List of best-selling singles in Japan
No Single Artist Released Chart Sales
1 Oyoge ! Taiyaki-kun Masato Shimon 25 December 1975 1 4,577,000
2 Onna no Michi Shiro Miya 10 May 1972 1 3,256,000
3 Sekai ni Hitotsu Dake no Hana SMAP 5 March 2003 1 3,128,000
4 Tsunami Southern All Stars 26 January 2000 1 2,936,000
5 Dango 3 Kyodai Kentarou Hayami , Ayumi Shigemori , Himawari Kids and Dango Gasshoudan 3 March 1999 1 2,918,000
6 Kimi ga Iru Dake de Kome Kome Club 4 May 1992 1 2,895,000
7 Say Yes Chage and Aska 24 July 1991 1 2,822,000
8 Tomorrow Never Knows Mr. Children 10 November 1994 1 2,766,000
9 Oh ! Yeah ! Kazumasa Oda 6 February 1991 1 2,588,000
10 Love Love Love Dreams Come True 24 July 1995 1 2,489,000
11 Yah Yah Yah Chage and Aska 3 March 1993 1 2,419,000
12 Namonaki Uta Mr. Children 5 February 1996 1 2,309,000
13 Sakura Zaka Masaharu Fukuyama 26 April 2000 1 2,299,000
14 Can You Celebrate ? Namie Amuro 19 February 1997 1 2,296,000
15 Departures Globe 1 January 1996 1 2,288,000
16 Kuroneko no Tango Osamu Minagawa 5 October 1969 1 2,235,000
17 WOW WAR TONIGHT 〜Toki ni wa Okose yo Movement ( WOW WAR TONIGHT 〜時には起こせよムーヴメント ) H Jungle With t 15 March 1995 1 2,135,000
18 Koi no Kisetsu Pinky & Killers 20 July 1968 1 2,077,000
19 Automatic Utada Hikaru 9 December 1998 2 2,063,000
20 True Love Fumiya Fujii 10 November 1993 1 2,023,000
Best-selling physical singles in Japan -- List of best-selling singles based on physical sales
The following list covers the highest-selling singles in the country based on physical sales compiled by Oricon since its foundation in November 1967 . [ 10 ] [ 11 ] [ 12 ] [ 13 ] [ 14 ]
Japan has the second largest music market in the world. In 1962, Tokushin music reports was founded and became the leading provider of music sales in Japan. However their reports and charts are only available to industry insiders and are not available to the general public. In 1968 Original Confidence 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 best-selling singles, based on the data by Oricon. It does not include singles that were released before 1968, and is only from data collected from Oricon's retail partners and not the record companies.