The best-selling music artist "Arashi" ranked first by December 23 at 6:03
Arashi, which will suspend activities at the end of next year, has become the number one artist by sales of CDs and downloaded songs.
Regarding music sales in Japan, Oricon added the number of playbacks of CDs and DVDs, as well as downloads from the Internet and streaming received at a fixed price, etc. did.
Among them, by artist, Arashi, a popular idol group whose activities will be suspended at the end of next year, ranked first with a record of ¥ 20.3 billion during the period.
It is the first time in 18 years that annual sales exceeded 20 billion yen since Ayumi Hamasaki in 2001.
A member of Arashi commented on the video and commented, "I am very happy to receive the prestigious award on the 20th anniversary of my debut. I hope that in 2020, I want to feel more" Arashi "with my fans ".
The 2nd place was Nogizaka 46, and the 3rd place was King & Prince.
In addition, the sales of each song were also announced with a ranking that added points by downloading and streaming, and the single was released in September, AKB48's "Sustainable", and the album was Arashi's 20th anniversary " 5 × 20 All the BEST !! 1999-2019 ”ranked first.