List of Oricon number-one albums of 2008

The highest-selling albums and mini-albums in Japan are ranked in the Oricon Weekly Chart, published by Oricon Style magazine.[1] The data are compiled by Oricon based on each album's weekly physical sales. Thirty-seven albums reached the peak of the chart in 2008.

R&B singer Namie Amuro's Best Fiction had the longest chart run of 2008. The album remained at the top of the charts from its issue date of August 11 to September 15.[2] Amuro became the first solo female artist in 28 years to have an album chart number one for six consecutive weeks after Saki Kubota (久保田早紀 Kubota Saki), who had an album at number one for seven consecutive weeks in 1980.[3] Pop singer Mariya Takeuchi's greatest hits album Expressions stayed atop the charts for three consecutive weeks, making her the first artist over 50 years of age to accomplish this.[2] Other artists who had extended runs on the chart include Kobukuro, Kumi Koda, Exile, Madonna, Superfly, Greeeen, and Mr. Children; each spent two straight weeks on the chart.

Korean pop singer BoA's Japanese album The Face debuted at number one, making her the second artist after Ayumi Hamasaki to have six consecutive number-one studio albums since her debut.[4] American pop singer Madonna's Hard Candy became the singer's first album in 18 years to debut at number one on the Oricon chart.[5] With the release of their second album, Game, girl group Perfume became the second technopop group (after Yellow Magic Orchestra) to have a number-one album on the charts.[6]

B'z The Best "Ultra Pleasure" was hard rock duo B'z's 22nd number-one album, surpassing Yumi Matsutoya for having the most number-one albums.[7] Their record increased to 23 number-one albums with the release of B'z The Best "Ultra Treasure".[8] Rock singer Yui's B-side album My Short Stories debuted atop the charts, making her the second female artist after Seiko Matsuda to have a B-side album debut at the top.[9]

The best-selling album overall of 2008 was R&B group Exile's Exile Love, released in late 2007, which sold over 1,470,000 copies. The second-best-selling album was Amuro's Best Fiction, which sold more than 1,447,000 copies, followed by pop folk band Kobukuro's 5296, with nearly 1,405,000 albums sold. The fourth- and fifth-best-selling albums were Exile Catchy Best and Heart Station by Exile and pop singer Hikaru Utada respectively. Exile Catchy Best sold over 1,222,000 copies, while Heart Station sold a little over 997,000 copies.[10]

