Nikkei Ent. magazine's ranking for CD sales for 2012
Nikkei Entertainment's latest issue (January 2013) has ranked 2012's CDs by their sales. The data is recorded from January 2 to November 11, gathered by SoundScan, which means bonus editions of the CDs are not counted.
Top 2012 singles
( ) is the number of versions counted.
1. 962,735 AKB48 - Manatsu no Sounds good! (4)
2. 670,271 AKB48 - GIVE ME FIVE! (4)
3. 617,802 Arashi - Wild at Heart (2)
4. 576,877 Arashi - Face Down (2)
5. 576,740 AKB48 - Gingham Check (4)
6. 495,124 Arashi - Your Eyes (2)
7. 445,636 AKB48 - UZA (6)
8. 379,703 Eightranger - ER (3)
9. 323,673 Kanjani8 - Ai deshita. (2)
10. 285,256 Hey!Say!JUMP - SUPER DELICATE (3)
11. 275,437 Mr.Children - Inori~Namida no Kidou/End of the day/pieces (1)
12. 260,936 Kis-My-Ft2 - WANNA BEEEE!!!/Shake It Up (3)
13. 237,546 SKE48 - Kataomoi Finally (3)
14. 234,382 Kanjani8 - Aoppana (2)
15. 224,042 SKE48 - Aishiteraburu! (3)
16. 220,600 SKE48 - Kisu datte Hidarikiki (6)
17. 191,829 Kis-My-Ft2 - SHE!HER!HER! (2)
18. 184,635 B’z - GO FOR IT,BABY Kioku no Sanmyaku (2)
19. 171,016 Fukuyama Masaharu - Ikiteru ikiteku (3)
20. 162,532 BUMP OF CHICKEN - Good luck (2)
21. 158,238 Fukuyama Masaharu - Beautiful life/GAME (3)
22. 156,889 NMB48 - Nagiichi (3)
23. 154,220 KAT-TUN - Fumetsu no scrum (3)
24. 152,371 KARA - Speed Up/Girl Power (3)
25. 151,878 Not yet - Suika BABY (4)
26. 150,101 Watanabe Mayu - Synchro Tokimeki (4)
27. 149,692 Yamashita Tomohisa - Ai, Texas (3)
28. 139,220 Sashihara Rino - Soredemo sukidayo (3)
29. 138,524 SMAP - Moment (2)
30. 137,107 SMAP - Sakasama no Sora (2)
Top 2012 Albums
1. 1,183,855 Mr.Children - Mr.Children 2005-2010 (macro) BEST
2. 1,118,840 Mr.Children - Mr.Children 2001-2005 (micro) BEST
3. 774,272 Arashi - Popcorn
4. 708,812 Kuwata Keisuke - I LOVE YOU -now & forever- BEST
5. 518,271 Kobukuro - ALL SINGLES BEST 2
6. 499,957 Namie Amuro - Uncontrolled
7. 467,636 Yamashita Tatsuro - OPUS ~ALL TIME BEST 1975-2012~
8. 454,837 AKB48 - 1830m
9. 413,820 EXILE EXILE ATSUSHI - EXILE JAPAN/Solo ← overall: 714,370
10. 392,176 Ikimonogakari - NEWTRAL
11. 362,723 Kanjani8 - 8EST
12. 339,060 Yuzu - YUZU YOU 2006-2011 BEST
13. 320,767 Nishino Kana - Love Place
14. 270,687 Che'Nelle - Believe
15. 265,872 Kis-My-Ft2 - Kis-My-1st
16. 254,713 L'Arc~en~Ciel - BUTTERFLY
17. 241,438 Superfly - Force
18. 225,913 SMAP - GIFT OF SMAP
19. 214,888 BENI - COVERS
20. 209,048 ayaka - The beginning
21. 197,053 KARA - Super Girl ← overall: 714,370
22. 185,574 Asian Kung-Fu Generation - BEST HIT AKG
(sorry, rest got cut off from image)
Edit:
Top 2012 1st-albums - It means debut albums.
1. 265,872 Kis-my-ft2 - Kis-My-1st
2. 137,707 Kyary Pamyu Pamyu -Pamyu Pamyu Revolution
3. 133,459 SKE48 -Kono Hi no Chime o Wasurenai
4. 126,309 Golden bomber -Golden album
5. 117,123 SEKAI NO OWARI -ENTERTAINMENT
6. 109,371 T-ARA -Jewelry box
7. 95,038 Claris -Birthday
8. 86,775 Jang Geun Suk -Crazy
9. 81.629 GILLE -I AM GILLE
10. 70,852 JIN -Mekakushi days
Thanks yukkiz!
Source: 1, 2, 3
If anyone knows the remainings for the album list, do tell.