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The following is an overview of the year 2008inJapanese music. It includes notable awards, lists of number-ones, yearly best-sellers, albums released, groups established and disestablished, deaths of notable Japanese music-related people as well as any other relevant Japanese music-related events. For overviews of the year in music from other countries, see 2008 in music.
The best-selling music artist in Japan in 2008 by value of sales, including sales of records and of DVDs and Blu-rays, according to Oricon, was Exile, with ¥19.58 billion.[1]
The following is a list of the top 10 best-selling albums in Japan in 2008, according to Oricon.[2]
Rank | Album | Artist |
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1 | Exile Love [ja] | Exile |
2 | Best Fiction | Namie Amuro |
3 | 5296 | Kobukuro |
4 | Exile Catchy Best [ja] | Exile |
5 | Heart Station | Hikaru Utada |
6 | Exile Ballad Best [ja] | Exile |
7 | B'z The Best "Ultra Pleasure" | B'z |
8 | A Complete: All Singles | Ayumi Hamasaki |
9 | And I Love You [ja] | Dreams Come True |
10 | Ā, Domo. Ohisashiburi Desu. | Greeeen |
The following section includes albums by Japanese artists released in Japan in 2008 as well as Japanese-language albums by foreign artists released in the country during this year.
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