Koda is best-selling artist of 2007

Oricon has announced its sales rankings for 2007 and once again, Kumi Koda was #1 in total sales for the year. She sold more than 7.3 billion yen worth of CDs and DVDs. Ayumi Hamasaki was #2 at 7.0 billion yen.

The rest of the top ten were Mr.Children, EXILE, KAT-TUN, Ai Otsuka, Kobukuro, KinKi Kids, Arashi, and L'Arc~en~Ciel.

The best selling single of the year was Masafumi Akikawa’s “Sen no Kaze ni Natte,” which sold about 1.11 million copies. Hikaru Utada’s “Flavor of Life” was #2, followed by Kobukuro’s “Tsubomi.”

The best selling album was “HOME” by Mr.Children (1.18 million copies). Kumi Koda also sold a million with “Black Cherry,” while Kobukuro trailed behind them at #3 with their “ALL SINGLES BEST.”

KAT-TUN had the #1 music DVD (“Live of KAT-TUN Real Face”), though it was only #12 overall in the DVD rankings.

The full lists can be found at the Oricon website:

Total Sales Top 10

Singles Top 30

Singles Top 100 (without sales figures)

Albums Top 30

Albums Top 100 (without sales figures)

DVDs Top 20

Source:
Oricon