Oricon Albums Chart
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
[change | change source]These are the albums that have sold the most copies on the Oricon Albums Chart.
| Rank | Year | Title | Musician | Albums sold |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1999 | First Love | Hikaru Utada | 7,650,215[3] |
| 2 | 1998 | B'z The Best "Pleasure" | B'z | 5,135,922 |
| 3 | 1997 | Review | Glay | 4,875,980 |
| 4 | 2001 | Distance | Hikaru Utada | 4,469,135 |
| 5 | 1998 | B'z The Best "Treasure" | B'z | 4,438,742 |
| 6 | 2001 | A Best | Ayumi Hamasaki | 4,301,353 |
| 7 | 1996 | Globe | Globe | 4,136,460 |
| 8 | 2002 | Deep River | Hikaru Utada | 3,604,588 |
| 9 | 2000 | Delicious Way | Mai Kuraki | 3,530,000 |
| 10 | 1998 | Time to Destination | Every Little Thing | 3,520,330 |
References
[change | change source]- ↑ "オリコン 新ランキング発表 アルバムDL数を集計…初回首位は宇多田ヒカル". ORICON NEWS. Retrieved 2022-11-07.
- ↑ "オリコン、12月19日より合算ランキング開始 集計詳細を発表". ORICON NEWS. Retrieved 2022-11-07.
- ↑ 歴代アルバムチャート Archived 2007-10-16 at Archive.today