List of best-selling albums in Japan

List of best-selling albums in Japan

Japan has the second largest music market in the world [http://www.ifpi.org/content/library/Recorded-music-sales-2007.pdf] . In 1968 the Oricon was established and began providing music charts to the general public with data collected from various retailers throughout Japan.

This is the list of the Top 10 best-selling albums, based on the data by Oricon. For simplicity, only display the Top 10 here. To see a complete list, click [http://www.musictvprogram.com/corner-ranking-album.html here]

Though digital sales play a big role in overall sales nowadays, this list does not take them into account.

Best Selling Albums In Japan

Source: [ [http://www.oricon.co.jp/tv/top40/ 動画:oricon TOP40-無料動画-ORICON STYLE ] ]

Note

* Doesn't include sales outside Japan.
* Doesn't include albums released before 1968.
* Based only on data collected from Oricons retail partners and not the record companies.

ee also

*J-pop
*List of best-selling singles in Japan
*Lists of best-selling albums by countries

References

External links

* [http://www.oricon.co.jp Oricon official site]


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