Oricon unveils their Yearly Sales Rankings for 2015

Today statistics-tracking company Oricon Inc. published its complete end of the year report, which reveals all of the sales data that it collected for the year 2015.  This includes the five top earning acts for the year, as well as the yearly single, album, music DVD, and music Blu-ray charts.

This year’s top five selling acts, and their total gross for the year (in yen) are as follows:

  1. Arashi (¥14,328,000,000)
  2. AKB48 (¥11,291,000,000)
  3. Sandaime J Soul Brothers (¥6,856,000,000)
  4. Kis-My-Ft2 (¥5,777,000,000)
  5. Kanjani8 (¥5,471,000,000)

Arashi also managed to top this year’s Album chart with “Japonism”, the Music DVD chart with their “ARASHI BLAST in Hawaii” release, as well as the yearly Music Blu-ray chart with their “ARASHI LIVE TOUR 2014 THE DIGITALIAN’”.  Meanwhile, AKB48 found themselves atop the yearly Singles ranking with “Bokutachi wa Tatakawanai”, making it the 6th year in a row that they’ve had Japan’s best selling single.

You’ll find the Top 50 Singles and Albums, the Top 25 Music DVDs, and the Top 10 Music Blu-rays for the year right after the jump, so please read on if you’re curious about the full rankings.

-Oricon Inc. Yearly Sales Rankings 2015-

Singles:

  1. AKB48 – Bokutachi wa Tatakawanai (Sales Number:  1,782,707)
  2. AKB48 – Halloween Night (Sales Number:  1,328,411)
  3. AKB48 – Green Flash (Sales Number:  1,045,492)
  4. AKB48 – Kuchibiru ni Be My Baby (Sales Number:  905,490)
  5. SKE48 – Coquettish Juutaichuu (Sales Number:  702,299)
  6. Nogizaka46 – Ima, Hanashitai Dareka ga Iru (Sales Number:  686,539)
  7. Nogizaka46 – Taiyou Knock (Sales Number:  678,481)
  8. Nogizaka46 – Inochi wa Utsukushii (Sales Number:  620,555)
  9. Arashi – Aozora no Shita, Kimi no Tonari (Sales Number:  571,597)
  10. NMB48 – Don’t look back! (Sales Number:  530,830)
  11. Arashi – Sakura (Sales Number:  521,067)
  12. Arashi – Ai wo Sakebe (Sales Number:  519,330)
  13. Kis-My-Ft2 – Thank you Jian! (Sales Number:  475,048)
  14. SKE48 – Mae no Meri (Sales Number:  459,769)
  15. Sandaime J Soul Brothers – starting over (Sales Number:  456,179)
  16. SKE48 – 12-Gatsu no Kangaroo (Sales Number:  452,543)
  17. NMB48 – Durian Shounen (Sales Number:  449,148)
  18. NMB48 – Must be now (Sales Number:  386,320)
  19. Kis-My-Ft2 – Kiss Damashii (Sales Number:  384,383)
  20. HKT48 – 12-Byou (Sales Number:  337,237)
  21. Kanjani8 – Maemuki Scream! (Sales Number:  315,682)
  22. HKT48 feat. Kishidan – Shekarashika! (Sales Number:  292,670)
  23. Sandaime J Soul Brothers – O.R.I.O.N. (Sales Number:  237,295)
  24. Sandaime J Soul Brothers – Summer Madness (Sales Number:  234,022)
  25. Hey! Say! JUMP – Kimi Attraction (Sales Number:  226,602)
  26. Love Crescendo – Cup no Naka no Komorebi (Sales Number:  213,090)
  27. Kis-My-Ft2 – AAO (Sales Number:  211,946)
  28. BUMP OF CHICKEN – Hello, world! / Colony (Sales Number:  208,845)
  29. Kis-My-Ft2 – Saigo mo Yappari Kimi (Sales Number:  205,635)
  30. KAT-TUN – Dead or Alive (Sales Number:  205,500)
  31. Sandaime J Soul Brothers – Unfair World (Sales Number:  204,148)
  32. B’z – RED (Sales Number:  195,527)
  33. Fukuyama Masaharu – I am a HERO (Sales Number:  193,825)
  34. EXO – Love Me Right ~romantic universe~ (Sales Number:  187,260)
  35. SMAP – Karei Naru Gyakushu / Humor Shichau yo (Sales Number:  184,296)
  36. Kanjani8 – Tsuyoku Tsuyoku Tsuyoku (Sales Number:  173,795)
  37. B’z – Uchouten (Sales Number:  170,694)
  38. Hey! Say! JUMP – Chau# / Wo I Need You (Sales Number:  170,489)
  39. KinKi Kids – Yume wo Mireba Kizutsuku Koto mo Aru (Sales Number:  169,975)
  40. SMAP – Otherside / Ai ga Tomaru Made wa (Sales Number:  169,200)
  41. KAT-TUN – KISS KISS KISS (Sales Number:  166,122)
  42. Tohoshinki – Sakuramichi (Sales Number:  158,131)
  43. GENERATIONS from EXILE TRIBE – ALL FOR YOU (Sales Number:  157,684)
  44. Kanjani8 – Samurai Song (Sales Number:  157,403)
  45. NEWS – KAGUYA (Sales Number:  156,862)
  46. JYJ – WAKE ME TONIGHT (Sales Number:  155,271)
  47. Busaiku – Yacchatta!! (Sales Number:  151,611)
  48. Morning Musume ’15 – Oh my wish! / Sukatto My Heart / Imasugu Tobikomu Yuuki (Sales Number:  149,309)
  49. Kamen Joshi – GENKIDANE☆ (Sales Number:  139,064)
  50. 2PM – HIGHER (Sales Number:  137,238)

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