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News: Oricon Chart crowns Arashi Japan's top-selling artist of 2020; Yonezu Kenshi and SixTONES vs Snow Man have top-selling album and single

Japan's Oricon chart has announced its annual rankings for 2020. Arashi was crowned the top artist for the ninth time based on overall album, video and digital sales. The group is followed by BTS, Yonezu Kenshi, King & Prince, Nogizaka46, Official HIGE DANdism, King Gnu, Twice, SixTONES and Seventeen.

Yonezu Kenshi's Stray Sheep, with 1,563,030 copies sold, is Japan's top-selling album of 2020 and the only album to pass the million benchmark. It also tops the digital album ranking.

Arashi's This is Arashi (822,459) comes in second for physical albums, and their labelmate King & Prince's L& (612,574) is fourth.

BTS grabs two spots in the top five with the Korean albums Map of the Soul: 7 ~The Journey~ (658,882) and Map of the Soul: 7 (455,446); their BE album also ranks high at #16.

King Gnu's Ceremony (435,908), Mr. Children's Soundtracks (315,876), Seventeen's 24H (293,825), Strawberry Prince's Strawberry Prince (266,132) and Official HIGE DANdism's Traveler (255,028) round out the top ten albums.

SixTONES and Snow Man's debut single Imitation Rain/D.D. breaks AKB48's streak to become the top-selling single of 2020 with sales of 1,760,904 copies. Both groups each have another single in the top ten: Snow Man's Kissin' My Lips/Stories (1,001,570) at fifth and SixTONES's New Era (480,379) at tenth.

AKB48's Shitsuren, Arigato (1,181,701), Arashi's Kite (1,147,865) and Nogizaka46's Shiawase no Hogosyoku (1,115,150) also all sold over a million copies.

LiSA tops digital single rankings with the Kimetsu no Yaiba theme songs Gurenge and Homura.

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