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Originally Posted by Cherrim
BEST SELLING ARTISTS (based on sales in Yen):
1. Arashi
2. GReeeeN
3. Ayaka
4. DREAMS COME TRUE
5. EXILE
6. The Beatles
7. Tohoshinki
8. Kobukuro
9. Koda Kumi
10. Ayumi Hamasaki
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I thought you were talking about albums.
It's awful that the list is lacking solo female artists anyway.
3/10.
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Originally Posted by emiko
so what's the difference between what's on ORICON and the actual # of units sold?
Are the ORICON numbers based on what shops and stuff buy?
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Oricon's are the closest to the real sales from every other source you will see. That's why it's a high reputation and respected site and when a japanese person would be interested in sales (of music, DVDs etc.) he would go straight to oricon.
I have no idea what kind of numbers are the ones on that brought paper (probably some kinds of weeks or whatever) but the sales in oricon are higher and truer for everyone on the list. EXILE BALLAD BEST sold 842,034 (oricon) this year overall for example and not around 300,000 =P like that shown list suggests (this
http://i50.tinypic.com/20j1ber.jpg) - totally off and I wonder what did it count or until when.