The highest-selling singles in Japan are ranked in the Oricon Weekly Chart, which is published by Oricon Style magazine. The data are compiled by Oricon based on each singles' weekly physical sales.
Chart history Issue DateSinglesArtist(s)Reference(s)January 2SMAPJanuary 9"Seasons"Jin AkanishiJanuary 16NYC/Yuma NakayamaJanuary 23KinKi KidsJanuary 30"Good Luck"Bump of ChickenFebruary 6"Kataomoi Finally"SKE48February 13"Where You Are"CN BlueFebruary 20"Junjō U-19"NMB48February 27"Give Me Five!"AKB48March 5"SUPER DELICATE"Hey! Say! JUMPMarch 12Tomohisa YamashitaMarch 19"Wild at Heart"ArashiMarch 26"Still"TVXQApril 2"She! Her! Her!"Kis-My-Ft2April 9Masaharu FukuyamaApril 16"Go for It, Baby (Kioku no Sanmyaku)"B'zApril 23Sexy ZoneApril 30Mr. ChildrenMay 7SMAPMay 14"Oide Shampoo"Nogizaka46May 21"Face Down"ArashiMay 28"Aishite-love-ru!"SKE48June 4"Manatsu no Sounds Good!"AKB48June 11"Suika Baby"Not YetJune 18"Your Eyes"ArashiJune 25"Ai Deshita."Kanjani EightJuly 2"All Night Long"ExileJuly 9"To the Limit"KAT-TUNJuly 16"Heat"Kim Hyun-joongJuly 23"Android"TVXQJuly 30"Chankapāna"NEWSAugust 6"ER"Eight RangerAugust 13"Moment"SMAPAugust 20"Virginity"NMB48August 27"Wanna Beeee!!!/Shake It Up"Kis-My-Ft2September 3"Hashire! Bicycle"Nogizaka46September 10"Gingham Check"AKB48September 17Kanjani EightSeptember 24"Fumetsu no Scrum"KAT-TUNOctober 1"Kiss Datte Hidarikiki"SKE48October 8"Oh!"Girls' GenerationOctober 15Sexy ZoneOctober 22"Beautiful Life/Game"Masaharu FukuyamaOctober 29"Ikujinashi Masquerade"Rino Sashihara with AnrireNovember 5"Go to the top"Koda KumiNovember 12"Uza"AKB48November 19"Kitagawa Kenji"NMB48November 26Kis-My-Ft2December 3"Hikaru Monotachi"Mayu WatanabeDecember 10"Monsters"The MonstersDecember 17"Eien Pressure"AKB48December 24"World Quest/Pokopon Pekōrya"NEWSDecember 31"Seifuku no Mannequin"Nogizaka46
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See also 2012 in music