List of best-selling albums in Japan
List of Million-certified albums by the Recording Industry Association of Japan
This is the list of the albums that have shipped over 1,000,000 copies and been certified Million by the Recording Industry Association of Japan (RIAJ).

List of best-selling albums in Japan

Section Title: List of Million-certified albums by the Recording Industry Association of Japan
Table Section Text: This is the list of the albums that have shipped over 1,000,000 copies and been certified Million by the Recording Industry Association of Japan (RIAJ).

Year	Artist	Title	Level	Notes

1999	19	Ongaku	Million

1996	Nanase Aikawa	red	2× Million

1997	paraDOX	Million

1999	ID	Compilation album

2011	AKB48	Koko ni Ita Koto

2012	1830m

2014	Tsugi no Ashiato

2000	aiko	Sakura no Ki no Shita

2001	Natsufuku

1995	Namie Amuro	Dance Tracks Vol.1	2× Million

1996	Sweet 19 Blues	3× Million

1997	Concentration 20	2× Million

1998	181920	2× Million	Compilation album

2008	Best Fiction	Million

2017	Finally	2× Million

2009	Arashi	All the Best! 1999-2009	Million

2010	Boku no Miteiru Fūkei

2011	Beautiful World

2015	Japonism

2006	Ayaka	First Message

2009	Ayaka's History 2006–2009	Compilation album

2002	Kimimaro Ayanokoji	Bakushou Super Live Dai-1 Shū: Chūkounen ni Ai wo Komete	Live album

1989	B'z	Off the Lock

1990	Break Through

Wicked Beat

Risky

1991	Mars	EP

In the Life	3× Million

1992	Run	2× Million

Friends	EP

1994	The 7th Blues	Million

1995	Loose	3× Million

1996	Friends II	Million	EP

1997	Flash Back: B'z Early Special Titles	Million	Compilation album

Survive	2× Million

1998	B'z The Best "Pleasure"	5× Million	Compilation album

B'z The Best "Treasure"	4× Million

1999	Brotherhood	Million

2000	B'z The "Mixture"	2× Million	Compilation album

Eleven	2× Million

2002	Green	Million

The Ballads: Love & B'z	Compilation album

2005	B'z The Best "Pleasure II"

2008	B'z The Best "Ultra Pleasure"

2001	Backstreet Boys	The Hits: Chapter One

2000	The Beatles	1	2× Million

2002	BoA	Listen to My Heart	Million

2003	Valenti	Million

2005	Best of Soul	Million	Compilation album

1994	Bon Jovi	Cross Road	Million	Compilation album

1995	These Days	Million

1998	Boøwy	This Boøwy	Million	Compilation album

1998	The Brilliant Green	The Brilliant Green	Million

1991	Mariah Carey	Emotions	Million

1993	Music Box	Million

1994	Merry Christmas	2× Million

1995	Daydream	Million

1997	Butterfly	Million

1998	Number 1's	3× Million	Compilation album

1995	The Carpenters	Seishun no Kagayaki: 22 Hits of the Carpenters	2× Million	Compilation album

1991	Chage and Aska	Tree	3× Million

1992	Super Best II	2× Million	Compilation album

Guys	Million

1993	Red Hill

1997	Chara	Junior Sweet

2001	Chemistry	The Way We Are	2× Million

2002	Second to None	2× Million

1982	Eric Clapton	Timepieces: The Best of Eric Clapton	Million	Compilation album

1992	Unplugged	Million	Live album

1999	Clapton Chronicles: The Best of Eric Clapton	2× Million	Compilation album

2001	Da Pump	Da Best of Da Pump	Million

1994	Deen	Deen	Million

1997	Celine Dion	Let's Talk About Love	Million

1999	All the Way… A Decade of Song	2× Million	Compilation album

2005	Def Tech	Def Tech	2× Million

2006	Catch the Wave	Million

1998	Dragon Ash	Buzz Songs	Million

1999	Viva la Revolution	2x Million

2001	Lily Of Da Valley	Million

1989	Dreams Come True	Dreams Come True	Million

Love Goes On...	2× Million

1990	Wonder 3	Million

1991	Million Kisses	3× Million

1992	The Swinging Star	Million

1993	Magic	2× Million

1995	Delicious

1996	Love Unlimited	Million

1997	The Best of Dreams Come True	Million	Compilation album

Sing or Die	Million

1999	The Monster	Million

