2004 Oricon Number 1 Releases

#1 Singles and Albums in 2004 according to Oricon

From January 1, 2004 to December 31, 2004. Click on the # for that week to view the top 10 albums, singles and their sales. The date to the left of the week is the monday of the week (i.e., the first day of the Oricon week). This may or may not match up to the date that the single/album was released, as most releass dates state the Wednesday as its release date (yet are on sale the Tuesday before).

Note: 'Week Sales' means the number of units that the product sold to get to #1 for that week. Usually this is the product's first week sales, but not always.

#	Date	Single Artist	Single	Week Sales	Album Artist	Album	Week Sales
1	12.29	SMAP	Sekai ni Hitotsu Dake no Hana	72,267	Kuraki Mai	Wish You the Best	450,127
2	01.05	SMAP	Sekai ni Hitotsu Dake no Hana	40,970	Kuraki Mai	Wish You the Best	180,186
3	01.12	KinKi Kids	Ne, Ganbaru yo.	223,241	BoA	LOVE & HONESTY	296,781
4	01.19	Spitz	Star Gazer	121,741	BoA	LOVE & HONESTY	145,325
5	01.26	GLAY	Toki no Shizuku	122,749	Queen	Queen Jewels	160,278
6	02.02	L'Arc~en~Ciel	READY STEADY GO	163,102	Queen	Queen Jewels	192,034
7	02.09	Tackey & Tsubasa	One Day, One Dream	77,362	Queen	Queen Jewels	165,126
8	02.16	ARASHI	PIKA★★NCHI DOUBLE	89,106	CHEMISTRY	One x One	325,651
9	02.23	ORANGE RANGE	Michishirube ~a road home~	90,988	CHEMISTRY	One x One	140,527
10	03.01	L'Arc~en~Ciel	Hitomi no Juunin	111,692	12 Girls Band	Kikou ~Shining Energy~	117,973
11	03.08	&G	Wonderful Life	96,613	Every Little Thing	commonplace	167,248
12	03.15	Kuzu	Subete ga Boku ga Chikara ni Naru!	56,707	Spitz	Iroiro Koromo	124,621
13	03.22	V6	Arigatou no Uta	82,909	Various Artists	Blue ~A Tribute to Y3taka Ozaki	191,567
14	03.29	Hamasaki Ayumi	Moments	157,320	Utada Hikaru	Utada Hikaru Single Collection Vol.1	1,403,102
15	04.05	Hamasaki Ayumi	Moments	50,999	Mr. Children	Shifuku no Oto	803,422
16	04.12	Southern All Stars	Aja	133,309	Utada Hikaru	Utada Hikaru Single Collection Vol.1	188,428
17	04.19	Utada Hikaru	Dareka no Negai ga Kanau Koro	150,020	Utada Hikaru	Utada Hikaru Single Collection Vol.1	115,017
18	04.29	Utada Hikaru	Dareka no Negai ga Kanau Koro	82,564	Utada Hikaru	Utada Hikaru Single Collection Vol.1	110,126
19	05.03	B'z	BANZAI	187,503	Utada Hikaru	Utada Hikaru Single Collection Vol.1	73,385
20	05.10	NEWS	Kibou ~Yell~	270,770	Avril Lavigne	Under My Skin	286,894
21	05.17	GLAY	Tenshi no Wakemae / Peak Hateshinaku Soul Kagirinaku	80,244	Avril Lavigne	Under My Skin	122,461
22	05.24	Mr.Children	Sign	370,451	Moriyama Naotaro	Arata Naru Koushinryou wo Motomete	137,131
23	05.31	L'Arc~en~Ciel	Jiyuu e no Shoutai	131,704	Moriyama Naotaro	Arata Naru Koushinryou wo Motomete	86,274
24	06.07	Domoto Tsuyoshi	WAVER	152,313	Moriyama Naotaro	Arata Naru Koushinryou wo Motomete	57,251
25	06.14	ORANGE RANGE	Locolotion	86,553	MISIA	MISIA Love & Ballads	54,107
26	06.21	ORANGE RANGE	Locolotion	55,975	TMG	TMG 1	90,281
27	06.28	EXILE	real world	77,038	nobodyknows+	Do You Know?	141,377
28	07.05	BUMP OF CHICKEN	Only Lonely Glory	114,717	nobodyknows+	Do You Know?	68,146
29	07.12	Inaba Koshi	Wonderland	155,079	HY	TRUNK	232,519
30	07.19	Southern All Stars	Kimi Koso Star da / Yume ni Kieta Julia	222,343	ARASHI	Iza, Now!	115,241
31	07.26	Hamasaki Ayumi	INSPIRE	181,325	Porno Graffitti	PORNO GRAFFITTI BEST BLUE'S	400,318
32	08.02	GLAY	Blue Jean	104,703	Porno Graffitti	PORNO GRAFFITTI BEST BLUE'S	145,217
33	08.09	NEWS	Akaku Moyuru Taiyou	185,651	Makihara Noriyuki	EXPLORER	157,648
34	08.16	ARASHI	Hitomi no Naka no Galazy / Hero	170,564	Domoto Tsuyoshi	[si:]	161,058
35	08.23	ORANGE RANGE	Chest	86,338	BUMP OF CHICKEN	Yggdrasil	315,065
36	08.30	B'z	ARIGATO	188,490	TOKIO	TOK10	97,156
37	09.06	Gorie with Jasmine & Joann	Mickey	120,191	Utada	EXODUS	523,761
38	09.13	Gorie with Jasmine & Joann	Mickey	65,198	Yuzu	1 ~ONE~	217,648
39	09.20	Kanjani8	Naniwa Iro wa Bushi	85,487	Inaba Koshi	Peace of Mind	220,127
40	09.27	Hamasaki Ayumi	CAROLS	177,778	EXILES	HEART of GOLD ~STREET FUTURE OPERA BEAT POPS~	247,852
41	10.04	Hirai Ken	Omoi ga Kasanaru Sono Mae ni...	86,763	EXILES	HEART of GOLD ~STREET FUTURE OPERA BEAT POPS~	86,251
42	10.11	Hirai Ken	Omoi ga Kasanaru Sono Mae ni...	54,153	Various Artists	Fullmetal Alchemist Complete Best	108,612
43	10.18	ORANGE RANGE	Hana	182,684	ASIAN KUNG-FU GENERATION	Sol-Fa	300,468
44	10.25	ORANGE RANGE	Hana	144,973	ASIAN KUNG-FU GENERATION	Sol-Fa	99,407
45	11.01	ORANGE RANGE	Hana	114,397	Britney Spears	Greatest Hits: My Prerogative	173,145
46	11.08	T.M.Revolution	Vestige	108,161	ARASHI		126,532
47	11.15	ORANGE RANGE	Hana	115,008	Otsuka Ai	LOVE JAM	224,381
48	11.22	Southern All Stars	Ai to Yokubou no Hibi / LONELY WOMAN	190,012	Hirai Ken	SENTIMENTALovers	687,516
49	11.29	Fukuyama Masaharu	Naitari Shinai de / RED x BLUE	101,136	ORANGE RANGE	musiQ	872,716
50	12.06	GLAY	White Road	106,528	ORANGE RANGE	musiQ	401,231
51	12.13	Every Little Thing	Koibumi / good night	44,922	Hamasaki Ayumi	MY STORY	574,321
52	12.20	KinKi Kids	Anniversary	355,439	KinKi Kids	KinKi Single Selection	356,117
53	12.28	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A