2012 Oricon Top 100 Albums

Top 100 album sales in Japan 2012 according to Oricon

Rank Artist Album Date Sale Cover 1 Mr.Children Mr.Children 2005-2010 <macro> 2012.05.10 1,170,298 2 Mr.Children Mr.Children 2001-2005 <micro> 2012.05.10 1,105,080 3 AKB48 1830m 2012.08.15 1,029,954 4 ARASHI Popcorn 2012.10.31 847,671 5 EXILE EXILE JAPAN / Solo 2012.01.01 767,274 6 Kuwata Keisuke I LOVE YOU -now & forever- 2012.07.18 757,831 7 Kobukuro ALL SINGLES BEST 2 2012.09.05 693,650 8 Mr.Children [(an imitation) blood orange] 2012.11.28 612,507 9 Matsutoya Yumi Nihon no Koi to, Yuming to. The Best Of Yumi Matsutoya 40th Anniversary 2012.11.12 549,541 10 Yamashita Tatsuro OPUS -ALL TIME BEST 1975~2012- 2012.09.26 518,906 11 Amuro Namie Uncontrolled 2012.06.27 517,603 12 Ikimonogakari NEWTRAL 2012.02.29 414,490 13 Yuzu YUZU YOU [2006~2011] 2012.04.25 394,781 14 EXILE EXILE BEST HITS -LOVE SIDE / SOUL SIDE- 2012.12.05 382,217 15 Kanjani∞ 8est 2012.10.17 367,107 16 Kis-My-Ft2 Kis-My-1st 2012.03.28 326,078 17 Nishino Kana Love Place 2012.09.05 313,835 18 KARA Super Girl 2011.11.23 295,651 19 SMAP GIFT of SMAP 2012.08.08 277,993 20 FUNKY MONKEY BABYS FUNKY MONKEY BABYS 4 2011.12.21 265,759 21 JUJU BEST STORY ~Life stories~ 2012.11.07 239,520 22 Che'Nelle Believe 2012.07.04 238,849 23 L'Arc~en~Ciel BUTTERFLY 2012.02.08 238,589 24 Yuki Saori & Pink Martini 1969 2011.10.12 232,209 25 Girls' Generation GIRLS' GENERATION 2011.06.01 229,043 26 Superfly Force 2012.09.19 219,548 27 BENI COVERS 2012.03.21 215,682 28 JUJU BEST STORY ~Love stories~ 2012.11.07 213,804 29 ayaka The beginning 2012.02.01 210,215 30 GReeeeN Utautai ga Uta Utai ni Kite Uta Utae to Iu ga Utautai ga Utaudake Utaikireba Uta Utaukeredomo Utautai Dake Uta Utaikirenai Kara Uta Utawanu!? 2012.06.27 197,867 31 BIGBANG ALIVE 2012.03.28 187,865 32 Acid Black Cherry "2012" 2012.03.21 176,817 33 ASIAN KUNG-FU GENERATION BEST HIT AKG 2012.01.18 172,858 34 Perfume Perfume Global Compilation "LOVE THE WORLD" 2012.09.12 169,793 35 ADELE 21 2011.01.19 165,034 36 Hey! Say! JUMP JUMP WORLD 2012.06.06 153,473 37 Koda Kumi JAPONESQUE 2012.01.25 151,343 38 Hamasaki Ayumi Party Queen 2012.03.21 148,290 39 aiko Toki no Silhouette 2012.06.20 147,568 40 SKE48 Kono Hi no Chime wo Wasurenai 2012.09.19 143,648 41 Girls' Generation GIRLS' GENERATION II ~Girls & Peace~ 2012.11.28 141,259 42 Hamasaki Ayumi A SUMMER BEST 2012.08.08 139,567 43 Linkin Park Living Things 2012.06.20 139,540 44 Carly Rae Jepsen Kiss 2012.09.19 134,717 45 NEWS NEWS BEST 2012.06.13 133,943 46 Tokunaga Hideaki VOCALIST VINTAGE 2012.05.30 133,301 47 KAT-TUN CHAIN 2012.02.22 