List of best-selling music artists in Japan
30 million to 49 million records

List of best-selling music artists in Japan

Section Title: 30 million to 49 million records
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Artist	Years active	Genre	Sales

Southern All Stars	1975–present	Soft rock / Pop rock / Folk rock / Blues rock	48.97 million

Dreams Come True	1988–present	New wave / R&B	44.94 million

L'Arc-en-Ciel	1991–present	Alternative rock / Pop rock / Post-punk	40 million†

Tomoyasu Hotei	1988–present	Rock	40 million†

Yumi Matsutoya	1968–present	Pop rock / Jazz fusion / Folk rock / Kayōkyoku	39.39 million

Glay	1988–present	Pop rock / Power pop / Progressive rock	38.80 million

Arashi	1999–present	Pop / Pop rock / R&B / Hip hop	38.44 million

Zard	1991–2007	Rock / Pop rock	37.63 million

Utada Hikaru	1998–2010, 2016–present	J-pop / R&B / Dance / Electronica	37.34 million

SMAP	1991–2016	J-pop / R&B	37.20 million

Namie Amuro	1992–2018	Pop / R&B / Hip hop / EDM / Eurobeat	36.18 million

Chage and Aska	1979–1996, 1999–2009	Folk rock / Soft rock	31 million

X Japan	1982–1997, 2007–present	Heavy metal / Power metal	30 million†

Seiko Matsuda	1980–present	Pop / Kayōkyoku	30 million†

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Utada's success has made her one of Japan's top-selling recording artists of all time.
Utada is one of the Japan's top-selling recording artists, launching her career in the late 1990s.
Utada Hikaru is one of Japan's top-selling recording artists.

final_sentence: Utada's success has made her one of Japan's top-selling recording artists of all time.
final_sentence: Utada is one of the Japan's top-selling recording artists, launching her career in the late 1990s.
final_sentence: Utada Hikaru is one of Japan's top-selling recording artists.