Top Japanese Albums - Year-end 2012

The best selling album in 2012 in Japan was MR.CHILDREN 2005-2010 <MACRO> by MR. CHILDREN which sold 1,170,298 copies.

RankArtistAlbumSalesReleased
1 MR. CHILDREN MR.CHILDREN 2005-2010 <MACRO> 1,170,298 2012
2 MR. CHILDREN MR.CHILDREN 2001-2005 <MICRO> 1,105,080 2012
3 AKB48 1830M 1,029,954 2012
4 ARASHI (嵐) POPCORN 847,671 2012
5 EXILE & EXILE ATSUSHI EXILE JAPAN / SOLO 767,274 2012
6 KEISUKE KUWATA (桑田 佳祐) I LOVE YOU -NOW & FOREVER- 757,831 2012
7 KOBUKURO (コブクロ) ALL SINGLES BEST 2 693,650 2012
8 MR. CHILDREN [(AN IMITATION) BLOOD ORANGE] 612,507 2012
9 YUMI MATSUTOYA (松任谷 由実) THE BEST OF YUMI MATSUTOYA 40TH ANNIVERSARY 549,541 2012
10 YAMASHITA TATSURO (山下 達郎) OPUS ~ALL TIME BEST 1975-2012~ 518,906 2012
11 NAMIE AMURO (安室 奈美恵) UNCONTROLLED 517,603 2012
12 IKIMONO-GAKARI (いきものがかり) NEWTRAL 414,490 2012
13 YUZU (ゆず) YUZU YOU [2006-2011] 394,781 2012
14 EXILE EXILE BEST HITS -LOVE SIDE / SOUL SIDE- 382,217 2012
15 KANJANI 8 (関ジャニ∞) 8EST 367,107 2012
16 KIS-MY-FT2 KIS-MY-1ST 326,078 2012
17 KANA NISHINO (西野 カナ) LOVE PLACE 313,835 2012
18 KARA (카라) SUPER GIRL 295,651 2011
19 SMAP GIFT OF SMAP 277,993 2012
20 FUNKY MONKEY BABYS ファンキーモンキーベイビーズ4 265,759 2011
21 JUJU BEST STORY ~LIFE STORIES~ 239,520 2012
22 CHE'NELLE BELIEVE 238,849 2012
23 L'ARC-EN-CIEL BUTTERFLY 238,589 2012
24 SAORI YUKI & PINK MARTINI 1969 232,209 2011
25 GIRLS' GENERATION (소녀시대) GIRLS' GENERATION / THE BOYS (JAPAN) 229,043 2011
26 SUPERFLY FORCE 219,548 2012
27 BENI COVERS 215,682 2012
28 JUJU BEST STORY ~LOVE STORIES~ 213,804 2012
29 AYAKA (絢香) THE BEGINNING 210,215 2012
30 GREEEEN 歌うたいが歌うたいに来て 歌うたえと言うが 歌うたいが歌うたうだけうたい切れば 歌うたうけれども 歌うたいだけ 歌うたい切れないから 歌うたわぬ!? 197,867 2012
31 BIGBANG (빅뱅) ALIVE 187,865 2012
32 ACID BLACK CHERRY 2012 176,817 2012
33 ASIAN KUNG-FU GENERATION BEST HIT AKG 172,858 2012
34 PERFUME PERFUME GLOBAL COMPILATION LOVE THE WORLD 169,793 2012
35 ADELE 21 165,034 2011
36 HEY! SAY! JUMP JUMP WORLD 153,473 2012
37 KODA KUMI (倖田 來未) JAPONESQUE 151,343 2012
38 AYUMI HAMASAKI (浜崎 あゆみ) PARTY QUEEN 148,290 2012
39 AIKO 時のシルエット 147,568 2012
40 SKE48 この日のチャイムを忘れない 143,648 2012
41 GIRLS' GENERATION (소녀시대) GIRLS & PEACE (JAPAN) 141,259 2012
42 AYUMI HAMASAKI (浜崎 あゆみ) A SUMMER BEST 139,567 2012
43 LINKIN PARK LIVING THINGS 139,540 2012
44 CARLY RAE JEPSEN KISS 134,717 2012
45 NEWS NEWS BEST 133,943 2012
46 HIDEAKI TOKUNAGA (徳永 英明) VOCALIST VINTAGE 133,301 2012
47 KAT-TUN CHAIN 133,262 2012
