2001 Oricon Top 100 Albums

Top 100 album sales in Japan 2001 according to Oricon

Rank Artist Album Date Sale Cover 1 Utada Hikaru Distance 2001.03.28 4,404,000 2 Hamasaki Ayumi A BEST 2001.03.28 4,248,640 3 Southern All Stars Ballad 3 ~the album of LOVE~ 2000.11.22 2,659,000 4 GLAY DRIVE-GLAY complete BEST 2000.11.29 2,637,420 5 Morning Musume Best! Morning Musume 1 2001.01.31 2,224,000 6 Mr.Children Mr.Children 1992-1995 2001.07.11 1,963,160 7 SMAP Smap Vest 2001.03.23 1,679,000 8 MISIA MARVELOUS 2001.04.25 1,637,540 9 LOVE PSYCHEDELICO THE GREATEST HITS 2001.01.11 1,610,000 10 CHEMISTRY The Way We Are 2001.11.07 1,543,850 11 Mr.Children Mr.Children 1996-2000 2001.07.11 1,535,120 12 Kuraki Mai PERFECT CRIME 2001.07.04 1,317,170 13 The Gospellers Love Notes 2001.06.06 1,298,000 14 DA PUMP Da Best of Da Pump 2001.02.28 1,291,000 15 L'Arc~en~Ciel Clicked Singles Best 13 2001.03.14 1,241,500 16 Onitsuka Chihiro Insomnia 2001.03.07 1,231,860 17 The Beatles 1 2000.11.13 1,177,000 18 Takeuchi Mariya BON APPETIT 2001.08.22 1,170,000 19 B'z ELEVEN 2000.12.06 1,132,180 20 Porno Graffitti foo? 2001.02.28 1,101,860 21 Hirai Ken gaining through losing 2001.07.04 1,067,780 22 Various Artists THE BEST OF DETECTIVE CONAN 2000.11.29 1,046,560 23 aiko Natsufuku 2001.06.20 979,810 24 JUDY AND MARY WARP 2001.02.07 886,770 25 Fukuyama Masaharu f 2001.04.25 872,920 26 Every Little Thing 4 FORCE 2001.03.22 847,000 27 Various Artists MAX BEST 2000.11.22 827,000 28 Dragon Ash Lily of da valley 2001.03.14 812,000 29 JUDY AND MARY The Great Escape -COMPLETE BEST- 2001.05.23 770,000 30 hitomi LOVE LIFE 2000.12.13 766,000 31 Oda Kazumasa LOOKING BACK 2 2001.05.16 605,000 32 Do As Infinity DEEP FOREST 2001.09.19 602,000 33 Yaida Hitomi Candlize 2001.10.31 580,000 34 Backstreet Boys The Hits: Chapter One 2001.10.24 578,000 35 m-flo EXPO EXPO 2001.03.28 557,000 36 ABBA SOS: The Best of ABBA 2001.02.07 549,000 37 Various Artists Together！- Tanpopo putchi mini Yūko - 2001.04.18 538,000 38 Various Artists image 2000.08.23 531,000 39 KinKi Kids E album 2001.07.25 523,380 40 Hamada Shogo The History of Shogo Hamada ”Since 1975” 2000.11.08 522,000 41 Inoue Yousui UNITED COVER 2001.05.30 517,000 42 The Gospellers Soul Serenade 2000.10.12 510,000 43 Various Artists image 2 2001.04.25 509,000 44 KinKi Kids D album 2000.12.13 506,200 45 Cocco Best+Ura Best+Mihappyou Kyokushuu 2001.09.05 494,000 46 THE YELLOW MONKEY GOLDEN YEARS Singles 1996-2001 2001.06.13 488,000 47 Various Artists WOMAN 2 2001.09.19 447,000 48 Janet Jackson All for You 2001.04.16 441,000 49 shela COLORLESS 2001.05.09 