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List of best-selling singles in Japan

In 2007, Japan had the second largest music market in the world.[1] 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.

Best-selling physical singles in Japan

Guinness World Records certified that Masato Shimon's "Oyoge! Taiyaki-kun" is the best-selling single in Japan.[2]

There were several singles which achieved worldwide success. Kyu Sakamoto's "Sukiyaki" sold estimate 13 million copies over worldwide. However, those were worldwide sales.

There were many non full-track digital download singles in Japan. Hikaru Utada's "Flavor of Life" sold over 7.7 million combined sales.[3] GReeeeN's "Ai Uta" sold 5 million digital download singles.[4] However, those included the sales of non full-track digital download singles. Guinness World Records certified that Thelma Aoyama's "Soba ni Iru ne" is the best-selling full-track digital download single in Japan with over 8 million copies.[5]

Machiko Soga's "Oba-Q Ondo" sold estimate 2 million single and 4 million sonosheet in Japan.[6] However, a sonosheet was not a regular 7-inch single.

Yujiro Ishihara & Shunko Makimura's "Ginza No Koi No Monogatari" (1961) sold estimate 3.35 million copies in Japan.[7] Hiroshi Wada & His Mahina Stars's "Ozashiki Kouta" (1964) sold estimate 3 million copies in Japan.[8] Yūzō Kayama's "Kimi to Itsumademo" (1965) sold estimate 3 million copies in Japan.[9] However, those were released before 1968 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]

No.SingleArtistReleasedChartSales
1"Oyoge! Taiyaki-kun"Masato Shimon25 December 197514,577,000
2"Onna no Michi"Shiro Miya10 May 197213,256,000
3"Sekai ni Hitotsu Dake no Hana"SMAP5 March 200313,128,000
4"Tsunami"Southern All Stars26 January 200012,936,000
5"Dango 3 Kyodai"Kentarou Hayami, Ayumi Shigemori,
Himawari Kids and Dango Gasshoudan		3 March 199912,918,000
6"Kimi ga Iru Dake de"Kome Kome Club4 May 199212,895,000
7"Say Yes"Chage and Aska24 July 199112,822,000
8"Tomorrow Never Knows"Mr. Children10 November 199412,766,000
9"Oh! Yeah!"[I]Kazumasa Oda6 February 199112,588,000
10"Love Love Love"Dreams Come True24 July 199512,489,000
11"Yah Yah Yah"[II]Chage and Aska3 March 199312,419,000
12"Namonaki Uta"Mr. Children5 February 199612,309,000
13"Sakura Zaka"Masaharu Fukuyama26 April 200012,299,000
14"Can You Celebrate?"Namie Amuro19 February 199712,296,000
15"Departures"Globe1 January 199612,288,000
16"Kuroneko no Tango"Osamu Minagawa5 October 196912,235,000
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 t15 March 199512,135,000
18"Koi no Kisetsu"Pinky & Killers20 July 196812,077,000
19"Automatic"[III]Utada Hikaru9 December 199822,063,000
20"True Love"Fumiya Fujii10 November 199312,023,000

Notes:

List of best-selling singles by Western acts

The following list covers the top-selling singles released by such acts in Japan, based on physical sales only.[15]

Physical singles
SingleArtistReleasedChartSales
"Beautiful Sunday"Daniel Boone10 March 197612,050,000 (until 1977)[16]
"All I Want for Christmas Is You"Mariah Carey29 October 199421,500,000
"To Love You More"Celine Dion21 October 199511,500,000[I]
"I Will Always Love You"Whitney Houston2 December 19921810,060
"The Sound of Silence"Simon & Garfunkel15 June 19681810,000
"As the Years Go By"Mashmakhan1970—790,000[17]
"Yes Sir, I Can Boogie"BaccaraApril 1977—750,000[18]
"The Lovers of the World"
(Otoko no Sekai)		Jerry Wallace25 July 19701734,000
"I'm In the Mood for Dancing"The Nolans21 July 19801700,000[19]
"Flashdance... What a Feeling"Irene Cara25 June 19831697,000
"Last Christmas"Wham!15 December 1984[II]15683,000
"I Dream of Naomi"
(Naomi no Yume)		Hedva and David25 January 19711666,000
"Candle in the Wind 1997"Elton John26 September 19971632,000
"Yesterday Once More"The Carpenters10 July 19735592,000
"Sky High"Jigsaw25 October 19752568,000
"Let It Be"The Beatles25 March 19706558,000
"Venus"Shocking Blue20 February 19702555,000
"I Need to Be in Love"[III]The Carpenters3 November 19955542,000
"Welcome to the Edge"Billie Hughes15 May 19913518,000
"Massachusetts"Bee Gees25 December 19671517,000
"Never Marry a Railroad Man"Shocking Blue10 September 19702505,000
"Y.M.C.A."Village People17 October 1978—500,000[20]

