Oricon Charts (12/31)

[Naos]

I think it'd be cool to get a little more international, so I'm going to start posting Japan's charts.
Number. Artist - album/single position (gain/loss) [CD sales]. If a gain has a "?", it means it gained from below the Top 50.

1. Gen Hoshino - Pop Virus (debut) [303,963]
2. BOYS AND MEN - Boimen za Besuto (debut) [73,751]
3. Queen - Bohemian Rhapsody Soundtrack (+2) [29,793]
4. TWICE - Yes or Yes: 6th Mini Album (+3) [27,411]
5. Soma Saito - quantum stranger (debut) [25,428]
6. Yabai T-Shirts Yasan - Tank-top Festival in JAPAN (debut) [21,611]
7. Kobukuro - ALL TIME BEST 1998-2018 (-3) [20,839]
8. DA PUMP - THANX!!! Neo Best of DA PUMP (-6) [14,052]
9. RADWIMPS - ANTI ANTI GENERATION (-8) [13,186]
10. NICHKHUN (From 2 PM) - ME (debut) [12,776]
11. U-KISS - Glory (debut) [12,236]
12. Miyuki Nakajima - Nakajima Miyuki Raibu Rikuesuto ‐ Uta Tabi en-kai Hajimekai ‐ (debut) [12,059]
13. EXO - Don't Mess Up My Tempo: EXO Vol.5 (+3) [11,165]
14. Queen - Jewels (-6) [10,274]
15. Queen - Greatest Hits (-2) [9,433]
16. X4 - CROSSROAD (debut) [8,102]
17. THE ALFEE - Last Run! (debut) [7,323]
18. Saori Hayami - JUNCTION (debut) [7,323]
19. 315 STARS (Interi Ver.) - THE IDOLM@STER SideM WakeMini! MUSIC COLLECTION 03 (debut) [6,931]
20. CODE-V - -ing (debut) [6,416]
21. Tsubasa Sakiyama - UTOPIA (debut) [5,831]
22. Kenshi Yonezu - BOOTLEG (-2) [5,741]
23. Minori Suzuki - Miru Mae ni Tobe! (debut) [5,090]
24. petit milady - Howling!! (debut) [4,891]
25. Kana Nishino - Love Collection 2 ～pink～ (-6) [4,503]
26. DJ Kazu - Rabu to Poppu ~ Sukidatta Hito o Omoidasu uta ga aru ~ mixed by DJ Kazu (+11) [4,398]
27. predia - Best of predia "THE ONE" (debut) [4,347]
28. Kana Nishino - Love Collection 2 ~mint~ (-7) [4,162]
29. Yuki Izawa, Yasunari Wada, Kenji Ono, Yuya Yasuri, Shinichi Wada, Yuki Nakayama - F6 1st ALBUM Satisfaction (debut) [4,099]
30. I ★ chū - I ★ Chu ~ I ★ Chu Award 2018 Mini Album ~ (debut) [3,701]
31. Lady Gaga & Bradley Cooper - A Star is Born Soundtrack (+?) [3,483]
32. Toshl - IM A SINGER (-10) [3,441]
33. back number - Encore (+3) [3,379]
34. AIMYON - Excitement of Youth (+5) [3,357]
35. Various Artists - Tashika ni ano hibi wa Koidatta. (=) [3,182]
36. Queen - Greatest Hits Vol. 2 (+?) [3,102]
37. miy_yuu - Ao ni Aruku (debut) [3,098]
38. KANA-BOON - Nerine (debut) [3,024]
39. IZ*ONE - COLOR*IZ:1st Mini Album (-8) [2,961]
40. Namie Amuro - Finally (=) [2,285]
41. KEY - Hologram (debut) [2,766]
42. SKY PEACE - Peace (+?) [2,697]
43. Soma Saito - DJCD "Soma Saito.Kaito Ishikawa no Dame Ja Nai Radio" (debut) [2,675]
44. Kano - rye (debut) [2,579]
45. androp - daily (debut) [2,546]
46. BTS - LOVE YOURSELF 結‘Answer’ (+1) [2,454]
47. BLACKPINK - BLACKPINK IN YOUR AREA (-17) [2,430]
48. Sho Kiryuin - Kojinshisan (+?) [2,385]
49. Johnny's West - WESTV! (-35) [2,272]
50. Naoto Inti Raymi -  [7] (-44) [2,260]

The singles chart will be posted soon. But how is Namie Amuro still here? That album came out two years ago, and is probably nearing 3 million copies at this point.