Chart history

Pop singer BoA became the second artist to have six consecutive number-one albums.
Hard rock duo B'z currently hold the record for most number-one albums.
Issue date Album Artist Reference
January 14 5296 Kobukuro [11]
January 21 [12]
January 28 Sōshi Sōai 2 (沿志奏逢2) Bank Band [13]
February 4 Zard Request Best: Beautiful Memory Zard [14]
February 11 Kingdom Kumi Koda [15]
February 18 [16]
February 25 Award Supernova: Loves Best M-Flo [17]
March 3 Complete Singles Collection '97-'08 The Brilliant Green [18]
March 10 The Face BoA [19]
March 17 World World World Asian Kung-Fu Generation [20]
March 24 Single Best Kou Shibasaki [21]
March 31 Heart Station Hikaru Utada [22]
April 7 Exile Catchy Best Exile [23]
April 14 [24]
April 21 I Loved Yesterday Yui [25]
April 28 Game Perfume [6]
May 5 Dream "A" Live Arashi [26]
May 12 Hard Candy Madonna [27]
May 19 [27]
May 26 Superfly Superfly [28]
June 2 [29]
June 9 Mihimarise Mihimaru GT [30]
June 16 KAT-TUN III: Queen of Pirates KAT-TUN [31]
June 23 20th Anniversary All Singles Complete Best Just Movin' On: All the S-hit Kyosuke Himuro [32]
June 30 B'z The Best "Ultra Pleasure" B'z [7]
July 7 Ā, Domo. Ohisashiburi Desu. Greeeen [33]
July 14 [34]
July 21 Panic Fancy Orange Range [35]
July 28 Zushi Kimaguren (キマグレン) [36]
August 4 Exile Entertainment Best Exile [37]
August 11 Best Fiction Namie Amuro [38]
August 18 [2]
August 25 [39]
September 1 [40]
September 8 [41]
September 15 [3]
September 22 A Complete: All Singles Ayumi Hamasaki [42]
September 29 B'z The Best "Ultra Treasure" B'z [8]
October 6 Super.Modern.Artistic.Performance SMAP [43]
October 13 Expressions Mariya Takeuchi [44]
October 20 [2]
October 27 [2]
November 3 We Love Hexagon (We Love ♥ ヘキサゴン) Hexagon All Stars [45]
November 10 Porno Graffitti Best Ace Porno Graffitti [46]
November 17 Best Destiny Miliyah Kato [47]
November 24 My Short Stories Yui [48]
December 1 Color NEWS [49]
December 8 Voice Mika Nakashima [50]
December 15 Exile Ballad Best Exile [51]
December 22 Supermarket Fantasy Mr. Children [52]
December 29 [53]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Oricon Entertainment Inc." (in Japanese). Japan Association of Professional Recording Studios. Retrieved April 9, 2009.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 "Mariya Takeuchi ranks in first place for three weeks in a row - a first time record for an artist above the age of 50." (in Japanese). Oricon. October 21, 2008. Retrieved April 9, 2009.
  3. 1 2 "Namie Amuro carries on weight! Sixth consecutive week in top place - a record after Dream Comes True since 14 years and 8 months" (in Japanese). Oricon. September 9, 2008. Retrieved April 7, 2009.
  4. ↑ "BoA achieves a record now second only after Ayumi Hamasaki." (in Japanese). Livedoor. March 4, 2008. Retrieved April 7, 2009.
  5. ↑ ""Thank you, Prime Minister Kimura": Queen Madonna dings no.1 since about 18 years" (in Japanese). Oricon. May 6, 2008. Retrieved April 7, 2009.
  6. 1 2 "Perfume in first place. A striking record after 25 years since YMO." (in Japanese). Oricon. April 22, 2008. Retrieved April 7, 2009.
  7. 1 2 "B'z sets a tie-breaking record with its 22nd album in first place - achieves a grand dominance of six major Oricon historical rankings" (in Japanese). Oricon. June 24, 2008. Retrieved April 7, 2009.
  8. 1 2 "B'z renews its own record with the 23rd album winning first place." (in Japanese). Oricon. September 23, 2008. Retrieved April 11, 2009.
  9. ↑ "Yui achieves a striking record after 24 years and 8 months since Seiko Matsuda." (in Japanese). Barks. November 18, 2008. Retrieved April 8, 2009.
  10. ↑ "Special article: Oricon ranking of the year 2008" (in Japanese). Oricon. December 11, 2008. Retrieved April 11, 2009.
  11. ↑ "Ayu gets the number-two spot by a small difference...so her record is 8 consecutive albums?". Sports Nippon (in Japanese). January 8, 2008. Archived from the original on January 16, 2008. Retrieved April 7, 2009.
  12. ↑ "Kobukuro's album ranks first place for four weeks in a row." (in Japanese). Oricon. January 15, 2008. Retrieved April 7, 2009.
  13. ↑ "This weeks ranking topics." (in Japanese). Oricon. January 22, 2008. Retrieved April 7, 2009.
  14. ↑ "Zard ties first with Dream Comes True as a female vocalist group for the number of first place won with albums" (in Japanese). Oricon. January 29, 2008. Retrieved April 7, 2009.
  15. ↑ "Kumi Koda in first place with "Kingdom" for the first time after a year" (in Japanese). Oricon. February 5, 2008. Retrieved April 7, 2009.
  16. ↑ "Charts: Koda still #1". Tokyograph. February 13, 2008. Retrieved August 3, 2010.
  17. ↑ "Oricon ranking as of 2/25: Porno and M-Flo in first place" (in Japanese). Oricon. February 19, 2008. Retrieved April 7, 2009.
  18. ↑ "The Brilliant Green wins its first time ever first place after 11 years" (in Japanese). Livedoor. March 27, 2008. Retrieved April 9, 2009.
