List of Oricon number-one albums of 2018

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The following is a list of Oricon number-one albums of 2018. Oricon supplies statistics and information on music and the music industry in Japan. It is also the first year where the combined albums chart was introduced, which is based on physical and digital sales, as well as streaming. The first number-one album on the combined chart was Radwimps' Anti Anti Generation on December 24. [1]

Contents

Chart history

Physical sales

Number-one albums on the weekly Oricon physical albums chart
Issue dateAlbumArtist(s)Reference(s)
January 1Tomo Arite... Boys and Men [2]
January 8092 HKT48 [3]
January 15WESTival Johnny's West [4]
January 22Boku dake no Kimi〜Under Super Best〜 Nogizaka46 [5]
January 29Everybody!!! Wanima [6]
February 5 Bokutachi wa, Ano Hi no Yoake wo Shitteiru AKB48 [7]
February 12 Countdown Exo [8]
February 19 Hatachi no Morning Musume Morning Musume 20th [9]
February 26XYZ=repainting Sexy Zone [10]
March 5I Juju [11]
March 12 The Greatest Showman: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack Various Artists [12]
March 19Best Daichi Miura [13]
March 26Toys Blood Music Kazuyoshi Saito [14]
April 2Epcotia NEWS [15]
April 9 Sakanazukan Sakanaction [16]
April 16 Face Yourself BTS [17]
April 23Yuming kara no, Koi no Uta. Yumi Matsutoya [18]
April 30 Shinee the Best from Now On Shinee [19]
May 7Yummy!! Kis-My-Ft2 [20]
May 14Hybrid Funk Endrecheri [21]
May 21Lisa Best -Way- Lisa [22]
May 28 Magic Exo-CBX [23]
June 4Momoiro Clover Z Best Momoiro Clover Z [24]
June 11Gr8est Kanjani Eight [25]
June 18Future Sandaime J Soul Brothers from Exile Tribe [26]
June 25Kisses and Kills The Oral Cigarettes [27]
July 2Hashiridasu Shunkan Hiragana Keyakizaka46 [28]
July 9 Hatsukoi Hikaru Utada [29]
July 16V-enusUrashimasakatasen [30]
July 23Sou Zou Junho [31]
July 30Cast KAT-TUN [32]
August 6Star of Wish Exile [33]
August 13Umi no Oh, Yeah!! Southern All Stars [34]
August 20 [35]
August 27 Future Pop Perfume [36]
September 3 Sense or Love Hey! Say! JUMP [37]
September 10Color a Life AAA [38]
September 17 Love Yourself: Answer BTS [39]
September 24 BDZ Twice [40]
October 1 Tomorrow TVXQ [41]
October 8 Return iKon [42]
October 15Jūryoku to Kokyū Mr. Children [43]
October 22 [44]
October 29 [45]
November 5Ketsunopolis 11 Ketsumeishi [46]
November 12 Color*Iz Iz*One [47]
November 19 Yes or Yes Twice [48]
November 26Mad Trigger Crew vs MatenrōMad Trigger Crew and Matenrō [49]
December 3Love Collection 2: Pink Kana Nishino [50]
December 10Unleashed Tomohisa Yamashita [51]
December 17All Time Best 1998–2018 Kobukuro [52]
December 24 Anti Anti Generation Radwimps [53]
December 31 Pop Virus Gen Hoshino [54]

Combined sales

Number-one albums on the weekly Oricon Combined Albums chart
Issue dateAlbumArtist(s)Reference(s)
December 24 Anti Anti Generation Radwimps [55]
December 31 Pop Virus Gen Hoshino [56]

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