Soundscan : 2012 Yearly CDs sales ranking is out !!
SoundScan Japan ,has recently revealed the report for music sales in 2012 .This ranking is base on the each version sales for CDs (both Singles & Albums) .
SoundScan doesn't count the sale number for own label stores such as Avex shop (Mumo) and AKB48 's Chara-ani since 48 groups and Avex artists are not selling much in this ranking
According to SoundScan ,top total artist sales in 2012 is popular rock band Mr.Children who sold over 8.8 billion Yen .They also dominated Top 3 the highest selling album .Moreover , all their 5 albums were in top20. Besides ,popular idol group AKB48 ,who ranked No.1 for last year, ranked No.2 in this year .They topped the most selling single as well.
Period : Jan 2nd - Dec 30th 2012
TOP 20 Single chart for 2012 by SoundScan
#1 391,450 AKB48 - Manatsu no sounds good ! ( Regular edition /Type A -CD+DVD)
#2 382,551 Arashi - Wild at heart (Limited edition CD+DVD)
#3 381,705 Arashi - Face Down (Limited edition CD+DVD)
#4 353,807 Arashi - Your Eyes (Limited edition CD+DVD)
#5 275,928 Mr.Children - Inori~Namida no Kidou /End of the day /pieces
#6 236,914 Arashi - Wild at heart
#7 235,388 AKB48 - Manatsu no sounds good ! (Regular edition/ Type B -CD+DVD)
#8 215,931 AKB48 - Give me five (Regular edition/ Type A -CD+DVD)
#9 196,239 Arashi - Face Down
10 182,073 AKB48 -Gingham Check ( Limited Edition type A/CD+DVD)
11 176,488 AKB48 -Gingham Check (Limited edition /Type B -CD+DVD)
12 171,450 Kanjani 8 -Ai deshita (Limited Edition CD+DVD)
13 171,126 B'z -GO FOR IT, BABY -Kioku no Sanmyaku- (Limited edition CD+DVD)
14 170,170 AKB48 - Manatsu no sounds good ! (Limited edition /Type A -CD+DVD)
15 168,698 AKB48 - Manatsu no sounds good ! (Limited edition /Type B -CD+DVD)
16 153,124 Kanjani 8 - Ai deshita
17 152,389 AKB48 -Give me five ( Limited Edition type A/CD+DVD)
18 152,191 AKB48 -Give me five (Limited edition /Type B -CD+DVD)
19 151,068 AKB48 - Give me five (Regular edition/ Type B -CD+DVD)
20 146,061 Eight Ranger - ER (CD+DVD/ Limited edition A )
Note :
-AKB48 's theatre edition don't be included in SoundScan so there 's the major difference in AKB48 numbers between Oricon and SoundScan.
- Mr.Children released Single only 1 edition .
TOP 20 Album chart for 2012 by SoundScan
#1 894,778 Mr.Children - Mr.Children 2005-2010 (Limited edition CD+DVD)
#2 893,110 Mr.Children Mr.Children 2001-2005 (Limited edition CD+DVD)
#3 731,493 Mr.Children -[(an imitation) blood orange] (Limited edition CD+DVD)
#4 584,541 Arashi - Popcorn (First press edition)
#5 551,234 Kuwata Keisuke - I Love you -now & forever - (Limited edition)
#6 465,401 AKB48 - 1830m (2CD+DVD)
#7 452,859 Yamashita Tatsuro - OPUS ~ALL TIME BEST 1975-2012 (Limited Edition)
#8 422,080 Amuro Namie -Uncontrolled (Jacket A) (CD+DVD)
#9 410,720 Matsutoya Yumi - Nihon no Koi to, Yuming to .The Best of Yumi Matsutoya 40th Anniversary (3CD +DVD)(Limited edition)
10 346,251 Yuzu -YOU 2006-2011
11 329,054 Kobukuro - ALL SINGLE BEST2 (2CD+DVD)(Limited edition)
12 302,365 Mr.Children - Mr.Children 2005-2010
13 292,226 Ikimono gakari nbsp;(Limited edition )
14 291,576 Che'nelle -Believe (Limited edition)
15 290,554 Arashi - Popcorn
16 252,583 EXILE -EXILE BEST HITS -LOVE SIDE/SOUL SIDE - (2CD +3DVD) (Limited edition)
17 235,944 Mr.Children Mr.Children 2001-2005
18 219,912 BENI -COVERS
19 216,886 Kobukuro - ALL SINGLE BEST2
20 210,934 L'arc en ciel -BUTTERFLY (Limited edition CD+DVD)
Note :
-Mr.Children ' "(an Imitation) blood orange " sell just one edition right now
Exactly ,last year Misuchiru sold albums both limited & regular edition for the same price and same covers .They released limited edition firstly and regular edition then.
Artist total sales revenue by SoundScan
( ) is the previous year ranking
*Million Yen
#1 8,842 Mr.Children ( - )
#2 6,363 AKB48 (1)
#3 4,989 Arashi (2)
#4 3,092 EXILE (3)
#5 2,667 Kanjani8 (7)
#6 2,429 Kuwata Keisuke (12)
#7 2,312 Matsutoya Yumi (-)
#8 2,191 EXILE/EXILE ATSUSHI (8)
#9 2,180 Kobukuro (-)
10 2,001 Ikimono gakari (-)
11 1,999 Amuro Namie (-)
12 1,982 Yamashita Tatsuro (-)
13 1,894 Kis-My-Ft2 (-)
14 1,743 SKE48 (-)
15 1,668 Shouji Jidai (5)
16 1,658 JUJU (16)
17 1,631 KARA (4)
18 1,552 SMAP (15)
19 1,439 Hamasaki Ayumi (-)
20 1,346 Nishino Kana (14)
Source : SoundScan
Single chart have actually dominated by Idol .It has only 2 artists in TOP20 ,lol
Anyway, Misuchiru is very strong with 1 edition XD