Oricon Albums Chart

record album chart by Oricon

The Oricon Albums Chart is a Japanese music chart for albums. Albums on the chart are ranked by the number of copies they have sold. The chart is made by Oricon. The Oricon Albums Chart started including downloaded album copies in 2016.[1] In November 2018, Oricon also started including streamed albums.[2]

The charts are released every Tuesday. There are different charts for the most popular albums of every day, week, month, and year.

Best-selling albums on the charts

These are the albums that have sold the most copies on the Oricon Albums Chart.

RankYearTitleMusicianAlbums sold
11999First LoveHikaru Utada7,650,215[3]
21998B'z The Best "Pleasure"B'z5,135,922
31997ReviewGlay4,875,980
42001DistanceHikaru Utada4,469,135
51998B'z The Best "Treasure"B'z4,438,742
62001A BestAyumi Hamasaki4,301,353
71996GlobeGlobe4,136,460
82002Deep RiverHikaru Utada3,604,588
92000Delicious WayMai Kuraki3,530,000
101998Time to DestinationEvery Little Thing3,520,330

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