2000	Greatest Hits "The Soul"	2× Million	Compilation album

2015	Dreams Come True The Best! Watashi no Dorikamu	Million	Compilation album

1997	Enya	Paint the Sky with Stars	Million	Compilation album

2001	Theme from Calmi Cuori Appassionati	Million

1997	Every Little Thing	Everlasting	Million

1998	Time to Destination	4× Million

1999	Every Best Single +3	2× Million	Compilation album

2000	eternity	Million

2001	4 Force

2003	Exile	Exile Entertainment

2005	Perfect Best	Compilation album

2007	Exile Love

2008	Exile Catchy Best	Compilation album

Exile Ballad Best	2× Million

2009	Aisubeki Mirai e	Million

2011	Negai no Tō

1993	Masaharu Fukuyama	Calling

1995	M-Collection: Kaze wo Sagashiteru	Compilation album

1999	Magnum Collection 1999 "Dear"	Double-disc compilation album

2001	f

2011	Girls' Generation	Girls' Generation

1996	Glay	Beloved

1997	Review	5× Million	Compilation album

1998	Pure Soul	3× Million

1999	Heavy Gauge	2× Million

2000	Drive: Complete Best	2x Million	Double-disc compilation album

1996	globe	globe	4× Million

1997	Faces Places	3× Million

1998	Love Again	2× Million

Relation

1999	Cruise Record 1995-2000	Double-disc compilation album

2001	Gospellers	Love Notes	Million

2008	Greeeen	A, Domo. Ohisashiburi Desu.

2009	Shio, Koshō

1989	Shogo Hamada	Wasted Tears

2000	The History of Shogo Hamada "Since 1975"	Compilation album

1999	Ayumi Hamasaki	A Song for ××

"A"	14-track CD single

Loveppears	2× Million

2000	Duty	3× Million

2001	A Best	4× Million	Compilation album

2002	I am...	3× Million

Rainbow	2× Million

2003	A Ballads	Million	Compilation album

Memorial Address	EP

2004	My Story

2006	(Miss)Understood

1998	hide with Spread Beaver	Ja, Zoo

1999	Lauryn Hill	The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill

2003	HY	Street Story

1993	Kyosuke Himuro	Memories of Blue

1995	Singles	Compilation album

2000	Ken Hirai	The Changing Same

2001	Gaining Through Losing	Compilation album

2003	Life Is...

2005	Ken Hirai 10th Anniversary Complete Single Collection '95-'05 "Uta Baka"	2× Million	Compilation album

1993	Eri Hiramatsu	Single is Best	Million

1998	Kohmi Hirose	The Best "Love Winters"	2× Million

1999	Tomoyasu Hotei	Greatest Hits 1990-1999	Million

2010	Ikimonogakari	Ikimonobakari: Members Best Selection

1989	Miki Imai	Ivory

1993	Ivory II

1997	Pride

1997	Koshi Inaba	Magma

1999	Yōsui Inoue	Golden Best	Double-disc compilation album

1994	Judy and Mary	Orange Sunshine

1995	Miracle Diving

1997	The Power Source	2× Million

1998	Pop Life

2000	Fresh

2001	Warp	Million

The Great Escape	Million

1996	Tomomi Kahala	Love Brace	2× Million

1997	Storytelling	Million

1997	Makoto Kawamoto	Makoto Kawamoto	Million

1997	Ryuichi Kawamura	Love	3× Million

2003	Ketsumeishi	Ketsunopolis 3	Million

2005	Ketsunopolis 4	2× Million

1997	KinKi Kids	A Album	Million

1998	B Album	Million

2000	Kinki Single Selection	Million

1998	Kiroro	Nagai Aida: Kiroro no Mori	Million

2005	Kobukuro	Nameless World	Million

2006	All Singles Best	3× Million	Compilation album

2007	5296	Million

2012	All Singles Best 2	Million	Compilation album

1992	Kome Kome Club	Octave	3× Million

1995	Decade	Million

2005	Kumi Koda	Best: First Things	2× Million	Compilation album

2006	Best: Second Session	2× Million

Black Cherry	Million

2000	Yuki Koyanagi	Expansion	Million

1986	Toshinobu Kubota	Shake It Paradise	Million

1987	Groovin'	Million

1988	Such A Funky Thang!	Million

1989	The Baddest	Million	Compilation album

1990	Bonga Wanga	Million

2000	Mai Kuraki	Delicious Way	3× Million

2001	Perfect Crime	Million

2004	Wish You the Best	Million	Compilation album

1992	Keisuke Kuwata	From Yesterday	Million	Compilation album

1994	Kodoku no Taiyou	Million

