Best-selling artistis in 2005

[andre2907]

ORICON STYLE published the list of the artists who sold more from 11/2004 to 11/2005. The list doesn't have the total sales but how much money the artist made.

Ayumi Hamasaki is not the artist who made more money for AVEX. AVEX #1 artist is, surprise surprise, Koda Kumi. The list is only until november so the 12 singls have nothing to do with her sales, it was basically from her 'Best ~First Things~'.

BoA is so high on the list (higher than Ai Otsuka) because of her Best of Soul, I guess.

Ai Otsuka is low on the list, but her studio albums sell more than BoA and Koda Kumi studio albums and her singles too [PLANETARIUM sold more than YOU].

Mika Nakashima would probably be higher on the list if her BEST was counted.

And Ayumi is doing very well, better than big names like EXILE, Mr. Children, Hirai Ken and Southern All Stars.

The list:
01. ORANGE RANGE - 143,511
02. Ketsumeishi - 84,049
03. Koda Kumi - 76,349
04. Ayumi Hamasaki - 69,083
05. Southern All Stars - 67,964
06. EXILE - 66,410
07. Mr. Children - 64,088
08. Hirai Ken - 56,032
09. BoA - 45,971
10. KinKi Kids - 43,495
11. Yuzu - 38,915
12. Ai Otsuka - 38,764
13. TO -digest- (western music) - 38,394
14. Def Tech - 31,435
15. Nakashima Mika - 29,609
16. B'z - 27,331
17. Porno Graffitti - 26,012
18. UMK -digest- (western music) - 25,761
19. SMAP - 25,173
20. Oda Kazumasa - 25,011
21. L'Arc~en~Ciel - 24,784
22. GLAY - 22,617
23. DREAMS COME TRUE - 22,600
24. O-ZONE - 21,365
25. Hirahara Ayaka - 20,952
26. Destiny's Child - 20,686
27. aiko - 19,909
28. RIP - SLYME 19,903
29. THE YELLOW MONKEY - 19,026
30. Do As Infinity - 18,459

Source: Oricon Style

edit: OK, so let me correct myself: the best-selling studio artist besides Ayu is NOT Ai, it is BoA. Valenti sold over a million, Love & Honesty over 800k and Ai best-selling album sold a little over 600k.

BUT, right now, Ai is selling MUCH MORE than BoA. Actually, Ai is the second best-selling female artist in singles, only after Ayu, so her next album will probably sell more than BoA's next album.