2006 Oricon Top 100 Albums

Top 100 album sales in Japan 2006 according to Oricon

From 2005-11-21 until 2006-12-10. The 2006 Oricon year had an extended run, with 3 more weeks added (55 total instead of the usual 52).

Rank Artist Album Date Sale Cover 1 Hirai Ken Ken Hirai 10th Anniversary Complete Single Collection '95-'05 "Utabaka" 2005.11.23 2,070,766 2 Koda Kumi BEST ~second session~ 2006.03.08 1,768,628 3 Kobukuro ALL SINGLES BEST 2006.09.27 1,748,682 4 Def Tech Catch The Wave 2006.04.26 1,225,757 5 B'z B'z The Best "Pleasure II" 2005.11.30 1,191,725 6 Nakashima Mika BEST 2005.12.07 1,109,420 7 Utada Hikaru ULTRA BLUE 2006.06.14 882,343 8 Hamasaki Ayumi (miss)understood 2006.01.01 877,433 9 Kobukuro NAMELESS WORLD 2005.12.21 866,948 10 Otsuka Ai LOVE COOK 2005.12.14 831,633 11 KAT-TUN Best of KAT-TUN 2006.03.22 743,359 12 Various Artists Beautiful Songs ~Kokoro de Kiku Uta~ 2006.05.24 712,678 13 ayaka First Message 2006.11.01 711,299 14 Spitz CYCLE HIT 1991-1997 Spitz Complete Single Collection 2006.03.25 684,217 15 Aqua Timez Sora Ippai ni Kanaderu Inori 2005.08.24 647,604 16 Remioromen HORIZON 2006.05.17 645,760 17 Koda Kumi BEST ~first things~ 2005.09.21 642,842 18 Daniel Powter Daniel Powter 2006.03.08 583,611 19 Spitz CYCLE HIT 1997-2005 Spitz Complete Single Collection 2006.03.25 684,217 20 B'z MONSTER 2006.06.28 537,091 21 EXILE ASIA 2006.03.29 503,201 22 Hamasaki Ayumi Secret 2006.11.29 494,399 23 BONNIE PINK Every Single Day -Complete BONNIE PINK (1995-2006)- 2006.07.26 486,642 24 DREAMS COME TRUE THE LOVE ROCKS 2006.02.22 464,545 25 HY Confidence 2006.04.12 463,986 26 ZARD Golden Best ~15th Anniversary~ 2006.10.25 453,763 27 Angela Aki Home 2006.06.14 451,810 28 aiko Kanojo 2006.08.23 444,938 29 Shonannokaze Shonannokaze ~Riders High~ 2006.08.30 443,919 30 SMAP Pop Up! SMAP 2006.07.26 438,470 31 BoA OUTGROW 2006.02.15 427,871 32 Eminem Curtain Call: The Hits 2005.12.02 425,938 33 CHEMISTRY ALL THE BEST 2006.11.22 395,731 34 Enya Amarantine 2005.11.23 390,407 35 Red Hot Chili Peppers Stadium Arcadium 2006.05.10 388,114 36 Sarah Brightman Diva: The Singles Collection 2006.10.04 361,529 37 Madonna Confessions on a Dance Floor 2005.11.16 359,683 38 YUKI WAVE 2006.09.06 354,005 39 ELLEGARDEN ELEVEN FIRE CRACKERS 2006.11.08 340,633 40 James Blunt Back to Bedlam 2005.12.07 334,234 41 Hitoto Yo BESTYO 2006.11.29 322,747 42 Def Tech Def Tech 2005.01.22 295,302 43 SEAMO Live Goes On 2006.09.20 293,689 44 Tokyo Jihen Adult 2006.01.25 293,604 45 Fergie The Dutchess 2006.09.13 259,753 46 mihimaru GT mihimagic 2006.01.18 259,091 47 Yuzu Ribbon 2006.01.18 255,734 48 ASIAN KUNG-FU GENERATION Fan Club 2006.03.15 253,137 49 Tokunaga Hideaki VOCALIST 2 2006.08.30 253,088 50 Crystal Kay Call me Miss... 2006.02.22 250,698 51 Porno Graffitti m-CABI 2006.11.22 245,538 52 Ayanokoji Kimimaro Bokushou Super Live Dai 2 Shuu! ~Ganbatte Itadakitai no...