2002	Rock and Roll Hero	Million

Top of the Pops	Million	Double-disc compilation album

1996	L'Arc-en-Ciel	True	Million

1998	Heart	Million

1999	ark	2× Million

Ray	2× Million

2000	Real	Million

2001	Clicked Singles Best 13	Million	Compilation album

2011	Lady Gaga	The Fame	Million

2002	Avril Lavigne	Let Go	Million

2004	Under My Skin	Million

2007	The Best Damn Thing	Million

2001	Love Psychedelico	The Greatest Hits	Million

1997	Luna Sea	Singles	Million	Compilation album

1998	Shine	Million

1992	Noriyuki Makihara	Kimi wa Boku no Takaramono	Million

1993	Self Portrait	Million

1994	Pharmacy	Million

1997	Smiling	Million	Compilation album

1999	Ricky Martin	Ricky Martin	Million

1989	Yumi Matsutoya	Love Wars	Million

1990	The Gates of Heaven (Tengoku no Door)	2× Million

1991	Dawn Purple	2× Million

1992	Tears and Reasons	Million

1993	U-miz	Million

1994	The Dancing Sun	2× Million

1995	Kathmandu	Million

1997	Cowgirl Dreamin'	Million

1998	Neue Musik: Yumi Matsutoya Complete Best Vol.1	3× Million	Double-disc compilation album

2001	Sweet, Bittersweet: Yuming Ballad Best	Million	Double-disc compilation album

2012	The Best of Yumi Matsutoya 40th Anniversary	Million	Compilation album

1996	Max	Maximum	Million

1997	Maximum II	Million

1998	Maximum Groove	Million

1999	Maximum Collection	Million	Compilation album

1998	Misia	Mother Father Brother Sister	2× Million

2000	Love Is the Message	2× Million

2001	Marvelous	2× Million

2002	Kiss in the Sky	Million

2003	Misia Greatest Hits	2× Million	Compilation album

1995	Chisato Moritaka	Do the Best	Million

2000	Morning Musume	3rd-Love Paradise	Million

2001	Best! Morning Musume 1	2× Million	Compilation album

1992	Mr.Children	Kind of Love	Million

1993	Versus	Million

1994	Atomic Heart	3× Million

1996	Shinkai	2× Million

1997	Bolero	3× Million

1999	Discovery	Million

2000	Q	Million

2001	Mr. Children 1992-1995	2× Million	Compilation album

Mr. Children 1996-2000	2× Million	Compilation album

2002	It's a Wonderful World	Million

2004	Shifuku no Oto	Million

2005	"Four Dimensions"	Million	EP

I Love U	Million

2007	Home	Million

2008	Supermarket Fantasy	Million

2012	Mr. Children 2001–2005 ＜micro＞	Million	Compilation album

Mr. Children 2005–2010 ＜macro＞	Million	Compilation album

1996	My Little Lover	Evergreen	3× Million

1989	Tsuyoshi Nagabuchi	Showa	Million

2002	Mika Nakashima	True	Million

2003	Love	Million

2005	Best	Million	Compilation album

1991	Kazumasa Oda	Oh! Yeah!	Million

2002	Jiko Best	3× Million	Compilation album

1993	Maki Ohguro	Da Da Da	Million

1994	Eien no Yume ni Mukatte	Million

1995	La. La. La.	Million

Back Beats #1	3× Million	Compilation album

1997	Power of Dreams	2× Million

1997	Mayo Okamoto	Smile	Million

2001	Chihiro Onitsuka	Insomnia	Million

2004	Orange Range	musiQ	2× Million

2005	Natural	Million

1991	Yutaka Ozaki	Seventeen's Map (Jūnana-Sai no Chizu)	Million	Reissue (first released in 1983)

1992	Confession for Exist (Hounetsu e no Akashi)	Million	Posthumous album

1996	For All My Loves (Aisubeki Mono Subete ni)	Million	Compilation album

2001	Porno Graffitti	foo?	Million

2004	Porno Graffitti Best Red's	Million	Compilation album

Porno Graffitti Best Blue's	Million

1989	Princess Princess	Lovers	Million

1990	Million

1992	Singles 1987-1992	Million	Compilation album

1996	Puffy	AmiYumi	Million

1998	Jet-CD	Million

2004	Queen	Jewels	Million	Compilation album

2002	Rip Slyme	Tokyo Classic	Million

2015	Sandaime J Soul Brothers	Planet Seven	Million

1995	Scatman John	Scatman's World	MIllion

1995	Sharam Q	Gambler	Million

1996	Single Best 10	Million	Compilation album

1998	Shazna	Gold Sun and Silver Moon	Million

