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YesAsia 2021 Bestsellers - Japanese Music

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Korean boy band NCT 127 became our top-selling artist in Japanese music for the first time, thanks to the strong sales of their chart-topping album Loveholic and their 2019 album Awaken which has been in the top ten for three straight years. Though Stray Kids slipped to second place, the group grabbed the #1 single spot and all three of their 2020 releases stayed in the top ten.

BTS's best-of album, which was Japan's best-selling album of 2021 according to the Oricon chart, came in second on the YesAsia chart. SHINee returned to the top ten with their first Japanese release in three years, while EXO's Baek Hyun ranked #6 on the top-selling artists list just on the power of his first Japanese album. Seventeen, Twice, ATEEZ and BLACKPINK continued to sell well, and the Japan debut singles of The Boyz, Loona and ENHYPEN all broke into the top ten.

Officially on hiatus starting in 2021, Arashi remained the only Japanese act in the top ten highest-selling artists, with their concert coming in first and their 2020 album continuing to chart. Utada Hikaru's EP of Evangelion theme songs was the highest-selling Japanese album by a Japanese artist. Disbanding in 2021, V6 sent their last two albums to the top ten, while KAT-TUN had the top single by a Japanese artist. They're joined by Johnny's labelmates KinKi Kids, Snow Man, SixTONES and Kis-My-Ft2. Hot new girl group NiziU claimed two top ten singles, while Tamaki Koji, Aimer and Band-Maid's albums entered our top ten for the first time.

The below rankings are based on sales of Japan Version music releases on YesAsia.com from January 1 to December 31, 2021.

JAPANESE ARTISTS

1. Utada Hikaru
One Last Kiss

2. V6
Very6 BEST

3. Domoto Koichi
Playful

4. Snow Man
Snow Mania S1

5. Arashi
This is ARASHI

6. V6
Step

7. SixTONES
1ST

8 (tie). Tamaki Koji
Chocolate cosmos

8 (tie). Aimer
Walpurgis

10. BAND-MAID
Unseen World

KOREAN ARTISTS

1. NCT 127
Loveholic

2. BTS
BTS, THE BEST

3. Baek Hyun
BAEKHYUN

4. SHINee
Superstar

5. ATEEZ
Into the A to Z

6. Stray Kids
All In

7. BLACKPINK
The Album -JP Ver.-

8. NCT 127
Awaken

9. Stray Kids
SKZ2020

10. Twice
Perfect World

JAPANESE ARTISTS

1. KAT-TUN
Roar

2. KinKi Kids
Un / Pair

3. NiziU
Take a picture / Poppin' Shakin'

4. JO1
Challenger

5. NiziU
Step and a step

6. Snow Man
Secret Touch

7 (tie). SixTONES
Boku ga Bokujanai Mitaida

7 (tie). KAT-TUN
We Just Go Hard feat. AK-69 / EUPHORIA

9 (tie). Dir en grey
Oboro

9 (tie). Kis-My-Ft2
Luv Bias

KOREAN ARTISTS

1. Stray Kids
Scars/Sorikun

2. Seventeen
Hitorijanai

3. The Boyz
Breaking Dawn

4. Stray Kids
TOP Japanese ver.

5. Loona
HULA HOOP / StarSeed -Kakusei-

6. ATEEZ
Dreamers

7. ENHYPEN
BORDER: Hakanai

8. Dreamcatcher
Eclipse

9. Twice
Kura Kura

10. Monsta X
Wanted

BEST-SELLING VIDEOS

1. Arashi - Arafes 2020 at Kokuritsu Kyougijou
2. KinKi Kids - O Shogatsu Concert 2021
3. IZ*ONE - Eyes On Me Tour Final -Saitama Super Arena-
4. V6 - Live For the 25th Anniversary
5 (tie). TVXQ - Live Tour 2019 -XV-
5 (tie). Snow Man - Tour 2D. 2D.
7. NCT 127 - Neo City: Japan - The Origin
8. Arashi - Anniversary Tour 5×20
9. BTS - Kayonenka on Stage: Epilogue - Japan Edition
10. ayumi hamasaki - Trouble Tour 2020 A -Saigo no Trouble-

BEST-SELLING ARTISTS

1. NCT 127
2. Stray Kids
3. BTS
4. SHINee
5. ATEEZ
6. Baek Hyun
7. Twice
8. Seventeen
9. BLACKPINK
10. Arashi

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