List of best-selling albums in Japan
List of best-selling albums by domestic acts
This is the list of the top-selling albums in Japan, based on data compiled by Oricon. Prior to January 1987, the domestic albums chart was separated into LPs (created in 1970), cassette tapes (introduced in 1974) and compact discs (launched in 1985), until their unification, which remains the current form.

List of best-selling albums in Japan

Section Title: List of best-selling albums by domestic acts
Table Section Text: This is the list of the top-selling albums in Japan, based on data compiled by Oricon. Prior to January 1987, the domestic albums chart was separated into LPs (created in 1970), cassette tapes (introduced in 1974) and compact discs (launched in 1985), until their unification, which remains the current form.

No.	Album	Artist	Released	Chart	Sales

1	First Love	Hikaru Utada	10 March 1999	1	7,672,000

2	B'z The Best "Pleasure"	B'z	20 May 1998	1	5,136,000

3	Review	Glay	1 October 1997	1	4,876,000

4	Distance	Hikaru Utada	28 March 2001	1	4,472,000

5	B'z The Best "Treasure"	B'z	20 September 1998	1	4,439,000

6	A Best	Ayumi Hamasaki	28 March 2001	1	4,312,000

7	Globe	Globe	31 March 1996	1	4,136,000

8	Deep River	Hikaru Utada	19 June 2002	1	3,605,000

9	Umi no Yeah!!	Southern All Stars	25 June 1998	1	3,592,000

10	Delicious Way	Mai Kuraki	28 June 2000	1	3,530,000

11	Time to Destination	Every Little Thing	15 April 1998	1	3,520,000

12	Atomic Heart	Mr. Children	1 September 1994	1	3,430,000

13	Sweet 19 Blues	Namie Amuro	22 July 1996	1	3,359,000

14	Bolero	Mr. Children	5 March 1997	1	3,283,000

15	Neue Musik	Yumi Matsutoya	6 November 1998	1	3,252,000

16	Faces Places	Globe	12 March 1997	1	3,239,000

17	The Swinging Star	Dreams Come True	14 November 1992	1	3,227,000

18	Impressions	Mariya Takeuchi	25 July 1994	1	3,067,000

19	Zard Best the Single Collection ～軌跡～	Zard	28 May 1999	1	3,034,000

20	All Singles Best	Kobukuro	27 September 2006	1	3,018,000

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In 1996, Sweet 19 Blues was the best-selling album in Japan.

final_sentence: In 1996, Sweet 19 Blues was the best-selling album in Japan.