441,000 50 Aerosmith Just Push Play 2001.03.07 434,000 51 Hamasaki Ayumi SUPER EUROBEAT presents ayu-ro mix 2 2001.09.27 434,000 52 hiro BRILLIANT 2001.01.31 429,520 53 LUNA SEA PERIOD ~THE BEST SELECTION~ 2000.12.23 415,620 54 Matsutoya Yumi sweet,bitter sweet~YUMING BALLAD BEST 2001.11.14 411,000 55 Bon Jovi Tokyo Road: Best of Bon Jovi 2001.03.28 401,000 56 Ulfuls Best da ze!! 2001.04.28 400,000 57 Various Artists ～the most relaxing～ feel 2 2001.04.11 391,000 58 Miki Douzan Lifetime Respect 2001.07.25 390,000 59 Enya Themes From Calmi Cuori Appassionati 2001.10.24 381,000 60 Suzuki Ami FUN for FAN 2001.05.30 379,290 61 ZARD Toki no Tsubasa 2001.02.15 371,350 62 Enya A Day Without Rain 2000.11.11 371,000 63 Backstreet Boys Black & Blue 2000.11.15 369,000 64 Do As Infinity NEW WORLD 2001.02.21 353,660 65 Various Artists Love Rights 2001.04.18 346,000 66 SMAP pamS 2001.08.08 343,000 67 V6 Very best 2001.01.01 340,910 68 Takeuchi Mariya SOUVENIR ~Mariya Takeuchi Live 2000.11.22 334,600 69 Amuro Namie break the rules 2000.12.20 334,520 70 ARASHI ARASHI No.1 ~Arashi wa Arashi wo Yobu~ 2001.01.24 323,030 71 Shogo Hamada SAVE OUR SHIP 2001.08.22 322,000 72 Hamasaki Ayumi ayu-mi-x III Version Non-Stop Mega Mix 2001.02.28 314,040 73 Hirai Ken THE CHANGING SAME 2000.06.21 309,000 74 Aiuchi Rina Be Happy 2001.01.24 306,540 75 the brilliant green Los Angeles 2001.01.01 304,000 76 Various Artists Music of the Millennium 2000.11.29 303,000 77 Hamasaki Ayumi Duty 2000.09.27 300,870 78 Yaen Tesshū 2001.03.14 299,000 79 Hamasaki Ayumi Cyber TRANCE presents ayu trance 2001.09.27 297,000 80 BRAHMAN A FORLORN HOPE 2001.06.27 296,000 81 19 up to you 2001.09.27 283,000 82 RIZE ROOKEY 2000.11.22 281,000 83 Various Artists ～the most relaxing～ feel 2000.03.23 270,000 84 MONGOL800 Message 2001.09.16 269,000 85 RIP SLYME FIVE 2001.07.25 267,000 86 bird MINDTRAVEL 2000.11.22 265,000 87 Koyanagi Yuki my all.. 2001.05.30 264,000 88 Mariah Carey Glitter 2001.08.18 261,000 89 Yuzu Kajiki ~Futari no Big (Egg) Show Hen~ 2001.07.18 258,950 90 Jamiroquai A Funk Odyssey 2001.08.29 255,000 91 Yamazaki Masayoshi transition 2001.06.27 253,000 92 Yaida Hitomi Daiya-monde 2000.10.25 237,000 93 Nagabuchi Tsuyoshi Sora 2001.06.27 234,000 94 Cocco Sangrose 2001.04.18 225,000 95 Fukuyama Masaharu fukuyama masaharu acoustic live best selection "Live Fukuyamania" 2001.06.27 223,880 96 Suga Shikao Sugarless 2001.10.03 223,690 97 Superstars Best Classic 100 2001.06.20 223,000 98 Matsutoya Yumi acacia 2001.06.06 219,000 99 Destiny's Child Survivor 2001.04.25 215,000 100 GACKT Rebirth 2001.04.25 214,000