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Pop singer
Ayumi Hamasaki is the only female artist to have a number one single for 10 consecutive years.
The highest-selling singles in Japan are ranked in the Oricon Weekly Chart, which is published by Oricon Style magazine.
[1] The data are compiled by
Oricon based on each singles' weekly physical sales.
[2] In
2008 , 49 singles reached the peak of the chart.
R&B singer
Namie Amuro 's "
60s 70s 80s " became her first number one single in nearly 10 years. The single made Amuro the only female Japanese artist to have a Top 10 single for 14 consecutive years.
[3] Pop boy band
NEWS ' "
Happy Birthday " made them the second group after the
KinKi Kids to have 10 consecutive number one singles since their debut.
[4] "
Purple Line " made Korean pop boy band
TVXQ the fifth non-Japanese Asian artist and the first male group to have a number one on the charts.
[5] With the release of "
Jumon: Mirotic " they became the only foreign artist to have four number ones on the chart.
[6]
R&B singer
Thelma Aoyama 's "
Soba ni Iru ne " became the fastest-selling single of 2008, selling over a million copies digitally.
[7] The single was then certified by
Guinness World Records as "the best selling download single in Japan".
[8] Pop singer
Ayumi Hamasaki 's "
Mirrorcle World " debuted atop the chart, this makes Hamasaki the only female artist to have a number one single for 10 consecutive years.
[9]
Technopop
girl group
Perfume 's "
Love the World " is the first technopop single to ever rank number one on the charts.
[10]
Mr. Children and
Greeeen are the only two artists that had an extended run on the charts.
The best-selling single overall of 2008 was pop boy band
Arashi 's "
Truth/Kaze no Mukō e ", selling a little over 618,000 copies. Arashi's "
One Love " also took the place as the second-best-selling single, which sold more than 524,000 copies, followed by pop rock band
Southern All Stars ' "I Am Your Singer" with 520,000 copies. The fourth- and fifth-best-selling singles of 2008 were "
Kiseki " by Greeeen and "Shuchishin" (羞恥心 , Shūchishin ) by
Shuchishin 's, respectively.
[11] "Truth/Kaze no Mukō e" and "One Love" taking the Top Two spots made Arashi the fifth artist to do so. This was last achieved by
Princess Princess in 1989.
[12]
Chart history
TVXQ are the first foreign artist to have four number one singles on the charts.
Issue Date
Single
Artist(s)
Reference(s)
January 14
"Dangan Fighter" (弾丸ファイター , Dangan Faitā , Bullet Fighter)
SMAP
[13]
January 21
"Mirage"
AAA
[14]
January 28
"
Purple Line "
TVXQ
[15]
February 4
"
Order Made "
Radwimps
[16]
February 11
"
Soba ni Iru ne "
Thelma Aoyama feat.
SoulJa
[17]
February 18
"
Lips "
KAT-TUN
[18]
February 25
"
Anata ga Koko ni Itara " (あなたがここにいたら , If Only You Were Here )
Porno Graffitti
[19]
March 3
"
Step and Go "
Arashi
[20]
March 10
"Taiyō no Namida" (太陽のナミダ , The Sun's Tears )
NEWS
[21]
March 17
"Sono Mama/White Message" (そのまま/White Message , Just That Way/White Message )
SMAP
[22]
March 24
"
Wahaha "
Kanjani Eight
[23]
March 31
"
60s 70s 80s "
Namie Amuro
[3]
April 7
"Ore ja Nakya, Kimi ja Nakya" (オレじゃなきゃ、キミじゃなきゃ )
20th Century
[24]
April 14
"
Drink It Down "
L'Arc-en-Ciel
[25]
April 21
"
Mirrorcle World "
Ayumi Hamasaki
[9]
April 28
"
Burn (Fumetsu no Face) "
B'z
[26]
May 5
"
Beautiful You/Sennen Koi Uta "
TVXQ
[27]
May 12
"No More"
Tsukasa Maizu
[28]
May 19
"Summer Time"
NEWS
[29]
May 26
"
Don't U Ever Stop "
KAT-TUN
[30]
June 2
"
Dreams Come True "
Hey! Say! JUMP
[31]
June 9
"
Kiseki "
Greeeen
[32]
June 16
[33]
June 23
"Verb"
Glay
[34]
June 30
"
Ai Ai Gasa "
Tegomass
[35]
July 7
"
One Love "
Arashi
[36]
July 14
"
Summer Song "
Yui
[37]
July 21
"
Love the World "
Perfume
[10]
July 28
"
Dōshite Kimi o Suki ni Natte Shimattandarō?
TVXQ
[38]
August 4
"
Your Seed/Bōken Rider "
Hey! Say! JUMP
[39]
August 11
"Gift"
Mr. Children
[40]
August 18
"I Am Your Singer"
Southern All Stars
[41]
August 25
"Kono Toki, Kitto Yume Ja Nai" (この瞬間、きっと夢じゃない , This Moment, I Know It's Not a Dream )
SMAP
[42]
September 1
"
Truth/Kaze no Mukō e "
Arashi
[43]
September 8
"Secret Code"
KinKi Kids
[44]
September 15
"Hanabi"
Mr. Children
[45]
September 22
[46]
September 29
"Light In My Heart/Swing!"
V6
[47]
October 6
"The Birthday: Ti Amo"
Exile
[48]
October 13
"
Happy Birthday
NEWS
[4]
October 20
"
Taboo "
Kumi Koda
[49]
October 27
"
Jumon (Mirotic) "
TVXQ
[6]
November 3
"
Mayonaka no Shadow Boy "
Hey! Say! JUMP
[50]
November 10
"
Musekinin Hero "
Kanjani Eight
[51]
November 17
"
Beautiful Days "
Arashi
[52]
November 24
"
Tsuretette Tsuretette " (連れてって 連れてって , Take Me Take Me )
Dreams Come True
[53]
December 1
"
Hakanaku mo Towa no Kanashi "
Uverworld
[54]
December 8
"
Last Christmas "
Exile
[55]
December 15
"
White X'mas "
KAT-TUN
[56]
December 22
"Yowamushi Santa" (弱虫サンタ , Cowardly Santa )
Shuchishin
[57]
December 29
"
Days/Green
Ayumi Hamasaki
[58]
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嵐、約8年ぶりの新曲初動30万枚突破!! (in Japanese).
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"【オリコン】SMAP42作トップ10、史上初の主要4部門制覇" (in Japanese).
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堂本光一演じる"米寿司"の新曲が初登場1位 (in Japanese).
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"NEWSが光GENJI越え!デビュー以来9作連続で1位" (in Japanese).
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"バレー女子北京行きを後押し!Hey!Say!JUMPが1位獲得" (in Japanese).
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"GReeeeN、「愛唄」超えでデビュー以来初の1位!" (in Japanese).
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"GReeeeN「キセキ」、08年シングル初の2週連続首位を獲得" (in Japanese).
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