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2012 Oricon Number 1 Releases

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#1 Singles and Albums in 2012 according to Oricon

From December 12, 2011 to December 9, 2012. Unlike previous years, week 3's sales are available and week 4's sales are not a combination of two weeks. Click on the # for that week to view the top 30 albums and singles.

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 12.26 Kis-My-Ft2 We never give up! 245,572 KARA Super Girl 44,260
2 01.02 SMAP Boku no Hanbun 130,190 FUNKY MONKEY BABYS FUNKY MONKEY BABYS 4 109,888
3 01.09 Akanishi Jin Seasons 97,148 EXILE / EXILE ATSUSHI EXILE JAPAN / Solo 350,277
4 01.16 NYC / Nakayama Yuma Wonderful Cupid / Glass no ・Mahou・ 40,399 EXILE / EXILE ATSUSHI EXILE JAPAN / Solo 151,511
5 01.23 KinKi Kids Kawatta Katachi no Ishi 123,475 EXILE / EXILE ATSUSHI EXILE JAPAN / Solo 82,634
6 01.30 BUMP OF CHICKEN Good Luck 148,753 ASIAN KUNG-FU GENERATION BEST HIT AKG 88,548
7 02.06 SKE48 Kataomoi Finally 495,809 Koda Kumi JAPONESQUE 93,835
8 02.13 CNBLUE Where you are 60,398 ayaka The beginning 108,176
9 02.20 NMB48 Junjou U-19 329,438 L'Arc~en~Ciel BUTTERFLY 170,855
10 02.27 AKB48 GIVE ME FIVE! 1,287,217 Tokyo Jihen Tokyo Collection 36,404
11 03.05 Hey! Say! JUMP SUPER DELICATE 248,778 KAT-TUN CHAIN 110,055
12 03.12 Yamashita Tomohisa I, Texas 126,175 Ikimonogakari NEWTRAL 192,877
13 03.19 ARASHI Wild at Heart 550,014 Ikimonogakari NEWTRAL 83,264
14 03.26 Tohoshinki STILL 138,664 SDN48 NEXT ENCORE 48,085
15 04.02 Kis-My-Ft2 SHE! HER! HER! 192,937 Acid Black Cherry 2012 117,744
16 04.09 Fukuyama Masaharu Ikiteru Ikiteku 119,833 Kis-My-Ft2 Kis-My-1st 253,807
17 04.16 B'z GO FOR IT, BABY -Kioku no Sanmyaku- 143,402 Yusuke Ano.. Namida ga Arukara Ai ga Arundesukedo. 38,945
18 04.23 Sexy Zone Lady Diamond 115,950 Domoto Tsuyoshi shamanippon -Rakachinotohi- 72,309
19 04.30 Mr.Children Inori ~Namida no Kidou / End of the Day / Pieces 174,409 Naoto Inti Raymi Kaze Uta Caravan 40,895
20 05.07 SMAP Sakasama no Sora 135,298 Yuzu YUZU YOU [2006~2011] 149,586
21 05.14 Nogizaka46 Oide Shampoo 155,677 Yuzu YUZU YOU [2006~2011] 58,039
22 05.21 ARASHI Face Down 526,106 Mr.Children Mr.Children 2005-2010 <macro> 731,589
23 05.28 SKE48 Aishiteraburu! 472,327 Mr.Children Mr.Children 2005-2010 <macro> 179,756
24 06.04 AKB48 Manatsu no Sounds Good! 1,616,795 Mr.Children Mr.Children 2005-2010 <macro> 74,455
25 06.11 Not yet Suika BABY 135,513 Jang Keun Suk Just Crazy 88,009
26 06.18 ARASHI Your Eyes 477,820 Hey! Say! JUMP JUMP WORLD 126,578
27 06.25 Kanjani8 Ai Deshita 262,044 NEWS NEWS BEST 109,172
28 07.02 EXILE ALL NIGHT LONG 206,090 aiko Toki no Silhouette 101,718
29 07.09 KAT-TUN TO THE LIMIT 156,351 Amuro Namie Uncontrolled 292,098
30 07.16 Kim Hyun Joong HEAT 183,478 Amuro Namie Uncontrolled 79,003
31 07.23 Tohoshinki ANDROID 152,412 Amuro Namie Uncontrolled 44,593
32 07.30 NEWS Chankapana 244,710 Kuwata Keisuke I LOVE YOU -now & forever- 431,683
33 08.06 EIGHT RANGER ER 330,854 Kuwata Keisuke I LOVE YOU -now & forever- 120,470
34 08.13 SMAP Moment 136,727 Kuwata Keisuke I LOVE YOU -now & forever- 61,480
35 08.20 NMB48 Virginity 315,205 SMAP GIFT of SMAP 210,407
36 08.27 Kis-My-Ft2 WANNA BEEEE!!! / Shake It Up 284,731 AKB48 1830m 870,621
37 09.03 Nogizaka46 Hashire! Bicycle 186,613 AKB48 1830m 64,111
38 09.10 AKB48 Gingham Check 1,181,966 CNBLUE CODE NAME BLUE 45,151
39 09.17 Kanjani8 Aoppana 208,039 Kobukuro ALL SINGLES BEST 2 395,457
40 09.24 KAT-TUN Fumetsu no Scrum 157,059 Perfume Perfume Global Compilation "LOVE THE WORLD" 118,186
41 10.01 SKE48 Kiss Datte Hidarikiki 511,472 Superfly Force 119,249
42 10.08 Girls' Generation Oh! 66,253 Yamashita Tatsuro OPUS ~ ALL TIME BEST 1975-2012 ~ 275,825
43 10.15 Sexy Zone Sexy Summer ni Yuki ga Furu 95,154 Domoto Koichi Gravity 101,416
44 10.22 Fukuyama Masaharu Beautiful life / GAME 145,225 Yamashita Tatsuro OPUS ~ ALL TIME BEST 1975-2012 ~ 46,239
45 10.29 Sashihara Rino with AnRiRe Ikuji Nashi Masquerade 68,403 Kanjani8 8est 298,385
46 11.05 Koda Kumi Go to the top 54,559 Kanjani8 8est 32,656
47 11.12 AKB48 UZA 1,128,696 ARASHI Popcorn 701,260
48 11.19 NMB48 Kitagawa Kenji 317,051 JUJU BEST STORY ~Life stories~ 104,869
49 11.26 Kis-My-Ft2 Ai no Beat 258,909 Sexy Zone one Sexy Zone 86,451
50 12.03 Watanabe Mayu Hikaru Monotachi 91,907 Yumi Matsutoya Matsutoya Yumi 40 Shunen Kinen Best Album Nihon no Koi to, Yumin to. 336,234
51 12.10 The MONSTERS MONSTERS 160,139 Mr.Children [(an imitation) blood orange] 530,235
52 12.17 AKB48 Eien Pressure 1,073,499 EXILE EXILE BEST HITS -LOVE SIDE / SOUL SIDE- 382,217