[43]
2020	Stray Sheep	Kenshi Yonezu	1,970,930	[44]
2021	BTS, the Best	BTS	1,066,156	[45]
2022	Snow Labo. S2	Snow Man	986,018	[46]
2023	Mr.5	King & Prince	1,399,236	[47]

See also

• List of best-selling albums of the 1980s (Japan)
• RIAJ certification
• List of best-selling albums by country
• List of best-selling singles in Japan
• Oricon
• Oricon Singles Chart
• Oricon Albums Chart
• Big in Japan

References

1. "RIAJ: Yearbook 2006, IFPI 2004 Report (Page 23)" (PDF). Recording Industry Association of Japan . Retrieved 4 November 2017.
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