1999	Ringo Sheena	Muzai Moratorium	Million

2000	Shouso Strip	2× Million

2001	SMAP	Smap Vest	2× Million	Compilation album

2016	Smap 25 Years	Million	Compilation album

1997	Speed	Starting Over	2× Million	Studio album

1998	RISE	3× Million	Studio album

1998	MOMENTS	3× Million	Compilation album

1999	Carry on my Way	Million	Studio album

1990	Southern All Stars	Southern All Stars	Million

Inamura Jane	Million	Motion picture soundtrack

1992	Yo ni Manyou no Hana ga Saku nari	3× Million

1996	Young Love	2× Million

1998	Umi no Yeah!!	4× Million	Double-disc compilation album

Sakura	Million

2000	Ballad 3: The Album of Love	2× Million	Double-disc compilation album

2005	Killer Street	Million	Double album

1995	Spitz	Hachimitsu	Million

1996	Indigo Chiheisen	Million

1999	Recycle: Greatest Hits of Spitz	Million	Compilation album

1999	Ami Suzuki	SA	2× Million

2000	Infinity Eighteen Vol. 1	Million

1995	Masayuki Suzuki	Martini II	Million	Compilation album

1992	Mariya Takeuchi	Quiet Life	Million

1994	Impressions	3× Million	Compilation album

2001	Bon Appetit!	Million

2008	Expressions	Million	Compilation album

2003	t.A.T.u.	200 km/h in the Wrong Lane	Million

1998	T.M. Revolution	Triple Joker	Million

1999	The Force	Million

1992	T-Bolan	So Bad	Million

1993	Heart of Stone	Million

1996	Singles	Million	Compilation album

1999	TLC	FanMail	Million

2005	Hideaki Tokunaga	Vocalist	Million

2007	Vocalist 3	Million

2003	Twelve Girls Band	Beautiful Energy	Million

1994	TRF	Word Groove	Million

Billionaire	Million

1995	Dance to Positive	2× Million

Hyper Mix 4	Million

Brand-New Tomorrow	Million

1998	Works	Million	Compilation album

1989	Tube	Tubest	Million

1993	Roman no Natsu	Million

1994	Owaranai Natsu ni	Million

Melodies & Memories	Million

1995	Yuzurenai Natsu	Million

1996	Tubest II	Million	Compilation album

2000	Tubest III	Million

1996	Ulfuls	Banzai	Million

1993	Unicorn	The Very Best of Unicorn	Million	Compilation album

1999	Hikaru Utada	First Love	8× Million

2001	Distance	4× Million

2002	Deep River	3× Million

2004	Utada Hikaru Single Collection Vol. 1	3× Million	Compilation album

Exodus	Million	Released under the stage name "Utada"

2006	Ultra Blue	Million

2008	Heart Station	Million

1993	Wands	Toki no Tobira	2× Million

Little Bit...	Million

1995	Pieces of My Soul	Million

1991	X Japan	Jealousy	Million

1993	X Singles	Million	Compilation album

1995	Tatsuro Yamashita	Treasures	Million	Compilation album

1998	Cozy	Million

1996	The Yellow Monkey	Triad Years Act 1: The Very Best of the Yellow Monkey	Million	Compilation album

1999	Yuzu	Yuzuen	Million

2000	Tobira	Million

1996	Miwa Yoshida	Beauty and Harmony	Million

1993	Z-Dan	Enoshima: Southern All Stard Golden Hits Medley	Million

1992	Zard	Hold Me	Million

1993	Yureru Omoi	3× Million

1994	Oh My Love	2× Million

1995	Forever You	Million

1996	Today Is Another Day	Million

1997	Zard Blend: Sun & Stone	2× Million	Compilation album

1999	Eien	Million

Zard Best the Single Collection: Kiseki	3× Million	Compilation album

Zard Best: Requested Memorial	Million

2006	Golden Best: 15th Anniversary	Million

1992	Whitney Houston / Various artists	The Bodyguard	2× Million	Motion picture soundtrack

2003	Various artists	Winter Sonata	Million	Korean drama soundtrack

2007	Various artists	R35 Sweet J-Ballads	Million	Compilation album

2014	Various artists	Anna and the Snow Queen Original Soundtrack	Million	Motion picture soundtrack

Sentence(s)

Amuro's 1996 album, Sweet 19 Blues, has sold three million copies, making it one of the best-selling albums in Japan.

final_sentence: Amuro's 1996 album, Sweet 19 Blues, has sold three million copies, making it one of the best-selling albums in Japan.