List of best-selling albums in Japan
Year Title Artist Sales
1989 Delight Slight Light KISS Yumi Matsutoya 1,575,510
1990 Love Wars Yumi Matsutoya 1,602,230
1991 The Gates of Heaven Yumi Matsutoya 1,975,080
1992 Super Best II Chage and Aska 2,543,290
1993 Yureru Omoi Zard 1,938,120
1994 Magic Dreams Come True 2,584,400
1995 Delicious Dreams Come True 2,910,330
1996 globe globe 3,762,610
1997 Review Glay 3,333,470
1998 B ' z The Best Pleasure B ' z 5,034,980
1999 First Love Hikaru Utada 7,365,830
2000 Delicious Way Kuraki Mai 3,451,660
2001 Distance Hikaru Utada 4,404,290
2002 Deep River Hikaru Utada 3,526,780
2003 Second to None CHEMISTRY 2,001,917
2004 SINGLE COLLECTIONS VOL.1 Hikaru Utada 2,495,967
2005 musiQ ORANGE RANGE 2,630,763
2006 Ken Hirai 10th Anniversary Complete Single Collection '95-'05 Utabaka Ken Hirai 2,070,766
2007 HOME Mr. Children 1,181,241
2008 Exile Love Exile 1,470,959
Best-selling albums by year
Sales figures derived from Oricon . [ 52 ]
Japan is the second-largest music market in the world and the following lists cover the top-selling albums in the country of Japan, based on information provided by the Recording Industry Association of Japan and Original Confidence Inc., commonly known as Oricon.