List of best-selling music artists in Japan

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The top music artists in Japan include Japanese artists with claims of 15 million or more record sales or with over 2 million subscribers. Japan is the largest physical music market in the world and the second largest overall behind the United States, and the biggest in Asia, according to International Federation of the Phonographic Industry.[1][2]

Sources that provide the sales an artist or record company claim via press release, rather than certified or reported by reliable third parties such as Oricon, are denoted by a "†".

  1. ^ Smirke, Richard (March 20, 2011). "IFPI 2011 Report: Global Recorded Music Sales Fall 8.4%; Eminem, Lady Gaga Top Int'l Sellers". billboard.biz. Retrieved February 5, 2012.
  2. ^ "The International Federation of the Phonographic Industry Releases Its 2014 Data on the World Music Market". aramajapan.com. 2015-04-22. Retrieved April 22, 2015.