Oricon Yearly Album Chart for 2013:
(I bolded the girls we seem to talk about the most in this thread lol)
01 796,525 LOVE / Arashi
02 583,230 B’z The Best XXV 1988-1998 / B’z
03 573,050 B’z The Best XXV 1999-2012 / B’z
04 431,984 FUNKY MONKEY BABYS LAST BEST / FUNKY MONKEY BABYS
05 419,231 Teppen Tottande! / NMB48
06 382,684 FEEL / Amuro Namie
07 373,019 JUKE BOX / Kanjani∞
08 330,721 EXILE BEST HITS -LOVE SIDE／SOUL SIDE- / EXILE
09 322,204 Superfly BEST / Superfly
10 298,389 TIME / Tohoshinki
11 282,763 Love Collection ~mint~ / Nishino Kana
12 274,012 Love Collection ~pink~ / Nishino Kana
13 273,250 Good Ikuse! / Kis-My-Ft2
14 270,508 Baradon / Ikimonogakari
15 269,379 Yoshuu Fukushuu / MAXIMUM THE HORMONE
16 268,999 MIRACLE / Sandaime J Soul Brothers
17 265,056 Nihon no Koi to, Yuming to. The Best Of Yumi Matsutoya 40th Anniversary / Matsutoya Yumi
18 263,709 Take me home / One direcdtion
19 250,490 Nanda Collection / Kyary Pamyu Pamyu
20 247,506 BUMP OF CHICKEN I [1999-2004] / BUMP OF CHICKEN
21 235,772 BUMP OF CHICKEN II [2005-2010] / BUMP OF CHICKEN
22 235,431 5TH DIMENSION / Momoiro clover Z
23 234,294 LEVEL3 / Perfume
24 216,180 Jinsei×Boku= / ONE OK ROCK
25 214,487 I / Ikimonogakari
26 192,116 ALL TIME BEST ALBUM / Yazawa Eikichi
27 186,825 Unorthodox Jukebox / Bruno Mars
28 183,875 Summer Ballad Covers / May J.
29 179,478 Heart Song / Chris Hart
30 179,126 Kusabi / KAT-TUN
31 168,189 sakanaction / sakanaction
32 163,519 LAND / Yuzu
33 163,289 FUNKY MONKEY BABYS 5 / FUNKY MONKEY BABYS
34 162,768 〔（an imitation） blood orange〕 / Mr.Children
35 160,732 Ama chan Uta no album / Various Artists
36 153,469 Super Best Records －15th Celebration－ / MISIA
37 151,255 The Past Masters Vol. 1 / Golden Bomber
38 150,370 Red / Taylor Swift
39 147,107 Appare - All Time Best - Masashi / Sada Masashi
40 145,597 Lesson 1 / E-girls
41 141,594 ****OGRAFFITTI 15th Anniversary “ALL TIME SINGLES” / ****o Graffitti
42 139,004 ROCKBOUND NEIGHBORS / Mizuki Nana
43 136,511 L album / KinKi Kids
44 135,451 Ii ne! （´・ω・‘）☆ / GReeeeN
45 133,340 Art Pop / Lady Gaga
46 128,845 Mekaku City Records / Jin (Shizen no Teki P)
47 125,422 THE BEST “STORY” / BOΦWY
48 122,774 Chiisana Ikimono / Spitz
49 122,373 Hero / SUPER JUNIOR
50 120,702 NEWS / NEWS
51 119,620 Delight / miwa
52 119,502 Up All Night / One Direction
53 119,266 Avril Lavigne / Avril Lavigne
54 114,836 Samuragochi Mamoru: Sym, 1, (Hiroshima) / Otomo Naoto, Tokyo Symphony Orchestra
55 113,926 Les Misérables Movie Soundtrack
56 110,860 COUP D’ETAT / G-DRAGON (from BIGBANG)
57 109,077 In a World Like This / Backstreet Boys
58 103,913 Iriguchi no Nai Deguchi / Momoiro Clover Z
59 102,535 Cover / Domoto Tsuyoshi
60 101,305 KYOSUKE HIMURO 25th Anniversary BEST ALBUM GREATEST ANTHOLOGY / Himuro Kyosuke
61 100,399 KETSUNOPOLIS 8 / Ketsumeishi
62 098,292 Popcorn / Arashi
63 097,645 Kiss / Carly Rae Jepsen
64 094,664 Yuon Club ~1st grade~ / Ayaka
65 094,389 GREEN GARDEN POP / YUI
66 092,654 ORANGE GARDEN POP / YUI
67 089,295 REAL / Nakashima Mika
68 089,210 800BEST －simple is the BEST!!－ / MONGOL800
69 088,840 POP CLASSICO / Matsuotoya Yumi
70 088,825 LOVE again / Hamasaki Ayumi
71 86,534 Midnight Memories / One Direction
72 85,241 Shonannokaze -2023 / Shonan no Kaze
73 84,831 Doo-Wops & Hooligans / Bruno Mars
74 83,838 Nice catch the moment! / Naoto Inti Raymi
75 83,660 Sonapokeism SUPER BEST / Sonar Pocket
76 82,577 Random Access Memories / Daft Punk
77 81,258 Battle and Romance / Momoiro Clover Z
78 80,023 POPMAN'S WORLD ~All Time Best 2003-2013~ / Sukima switch
79 77,170 UNLIMITED / Kim Hyun Joong
80 76,530 Koi ni Ochiru Toki / INFINITE
81 76,180 Recreation 3 / Acid Black Cherry
82 75,168 A NUDE / Yamashita Tomohisa
83 74,506 Dialogue－Miki Imai Sings Yuming Classics－ / Imai Yoshiro
84 74,145 Oh! My! Goodness! / V6
85 74,010 What About Now / Bon Jovi
86 73,925 JUSTICE / GLAY
87 73,544 Stranger / Hoshino Gen
88 72,796 Yemon - FAN’S BEST SELECTION- / THE YELLOW MONKEY
89 72,473 GUILTY / GLAY
90 72,462 Sonapokeism ④ ~Kimi to Iu Hana~ / Sonar Pocket
091 70,328 SID 10th Anniversary BEST / SID
092 69,010 Boys Meet U / SHINee
093 68,872 NEW / Paul McCartney
094 68,521 Kimi no Koe / JUNHO (From 2PM)
095 68,404 experience / flumpool
096 68,240 Produced by Masaharu Fukuyama 「Galileo+」 / Various Artists
097 65,430 DJ KAORI’S PARTY MIX IV / Various Artists
098 65,346 BEST STORY ～Life stories～ / JUJU
099 64,370 "Amachan (TV Series)" Original Soundtrack / Otomo Yoshihide
100 64,291 LEGEND OF 2PM / 2PM
Not only is my girl Namie the top selling female solo album once again but the top solo album in general
It's sad to see how low sales are this year though
I feel like pretty soon physical albums will be a thing of the past, especially in a digital-savy country like Japan.
