The highest-selling singles in Japan are ranked in the Oricon Singles Chart, which is published by Oricon Style magazine. The data are compiled by Oricon based on each singles' physical sales. This list includes the singles that reached the number one place on that chart in 1988.

Oricon Weekly Singles Chart

Issue date Song Artist(s) Ref.
January 4 "Glass no Jūdai" Hikaru Genji [1]
January 11
January 18
January 25 "Kaze no Lonely Way" Kiyotaka Sugiyama
February 1 "Stranger Tonight" Yoko Oginome
February 8 "Al-Mauj" Akina Nakamori
February 15
February 22 "Kanpai" Tsuyoshi Nagabuchi
February 29 "You're My Only Shinin' Star" Miho Nakayama
March 7 "Toiki de Net [ja]" Yoko Minamino
March 14
March 21 "Paradise Ginga [ja]" Hikaru Genji
March 28
April 4
April 11
April 18
April 25 "Marrakech" Seiko Matsuda
May 2 "C-GIRL [ja]" Yui Asaka
May 9 "Stardust Dream" Yoko Oginome
May 16 "C-GIRL" Yui Asaka
May 23
May 30 "Tattoo" Akina Nakamori
June 6
June 13 "Fu-ji-tsu" Shizuka Kudo
June 20
June 27 "Anata o Aishitai [ja]" Yoko Minamino
July 4 "Diamond Hurricane [ja]" Hikaru Genji
July 11
July 18 "What's your name? [ja]" Shonentai
July 25 "Mermaid" Miho Nakayama
August 1 "Angel" Kyosuke Himuro
August 8
August 15
August 22
August 29 "Cecil" Yui Asaka
September 5 "Daybreak" Otokogumi
September 12
September 19 "Tabidachi wa Freesia [ja]" Seiko Matsuda
September 26 "Daybreak" Otokogumi
October 3 "Mugon... Iroppoi" Shizuka Kudo
October 10
October 17 "Aki kara mo, Soba ni Ite [ja]" Yoko Minamino
October 24 "Tsurugi no Mai [ja]" Hikaru Genji
October 31
November 7 "Tonbo [ja]" Tsuyoshi Nagabuchi
November 14
November 21 "Jirettai ne [ja]" Shonentai
November 28 "Witches" Miho Nakayama
December 5 "Tonbo" Tsuyoshi Nagabuchi
December 12
December 19
December 26

References

  1. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2008-12-26. Retrieved 2008-10-13.((cite web)): CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
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