2005 Oricon Top 40

2005 Oricon Top 30: Best Selling Artists of All Time

Rank Sales ( Albums + Singles ) Artist 1 75,614,000 B'z 2 50,635,000 Mr.Children 3 47,083,000 SOUTHERN ALL STARS 4 45,528,000 Ayumi Hamasaki 5 40,893,000 DREAMS COME TRUE 6 37,790,000 Matsutoya Yumi 7 35,800,000 GLAY 8 35,450,000 ZARD 9 32,160,000 Utada Hikaru 10 31,220,000 CHAGE & ASKA 11 29,260,000 Matsuda Seiko 12 28,600,000 GLOBE 13 28,400,000 SMAP 14 25,760,000 L'Arc~en~Ciel 15 25,750,000 Amuro Namie 16 25,100,000 Nakamori Akina 17 23,880,000 TUBE 18 21,890,000 Ohguro Maki 19 21,630,000 Every Little Thing 20 21,500,000 trf 21 21,310,000 Nakajima Miyuki 22 20,790,000 KinKi Kids 23 20,380,000 Nagabuchi Tsuyoshi 24 19,830,000 Makihara Noriyuki 25 19,280,000 SPEED 26 18,760,000 Fukuyama Masaharu 27 18,700,000 Itsuki Hiroshi 28 18,320,000 Kome Kome CLUB 29 18,290,000 Spitz 30 17,150,000 MISIA