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 File:50px-Oran musiq.jpg 2 Utada Hikaru Utada Hikaru SINGLE COLLECTION VOL.1 2004.03.31 2,495,967 File:50px-SINGLE COLLECTION.jpg 3 Hirai Ken Utabaka Ken Hirai 10th Anniversary Complete Single Collection '95-'05 2005.11.23 2,070,766 File:50px-UtabakaFirstP.jpg 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 File:50px-RAINBOW 01.jpg 7 Koda Kumi BEST ~second session~ 2006.03.08 1,768,628 File:50px-ku3.jpg 8 Kobukuro ALL SINGLES BEST 2006.09.27 1,748,682 File:50px-Kobuku Singlesbest1.jpg 9 B'z The Ballads ~Love & B'z~ 2002.12.11 1,711,808 File:50px-L&B.jpg 10 Hirai Ken SENTIMENTALovers 2004.11.24 1,660,885 File:50px-Hirai Sentim.jpg 11 Kuwata Keisuke TOP OF THE POPS 2002.11.27 1,658,857 12 Def Tech Def Tech 2005.01.22 1,657,631 File:50px-Deftechalbum.jpg 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 File:50px-Def Catch.jpg 16 Queen Queen Jewels 2004.01.28 1,222,444 17 BoA VALENTI 2003.01.29 1,218,517 File:50px-Valenticover.jpg 18 Koda Kumi BEST ~first things~ 2005.09.21 1,207,793 File:50px-Koda best.jpg 19 12 Girls Band Beautiful Energy 2003.07.24 1,192,548 File:50px-12 girls.jpg 20 B'z B'z the Best "PleasureII" 2005.11.30 1,191,725 File:50px-Pleasure2.jpg 21 EXILE EXILE ENTERTAINMENT 2003.12.03 1,165,731 File:50px-EXILE ENTERTAINMENT.jpg 22 Hamasaki Ayumi MY STORY 2004.12.15 1,131,776 File:50px-my story.jpg 23 Nakashima Mika BEST 2005.12.07 1,109,420 File:50px-Mika-best.jpg 24 t.A.T.u. 200 km/h in the Wrong Lane 2003.03.05 1,070,481 File:50px-Inthedeluxe.jpg 25 Mr. Children I ♥ U 2005.09.21 1,068,773 File:50px-Mrchildreniloveyou.jpg 26 BoA BEST OF SOUL 2005.02.02 1,060,039 File:50px-BOA - Best Of Soul (2005).jpg 27 Hamasaki Ayumi Memorial Address 2003.12.17 1,059,534 File:50px-Memorialaddresscover.jpg 28 Utada EXODUS 2004.09.08 1,041,878 File:50px-exodus.jpg 29 Southern All Stars Killer Street 2005.10.05 1,025,091 30 Kuraki Mai Wish You the Best 2004.01.01 948,268 File:50px-Kuraki Mai - WIsh You the Best.jpg 31 Avril Lavigne Under My Skin 2004.05.12 924,789 File:50px-AvrilLavigne UnderMySkin.jpg 32 Porno Graffitti PORNO GRAFFITTI BEST BLUE'S 2004.07.28 917,896 File:50px-8501.jpg 33 Hamasaki Ayumi A BALLADS 2003.03.12 917,555 File:50px-A BALLADS.JPG 34 Utada Hikaru ULTRA BLUE 2006.06.14 882,343 File:50px-Utada ultra.jpg 35 Hamasaki Ayumi (miss)understood 2006.01.01 877,433 File:50px-AVCD-17837B.jpg 36 Kobukuro NAMELESS WORLD 2005.12.21 866,948 37 ORANGE RANGE ИATURAL 2005.10.12 848,776 File:50px-Orang Natural.jpg 38 Porno Graffitti PORNO GRAFFITTI BEST RED'S 2004.07.28 838,133 File:50px-478.jpg 39 Otsuka Ai LOVE COOK 2005.12.14 831,633 File:50px-otsuka ai love cook dvd.jpg 40 HY Street Story 2003.04.16 817,775 File:50px-HYstreetstorycover.jpg 41 O-ZONE DiscO-Zone 2005.10.12 809,739 File:50px-DiscO-Zone.jpg 42 Various Artists Winter Love Song - Original Soundtrack Complete Edition 2004.05.12 758,194 43 Hirai Ken LIFE is... 2003.01.22 752,951 File:50px-Hirai Lifeis.jpg 44 KAT-TUN Best of KAT-TUN 2006.03.22 743,359 File:50px-Kat bestof.jpg 45 CHEMISTRY Between the Lines 2003.06.18 723,392 File:50px-Between the Lines regular.jpg 46 Various Artists Beautiful Songs ~Kokoro de Kiku Uta~ 2006.05.24 712,678 File:50px-beautifulsongs.jpg 47 ayaka First Message 2006.11.01 711,299 File:50px-Ayaka.jpg 48 B'z BIG MACHINE 2003.09.17 700,150 File:50px-Bmcv8008.JPG 49 Nakashima Mika LOVE 2003.11.06 696,946 File:50px-Lovecover.jpg 50 SPITZ Cycle Hit 1991-1997 Spitz Complete Single Collection 2006.03.25 684,217 File:50px-Spitz 9197.jpg