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2021 Oricon Number 1 Releases

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#1 Singles and Albums in 2021 according to Oricon

Survey period from December 14, 2020 to December 12, 2021 (aggregation period from December 28, 2020 to December 20, 2021). 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 01.04 NEWS Beautiful / Chincha Umakka / Canaria 184,180 KinKi Kids O album 135,984
2 01.11 NiziU Step and a step 12,106 ARASHI This is ARASHI 11,971
3 01.18 Poppin'Party Photograph 10,432 SixTONES 1ST 467,238
4 01.25 Johnnys' WEST Shuukan Umaku Iku Youbi 227,490 Hypnosis Mic -Division Rap Battle- Straight Outta Rhyme Anima 41,092
5 02.01 Snow Man Grandeur 801,681 TXT STILL DREAMING 86,892
6 02.08 Nogizaka46 Boku wa Boku wo Suki ni Naru 589,338 Colon Aster 93,744
7 02.15 SKE48 Koiochi Flag 190,570 THE YELLOW MONKEY Live Loud 27,168
8 02.22 Kanjani∞ Kimi to Mitai Sekai 217,404 SEKAI NO OWARI SEKAI NO OWARI 2010-2019 69,414
9 03.01 SixTONES Boku ga Boku Janai Mitai da 430,553 NCT 127 LOVEHOLIC 133,606
10 03.08 Kis-My-Ft2 Luv Bias 213,738 Dotsuitare Hompo, Buster Bros!!! Hypnosis Mic -Division Rap Battle- 2nd D.R.B "Dotsuitare Hompo VS Buster Bros!!!" 76,333
11 03.15 BEYOOOOONDS Gekikara LOVE / Now Now Ningen / Konna Hazujanakatta! 65,798 Sexy Zone SZ10TH 185,816
12 03.22 KAT-TUN Roar 252,982 Badd Ass Temple, Matenro Hypnosis Mic -Division Rap Battle- 2nd D.R.B "Badd Ass Temple VS Matenro" 81,695
13 03.29 DA PUMP Dream on the street 21,638 Johnny's WEST rainboW 245,908
14 04.05 Sexy Zone LET'S MUSIC 172,554 Fling Posse, MAD TRIGGER CREW Hypnosis Mic -Division Rap Battle- 2nd D.R.B "Fling Posse VS MAD TRIGGER CREW" 98,997
15 04.12 J-JUN BREAKING DAWN (Japanese Ver.) Produced by HYDE 38,352 TREASURE THE FIRST STEP : TREASURE EFFECT 56,723
16 04.19 NiziU Take a picture / Poppin' Shakin' 317,324 ≠ME Choutokkyuu ≠ME Iki 28,457
17 04.26 Sakurazaka46 BAN 373,547 ASTRO All Yours 31,765
18 05.03 SEVENTEEN Hitori Janai 314,765 BTS BE 21,714
19 05.10 JO1 CHALLENGER 254,111 ENHYPEN BORDER: CARNIVAL 83,218
20 05.17 Johnny's WEST Something New 217,895 ENHYPEN BORDER: CARNIVAL 13,814
21 05.24 Hey! Say! JUMP Negative Fighter 215,258 =LOVE Zenbu, Naisho. 43,945
22 05.31 King & Prince Magic Touch / Beating Hearts 463,795 NCT DREAM Hot Sauce 39,292
23 06.07 Hinatazaka46 Kimi Shika Katan 486,074 Soundtrack TV Anime "Kimetsu no Yaiba" Kamado Tanjiro Risshihen Original Soundtrack 24,039
24 06.14 V6 Bokura wa Mada / MAGIC CARPET RIDE 126,319 Domoto Koichi PLAYFUL 106,064
25 06.21 Nogizaka46 Gomen ne Fingers crossed 589,751 TXT The Chaos Chapter: Freeze 76,806
26 06.28 Yonezu Kenshi Pale Blue 156,438 BTS BTS, THE BEST 782,369
27 07.05 Kanjani∞ Hitori ni Shinai yo 200,583 BTS BTS, THE BEST 75,868
28 07.12 NEWS BURN 147,675 BTS BTS, THE BEST 26,921
29 07.19 ENHYPEN BORDER: Hakanai 200,424 Urashimasakatasen L∞VE 66,376
30 07.26 Snow Man HELLO HELLO 805,691 BTS Butter 195,084
31 08.02 KinKi Kids Am/pere 170,562 King & Prince Re:Sense 458,323
32 08.09 Johnny's WEST Dekkai Ai / Kido Airaku 202,798 SHINee SUPERSTAR 73,975
33 08.16 Sexy Zone Natsu no Hydrangea 249,277 BiSH GOiNG TO DESTRUCTiON 45,308
34 08.23 SixTONES Mascara 496,384 Kis-My-Ft2 BEST of Kis-My-Ft2 247,301
35 08.30 JO1 STRANGER 282,173 Official HIGE DANdism Editorial 108,076
36 09.06 Hey! Say! JUMP Gunjou Runaway 235,813 ENDRECHERI GO TO FUNK 54,075
37 09.13 SKE48 Ano Koro no Kimi wo Mitsuketa 187,267 V6 STEP 131,878
38 09.20 KAT-TUN We Just Go Hard feat. AK-69/EUPHORIA 205,428 Buster Bros!!!, Matenro, Fling Posse Hypnosis Mic -Division Rap Battle- 2nd Division Rap Battle "Buster Bros!!! VS Matenro VS Fling Posse" 61,898
39 09.27 Kis-My-Ft2 Fear / SO BLUE 130,479 Kuwata Keisuke Gohan Misoshiru Nori Otsukemono Tamagoyaki feat. Umeboshi 97,190
40 10.04 Nogizaka46 Kimi ni Shikarareta 535,794 NCT 127 Sticker 52,382
41 10.11 AKB48 Nemohamo Rumor 350,677 Snow Man Snow Mania S1 841,088
42 10.18 King & Prince Koifuru Tsukiyo ni Kimi Omou 441,973 GLAY FREEDOM ONLY 30,738
43 10.25 Sakurazaka46 Nagaredama 375,970 ENHYPEN DIMENSION: DILEMMA 120,422
44 11.01 STU48 Hetare-tachi yo 185,975 SEVENTEEN Attacca 164,173
45 11.08 Hinatazaka46 Tteka 415,537 V6 Very6 BEST 183,438
46 11.15 INI A 508,474 SEVENTEEN Attacca 97,363
47 11.22 Naniwa Danshi Ubu LOVE 705,787 TXT Chaotic Wonderland 170,545
48 11.29 NEWS Mirai e / ReBorn 132,963 Kanjani∞ 8BEAT 261,181
49 12.06 Hey! Say! JUMP Sing-along 198,291 NiziU U 179,420
50 12.13 Snow Man Secret Touch 734,494 HKT48 Outstanding 94,548
51 12.20 SEVENTEEN Ai no Chikara 155,766 B'z FRIENDS III 132,263
52 12.27 JO1 WANDERING 431,697 Nogizaka46 Time flies 282,222