Notes:

Digital and multi-format sales

SingleArtistReleasedChartSales
"Dragostea din tei"O-Zone2003—4,350,000[22]
"Girlfriend"Avril Lavigne27 February 2007271,850,000
"All I Want for Christmas Is You"Mariah Carey29 October 199421,000,000[23]
"Call Me Maybe"Carly Rae Jepsen20 September 201131,000,000
"We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together"Taylor Swift13 August 201221,000,000
"Poker Face"Lady Gaga23 September 2008750,000
"Miles Away"Madonna17 October 20087750,000[24]
"Happy"Pharrell Williams21 November 20135500,000
"Let It Go"Idina MenzelJanuary 20144500,000

Best-selling multi-format singles in Japan

With over 9.2 million combined sales, Thelma Aoyama's "Soba ni Iru ne" is the best-selling multi-format single in Japan.[25]

Over 5 million copies

YearSongArtistDetailed SalesTotal Sales
PhysicalSingle TrackChaku-uta
2008"Soba ni Iru ne"Thelma Aoyama featuring SoulJa550,000[25]8,700,000[25]9,250,000
2007"Flavor of Life"Hikaru Utada651,000[26]8,000,000[27]8,651,000
2008"Kiseki"Greeeen558,000[26]7,600,000[28]8,158,000
2007"Lovers Again"Exile260,000[26]7,000,000[29]7,260,000
2009"Shunkashūtō"Hilcrhyme139,000[26]7,000,000[30]7,139,000
2006"Junrenka"Shōnan no Kaze523,000[31]6,500,000[32]7,023,000
2009"Butterfly"Kaela Kimura—7,000,000[33]7,000,000
2007"Ai Uta"Greeeen300,000[34]5,900,000[35]6,200,000
2011"Maru Maru Mori Mori!"Mana Ashida and Fuku Suzuki
as Kaoru to Tomoki, Tamani Mook		541,000[36]5,000,000[37]5,541,000
2007"Tsubomi"Kobukuro506,000[26]2,000,000[38]3,000,000[39]5,506,000
2005"Story"Ai276,000[26]2,000,000[40]3,000,000[41]5,276,000
2009"Haruka"Greeeen145,000[26]5,000,000[42]5,145,000
2010"Aitakute Aitakute"Kana Nishino97,000[26]5,000,000[43]5,097,000

Over 4 million copies

YearSongArtistDetailed SalesTotal Sales
PhysicalSingle TrackChaku-uta
2008"366 Nichi"HY—4,800,000[44]4,800,000
2009"Ashita ga Kurunara"Juju featuring Jay'ed150,000[26]4,500,000[45]4,650,000
2009"Mata Kimi ni Koishiteru"Fuyumi Sakamoto400,000[46]4,000,000[47]4,400,000
2007"Winding Road"Ayaka and Kobukuro359,000[26]4,000,000[48]4,359,000
2003"Dragostea din tei"O-Zone—350,000[22]4,000,000[22]4,350,000
2006"Mata Aimashō"Seamo205,000[26]4,000,000[49]4,205,000

