ayu is in the elite position... la la la so happy to see that..

hmm no Aikawa Nanase ?... what kind of a list is that ?
:grumpy
go Ayu ^^

*snorts*

Well~ of course B'z would be up there- they are quite good... I'm surprised Michael Jackson isn't up there o.O Aren't they crazy about him in Japan?

But still- GO AYUUUUUU!!!

ou congrats to Ayu! 41 million is quite an accomplishment.

congrats also to Namie, globe, and Hikki!

if they worked out the sales figure for japanese artists worldwide Ayu would be number 1!

interesting

ohhh, mariah is there too !! that's nice ! =D
i'm happy for ayu and namie.

hmmm im suprised about boa not being there...but i think its a god thing!! what about gackt? is he not that popular?

:\ If Ayu were around as long as B'z.. I think she'd have similar figures.. I mean, Ayu debuted about 10 years after them lol

Go ayu!

Does this include which year to which year are they the best selling artists? Or out of whole japan history, they're the top 50 best selling?

^ I think it's meant to be highest total sales for all-time in Japan.

However I don't see any really old artists on the list, so maybe they're only including sales from ~1980 onwards.

That said,
-Maybe record sales were lower in the 1950s/60s/70s in Japan.
-I expect sales back then were spread amongst a higher number of artists instead of mostly going to a few superstars as is more common today.

Who said Hikki had sold more than Ayu?

Ayu beat her, lol.

Momoe Yamaguchi was a star in the 1970's.

great to see ayu above hikki, but then hikki releases much fewer than ayu...so it isnt a fair comparison

woooo all my fav are in top 20!

congrats to larc *grins* ayumi mr.children namie n b'z!

(wow b'z is really far ahead in sales)

top 5! AYU ROCKS!
thanks for the news~

Congratulations to the first ones... Anyway, I'm happy for Namie; she is selling more copies than Morning Musume :lech