The Heisei era is coming to an end, and Oricon has now released its charts to close it out. Even thought the Heisei era started on 1/8/89 and ends on 4/30/19, the Oricon Heisei era charts cover the period of 1/9/89 – 3/31/19.
B’z is the best selling artist of the Heisei era. SMAP‘s “Sekai ni Hitotsu Dake no Hana” was the best selling single, while Utada Hikaru’s “First Love” was the best selling album. Celine Dion and Kryzler & Kompany‘s “TO LOVE YOU MORE” was the best selling Western single, while Mariah Carey‘s “The Ones” was the best selling Western album.
Artist
- B’z: 82,624,000 (singles: 35,969,000 / albums: 46,655,000)
- AKB48: 60,053,000 (singles: 53,412,000 / albums: 6,641,000)
- Mr.Children: 60,010,000 (singles: 28,957,000 / albums: 31,053,000)
- Ayumi Hamasaki: 50,708,000 (singles: 21,493,000 / albums: 29,214,000)
- DREAMS COME TRUE: 44,942,000 (singles: 15,117,000 / albums: 29,825,000)
- GLAY: 38,808,000 (singles: 20,356,000 / albums: 18,452,000)
- Arashi: 38,440,000 (singles: 27,114,000 / albums: 11,326,000)
- ZARD: 37,633,000 (singles: 17,733,000 / albums: 19,900,000)
- Southern All Stars: 37,619,000 (singles: 19,896,000 / albums: 17,724,000)
- Utada Hikaru: 37,340,000 (singles: 15,525,000 / albums: 21,815,000)
Singles
- SMAP – Sekai ni Hitotsu Dake no Hana: 3,128,000
- Southern All Stars – TSUNAMI: 2,936,000
- Hayami Kentaro, Shigemori Ayumi, Himawari Kids, Dango Gasshodan – Dango 3 Kyodai: 2,918,000
- Kome Kome CLUB – Kimi ga Iru Dake de / Aishiteru: 2,895,000
- CHAGE＆ASKA – SAY YES: 2,822,000
- Mr.Children – Tomorrow never knows: 2,766,000
- Oda Kazumasa – Oh! Yeah! / Love Story wa Totsuzen ni: 2,588,000
- DREAMS COME TRUE – LOVE LOVE LOVE / Arashi ga Kuru: 2,489,000
- CHAGE＆ASKA – YAH YAH YAH / Yume no Bannin: 2,419,000
- Mr.Children – Namonaki Uta: 2,309,000
Albums
- Utada Hikaru – First Love: 7,672,000
- B’z – B’z The Best “Pleasure”: 5,136,000
- GLAY – REVIEW -BEST OF GLAY-: 4,876,000
- Utada Hikaru – Distance: 4,472,000
- B’z – B’z The Best “Treasure”: 4,439,000
- Ayumi Hamasaki – A BEST: 4,312,000
- globe – globe: 4,136,000
- Utada Hikaru – DEEP RIVER: 3,605,000
- Southern All Stars – Ume no Yeah!!: 3,592,000
- Mai Kuraki – delicious way: 3,530,000
Western Single
- Celine Dion with Kryzler & Kompany – TO LOVE YOU MORE: 1,264,000
- Mariah Carey – All I Want for Christmas Is You: 1,104,000
- DREAMS COME TRUE – WINTER SONG: 1,068,000
- Whitney Houston – I Will Always Love You: 810,000
- Elton John – Candle in the Wind: 632,000
- DREAMS COME TRUE – WHEREVER YOU ARE: 548,000
- Carpenters – I Need to Be in Love / Top of the World: 542,000
- Billie Hughes – Welcome to the Edge: 518,000
- Diana Ross – If We Hold on Together: 465,000
- Ray Charles – Ellie My Love: 402,000
Western Album
- Mariah Carey – The Ones: 2,809,000
- Carpenters – Seishun no Kagayaki ~ Best of Carpenters: 2,337,000
- Mariah Carey – Daydream: 2,203,000
- The Beatles – 1: 2,184,000
- Mariah Carey – Merry Christmas: 2,098,000
- Whitney Houston – The Bodyguard: 1,886,000
- Mariah Carey – Music Box: 1,589,000
- Scatman John – Scatman’s World: 1,561,000
- Yo Yo Ma, Charlotte Church, Hakase Taro – image: 1,452,000
- Queen – Jewels ~Very Best of Queen~: 1,424,000
