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.
Issue Date | Album | Artist(s) | Reference(s) |
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January 1 | Tomo Arite... | Boys and Men | [1] |
January 8 | 092 | HKT48 | [2] |
January 15 | WESTival | Johnny's West | [3] |
January 22 | Boku dake no Kimi〜Under Super Best〜 | Nogizaka46 | [4] |
January 29 | Everybody!!! | WANIMA | [5] |
February 5 | Bokutachi wa, Ano Hi no Yoake wo Shitteiru | AKB48 | [6] |
February 12 | Countdown | Exo | [7] |
February 19 | Hatachi no Morning Musume | Morning Musume 20th | [8] |
February 26 | XYZ=repainting | Sexy Zone | [9] |
March 5 | I | Juju | [10] |
March 12 | The Greatest Showman: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack | Various Artists | [11] |
March 19 | BEST | Daichi Miura | [12] |
March 26 | Toys Blood Music | Kazuyoshi Saito | [13] |
April 2 | EPCOTIA | NEWS | [14] |
April 9 | Sakanazukan | Sakanaction | [15] |
April 16 | Face Yourself | BTS | [16] |
April 23 | Yuming kara no, Koi no Uta. | Yumi Matsutoya | [17] |
April 30 | Shinee The Best From Now On | Shinee | [18] |
May 7 | Yummy!! | Kis-My-Ft2 | [19] |
May 14 | HYBRID FUNK | ENDRECHERI | [20] |
May 21 | LiSA BEST -Way- | LiSA | [21] |
May 28 | Magic | Exo-CBX | [22] |
June 4 | Momoiro Clover Z Best | Momoiro Clover Z | [23] |
June 11 | GR8EST | Kanjani Eight | [24] |
June 18 | FUTURE | Sandaime J Soul Brothers from Exile Tribe | [25] |
June 25 | Kisses and Kills | The Oral Cigarettes | [26] |
July 2 | Hashiridasu Shunkan | Hiragana Keyakizaka46 | [27] |
July 9 | Hatsukoi | Utada Hikaru | [28] |
July 16 | V-enus | Urashimasakatasen | [29] |
July 23 | Sou Zou | Junho | [30] |
July 30 | CAST | KAT-TUN | [31] |
August 6 | STAR OF WISH | Exile | [32] |
August 13 | Umi no Oh, Yeah!! | Southern All Stars | [33] |
August 20 | [34] | ||
August 27 | Future Pop | Perfume | [35] |
September 3 | Sense or Love | Hey! Say! JUMP | [36] |
September 10 | COLOR A LIFE | AAA | [37] |
September 17 | Love Yourself: Answer | BTS | [38] |
September 24 | BDZ | Twice | [39] |
October 1 | Tomorrow | TVXQ | [40] |
October 8 | Return | iKon | [41] |
October 15 | Jūryoku to Kokyū | Mr. Children | [42] |
October 22 | [43] | ||
October 29 | [44] | ||
November 5 | Ketsunopolis 11 | Ketsumeishi | [45] |
November 12 | Color*Iz | Iz*One | [46] |
November 19 | Yes or Yes | Twice | [47] |
November 26 | MAD TRIGGER CREW VS Matenrō | MAD TRIGGER CREW and Matenrō | [48] |
December 3 | Love Collection 2 〜Pink〜 | Kana Nishino | [49] |
December 10 | UNLEASHED | Tomohisa Yamashita | [50] |
December 17 | ALL TIME BEST 1998–2018 | Kobukuro | [51] |
December 24 | ANTI ANTI GENERATION | Radwimps | [52] |
December 31 | POP VIRUS | Gen Hoshino | [53] |
South Korean boy band U-KISS has released eleven studio albums, two compilation albums, seventeen extended plays, seven live albums, thirty-five singles, five video albums and thirty music videos.
This is the discography of South Korean rock band F.T. Island. They debuted in 2007 with Cheerful Sensibility.
South Korean boy group BTS has released nine studio albums, four compilation albums and six extended plays. In December 2018, BTS surpassed 10 million albums sold, setting the record for reaching the 10 million milestone in the shortest span of time among all Korean acts to have debuted since 2000, with 5 million of those albums being sold in South Korea in 2018 alone. As of April 2020, BTS has sold over 20 million physical albums in less than 7 years, making them the best-selling Korean act of all time.
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South Korea-based girl group Twice have released four studio albums, two compilation albums, four reissues, nine extended plays, one compilation extended play, and twenty seven singles. With over 5.8 million albums sold domestically as of December 2020, Twice is the highest-selling girl group in South Korea. The group has sold over 10 million albums in South Korea and Japan cumulatively, as of December 2020.
Snuper is a South Korean boy band formed by Widmay Entertainment in 2015, and is the first Korean pop group from the label. They debuted on November 16, 2015 with the extended play Shall We, its title track "Shall We Dance" and with six-members: Suhyun, Sangil, Taewoong, Woosung, Sangho and Sebin.
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Face Yourself is the third Japanese studio album by South Korean boy band BTS. It was released on April 4, 2018. It contains Japanese versions of songs previously released on their 2016 Wings album and 2017 Love Yourself: Her EP, as well as three brand new, original Japanese-language tracks: "Don't Leave Me", "Let Go", and "Crystal Snow". Its debut at number 43 on the Billboard 200 made it the third-highest-charting Japanese album in the history of the chart.
The discography of the South Korean–Japanese girl group Iz*One consists of two studio albums, four extended plays and seven singles. As of July 2020, Iz*One has sold over 2.29 million combined albums.