Over 3 million copies

YearSongArtistDetailed SalesTotal Sales
PhysicalSingle TrackChaku-uta
2005"Dreamland"Bennie K500,000[50]3,400,000[51]3,900,000
2004"Hana"Orange Range1,000,000[52]750,000[53]2,000,000[22]3,750,000
2005"Sakura"Kobukuro500,000[54]1,250,000[22][55]2,000,000[56]3,750,000
2011"Love Story"Namie Amuro162,000[26]3,500,000[57]3,662,000
2018"Lemon"Kenshi Yonezu584,030[58][59]3,000,000[60]3,584,030
2008"Life"Kimaguren66,000[26]3,500,000[61]3,566,000
2009"Futatsu no Kuchibiru"[A]Exile289,000[26]1,250,000[62][63]2,000,000[64]3,539,000
1992"Kimi ga Iru Dake de"[B]Kome Kome Club2,895,000[26]500,000[65]—3,395,000
2007"Gake no Ue no Ponyo"Fujioka Fujimaki and Nozomi Ōhashi382,000[66]3,000,000[67]3,382,000
2005"Konayuki"Remioromen859,000[26]500,000[68]2,000,000[22]3,359,000
2008"Ti Amo"[C]Exile320,000[26]2,000,000[69]1,000,000[70]3,320,000
2006"Age Age Every Knight"DJ OZMA250,000[71]1,000,000[72]2,000,000[73]3,250,000
2005"Sōsei no Aquarion"Akino250,000[74]3,000,000[74]3,250,000
2006"Mikazuki"Ayaka243,000[26]2,000,000[38]1,000,000[75]3,243,000
2000"Tsunami"Southern All Stars2,936,000[26]250,000[56]—3,186,000
2010"Heavy Rotation"AKB48882,000[26]1,500,000[76]750,000[77]3,132,000
2007"Suirenka"Shōnan no Kaze100,000[78]3,000,000[32]3,100,000
2008"Kimi no Subete ni"Spontania featuring Juju100,000[79]3,000,000[80]3,100,000
2010"Ring a Ding Dong"Kaela Kimura100,000[81]3,000,000[82]3,100,000
1997"Can You Celebrate?"Namie Amuro2,750,000[D][26]250,000[38]—3,000,000
2011"Happiness"Ai27,7133,000,000[83]3,027,713
2018"Teacher Teacher"AKB48—3,000,000[84]3,000,000

Note:

Over 2 million copies

YearSongArtistDetailed SalesTotal Sales
PhysicalSingle TrackChaku-uta
1997"Zankoku na Tenshi no These"Yoko Takahashi720,000[A][26][85]1,100,000[38][86]1,100,000[87][88]2,920,000
1991"Love Story wa Totsuzen ni"[B]Kazumasa Oda2,542,000[26]250,000[89]—2,792,000
2008"Kimi ni Utatta Love Song"Lil'B—2,700,000[90]2,700,000
2011"Flying Get"AKB481,626,000[26]1,000,000[38]—2,626,000
2011"Everyday, Katyusha"AKB481,608,000[26]1,000,000[38]—2,608,000
2007"Lovin' Life"Funky Monkey Babys100,000[91]2,500,000[92]2,600,000
1995"Love Love Love"Dreams Come True2,489,000[26]100,000[93]—2,589,000
2013"Koi Suru Fortune Cookie"AKB481,549,000[26]1,000,000[94]—2,549,000
2000"Sakura Zaka"Masaharu Fukuyama2,299,000[26]250,000[95]—2,549,000
2006"Koi no Tsubomi"Kumi Koda273,000[26]250,000[22]2,000,000[22]2,523,000
2000"Everything"Misia2,007,000[C][26][96]500,000[38]—2,507,000
2004"Hitomi o Tojite"Ken Hirai1,000,000[97]500,000[98]1,000,000[22]2,500,000
2008"Shuchishin"Shuchishin500,000[99]1,000,000[38]1,000,000[100]2,500,000
2011"Yasashiku Naritai"Kazuyoshi Saito2,500,000[101]

