We’re now halfway through 2016 and Soundscan has released its midyear charts for 2016! The following information pertains to the period from 12/28/15 – 6/26/16.

Soundscan has completely revamped their format for 2016. Soundscan says that the numbers for previous years cannot be compared to those from this year since their format is completely different; however, they have not detailed exactly what these changes entailed. They’ve combined all the editions of a release into 1 title, instead of showing the sales of each edition as before. It also appears as if they now count sales from company stores instead of just conventional store sales, something they never did before.

Music sales in the first half of 2016 were valued at 139.9 billion yen from 50,560,000 units sold. CD sales made up 99.52 billion yen of that amount, with 44,000,000 units sold. DVDs and Blu-rays sold 6,560,000 units, generating 40.36 billion yen.

Sandaime J Soul Brothers topped the album chart with “THE JSB LEGACY”, selling 615,000 copies. AKB48 topped the single chart with “Tsubasa wa Iranai”, selling 2,499,000 copies. Arashi topped the music video chart with “ARASHI BLAST in Miyagi”, selling 366,000 copies.

AKB48 tops the artist sales revenue chart with 4.98 billion yen in sales. Arashi comes in second, with 4.39 billion yen in sales. Sandaime J Soul Brothers round out the top 3 with 4.25 billion yen in sales.

Check out the rest of the charts below!

Albums

1. Sandaime J Soul Brothers – THE JSB LEGACY: 615,000

2. Oda Kazumasa – Ano Hi Ano Toki: 304,000

3. E-girls – E.G.SMILE -E-girls BEST-: 288,000

4. BUMP OF CHICKEN – Butterflies: 280,000

5. EXILE TRIBE – HiGH&LOW ORIGINAL BEST ALBUM: 279,000

6. Nogizaka46 – Sorezore no Isu: 237,000

7. Ikimonogakari – Chou Ikimonobakari ~Ten-nen Kinen Members Best Selection~: 234,000

8. Kis-My-Ft2 – I SCREAM: 205,000

9. BABYMETAL – METAL RESISTANCE: 196,000

10. KAT-TUN – KAT-TUN 10TH ANNIVERSARY BEST “10Ks!”: 185,000

Singles

1. AKB48 – Tsubasa wa Iranai: 2,499,000

2. AKB48 – Kimi wa Melody: 1,474,000

3. Arashi – I seek / Daylight: 823,000

4. Nogizaka46 – Harujion ga Saku Koro: 793,000

5. Arashi – Fukkatsu LOVE: 562,000

6. SKE48 – Chicken LINE: 414,000

7. Keyakizaka46 – Silent Majority: 382,000

8. HKT48 – 74 Okubun no 1 no Kimi e: 359,000

9. NMB48 – Amagami Hime: 337,000

10. Hey! Say! JUMP – Maji SUNSHINE: 306,000

Music Video

1. Arashi – ARASHI BLAST in Miyagi: 366,000

2. Kis-My-Ft2 – 2015 CONCERT TOUR KIS-MY-WORLD: 245,000

3. Sensations – Sayonara Sensation: 223,000

4. EXILE – EXILE LIVE TOUR 2015 “AMAZING WORLD”: 211,000

5. Hey! Say! JUMP – Hey! Say! JUMP LIVE TOUR 2015 JUMPing CARnival: 210,000

6. Kanjani8 – Kanjani8 no Genki ga Deru LIVE!!: 201,000

7. Kanjani8 – Kanjani8 Recital Omae no Heart wo Tsukandaru!!: 165,000

8. Sandaime J Soul Brothers – Sandaime J Soul Brothers LIVE TOUR 2015 “BLUE PLANET”: 150,000

9. V6 – V6 LIVE TOUR 2015 -SINCE 1995~FOREVER~: 143,000

10. Namie Amuro – namie amuro LIVEGENIC 2015-2016: 130,000