Top 50 Best Selling Artists in Japan

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Originally Posted by nmskalmn

What accounts for the singular sales figures of B'z? I have a bunch of their songs, but I'm not familiar with their profiles and history.

Well they've been out since '89, and have I think the 3rd best selling album in Japan 'THE BEST PLEASURE'... The guitarist Tak Matsumoto is probably considered the best guitarist in all of Asia (has a Gibson signature guitar), and I think all (or most) of their singles have debuted at #1 on Oricon... They toured America too. And as for their record sales...

ALBUMS
M OFF THE ROCK B'z 1989/05/21
M BREAK THROUGH B'z 1990/02/21
M WICKD BEAT B'z 1990/06/21
M RISKY B'z 1990/11/07
M MARS B'z 1991/05/29
3M IN THE LIFE B'z 1991/11/27
2M RUN B'z 1992/10/28
2M FRINENDS B'z 1992/12/09
M THE 7TH BLUES B'z 1994/03/02
3M LOOSE B'z 1995/11/22
M FRIENDS II B'z 1996/11/25
M FLASH BACK B'z 1997/04/26
2M SURVIVE B'z 1997/11/19
5M B'Z THE BEST 'PLEASURE' B'z 1998/05/20
4M B'Z THE BEST 'TREASURE' B'z 1998/09/20
M BROTHERHOOD B'z 1999/07/14
2M B'Z THE 'MIXTURE' B'z 2000/02/23
2M ELEVEN B'z 2000/12/06
M GREEN B'z 2002/07/03
M THE BALLADS B'z 2002/12/11

SINGLES
M BAD COMMUNICATION B'z 1989/10/21
M LADY NAVIGATION B'z 1991/03/27
M ALONE B'z 1991/10/30
M BLOWIN' B'z 1992/05/27
M ZERO B'z 1992/10/07
2M AI NO MAMANI WAGAMAMANI BOKU WA KIMI DAKEWO KIZUTSUKENAI B'z 1993/03/17
M HADASHINO MEGAMI B'z 1993/06/02
M DON'T LEAVE ME B'z 1994/02/09
M MOTEL B'z 1994/11/21
M NEGAI B'z 1995/05/31
M LOVE ME, I LOVE YOU B'z 1995/07/07
M LOVE PHANTOM B'z 1995/10/11
M MIENAI CHIKARA/MOVE B'z 1996/03/06
M REAL THING SHAKES B'z 1996/05/15
M FIREBALL B'z 1997/03/05
M CALLING B'z 1997/07/09
M LIAR! LIAR! B'z 1997/10/08
M SAMAYOERU AOI DANGAN B'z 1998/04/08
M HOME/THE WILD WIND B'z 1998/07/08
M KONYA TSUKI NO MIERU OKA NI B'z 2000/02/09

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