Over the next few days, we’ll be looking back on the year end charts for the years that were covered in the 2016 editions of Oricon Flashback. This is the second part of this series, the year 2001.

Albums:

1. Utada Hikaru – Distance (4,404,000)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V_In-3UlkEk

 

2. Ayumi Hamasaki – A BEST (4,248,640)

 

3. Southern All Stars – Ballad 3 ~the album of LOVE~ (2,659,000)

 

 

4. GLAY – DRIVE-GLAY complete BEST (2,637,420)

 

5. Morning Musume – Best! Morning Musume 1 (2,224,000)

 

6. Mr.Children – Mr.Children 1992-1995 (1,963,160)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nxwt_s1lM04

 

7. SMAP – Smap Vest (1,679,000)

 

 

8. MISIA – MARVELOUS (1,637,540)

 

9. LOVE PSYCHEDELICO – THE GREATEST HITS (1,610,000)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NpMB40PFlLA

 

10. CHEMISTRY – The Way We Are (1,543,850)

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