The highest-selling albums in Japan are ranked in the weekly Oricon Albums Chart, which is published by Oricon Style magazine. The data is compiled by Oricon based on each albums' weekly physical sales. This list includes the albums that reached the number one place on that chart in 2014.
In 2014, a total of 43 albums claimed the top position of the chart. Beginning with dance and vocal group Sandaime J Soul Brothers's greatest hits/studio album, The Best/Blue Impact, issue dated January 6. AKB48's Tsugi no Ashiato was the best-selling album of 2014. The soundtrack, Frozen: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack, was the second best-selling album. With 980,000 copies sold, it became the best-selling animation film soundtrack album in Oricon history. Boy band Arashi's thirteenth studio album, The Digitalian was the third best-seller, with 785,000 copies sold.
Chart history
+KeyIndicates best-selling album of 2014
Issue DateAlbumArtist(s)January 6The Best/Blue ImpactSandaime J Soul Brothers from Exile TribeJanuary 13January 20January 27February 3Tsugi no Ashiato AKB48February 10Genesis of 2PM2PMFebruary 17The II AgeExile The SecondFebruary 24Shamanippon: Roi no ChinoiTsuyoshi DomotoMarch 3Sexy SecondSexy ZoneMarch 10Bon VoyageKumi KodaMarch 17TreeTohoshinkiMarch 24RayBump of ChickenMarch 31Colorful PopE-girlsApril 7Hit! Hit! Hit!Kis-My-Ft2April 14HumanMasaharu FukuyamaApril 21April 28Supernal LibertyNana MizukiMay 5AlreadyNot YetMay 12FrozenVarious ArtistsMay 19May 26June 2Singing BirdKoshi InabaJune 9Awa no Yō na Ai dattaAikoJune 16BalladaNamie AmuroJune 23June 30SmartHey! Say! JUMPJuly 7Come HereKAT-TUNJuly 14Kis-My-JourneyKis-My-Ft2July 21Pika Pika FantajinKyary Pamyu PamyuJuly 28HeartTokioAugust 4The BestGirls' GenerationAugust 11August 18Go West Yōi Don!Johnny's West August 25Sekai no Chuushin wa Osaka ya (Namba Jichiku)NMB48September 1Attack 25Dreams Come TrueSeptember 8Exile Tribe RevolutionExile TribeSeptember 15Mr.SSMAPSeptember 22TradMariya TakeuchiSeptember 29October 6I'm Your BoyShineeOctober 13Gold SymphonyAAAOctober 20YouTomohisa YamashitaOctober 27.5: The Gray ChapterSlipknotNovember 3The DigitalianArashiNovember 10DelightDaesungNovember 17KanjanismKanjani EightNovember 24With LoveKana NishinoDecember 1FourOne DirectionDecember 8The Best of Big Bang 2006-2014Big BangDecember 15Love BalladeExile AtsushiDecember 22M AlbumKinKi KidsDecember 29WithTohoshinki
References
See also 2014 in Japanese music
de:Liste der Nummer-eins-Hits in Japan (2014)