List of Oricon number-one albums of 2009

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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 is compiled by Oricon based on each album's weekly physical sales. In 2009, 46 albums reached the peak of the charts.

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Rock group Unicorn released their comeback album, Chambre, which debuted atop the charts making them the second group after Kaguyahime in 1978 to achieve this feat. [2] Pop group Dreams Come True set the record for most number-one albums by a female vocal group; with their fifteenth studio album, Do You Dreams Come True? [ sic ], giving them their twelfth number-one album putting them ahead of the late Zard. [3] With the release of her tenth studio album, Next Level , pop artist Ayumi Hamasaki became the first artist to have at least one number-one album for 11 consecutive years since her debut. [4] Ultimate Diamond made pop-rock singer Nana Mizuki the first voice actress to have a number-one album. [5]

The best-selling album overall of 2009 was pop boy band Arashi's greatest-hits album All the Best! 1999–2009 , released on August 19, 2009, with the sales of over 1,432,000 copies. The second-best-selling album was pop rock band Mr. Children's studio album Supermarket Fantasy . Supermarket Fantasy was released on December 10, 2008 and sold over 1,251,000 copies. The third-best-selling album was pop vocal group Greeeen's studio album Shio, Koshō , released on June 10, 2009, with the sales of over 1,000,000 copies. The fourth- and fifth-best-selling albums were R&B group Exile's studio album Aisubeki Mirai e and their 2008 compilation album Exile Ballad Best. Aisubeki Mirai e sold over 897,000 copies and Exile Ballad Best sold over 847,000 copies on the yearly charts. [6]

Chart history

Issue DateAlbumArtist(s)Reference(s)
January 12 [fn 1] My Song Your Song Ikimono-gakari [8]
January 19Exile Ballad Best Exile [9]
January 26 Code Geass Complete BestVarious artists [10]
February 2 Touch Me! Mai Kuraki [11]
February 9 Trick Kumi Koda [12]
February 16 [13]
February 23 Love!: Thelma Love Song Collection Thelma Aoyama [14]
March 2ChambreUnicorn [2]
March 9 Answer Angela Aki [15]
March 16Funky Monkey Babys 3 Funky Monkey Babys [16]
March 23 Remio Best Remioromen [17]
March 30 Do You Dreams Come True? Dreams Come True [3]
April 6 Next Level Ayumi Hamasaki [4]
April 13Do You Dreams Come True?Dreams Come True [18]
April 20Shōnan no Kaze: Joker Shōnan no Kaze [19]
April 27 Puzzle Kanjani Eight [20]
May 4Tsuruno Uta Takeshi Tsuruno [21]
May 11 Break the Records: By You & For You KAT-TUN [22]
May 18We All Hideaki Tokunaga [23]
May 25 21st Century Breakdown Green Day [24]
June 1 Relapse Eminem [25]
June 8 Trash We'd Love The Hiatus [26]
June 15 Ultimate Diamond Nana Mizuki [5]
June 22 Shio, Koshō Greeeen [27]
June 29 [28]
July 6 Sanmon Gossip Ringo Shiina [29]
July 13 Zankyō Masaharu Fukuyama [30]
July 20 Triangle Perfume [31]
July 27Tegomass no Uta Tegomass [32]
August 3Hōkago Tea Time Hōkago Tea Time [33]
August 10Hello-GoodbyeComing Century [34]
August 17 Calling Kobukuro [35]
August 24 [36]
August 31 All the Best! 1999–2009 Arashi [37]
September 7 [38]
September 14 Box Emotions Superfly [39]
September 21 All My Best Mai Kuraki [40]
September 28 Best Ai Ai [41]
October 5 Ayaka's History 2006–2009 Ayaka [42]
October 12 [43]
October 19Furusato Yuzu [44]
October 26The Best of Aqua Timez Aqua Timez [45]
November 2The Great Vacation Vol.2: Super Best of Glay Glay [46]
November 9 This Is It Michael Jackson [47]
November 16 The Circle Bon Jovi [48]
November 23 Love Is Best Ai Otsuka [49]
November 30 Magic B'z [50]
December 7 Ima Made no A Men, B Men Dest!? Greeeen [51]
December 14 Aisubeki Mirai e Exile [52]
December 21 J Album KinKi Kids [53]
December 28 Past Future Namie Amuro [54]

Footnotes

  1. ↑ The issue on which My Song Your Song topped is the data of sales in two weeks. [7]

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