The highest-selling albums and mini-albums in Japan are ranked in the Oricon Weekly Chart, published by Oricon Style magazine.[1] The data is compiled by Oricon based on each album's weekly physical sales. In 2009, 46 albums reached the peak of the charts.

Rock group Unicorn released their comeback album, Chambre, which debuted atop the charts making them the second group after Kaguyahime in 1978 to achieve this feat.[2] Pop group Dreams Come True set the record for most number-one albums by a female vocal group; with their fifteenth studio album, Do You Dreams Come True? [sic], giving them their twelfth number-one album putting them ahead of the late Zard.[3] With the release of her tenth studio album, Next Level, pop artist Ayumi Hamasaki became the first artist to have at least one number-one album for 11 consecutive years since her debut.[4] Ultimate Diamond made pop-rock singer Nana Mizuki the first voice actress to have a number-one album.[5]

The best-selling album overall of 2009 was pop boy band Arashi's greatest-hits album All the Best! 1999–2009, released on August 19, 2009, with the sales of over 1,432,000 copies. The second-best-selling album was pop rock band Mr. Children's studio album Supermarket Fantasy. Supermarket Fantasy was released on December 10, 2008 and sold over 1,251,000 copies. The third-best-selling album was pop vocal group Greeeen's studio album Shio, Koshō, released on June 10, 2009, with the sales of over 1,000,000 copies. The fourth- and fifth-best-selling albums were R&B group Exile's studio album Aisubeki Mirai e and their 2008 compilation album Exile Ballad Best. Aisubeki Mirai e sold over 897,000 copies and Exile Ballad Best sold over 847,000 copies on the yearly charts.[6]

Chart history

Issue Date Album Artist(s) Reference(s)
January 12[fn 1] My Song Your Song Ikimono-gakari [8]
January 19 Exile Ballad Best Exile [9]
January 26 Code Geass Complete Best Various artists [10]
February 2 Touch Me! Mai Kuraki [11]
February 9 Trick Kumi Koda [12]
February 16 [13]
February 23 Love!: Thelma Love Song Collection Thelma Aoyama [14]
March 2 Chambre Unicorn [2]
March 9 Answer Angela Aki [15]
March 16 Funky Monkey Babys 3 Funky Monkey Babys [16]
March 23 Remio Best Remioromen [17]
March 30 Do You Dreams Come True? Dreams Come True [3]
April 6 Next Level Ayumi Hamasaki [4]
April 13 Do You Dreams Come True? Dreams Come True [18]
April 20 Shōnan no Kaze: Joker Shōnan no Kaze [19]
April 27 Puzzle Kanjani Eight [20]
May 4 Tsuruno Uta Takeshi Tsuruno [21]
May 11 Break the Records: By You & For You KAT-TUN [22]
May 18 We All Hideaki Tokunaga [23]
May 25 21st Century Breakdown Green Day [24]
June 1 Relapse Eminem [25]
June 8 Trash We'd Love The Hiatus [26]
June 15 Ultimate Diamond Nana Mizuki [5]
June 22 Shio, Koshō Greeeen [27]
June 29 [28]
July 6 Sanmon Gossip Ringo Shiina [29]
July 13 Zankyō Masaharu Fukuyama [30]
July 20 Triangle Perfume [31]
July 27 Tegomass no Uta Tegomass [32]
August 3 Hōkago Tea Time Hōkago Tea Time [33]
August 10 Hello-Goodbye Coming Century [34]
August 17 Calling Kobukuro [35]
August 24 [36]
August 31 All the Best! 1999–2009 Arashi [37]
September 7 [38]
September 14 Box Emotions Superfly [39]
September 21 All My Best Mai Kuraki [40]
September 28 Best Ai Ai [41]
October 5 Ayaka's History 2006–2009 Ayaka [42]
October 12 [43]
October 19 Furusato Yuzu [44]
October 26 The Best of Aqua Timez Aqua Timez [45]
November 2 The Great Vacation Vol.2: Super Best of Glay Glay [46]
November 9 This Is It Michael Jackson [47]
November 16 The Circle Bon Jovi [48]
November 23 Love Is Best Ai Otsuka [49]
November 30 Magic B'z [50]
December 7 Ima Made no A Men, B Men Dest!? Greeeen [51]
December 14 Aisubeki Mirai e Exile [52]
December 21 J Album KinKi Kids [53]
December 28 Past Future Namie Amuro [54]

Footnotes

  1. ^ The issue on which My Song Your Song topped is the data of sales in two weeks.[7]

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