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3 of Utada's albums are among the 10 best selling albums in Japan history... only those albums gave her +-15,5 million albums sold... Good enough to put her on the bottom of the list... She had 6 album crossing the million mark (7, if I count Exodus) and 4 of her singles are million sellers (5 counting Movin' on Without You 2 formats). Some people around here seen to have no clue about how big the girl is on Japan...
Namie has 5 albums and 4 singles crossing the million mark, being one of them the best selling single released by a female solo singer, so, her position is also understandable...
So... the top10 solo female singers of Japan are:
1. Ayumi Hamasaki - 12 years, 49million, 9 "million" selling albums, 16 albums
2. Matsutoiya Yumi - 32 years, 38 million, 10 "million" selling albums, 37 albums
3. Hikaru Utada - 12 years, 35 million, 6 "million" selling albums, 8 albums
4. Namie Amuro - 15 years, 29 million, 5 "million" selling albums, 13 albums
5. Seiko Matsuda - 30 years, 29 million, don't know if she has any million seller, 80 albums
6. Akina Nakamori - 28 years, 25 million, don't know if she has any million seller, 58 albums
7. Maki Ohguro - 21 years, 22 million, 5 "million" sellers, 15 albums
8. Miyuki Nakajima - 35 years, 21 million, don't know if she has any million seller, 45 albums
9. Misia - 12 years, 17 million, 5 "million" sellers, 13 albums
10. Momoe Yamaguchi - 7 years (retired), 16 million, don't know if she has any million seller, 22 albums
I only counted studio albums, extended plays and compilations... As you can see, those girls are monstruous sellers, and some of them (mainly Ayumi, Yumi, Hikaru, Namie, Seiko and Momoe) are living legends on Japan... Koda Kumi (at least right now) has no chance of beating them.... Maybe in 5 years....
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