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List of best-selling music artists in Japan

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who had garnered most of commercial success before Oricon was established in the late 1960s. The reported numbers like Mihashi's 100 million and Misora's 68 million records, are highly doubtful and cannot be confirmed by Oricon and
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provides accumulated physical sales of all entries on its singles and albums charts (started in 1968 and 1970, respectively). Note that Oricon does not count sales of the records that did not enter or fell off of the charts, unlike
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Note: *Dion's "international" debut is considered to be dated in 1990, with her first English-recording album. It is the decade when she also entered the Japanese charts.
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in 1989. Various of them debuted before that tracking system, selling millions of their catalogue along with thousand of copies for individual titles alone; ranging from
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The list excludes sales of albums or singles recorded by artists in collaboration with others as part of a singular artist or group's total.
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holds the record for being the best-selling solo artist and being the only solo artist to sell more than 50 million in total.
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Each new Julio Iglesias album sells over two million copies in Japan , which is more records than most native artists sell
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include Japanese artists with claims of 15 million or more record sales or with over 2 million subscribers.
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have claimed sales of 12 million in the country during their height of career, while according to
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and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by
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Sources that provide the sales an artist or record company claim via
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behind the United States, and the biggest in Asia, according to
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Progressive rock / Alternative rock / Hard rock / Punk rock
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Music Station 2-Hour Special "Artist Total Sales Ranking"
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is the largest physical music market in the world and
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List of best-selling singles by Western acts in Japan
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Pop, Techno, Bitpop, Electropop, Dance-pop, Synthpop
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International Federation of the Phonographic Industry
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Oricon Album Chart Book: Complete Edition 1970–2005
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Includes releases under her maiden name, Yumi Arai.
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Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. 4699: 4541:[1995 million-seller list] (in Japanese). 3992:Music Station "Strongest Idols in History Best 50" 3669: 3667: 3665: 3663: 3661: 3659: 3657: 3655: 3653: 4760:"Fame brought misfortune for feelgood sister act" 4309:西城秀樹さん、「YOUNG MAN」などヒット曲多数 男性ソロ歴代6位のシングル総売上1159万枚 4136:"CD総売り上げ2000万枚以上!MISIAデビュー15周年を記念したベスト盤の収録曲が明らかに" 4015: 4013: 4011: 1965: 4944: 4111:"Top Japanese girl group Speed coming to a halt" 4050:“寄せ集め集団”がCD売上2170万枚!リーダーDJ KOOが心がけている「たったひとつのこと」 3710: 202:The best-selling artist according to Oricon are 4253:"ミュージックステーション 2013/08/16(金)20:00放送 テレビ朝日 TVでた蔵" 3650: 3371:Yamamoto, Takao (producer) (January 13, 2012). 2600:A selected group of Western acts have achieved 4080:Yamamoto, Takao (producer) (March 29, 2013). 4008: 4882:Single Chart Book: Complete Edition 1968-2010 4853:"RIAJ: Digital Certifications (January 2014)" 3886: 3884: 3882: 3880: 3878: 3876: 3874: 3872: 3540:"【オリコン】AKB48、シングル総売上日本一3615.8万枚 秋元氏総売上は1億枚突破" 3532: 3500: 233: 57:"List of best-selling music artists in Japan" 4913:Album Chart Book: Complete Edition 1970-2005 4831:"年度別ミリオンセラー一覧 (Million Seller List by Year)" 4418: 4416: 4164:【オリコン】福山雅治、初の結婚ソング首位 22年目で男性ソロ歴代1位の総売上2127万枚 3981: 3979: 3977: 3975: 3973: 3971: 3969: 3967: 3965: 3963: 3961: 3959: 3957: 3509:AKB48、総選挙シングルで通算&連続40作目首位 総売上枚数が5000万枚突破 2568: 3955: 3953: 3951: 3949: 3947: 3945: 3943: 3941: 3939: 3937: 3714:; Hotohara, Tōru (host) (March 22, 2018). 3706: 3704: 3702: 3600:"【オリコン】AKB48、史上初の通算16作目ミリオン B'zの記録を13年ぶり更新" 4576:"RIAJ: Digital Certifications (July 2010)" 4365:"Japan's Best Selling Male Groups 2010-19" 4108: 3869: 2152:Pop / Dance / R&B / Electronic / Rock 1812:/ Alternative rock / Pop rock / Power pop 4413: 4029:(in Japanese). 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Archived from 3364: 3319:Smirke, Richard (March 20, 2011). 2808:Indicates a debutant artist prior 2661: 2255:J-Pop / EDM / Eurodance / Hip hop 218:(25.179 million) in fourth place. 14: 4969: 4930: 4909:オリコン・アルバム・チャートブック(完全版): 1970~2005 4192:Billboard Magazine September 1980 2826:Best-selling artist sales by year 1844:Pop rock / Hard rock / Punk rock 4509:"RIAJ: Gold Disc Certifications" 4228:"RIAJ: Gold Disc Certifications" 3988:MUSIC STATION(Mステ)史上最強アイドルBEST50 2604:of over 4 million since Japan's 2014: 2000: 1986: 1972: 1201: 1187: 1173: 1159: 1153:10 million to 19 million records 1123:Pop / Dance / R&B / Hip hop 984:Pop rock / Soft rock / Synthpop 798: 784: 770: 756: 742: 736:20 million to 29 million records 465: 451: 437: 423: 409: 403:30 million to 49 million records 268: 254: 240: 165: 22: 4716: 4656: 4631: 4446: 4434:(in Japanese). 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