~ 2006.01.25 244,795 53 Sukima Switch Yuukaze Blend 2006.11.29 237,874 54 Destiny's Child #1's 2005.10.26 227,007 55 Beyonce B'DAY 2006.09.04 226,349 56 Fukuyama Masaharu 5 Nen Mono 2006.12.06 225,388 57 JUDY AND MARY COMPLETE BEST ALBUM "FRESH" 2006.02.08 220,847 58 Ne-Yo In My Own Words 2006.03.01 217,539 59 THE HIGH-LOWS FLASH ~BEST~ 2006.01.01 213,152 60 AI What's goin' on A.I. 2006.09.27 211,703 61 Kanjani8 KJ1 F・T・O 2006.03.15 209,917 62 MEGARYU Garyuu Senpuu 2006.07.12 209,882 63 Hitoto Yo & 2005.12.31 209,845 64 Every Little Thing Crispy Park 2006.08.09 209,316 65 ORANGE RANGE ORANGE RANGE 2006.12.06 202,714 66 KREVA Ai Jibunhaku 2006.02.01 199,576 67 Kimura Kaela Circle 2006.03.08 192,350 68 Jamiroquai High Times: Singles 1992-2006 2006.11.08 186,050 69 Celtic Woman Celtic Woman 2006.02.01 183,870 70 YUI FROM ME TO YOU 2006.02.22 180,657 71 Oasis Stop the Clocks 2006.11.15 177,411 72 DJ OZMA I ♥ PARTY PEOPLE 2006.11.15 175,244 73 Fukuyama Masaharu Fukuyama Masaharu ANOTHER WORKS remixed by Piston Nishizawa 2006.05.24 175,050 74 Nodame Orchestra Nodame Orchestra LIVE! 2006.11.15 173,120 75 Quruli Best of Quruli / TOWER OF MUSIC LOVER 2006.07.26 172,373 76 WaT Sotsugyou TIME ~Bokura no Hajimari~ 2006.03.01 168,167 77 Rihanna A Girl Like Me 2006.04.19 163,530 78 V6 Very best II 2006.08.02 159,468 79 CHEMISTRY fo(u)r 2005.11.16 158,688 80 ARASHI ARASHIC 2006.07.05 157,838 81 Hotei Tomoyasu ALL TIME SUPER BEST 2005.12.07 156,174 82 ENDLICHERI☆ENDLICHERI Coward 2006.03.01 155,620 83 The Beatles Love 2006.11.20 153,420 84 Suga Shikao PARADE 2006.09.06 152,594 85 m-flo m-flo inside -WORKS BEST II- 2006.07.26 149,735 86 T.M. Revolution 1000000000 2006.06.07 149,358 87 BENNIE K Japana-rhythm 2005.11.09 149,384 88 MEGARYU Day by Day 2006.03.08 147,559 89 Domoto Koichi mirror 2006.09.13 147,368 90 Remioromen Ether 2005.03.09 143,998 91 Honda Minako Amazing Grace 2005.10.19 142,681 92 Tokunaga Hideaki VOCALIST 2005.09.14 142,346 93 K Beyond the Sea 2006.01.18 142,221 94 HOME MADE Kazoku musication 2006.02.15 141,448 95 Hamada Shogo The Best of Shogo Hamada Vol.2 2006.08.09 139,685 96 Various Artists DJ Kaori's INMIX II 2006.11.01 138,496 97 Various Artists Best Classic 100 2005.04.13 136,205 98 MONGOL800 Daniel 2006.08.08 135,228 99 ASIAN KUNG-FU GENERATION Feedback File 2006.10.25 133,360 100 Hamada Shogo The Best of Shogo Hamada Vol.1 2006.08.09 132,533