133,262 48 Kyarypamyupamyu Pamyupamyu Revolution 2012.05.23 130,399 49 Che'Nelle Luv Songs 2011.07.20 128,856 50 Sonar Pocket Sonar Pocketizm ③ ~Kimi to no 365 Nichi~ 2012.01.25 128,832 51 Kubota Toshinobu THE BADDEST ~Hit Parade~ 2011.11.23 127,235 52 YUKI POWERS OF TEN 2012.02.01 122,806 53 Golden Bomber Golden Album 2012.01.04 117,248 54 YUI GREEN GARDEN POP 2012.12.05 116,712 55 Domoto Koichi Gravity 2012.10.03 116,322 56 YUI ORANGE GARDEN POP 2012.12.05 115,943 57 Maroon 5 Overexposed 2012.06.20 114,627 58 BENI COVERS 2 2012.11.07 113,416 59 Jang Geun Suk Just Crazy 2012.05.30 112,276 60 SEKAI NO OWARI ENTERTAINMENT 2012.07.18 111,935 61 UVERworld THE ONE 2012.11.28 108,512 62 Tokyo Jihen color bars 2012.01.18 108,256 63 Def Tech GREATEST HITS 2012.04.18 108,183 64 Taylor Swift Red 2012.10.24 106,072 65 T-ara Jewelry Box 2012.06.06 104,478 66 KARA Girls Forever 2012.11.14 101,947 67 Naoto Inti Raymi Kaze Uta Caravan 2012.04.18 99,356 68 Lady Gaga Born This Way 2011.05.23 96,382 69 Spitz Orutana 2012.02.01 96,289 70 Ketsumeishi Ketsu no Arashi ~Haru BEST~ 2011.12.21 95,706 71 Sexy Zone one Sexy Zone 2012.11.14 95,421 72 Yamashita Tomohisa Ero 2012.07.25 95,277 73 Yazawa Eikichi Last Song 2012.08.01 91,637 74 LMFAO Sorry for Party Rocking 2012.07.13 89,086 75 One Direction Up All Night 2012.08.08 88,536 76 Hamasaki Ayumi LOVE 2012.11.08 88,345 77 Kato Miliyah TRUE LOVERS 2012.11.21 87,519 78 Ketsumeishi Ketsu no Arashi ~Natsu BEST~ 2011.12.21 87,036 79 ClariS BIRTHDAY 2012.04.11 86,115 80 Perfume JPN 2011.11.30 85,681 81 ASIAN KUNG-FU GENERATION Landmark 2012.09.12 83,789 82 Porno Graffitti PANORAMA PORNO 2012.03.28 81,760 83 Madonna MDNA 2012.03.26 81,460 84 Ikimonogakari Ikimonobakari ~Members BEST Selection~ 2010.11.03 81,202 85 Nagabuchi Tsuyoshi Stay Alive 2012.05.16 80,987 86 Akanishi Jin JAPONICANA 2012.03.07 80,331 87 Domoto Tsuyoshi shamanippon -Rakachinotohi- 2012.04.11 80,258 88 PRINCESS PRINCESS THE REBIRTH BEST ~Saikai~ 2012.06.27 79,839 89 Van Halen A Different Kind Of Truth 2012.02.08 79,517 90 Ketsumeishi Ketsu no Arashi ~Aki BEST~ 2011.12.21 79,033 91 Ketsumeishi Ketsu no Arashi ~Fuyu BEST~ 2011.12.21 78,362 92 Green Day Uno! 2012.09.26 77,602 93 Various Artists DJ KAORI'S PARTY MIX 3 2012.04.18 76,843 94 GILLE I AM GILLE. 2012.07.18 73,666 95 Various Artists EXIT TUNES PRESENTS Vocalodream feat. Hatsune Miku 2012.01.18 73,164 96 Norah Jones Little Broken Hearts 2012.04.25 73,041 97 Rihanna Talk That Talk 2011.11.26 71,077 98 Ieiri Leo LEO 2012.10.24 71,034 99 KARA KARA Collection 2012.09.05 70,542 100 The Offspring Days Go By 2012.06.27 70,442