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These are the Oricon number one albums of 2000, per the Oricon Albums Chart.
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These are the Oricon number one albums of 2000, per the Oricon Albums Chart.
| † | Indicates best-selling album of 2000 |
| Issue Date | Album | Sales | Artist(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| January 3 | Carry On My Way | 567,190 | Speed |
| January 17 | Love Is The Message | 1,349,650 | Misia |
| January 24 | 173,870 | ||
| January 31 | Fresh Brash Old Man | 161,780 | Snail Ramp |
| February 7 | Genius 2000 | 536,940 | Namie Amuro |
| February 14 | 141,070 | ||
| February 21 | Infinity Eighteen Vol. 1 | 825,130 | Ami Suzuki |
| February 28 | Greatest Hits "The Soul" | 446,450 | Dreams Come True |
| March 6 | B'z The "Mixture" | 1,101,440 | B'z |
| March 13 | Best: Psychommunity | 407,600 | Hide |
| March 20 | Sakura no Ki no Shita | 168,300 | aiko |
| March 27 | Eternity | 554,570 | Every Little Thing |
| April 3 | Fresh | 767,300 | Judy and Mary |
| April 10 | Shouso Strip | 904,380 | Ringo Sheena |
| April 17 | 724,060 | ||
| April 24 | 189,710 | ||
| May 1 | Misia Remix 2000 Little Tokyo | 234,190 | Misia |
| May 8 | Petit Best: Ki Ao Aka | 385,680 | Various Artists |
| May 15 | 211,300 | ||
| May 22 | Tubest III | 250,650 | Tube |
| May 29 | KinKi Single Selection | 712,340 | KinKi Kids |
| June 5 | Koyanagi the Covers Product 1 | 233,480 | Yuki Koyanagi |
| June 12 | Mayo Okamoto Best Rise I | 233,480 | Mayo Okamoto |
| June 19 | Babylon | 207,860 | Sads |
| June 26 | Rapunzel | 185,590 | Cocco |
| July 3 | The Changing Same | 381,180 | Ken Hirai |
| July 10 | Delicious Way † | 2,218,640 | Mai Kuraki |
| July 17 | 528,780 | ||
| July 24 | Yuzuman no Natsu | 368,270 | Yuzu |
| July 31 | Beat Ball | 182,310 | Da Pump |
| August 7 | Mugendai | 402,170 | 19 |
| August 14 | Super Eurobeat Vol.110 Millennium Anniversary Non-Stop Mega Mix | 157,360 | Various Artists |
| August 21 | "Happy" Coming Century, 20th Century Forever | 141,060 | V6 |
| August 28 | Super Eurobeat Vol.110 Millennium Anniversary Non-Stop Mega Mix | 104,180 | Various Artists |
| September 4 | Expansion | 621,730 | Yuki Koyanagi |
| September 11 | Real | 811,260 | L'Arc-en-Ciel |
| September 18 | 153,710 | ||
| September 25 | Zecchōshū | 275,920 | Ringo Sheena |
| October 2 | Image | 88,190 | Various Artists |
| October 9 | Duty | 1,682,760 | Ayumi Hamasaki |
| October 16 | 339,810 | ||
| October 23 | 205,180 | ||
| October 30 | 116,970 | ||
| November 6 | Daiya-monde | 274,150 | Hitomi Yaida |
| November 13 | Tobira | 508,930 | Yuzu |
| November 20 | The History of Shogo Hamada "Since 1975" | 424,600 | Shōgo Hamada |
| November 27 | 1 | 469,220 | The Beatles |
| December 4 | Ballad 3 ~The Album of Love~ | 1,368,650 | Southern All Stars |
| December 11 | Drive~GLAY Complete Best~ | 1,726,780 | Glay |
| December 18 | Eleven | 756,910 | B'z |
| December 25 | D Album | 354,830 | KinKi Kids |
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Miho Komatsu is a former Japanese singer and songwriter. Born and raised in Kobe, Japan, Komatsu began her career as a songwriter, writing "Kono Machi de Kimi to Kurashitai" for Field of View. In May 1997, she released her debut single "Nazo", which served as the theme song to the Japanese anime series Case Closed. The song peaked at number nine on the Oricon Weekly Singles Chart in Japan and was certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of Japan (RIAJ). Her debut album of the same title (1997) peaked at number five on the Oricon Weekly Albums Chart in Japan. After releasing a compilation album Miho Komatsu Best: Once More (2006), which peaked at number 21 in Japan, she retired from the music industry with no announcement.
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"Addicted to You" is a song by Japanese-American recording artist Hikaru Utada from her second studio album Distance (2001). It was released as the album's lead single on November 10, 1999, by EMI Music Japan. "Addicted to You" was written by Utada and produced by Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis; this is Utada's first collaboration with American producers and composers. The single artwork was shot by American photographer Richard Avedon and features two black-and-white figures of Utada. Musically, "Addicted to You" is an R&B song.
Kobukuro (コブクロ), a Japanese band, formed in 1998 and made its major label debut in 2001. The name is a portmanteau of the two members' family names, Kentarō Kobuchi and Shunsuke Kuroda.
"I Have Never Seen" is the twelfth single by Japanese singer Namie Amuro. It was released by Avex Trax on December 23, 1998, as the lead single to her fourth studio album Genius 2000 (2000). The song was written and composed solely by Tetsuya Komuro. It was the first single released after Amuro's return from her yearlong maternity leave, and was released approximately one week before her well-publicized official comeback at the 49th NHK Kohaku Uta Gassen. "I Have Never Seen" is a melancholic power ballad, the lyrics of which describe experiencing things regular people have never experienced.
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