2,500,000

1994"All I Want for Christmas Is You"Mariah Carey1,500,000[D][26]—1,000,000[23]2,500,000
2005"Tada... Aitakute"Exile562,000[26]850,000[E][38][102]1,000,000[22]2,412,000
2007"Migi Kara Kita Mono Wo Hidari He Ukenagasu No Uta"Moody Katsuyama——2,400,000[103]2,400,000
2008"Sunao ni Naretara"[F]Juju100,000[99]2,300,000[80]2,400,000
2009"Mister"KARA145,000[104]1,250,000[76][41]1,000,000[105]2,395,000
1995"Departures"Globe2,288,000[26]100,000[38]—2,388,000
2009"Ichibu to Zenbu"B'z380,000[26]1,000,000[77]1,000,000[77]2,380,000
2004"Towa ni Tomo ni"[G]Kobukuro152,000[26]1,200,000[H][70][39]1,000,000[106]2,352,000
2006"Good-bye Days"Yui for Kaoru Amane242,000[26]1,100,000[107][108]1,000,000[109]2,342,000
2012"Manatsu no Sounds Good!"AKB481,822,000[26]500,000[110]—2,322,000
2005"Planetarium"Ai Otsuka316,000[26]1,000,000[111]1,000,000[22]2,316,000
2016"Koi"Gen Hoshino312,000[112][113]2,000,000[114]2,312,000
2006"Ketsui no Asa ni"Aqua Timez1,100,000[115]1,200,000[115]2,300,000
1995"True Love"Fumiya Fujii2,023,000[26]250,000[38]—2,273,000
2005"Endless Story"Reira starring Yuna Ito500,000[116]750,000[38]1,000,000[22]2,250,000
2005"Glamorous Sky"Nana starring Mika Nakashima500,000[117]750,000[118]1,000,000[22]2,250,000
1996"La La La Love Song"Toshinobu Kubota2,000,000[119]250,000[38]—2,250,000
2010"Motto Tsuyoku"Exile250,000[120]1,000,000[38]1,000,000[121]2,250,000
2006"Taiyō no Uta"Erika Sawajiri as Kaoru Amane500,000[122]750,000[123]1,000,000[124]2,250,000
2003"Yuki no Hana"Mika Nakashima250,000[125]1,000,000[126]1,000,000[70]2,250,000
2007"Koko ni Iru yo"SoulJa featuring Thelma Aoyama149,000[26]1,100,000[127][77]1,000,000[128]2,249,000
2008"Prisoner of Love"Hikaru Utada82,000[26]1,100,000[107][108]1,000,000[109]2,182,000
1998"Automatic"[I]Hikaru Utada2,063,000[26]100,000[63]—2,163,000
2005"Koko ni Shika Sakanai Hana"Kobukuro407,000[26]750,000[38]1,000,000[22]2,157,000
2006"Kibun Jōjō"Mihimaru GT131,000[26]1,000,000[129]1,000,000[22]2,131,000
2003"Jupiter"Ayaka Hirahara925,000[26]200,000[22]1,000,000[22]2,125,000
2007"Michi"Exile112,000[26]1,000,000[38]1,000,000[77]2,112,000
2010"Arigatō"Ikimono-gakari250,000[130]1,100,000[131][77]750,000[77]2,100,000
2009"Love Forever"Miliyah Kato and Shota Shimizu100,000[132]1,000,000[38]1,000,000[133]2,100,000
2010"Kimi tte"Kana Nishino98,000[26]1,000,000[38]1,000,000[41]2,098,000
2003"Sakuranbo"Ai Otsuka589,000[J][26]500,000[38]1,000,000[22]2,089,000
2010"Best Friend"Kana Nishino71,000[26]1,000,000[38]1,000,000[134]2,071,000
2013"Sayonara Crawl"AKB481,956,000[26]100,000[38]—2,056,000
2008"Ai o Komete Hanataba o"Superfly47,000[26]1,000,000[38]1,000,000[135]2,047,000
2010"Beginner"AKB481,039,000[26]1,000,000[38]—2,039,000
2008"Ginga Tetsudō 999"Exile featuring M-flo—1,000,000[136]1,000,000[77]2,000,000
2006"I Believe"Ayaka250,000[137]750,000[38]1,000,000[22]2,000,000
2007"Peach"[K]Ai Otsuka250,000[138]750,000[38]1,000,000[77]2,000,000
2006"Precious"Yuna Ito250,000[139]750,000[38]1,000,000[22]2,000,000
2008"Roppongi-Giroppon-"Nezumisenpai—2,000,000[140]2,000,000
2009"Garden"May J. featuring DJ KAORI, Diggy-MO', Clench and Blistah—2,000,000[141]2,000,000
2011"100 Mankai No I Love You"Rake—2,000,000[142]2,000,000

Note:

List of most-streamed songs in Japan

The following list covers the most-streamed songs in the country based on data compiled by Billboard Japan, with the data aggregation started since March 12, 2018.