  19. ↑ "Oricon: BoA reaches second in history, two Jacksons in the top 10" (in Japanese). Oricon. March 4, 2008. Retrieved April 7, 2009.
  20. ↑ "SMAP: A podium record with its new tune at Oricon no.1" (in Japanese). Zakzak. March 11, 2008. Retrieved April 11, 2009.
  21. ↑ "KAT-TUN, 10th consecutive first place single since its first release" (in Japanese). Oricon. March 17, 2009. Retrieved April 7, 2009.
  22. ↑ "Oricon: Hikaru Utada starts her '08 with a direct no.1, 6th consecutive" (in Japanese). Oricon. March 28, 2008. Retrieved April 7, 2009.
  23. ↑ "Exile renews the 2008 record of new release sales with its Best" (in Japanese). Oricon. April 1, 2008. Retrieved April 7, 2009.
  24. ↑ "Charts: Exile hangs on to #1". Tokyograph. April 10, 2008. Retrieved April 7, 2009.
  25. ↑ "Yui achieves her third first place single" (in Japanese). Oricon. July 8, 2008. Retrieved April 7, 2009.
  26. ↑ "Charts: Boy bands on top". Tokyograph. April 30, 2008. Retrieved August 3, 2010.
  27. 1 2 "Madonna ranks first place in overall two weeks straight" (in Japanese). Livedoor. May 13, 2008. Retrieved April 7, 2009.
  28. ↑ "Striking record: Superfly wins the weekly first" (in Japanese). Livedoor. May 20, 2008. Retrieved April 7, 2009.
  29. ↑ "Striking record: Superfly at first place for the second consecutive week" (in Japanese). Excite. May 27, 2008. Retrieved April 7, 2009.
  30. ↑ "Mihimaru GT, a second album winning again first place". Livedoor. June 4, 2008. Retrieved April 14, 2009.
  31. ↑ "KAT-TUN becomes 4th group to win 10 wins straight since its debut" (in Japanese). Oricon. June 10, 2008. Retrieved April 9, 2009.
  32. ↑ "Kyosuke Himuro grabs first place after 10 years and a half" (in Japanese). Oricon. June 17, 2008. Retrieved April 9, 2009.
  33. ↑ "Greeeen pushed up on top of Oricon by a man in green tights and Saeko" (in Japanese). Livedoor. July 1, 2008. Retrieved April 7, 2009.
  34. ↑ "Greeeen's latest album charts no.1 for the second consecutive week" (in Japanese). Oricon. July 8, 2008. Retrieved April 7, 2009.
  35. ↑ "Panic Fancy's Oricon page" (in Japanese). Oricon. Retrieved April 14, 2009.
  36. ↑ "Kimaguren's debut album 'Zushi' charts no.1 on Oricon" (in Japanese). Barks. July 22, 2008. Retrieved April 9, 2009.
  37. ↑ "Exile: a second consecutive no.1 cover song" (in Japanese). Excite. August 1, 2008. Retrieved April 7, 2009.
  38. ↑ "Namie Amuro sets a record again" (in Japanese). Excite. August 6, 2008. Retrieved April 7, 2009.
  39. ↑ "Amuro: Best album stays in no.1 for the third week - becomes the first to achieve million sellers in one's teenager, twenties and thirties" (in Japanese). Oricon. August 19, 2008. Retrieved April 7, 2009.
  40. ↑ "Namie Amuro's best hangs on to first place in the fourth week - approaches 1.2 million of sales" (in Japanese). Oricon. August 26, 2008. Retrieved April 7, 2009.
  41. ↑ "Amuro's album still in first place after five weeks, a first time in 24 years record since Akina for a female soloist" (in Japanese). Oricon. September 2, 2008. Retrieved April 7, 2009.
  42. ↑ "Ayumi Hamasaki: ultimate best kicks off first place with 540k sales" (in Japanese). Oricon. September 16, 2008. Retrieved April 9, 2009.
  43. ↑ "SMAP accumulates 10 million in album sales". Oricon (in Japanese). September 30, 2008. Retrieved May 5, 2009.
  44. ↑ "Mariya Takeuchi sets a record of winning first place furthest from debut for a female singer" (in Japanese). Oricon. October 7, 2008. Retrieved April 9, 2009.
  45. ↑ "Hexagon production finally charts no.1 for the first time - a duo of variety show after 18 years" (in Japanese). Oricon. October 28, 2008. Retrieved April 9, 2009.
  46. ↑ "Porno Graffitti dominates no.1 and 2 with "Ace" and "Joker"" (in Japanese). Barks. November 5, 2008. Retrieved April 10, 2009.
  47. ↑ 加藤ミリヤ、デビュー5年目で初の首位獲得！. Oricon (in Japanese). November 11, 2008. Retrieved August 3, 2010.
  48. ↑ "Yui becomes a second charting no.1 with a B-side tune, first time after 24 years since Seiko Matsuda" (in Japanese). Oricon. November 18, 2008. Retrieved April 8, 2009.
  49. ↑ "Charts: UVERworld's first #1". Tokyograph. November 26, 2008. Retrieved August 3, 2010.
  50. ↑ "Mika Nakashima charts no.1 with album 'Voice'" (in Japanese). Excite. December 4, 2008. Retrieved April 9, 2009.
  51. ↑ "Exile: Third No.1 album within a single year - a record after 20 years for male since BOΦWY" (in Japanese). Oricon. December 9, 2008. Retrieved April 9, 2009.
  52. ↑ "【オリコン】ミスチル新アルバム、オリジナル盤今年No.1の初動売上を記録". Oricon (in Japanese). December 16, 2008. Retrieved August 3, 2010.
  53. ↑ "Mr.Children shows off its presence with the second consecutive week in first place" (in Japanese). Excite. December 24, 2008. Retrieved April 9, 2009.

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