48 KYARY PAMYU PAMYU (きゃりーぱみゅぱみゅ) ぱみゅぱみゅレボリューション 130,399 2012
49 CHE'NELLE LUV SONGS 128,856 2011
50 SONAR POCKET (ソナーポケット) ソナポケイズム3~君との365日~ 128,832 2012
51 TOSHINOBU KUBOTA (久保田 利伸) THE BADDEST~HIT PARADE~ 127,235 2001
52 YUKI POWERS OF TEN 122,806 2012
53 GOLDEN BOMBER (ゴールデンボンバー) ゴールデン・アルバム 117,248 2012
54 YUI GREEN GARDEN POP 116,712 2012
55 KOICHI DOMOTO (堂本 光一) GRAVITY 116,322 2012
56 YUI ORANGE GARDEN POP 115,943 2012
57 MAROON 5 OVEREXPOSED 114,627 2012
58 BENI COVERS 2 113,416 2012
59 JANG KEUN-SUK (장근석) JUST CRAZY 112,276 2012
60 SEKAI NO OWARI (セカイ・ノ・オワリ) ENTERTAINMENT 111,935 2012
61 UVERWORLD THE ONE 108,512 2012
62 TOKYO JIHEN (東京事変) COLOR BARS 108,256 2012
63 DEF TECH GREATEST HITS 108,183 2012
64 TAYLOR SWIFT RED 106,072 2012
65 T-ARA (티아라) JEWELRY BOX 104,478 2012
66 KARA (카라) GIRLS FOREVER 101,947 2012
67 NAOTO INTI RAYMI (ナオト・インティライミ) 風歌キャラバン 99,356 2012
68 LADY GAGA BORN THIS WAY 96,382 2011
69 SPITZ (スピッツ) おるたな 96,289 2012
70 KETSUMEISHI (ケツメイシ) ケツの嵐 ~春BEST~ 95,706 2011
71 SEXY ZONE ONE SEXY ZONE 95,421 2012
72 YAMASHITA TOMOHISA (山下 智久) エロ 95,277 2012
73 EIKICHI YAZAWA (矢沢 永吉) LAST SONG 91,637 2012
74 LMFAO SORRY FOR PARTY ROCKING 89,086 2011
75 ONE DIRECTION UP ALL NIGHT 88,536 2011
76 AYUMI HAMASAKI (浜崎 あゆみ) LOVE 88,345 2012
77 MILIYAH KATO (加藤 ミリヤ) TRUE LOVERS 87,519 2012
78 KETSUMEISHI (ケツメイシ) ケツの嵐 ~夏BEST~ 87,036 2011
79 CLARIS BIRTHDAY 86,115 2012
80 PERFUME JPN 85,681 2011
81 ASIAN KUNG-FU GENERATION ランドマーク 83,789 2012
82 PORNO GRAFFITTI (ポルノグラフィティ) PANORAMA PORNO 81,760 2012
83 MADONNA MDNA 81,460 2012
84 IKIMONO-GAKARI (いきものがかり) IKIMONOBAKARI: MEMBERS BEST SELECTION (いきものばかり~メンバーズBESTセレクション~) 81,202 2010
85 TSUYOSHI NAGABUCHI (長渕 剛) STAY ALIVE 80,987 2012
86 JIN AKANISHI (赤西 仁) JAPONICANA 80,331 2012
87 TSUYOSHI DOMOTO (堂本 剛) SHAMANIPPON -ラカチノトヒ- 80,258 2012
88 PRINCESS PRINCESS (プリンセス プリンセス) THE REBIRTH BEST~再会~ 79,839 2012
89 VAN HALEN A DIFFERENT KIND OF TRUTH 79,517 2012
90 KETSUMEISHI (ケツメイシ) ケツの嵐 ~秋BEST~ 79,033 2011
91 KETSUMEISHI (ケツメイシ) ケツの嵐 ~冬BEST~ 78,362 2011
92 GREEN DAY UNO 77,602 2012
93 DJ KAORI DJ KAORI'S PARTY MIX 3 76,843 2012
94 GILLE I AM GILLE. 73,666 2012
95 HATSUNE MIKU (初音 ミク) EXIT TUNES PRESENTS VOCALODREAM FEAT. 初音ミク 73,164 2012
96 NORAH JONES LITTLE BROKEN HEARTS 73,041 2012
97 RIHANNA TALK THAT TALK 71,077 2011
98 LEO IEIRI (家入 レオ) LEO 71,034 2012
99 KARA (카라) COLLECTION 70,542 2012
100 THE OFFSPRING DAYS GO BY 70,442 2012

Source: Oricon Charts