List of Oricon number-one albums of 2008

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The highest-selling albums and mini-albums in Japan are ranked in the Oricon Weekly Chart, published by Oricon Style magazine. [1] The data are compiled by Oricon based on each album's weekly physical sales. Thirty-seven albums reached the peak of the chart in 2008.

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R&B singer Namie Amuro's Best Fiction had the longest chart run of 2008. The album remained at the top of the charts from its issue date of August 11 to September 15. [2] Amuro became the first solo female artist in 28 years to have an album chart number one for six consecutive weeks after Saki Kubota (久保田早紀, Kubota Saki), who had an album at number one for seven consecutive weeks in 1980. [3] Pop singer Mariya Takeuchi's greatest hits album Expressions stayed atop the charts for three consecutive weeks, making her the first artist over 50 years of age to accomplish this. [2] Other artists who had extended runs on the chart include Kobukuro, Kumi Koda, Exile, Madonna, Superfly, Greeeen, and Mr. Children; each spent two straight weeks on the chart.

Korean pop singer BoA's Japanese album The Face debuted at number one, making her the second artist after Ayumi Hamasaki to have six consecutive number-one studio albums since her debut. [4] American pop singer Madonna is the only Western act to reach number one during 2008 with her eleventh studio album, Hard Candy . It became the singer's first album in 18 years to debut at number one on the Oricon chart. [5] With the release of their second album, Game , girl group Perfume became the second technopop group (after Yellow Magic Orchestra) to have a number-one album on the charts. [6]

B'z The Best "Ultra Pleasure" was hard rock duo B'z's 22nd number-one album, surpassing Yumi Matsutoya for having the most number-one albums. [7] Their record increased to 23 number-one albums with the release of B'z The Best "Ultra Treasure" . [8] Rock singer Yui's B-side album My Short Stories debuted atop the charts, making her the second female artist after Seiko Matsuda to have a B-side album debut at the top. [9]

The best-selling album overall of 2008 was R&B group Exile's Exile Love, released in late 2007, which sold over 1,470,000 copies. The second-best-selling album was Amuro's Best Fiction, which sold more than 1,447,000 copies, followed by pop folk band Kobukuro's 5296 , with nearly 1,405,000 albums sold. The fourth- and fifth-best-selling albums were Exile Catchy Best and Heart Station by Exile and pop singer Hikaru Utada respectively. Exile Catchy Best sold over 1,222,000 copies, while Heart Station sold a little over 997,000 copies. [10]

Chart history

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Pop singer BoA became the second artist to have six consecutive number-one albums.
American singer Madonna is the only Western act to reach number one during 2008. Madonna by David Shankbone cropped.jpg
American singer Madonna is the only Western act to reach number one during 2008.
Issue dateAlbumArtistReference
January 14 5296 Kobukuro [11]
January 21 [12]
January 28Sōshi Sōai 2 (沿志奏逢2) Bank Band [13]
February 4Zard Request Best: Beautiful Memory Zard [14]
February 11 Kingdom Kumi Koda [15]
February 18 [16]
February 25 Award Supernova: Loves Best M-Flo [17]
March 3 Complete Singles Collection '97-'08 The Brilliant Green [18]
March 10 The Face BoA [19]
March 17 World World World Asian Kung-Fu Generation [20]
March 24Single Best Kou Shibasaki [21]
March 31 Heart Station Hikaru Utada [22]
April 7Exile Catchy Best Exile [23]
April 14 [24]
April 21 I Loved Yesterday Yui [25]
April 28 Game Perfume [6]
May 5 Dream "A" Live Arashi [26]
May 12 Hard Candy Madonna [27]
May 19 [27]
May 26 Superfly Superfly [28]
June 2 [29]
June 9Mihimarise Mihimaru GT [30]
June 16 KAT-TUN III: Queen of Pirates KAT-TUN [31]
June 2320th Anniversary All Singles Complete Best Just Movin' On: All the S-hit Kyosuke Himuro [32]
June 30 B'z The Best "Ultra Pleasure" B'z [7]
July 7 Ā, Domo. Ohisashiburi Desu. Greeeen [33]
July 14 [34]
July 21 Panic Fancy Orange Range [35]
July 28ZushiKimaguren (キマグレン) [36]
August 4Exile Entertainment BestExile [37]
August 11 Best Fiction Namie Amuro [38]
August 18 [2]
August 25 [39]
September 1 [40]
September 8 [41]
September 15 [3]
September 22 A Complete: All Singles Ayumi Hamasaki [42]
September 29 B'z The Best "Ultra Treasure" B'z [8]
October 6 Super.Modern.Artistic.Performance SMAP [43]
October 13Expressions Mariya Takeuchi [44]
October 20 [2]
October 27 [2]
November 3We Love Hexagon (We Love ♥ ヘキサゴン)Hexagon All Stars [45]
November 10Porno Graffitti Best Ace Porno Graffitti [46]
November 17 Best Destiny Miliyah Kato [47]
November 24 My Short Stories Yui [48]
December 1 Color NEWS [49]
December 8 Voice Mika Nakashima [50]
December 15Exile Ballad BestExile [51]
December 22 Supermarket Fantasy Mr. Children [52]
December 29 [53]

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The following is an overview of the year 2008 in Japanese music. It includes notable awards, lists of number-ones, yearly best-sellers, albums released, groups established and disestablished, deaths of notable Japanese music-related people as well as any other relevant Japanese music-related events. For overviews of the year in music from other countries, see 2008 in music.

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