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Post by Nic (Britney Spears) on Dec 6, 2009 10:50:31 GMT -5
Rank Artist Sale 1 B'z 75,614,000 2 Mr. Children 50,635,000 3 Southern All Stars 47,083,000 4 Hamasaki Ayumi 45,528,000 *(she's in my avatar ) 5 DREAMS COME TRUE 40,893,000 6 Matsutoya Yumi 37,790,000 7 GLAY 35,800,000 8 ZARD 35,450,000 9 Utada Hikaru 32,160,000 10 CHAGE & ASKA 31,220,000 11 Matsuda Seiko 29,260,000 12 GLOBE 28,600,000 13 SMAP 28,400,000 14 L'Arc~en~Ciel 25,760,000 15 Amuro Namie 25,750,000 16 Nakamori Akina 25,100,000 17 TUBE 23,880,000 18 Ohguro Maki 21,890,000 19 Every Little Thing 21,630,000 20 TRF 21,500,000 21 Nakajima Miyuki 21,310,000 22 KinKi Kids 20,790,000 23 Nagabushi Tsuyoshi 20,380,000 24 Makihara Noriyuki 19,830,000 25 SPEED 19,280,000 26 Fukuyama Masaharu 18,760,000 27 Itsuki Hiroshi 18,700,000 28 Kome Kome CLUB 18,320,000 29 SPITZ 18,290,000 30 MISIA 17,150,000 31 Yamaguchi Momoe 16,190,000 32 Himuro Kyosuke 15,710,000 33 Inoue Yosui 15,670,000 34 Sawada Kenji 15,660,000 35 Go Hiromi 15,620,000 36 Morning Musume 15,470,000 37 Mori Shinichi 15,400,000 38 CHECKERS 15,300,000 39 Imai Miki 15,220,000 40 Nakayama Miho 14,970,000 41 Kudou Shizuka 14,820,000 42 Koizumi Kyoko 14,230,000 43 Kuraki Mai 14,220,000 44 JUDY AND MARY 14,130,000 45 Matsuyama Chiharu 14,030,000 46 Yazawa Eikichi 13,930,000 47 WANDS 13,730,000 48 T-BOLAN 13,610,000 49 Mariah Carey 13,460,000 50 Takeuchi Mariya 13,400,000
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jen
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Post by jen on Dec 13, 2009 8:35:44 GMT -5
Mariah's the only international aritist on the list :)
Yay for Ayu being so high!
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Post by Nic (Britney Spears) on Dec 14, 2009 17:49:09 GMT -5
^ Ayu might be up to #3 now .. idk anymore.
Southern All Stars has released pretty much nothing since 2006.
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Post by lilvsinhala on Dec 19, 2009 6:12:13 GMT -5
is this just albums or singles and albums counted together? i doubt they would incorparate digital sales because last time i checked the digital sales aren't even accounted when album sales/ singles sales charts are published. i mean jp is the worlds biggest digital market.
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mrmungo
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Post by mrmungo on Jan 28, 2010 6:53:16 GMT -5
^ Ayu might be up to #3 now .. idk anymore. Southern All Stars has released pretty much nothing since 2006. I think that's a safe bet, although the numbers differ slightly at the end of 2006, her sales topped 50 million last year. 1 gone, 2 to go! ;) Source: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ayumi_hamasaki_discography
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playeru
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Post by playeru on Mar 2, 2010 17:33:15 GMT -5
No Beatles? They were really big in Japan.
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Post by Nic (Britney Spears) on Mar 15, 2010 12:12:22 GMT -5
^ they were actually one of the top earning artists of '09 in Japan
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Dammn Baby
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Post by Dammn Baby on Mar 24, 2010 11:06:47 GMT -5
Where is Michael Jackson?
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PDC1987
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Post by PDC1987 on Apr 1, 2010 14:13:23 GMT -5
No Beatles? They were really big in Japan. They're a bit behind Mariah. Notice she's the only international act in the Top 50.
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