[Naos]

Singles chart now.
1. KinKi Kids - Aitai. Aitai. Aitai. (debut) [180,050]
2. Nogizaka46 - Jikochu de Ikō! (+19) [33,653]
3. Daichi Miura - Blizzard (+33) [29,681]
4. Shiny Colors - THE IDOLM@STER SHINY COLORS SE@SONAL WINTER (debut) [27,207]
5. SKE48 - Stand By You (-4) [21,842]
6. Keyakizaka46 - Ambivalent (+17) [21,512]
7. Uru - Prologue (+6) [18,578]
8. Kenshi Yonezu - Flamingo/TEENAGE RIOT (-1) [15,061]
9. IVVY - First & Last (debut) [14,482]
10. Kenshi Yonezu - Lemon (+4) [13,924]
11. Nogizaka46 - Kaerimichi wa Toomawari Shitaku Naru (-1) [13,749]
12. back number - Oldfashion (+3) [11,785]
13. DA PUMP - U.S.A. (+5) [11,189]
14. AIMYON - Let The Night (+5) [10,821]
15. LiSA - Akai Wana (who loves it?)/ADAMAS (-13) [10,594]
16. NMB48 - Boku Datte naichau yo (+20) [8,050]
17. back number - Christmas Song (+5) [8,004]
18. AIMYON - Marigold (+13) [7,744]
19. Roselia - BRAVE JEWEL (-16) [6,990]
20. Shine Fine Movement - Reflect (debut) [6,784]
21. BATTLE BOYS - ebidence (+?) [6,334]
22. Fortune cherry - Himawari no Nai Sekai (debut) [6,226]
23. Poppin'Party - Kizuna Music♪ (-19) [5,221]
24. HY - 366 Japan (=) [4,896]
25. Sexy Zone - Karakuri Darake No Tenderness/Suppin KISS (-9) [4,797]
26. RAISE A SUILEN - R・I・O・T (-21) [4,731]
27. Tatsuro Yamashita - Chrismas Eve (+13) [4,681]
28. Goro Inagaki - SUZUNARI (debut) [4,318]
29. Gen Hoshino - Pop Virus (debut) [4,140]
30. Gen Hoshino - Hello Song (debut) [4,113]
31. SEIZA HYAKKEI - CHIHOSOSEIMATSURIONDO (debut) [4,012]
32. GENERATIONS from EXILE TRIBE - G-ENERGY (debut) [4,007]
33. AIMYON - Kimi Wa Rock Wo Kikanai (+17) [4,006]
34. Momoiro Clover Z - Sweet Wanderer (debut) [3,911]
35. Mairah Carey - All I Want For Christmas is You (+?) [3,585]
36. Queen - Bohemian Rhapsody (+5) [3,552]
37. D=Out - Kingyo Hachi (debut) [3,516]
38. TWICE - YES or YES (+6) [3,458]
39. ONE OK ROCK - Stand Out Fit In (-1) [3,404]
40. BEST FRIENDS! [Arika Mominaga (Matsunaga Akane), Minato Mio (Kido Kido), Butohtori Mai Flower (Miyama Koi), Hyuga Emma (Yui Ninomiya), Kamisaki Karen (Azusa Tada), Mirai Asuka (Ayaka Ohashi)] - TV anime/ dētakādodasu “aikatsufurenzu! ” Sōnyū uta shinguru 3 `Third Color: PURPLE' (debut) [3,369]
41. AIMYON - Ai Wo Tsutaetaidatoka (+?) [3,345]
42. Rin Shibuya (Ayaka Fukuhara), Kojo Hojo (Mai Fuchigami), Naomi Kamiya (Eriko Matsui) (-33) - THE IDOLM@STER CINDERELLA GIRLS STARLIGHT MASTER 24 Trinity Field [3,281]
43. SawanoHiroyuki[nZk] - narrative/NOISEofRAIN (-16) [3,254]
44. Sayuri × MY FIRST STORY - Reimei (-15) [3,225]
45. Official HIGE DANdism - Stand By You EP (+?) [3,206]
46. FranChouChou - Abadana Necromancy (+?) [3,170]
47. Vickeblanka - Masshiro (-13) [3,116]
48. MELLOW MELLOW - Kimi ni Tappu (debut) [3,019]
49. MISIA ft. HIDE(GReeeeN) - Ai no Katachi (+?) [2,831]
50. ATARASHIICHIZU - #SINGING (-30) [2,830]

[gabe]

so much movement on the singles chart

[Naos]

Jan 5, 2019 22:19:58 GMT -5 gabe said:

so much movement on the singles chart

Kinda what happens when you have a CD sales only chart. Plus, Christmas likely contributed a bit.

[gabe]

Jan 6, 2019 2:21:52 GMT -5 Naos said:

Jan 5, 2019 22:19:58 GMT -5 gabe said:

so much movement on the singles chart

Kinda what happens when you have a CD sales only chart. Plus, Christmas likely contributed a bit.

Interesting, didn't know that! I didn't know that most #1's last for only a week, very high turnover

[Naos]

Jan 6, 2019 8:22:26 GMT -5 gabe said:

Jan 6, 2019 2:21:52 GMT -5 Naos said:

Kinda what happens when you have a CD sales only chart. Plus, Christmas likely contributed a bit.

Interesting, didn't know that! I didn't know that most #1's last for only a week, very high turnover

Sales are very much a frontloaded thing. Very rarely does a song or album continue to sell well week after week. Unless you're a huge star, and maybe not even then. Namie Amuro's 'Finally' only took a month to sell 2.3 million copies and is still in the Top 50, despite being released in November of 2017.