List of Oricon number-one albums of 2010

The highest-selling albums and mini-albums in Japan are ranked in the Oricon Weekly Chart, published by Oricon Style magazine.^[1] The data is compiled by Oricon based on each album's weekly physical sales.^[2] In 2010, 42 albums reached number-one.

Pop singer-songwriter Hideaki Tokunaga's Vocalist 4 had the longest chart run of 2010. The album remained at the top of the charts from its issue date of April 20 to May 24.

The best-selling album overall of 2010 was idol group Arashi's Boku no Miteiru Fūkei, released in mid-2010, which sold 1,053,064 copies. The second-best-selling album was Ikimono-gakari's Ikimonobakari: Members Best Selection, which sold 906.756 copies, followed by J-pop singer Kana Nishino's To Love, with 645,417 copies albums sold. The fourth- and fifth-best-selling albums were Funky Monkey Babys Best and Sense by Funky Monkey Babys and Mr. Children respectively. Funky Monkey Babys Best sold 613,603 copies, while Sense sold 597,212 copies.

Chart history

Key

†	Indicates best-selling album of 2010

Issue Date	Album	Artist(s)	Reference(s)
January 4	Hajimari no Uta	Ikimono-gakari	[3]
January 18			[4]
January 25	Olympos	Lands	[5]
February 1	Next Future	Girl Next Door	[6]
February 8	Whistle	HY	[7]
February 15	Best: Third Universe/Universe	Kumi Koda	[8]
February 22	Funky Monkey Babys Best	Funky Monkey Babys	[9]
March 1	Best Selection 2010	TVXQ	[10]
March 8	Sports	Tokyo Incidents	[11]
March 15	Journey	Shota Shimizu	[12]
March 22	Ureshikutte Dakiau Yo (うれしくって抱きあうよ, Happily Holding Each Other)	Yuki	[13]
March 29	One Piece Memorial Best	Various Artists	[14]
April 5	Trigger	Porno Graffitti	[15]
April 12	Baby	Aiko	[16]
April 19	Kamikyokutachi	AKB48	[17]
April 26	Rock 'n' Roll Circus	Ayumi Hamasaki	[18]
May 3	Vocalist 4	Hideaki Tokunaga	[19]
May 10			[20]
May 17			[21]
May 24			[22]
May 31	Exit Tunes Presents Vocalogenesis feat. Hatsune Miku	Various Artists	[23]
June 7	Boku no Sundeita Machi (僕の住んでいた街, Town Where I Lived in)	Quruli	[24]
June 14	Lovebox	Beni	[25]
June 21	Fantasy	Exile	[26]
June 28	No More Pain	KAT-TUN	[27]
July 5	To Love	Kana Nishino	[28]
July 12			[29]
July 19	JUMP No. 1	Hey! Say! JUMP	[30]
July 26	Holidays in the Sun	Yui	[31]
August 2	We Are SMAP!	SMAP	[32]
August 9	Heaven	Miliyah Kato	[33]
August 16	Boku no Miteiru Fūkei †	Arashi	[34]
August 23			[35]
August 30	Hadou	Koshi Inaba	[36]
September 6	All Covers Best	Kobukuro	[37]
September 13	"Wildflower" & Cover Songs: Complete Best 'Track 3'	Superfly	[38]
September 20	The...	Junsu/Yuchun/Jejung	[39]
September 27	Live	NEWS	[40]
October 4	Still a Sigure Virgin?	Ling Tosite Sigure	[41]
October 11	Request	Juju	[42]
October 18			[43]
October 25	Glay	Glay	[44]
November 1	8 Uppers	Kanjani Eight	[45]
November 8	Ho-kago Tea Time II	Ho-kago Tea Time	[46]
November 15	Ikimonobakari: Members Best Selection	Ikimono-gakari	[47]
November 22			[48]
November 29	The Best Bang!!	Masaharu Fukuyama	[49]
December 6	Utada Hikaru Single Collection Vol. 2	Hikaru Utada	[50]
December 13	Sense	Mr. Children	[51]
December 20			[52]
December 27	Cosmonaut	Bump of Chicken	[53]

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See also

• 2010 in music