Soundscan 2014 Half-Yearly Ranking

Soundscan Japan has released its album and single rankings for the first half of 2014. This is for the period covered December 30 2013 – June 29 2014.

Included in the list below are the top 10 Western albums, highlighting Frozen’s successful run in Japan.

For the note, Soundscan numbers are calculated based on POS-sources (point of sales) and ranks sales for each version individually for CDs (both Singles & Albums). Soundscan also doesn’t include label-owned and agency owned stores such as Avex’s Mu-mo shops and AKB’s chara-ani. Soundscan number may or may not be higher than Oricon numbers.

Top 10 Japanese Albums
Rank Artist Album Units
1 Namie Amuro Ballada (CD + DVD) 236,595
2 BUMP OF CHICKEN RAY (CD + DVD) (Limited Edition) 224,209
3 AKB48 Tsugi no Ashiato  (TYPE-A) (2CD + DVD) (Limited Edition) 178,744
4 Kis-My-Ft2 HIT! HIT! HIT! ~ Kisumai Selection 2014~
(CD + 2DVD) (Limited Edition)
160,325
5 Yuzu New World (Limited Edition) 131,394
6 E-girls COLORFUL POP (CD + DVD) (Limited Edition) 121,042
7 May J. Heartful Song Covers 120,391
8 Sandaime J Soul Brothers from EXILE TRIBE THE BEST / BLUE IMPACT (2CD + 2DVD) 117,586
9 EXILE ATSUSHI Music (2CD + 2DVD) (Limited Edition) 116,354
10 Fukuyama Masaharu HUMAN (2CD + DVD) (Limited Edition) 114,499

 

Top 10 Singles
Rank Artist Album Units
1 Arashi GUTS! (CD + DVD) (Limited Edition) 425,942
2 Arashi Bittersweet (CD + DVD) (Limited Edition) 416,768
3 Arashi Daremo Shiranai [ (CD + DVD) (Limited Edition) 390,140
4 Arashi Bittersweet 178,323
5 Arashi GUTS! 170,729
6 Kanjani ∞ King of Otoko! (CD + DVD) (Limited Edition A) 151,655
7 Kanjani ∞ Hibiki (CD + DVD) (Limited Edition) 149,947
8 Kanjani ∞ King of Otoko! (CD + DVD) (Limited Edition B) 144,715
9 Arashi Daremo Shiranai 125,354
10 Kanjani ∞ Hibiki 118,419

 

Top 10 Western Albums
Rank Artist Album Units
1 Various Artists Frozen OST (Deluxe Edition) 677,763
2 Various Artists Frozen OST 190,106
3 One Direction Midnight Memories 71,017
4 Various Artists TERRACE HOUSE TUNES 69,126
5 Michael Jackson Escape Deluxe Edition (CD + DVD) (Limited Edition) 49,475
6 Pharrell Williams Girl 47,382
7 One Direction Midnight Memories Ultimate Edition (Limited Edition) 46,107
8 Che’Nelle Best Songs  34,095
9 Ariana Grande Yours Truly (Limited Edition) 33,110
10 Avicii True (Limited Edition) 27,555

 

Artist Total Sales
Rank Artist Sales (in Million Yen)
1 Arashi 2,550
2 AKB48 2,540
3 Kis-My-Ft2 1,691
4 Namie Amuro 1,612
5 Fukuyama Masaharu 1,406
6 Sandaime J Soul Brothers 1,127
7 BUMP OF CHICKEN 1,083
8 Kanjani ∞ 1,079
9 EXILE ATSUSHI 991
10 Tohoshinki 898
11 Yuzu 755
12 Hey! Say! JUMP 747
13 May J. 744
14 μ ’s 710
15 E-Girls 705
16 Sexy Zone 609
17 SEKAI NO OWARI 573
18 MAN WITH A MISSION 521
19 KAT-TUN 447
20 JUJU 436

 

Here is Soundscan 2013’s rankings if you want to check last year’s list.

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