2003-2006 Oricon Top 50 Albums

Top 50 album sales in Japan from 2003-2006 according to Oricon

From 2003 and forward the sales in the music industry dropped. These are the top 50 albums according only to their sales they recieved the year of their release, not their current sales.

Rank Artist Album Date Sale Cover 1 ORANGE RANGE musiQ 2004.12.01 2,630,763 2 Utada Hikaru Utada Hikaru SINGLE COLLECTION VOL.1 2004.03.31 2,495,967 3 Hirai Ken Utabaka Ken Hirai 10th Anniversary Complete Single Collection '95-'05 2005.11.23 2,070,766 4 CHEMISTRY Second to None 2003.01.08 2,001,917 5 Ketsumeishi Ketsu no Police 4 2005.06.29 1,915,233 6 Hamasaki Ayumi RAINBOW 2002.12.18 1,856,919 7 Koda Kumi BEST ~second session~ 2006.03.08 1,768,628 8 Kobukuro ALL SINGLES BEST 2006.09.27 1,748,682 9 B'z The Ballads ~Love & B'z~ 2002.12.11 1,711,808 10 Hirai Ken SENTIMENTALovers 2004.11.24 1,660,885 11 Kuwata Keisuke TOP OF THE POPS 2002.11.27 1,658,857 12 Def Tech Def Tech 2005.01.22 1,657,631 13 EXILE PERFECT BEST 2005.01.01 1,438,889 14 Mr. Children Shifuku no Oto 2004.04.07 1,355,931 15 Def Tech Catch the Wave 2006.04.26 1,225,757 16 Queen Queen Jewels 2004.01.28 1,222,444 17 BoA VALENTI 2003.01.29 1,218,517 18 Koda Kumi BEST ~first things~ 2005.09.21 1,207,793 19 12 Girls Band Beautiful Energy 2003.07.24 1,192,548 20 B'z B'z the Best "Pleasure II" 2005.11.30 1,191,725 21 EXILE EXILE ENTERTAINMENT 2003.12.03 1,165,731 22 Hamasaki Ayumi MY STORY 2004.12.15 1,131,776 23 Nakashima Mika BEST 2005.12.07 1,109,420 24 t.A.T.u. 200 km/h in the Wrong Lane 2003.03.05 1,070,481 25 Mr. Children I ♥ U 2005.09.21 1,068,773 26 BoA BEST OF SOUL 2005.02.02 1,060,039 27 Hamasaki Ayumi Memorial address 2003.12.17 1,059,534 28 Utada EXODUS 2004.09.08 1,041,878 29 Southern All Stars Killer Street 2005.10.05 1,025,091 30 Kuraki Mai Wish You the Best 2004.01.01 948,268 31 Avril Lavigne Under My Skin 2004.05.12 924,789 32 Porno Graffitti PORNO GRAFFITTI BEST BLUE'S 2004.07.28 917,896 33 Hamasaki Ayumi A BALLADS 2003.03.12 917,555 34 Utada Hikaru ULTRA BLUE 2006.06.14 882,343 35 Hamasaki Ayumi (miss)understood 2006.01.01 877,433 36 Kobukuro NAMELESS WORLD 2005.12.21 866,948 37 ORANGE RANGE ИATURAL 2005.10.12 848,776 38 Porno Graffitti PORNO GRAFFITTI BEST RED'S 2004.07.28 838,133 39 Otsuka Ai LOVE COOK 2005.12.14 831,633 40 HY Street Story 2003.04.16 817,775 41 O-ZONE DiscO-Zone 2005.10.12 809,739 42 Various Artists Fuyu no Sonata Original Soundtrack Kanzenban -Kokunaiban- 2004.05.12 758,194 43 Hirai Ken LIFE is... 2003.01.22 752,951 44 KAT-TUN Best of KAT-TUN 2006.03.22 743,359 45 CHEMISTRY Between the Lines 2003.06.18 723,392 46 Various Artists Beautiful Songs ~Kokoro de Kiku Uta~ 2006.05.24 712,678 47 ayaka First Message 2006.11.01 711,299 48 B'z BIG MACHINE 2003.09.17 700,150 49 Nakashima Mika LØVE 2003.11.06 696,946 50 Spitz Cycle Hit 1991-1997 Spitz Complete Single Collection 2006.03.25 684,217