List of best-selling singles in Japan
Best-selling singles by year
The following is a table of the yearly best-selling singles in Japan by physical sales.

List of best-selling singles in Japan

Section Title: Best-selling singles by year
Table Section Text: The following is a table of the yearly best-selling singles in Japan by physical sales.

Year	Title	Artist	Sales	Chart Peak	References

1989	"Diamonds"	Princess Princess	814,570	1

1990	"Odoru Pompokolin"	B.B.Queens	1,308,440	1

1991	"Oh Yeah!"/"Love Story wa Totsuzen ni"	Kazumasa Oda	2,541,910	1

1992	"Kimi ga Iru Dake de"	Kome Kome Club	2,762,210	1

1993	"Yah Yah Yah / Yume no Bannin"	Chage and Aska	2,407,960	1

1994	"Innocent World"	Mr. Children	1,812,970	1

1995	"Love Love Love"/"Arashi ga Kuru"	Dreams Come True	2,351,940	1

1996	"Namonaki Uta"	Mr. Children	2,302,910	1

1997	"Can You Celebrate?"	Namie Amuro	2,223,090	1

1998	"Yuuwaku"	GLAY	1,611,920	1

1999	"Dango 3 Kyodai"	Kentarō Hayami, Ayumi Shigemori, Himawari Kids and Dango Gasshōdan	2,918,220	1

2000	"Tsunami"	Southern All Stars	2,886,940	1

2001	"Can You Keep a Secret?"	Utada Hikaru	1,484,940	1

2002	"H"	Ayumi Hamasaki	1,000,260	1

2003	"Sekai ni Hitotsu Dake no Hana"	SMAP	2,108,565	1

2004	"Hitomi o Tojite"	Ken Hirai	834,448	2

2005	"Seishun Amigo"	Shūji to Akira	945,315	1

2006	"Real Face"	KAT-TUN	1,038,923	1

2007	"Sen no Kaze ni Natte"	Masafumi Akikawa	1,115,499	1

2008	"Truth/Kaze no Mukō e"	Arashi	618,229	1

2009	"Believe/Kumorinochi, Kaisei"	Arashi, Kenta Yano starring Satoshi Ohno	656,676	1

2010	"Beginner"	AKB48	954,283	1

2011	"Flying Get"	AKB48	1,587,229	1

2012	"Manatsu no Sounds Good!"	AKB48	1,820,056	1

2013	"Sayonara Crawl"	AKB48	1,955,162	1

2014	"Labrador Retriever"	AKB48	1,786,825	1

2015	"Bokutachi wa Tatakawanai"	AKB48	1,782,707	1

2016	"Tsubasa wa Iranai"	AKB48	1,519,387	1

2017	"Negaigoto no Mochigusare"	AKB48	1,391,691	1

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Labrador Retriever was the best-selling single of the year in Japan, with 1,786,825 copies.

final_sentence: Labrador Retriever was the best-selling single of the year in Japan, with 1,786,825 copies.