Koda is best-selling artist of 2007

Tokyograph News · 12-18-2007, 06:05 PM

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

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12-18-2007, 06:05 PM	#1
Tokyograph News Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 11	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 Link to article