Oricon finally release their Yearly Ranking for 2010.
Arashi got the No.1 spot for the Album ranking and 6 spots for the single Ranking.
And their Total Sales was really amazing! Congratulations guys!






2010 Oricon Yearly ranking TOP10 : Singles

1. “Beginner” – AKB48 : (954,283)
2. “Heavy Rotation” – AKB48 (713,275)
3. “Troublemaker” - Arashi : (698,542)
4. “Monster” – Arashi : (696,022)
5. “Ponytail to Shushu” – AKB48 : (659,959)
6. “Hatenai Sora” – Arashi : (656,343)
7. “Løve Rainbow” – Arashi : (620,057)
8. “Chance no Junban” – AKB48 : (596,769)
9. “Dear Snow” – Arashi : (591,207)
10. “To be free” – Arashi : (516,142)


2010 Oricon Yearly Ranking TOP10 : Albums

1. “Boku no Miteiru Fukei” – Arashi  (1,053,064)

2. “Ikimonobakari~members’ BEST selection~” – Ikimonogakari  (906,756)
3. “to LOVE” – Nishino Kana  (645,417)
4. “FUNKY MONKEY BABYS BEST” – FUNKY MONKEY BABYS  (613,603)
5. “SENSE” – Mr.Children  (597,212)
6. “PAST<FUTURE-Amuro Namie (574,525,)       
7.“BEST SELECTION 2010″ – Tohoshinki  (569,530)
8. “Hajimari no Uta” – Ikimonogakari  (560,931)
9. “THE BEST BANG!!” – Fukuyama Masaharu  (544,260)
10. “5years” – Kimura Kaela  (469,028)


2010 Oricon ranking TOP5 : "Artists Total Sales"

1. Arashi – ￥17.163 billion/￥17,163,000,000 (approximately $204,321,424) 

2. Tohoshinki - ￥9.431 billion/￥9,431,000,000 (approximately $112,273,808)
3. AKB48 – ￥7.092 billion/￥7,092,000,000 (approximately $84,408,472)
4. EXILE – ￥6.015 billion/￥6,015,000,000 (approximately $71,590,096)
5. Ikimonogakari – ￥5.618 billion/￥5,618,000,000 (approximately $66,865,032)

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