No.SongArtist(s)ReleasedStreams (hundred million)
1"Yoru ni Kakeru"Yoasobi15 December 201910.4
2"Dry Flower"Yuuri25 October 20209.2
3"Dynamite"BTS21 August 20208.7
4"Pretender"Official Hige Dandism15 May 20198.5
5"Gunjō"Yoasobi1 September 20206.9
6"Hakujitsu"King Gnu22 February 20196.4
7"Marigold"Aimyon8 August 20186.2
8"I Love..."Official Hige Dandism12 February 20206.1
9"Kaibutsu"Yoasobi6 January 20216.1
10"Butter"BTS21 May 20215.8
11"Subtitle"Official Hige Dandism12 October 20225.8
12"W/X/Y"Tani Yuuki26 May 20215.8
13"Suiheisen"Back Number13 August 20215.7
14"Kaiju no Hanauta"Vaundy11 May 20205.7
15"Idol"Yoasobi12 April 20235.6
16"115man Kilo no Film"Official Hige Dandism11 April 20185.5
17"Cinderella Boy"Saucy Dog18 August 20215.4
18"Betelgeuse"Yuuri4 November 20215.3
19"Ao to Natsu"Mrs. Green Apple1 August 20184.9
20"Kirari"Fujii Kaze3 May 20214.8
As of December 24, 2023[143]

Best-selling singles by year

The following is a table of the yearly best-selling singles in Japan by physical sales (until 2018) and combined sales (including track sale equivalent) (since 2019).

YearTitleArtistSalesChart PeakReferences
1989"Diamonds"Princess Princess814,5701[144]
1990"Odoru Pompokolin"B.B.Queens1,308,4401[145]
1991"Oh Yeah!"/"Love Story wa Totsuzen ni"Kazumasa Oda2,541,9101[146]
1992"Kimi ga Iru Dake de"Kome Kome Club2,762,2101[147]
1993"Yah Yah Yah / Yume no Bannin"Chage and Aska2,407,9601[148]
1994"Innocent World"Mr. Children1,812,9701[149]
1995"Love Love Love"/"Arashi ga Kuru"Dreams Come True2,351,9401[150]
1996"Namonaki Uta"Mr. Children2,302,9101[151]
1997"Can You Celebrate?"Namie Amuro2,223,0901[152]
1998"Yuuwaku"Glay1,611,9201[153]
1999"Dango 3 Kyodai"Kentarō Hayami, Ayumi Shigemori, Himawari Kids and Dango Gasshōdan2,918,2201[154]
2000"Tsunami"Southern All Stars2,886,9401[155]
2001"Can You Keep a Secret?"Hikaru Utada1,484,9401[156]
2002"H"Ayumi Hamasaki1,000,2601[157]
2003"Sekai ni Hitotsu Dake no Hana"SMAP2,108,5651[158]
2004"Hitomi o Tojite"Ken Hirai834,4482[159]
2005"Seishun Amigo"Shūji to Akira945,3151[160]
2006"Real Face"KAT-TUN1,038,9231[161]
2007"Sen no Kaze ni Natte"Masafumi Akikawa1,115,4991[162]
2008"Truth/Kaze no Mukō e"Arashi618,2291[163]
2009"Believe/Kumorinochi, Kaisei"Arashi, Kenta Yano starring Satoshi Ohno656,6761[164]
2010"Beginner"AKB48954,2831[165]
2011"Flying Get"AKB481,587,2291[166]
2012"Manatsu no Sounds Good!"AKB481,820,0561[167]
2013"Sayonara Crawl"AKB481,955,1621[168]
2014"Labrador Retriever"AKB481,786,8251[169]
2015"Bokutachi wa Tatakawanai"AKB481,782,7071[170]
2016"Tsubasa wa Iranai"AKB481,519,3871[171]
2017"Negaigoto no Mochigusare"AKB481,391,6911[172]
2018"Teacher Teacher"AKB481,819,2371[173]
2019"Sustainable"AKB481,416,1891[174]
2020"Imitation Rain/D.D."SixTones, Snow Man1,780,3061[175]
2021"Butter"BTS1,809,6501[176]
2022"Ichizu/Sakayume"King Gnu1,456,3491[177]
2023"Idol"Yoasobi2,274,5281[178]

See also

References

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