The Updated List of Asian Albums That Have Reached #1 on the World Album Chart

[DocumentaLy]

I haven't updated this all year, so I figured now would be a good time.

 

2004: 7 

Mai Kuraki - Wish You The Best

BoA - Love & Honesty

Utada Hikaru - Single Collection Vol. 1

Mr.Children - Shifuku no Oto

Porno Graffitti - Best Blue's

Utada Hikaru - Exodus

Orange Range - Musiq

 

2005: 10

EXILE - Perfect Best

BoA - Best Of Soul

B'z - The Cirlce

Ketsumeishi - Ketsunpolice 4

SMAP - Sample Bang!

Mr.Children - I Love You

Southern All Stars - Killerstreet

Orange Range - Natural

Ken Hirai - Utabaka (10th Anniversary Single Collection '95-'05)

B'z - The Best (Pleasure II)

 

2006: 9 (10 weeks)

Ayumi Hamasaki - miss(Understood)

Koda Kumi - Best Second Session (2 weeks)

KAT-TUN - Best Of KAT-TUN

Def Tech - Catch The Wave

Utada Hikaru - Ultra Blue

B'z - Monster

SMAP - Pop Up! SMAP

Kobukuro - All Singles Best

ayaka - First Message

 

2007: 10

BoA - Made In Twenty (20)

Yuna Ito - Heart

Ayumi Hamasaki - A BEST 2 (White)

Mr.Children - Home

Ai Otsuka - Ai Am Best

YUI - Can't Buy My Love

Kinki Kids - 39

Orange Range - Range

Sukima Switch - Greatest Hits

Ketsumeishi - Ketsunpolice 5

 

2008: 9 

Bank Band - Soushi Souai 2

Koda Kumi - Kingdom

Kou Shibasaki - Single Best

Utada Hikaru - Heart Station

EXILE - EXILE catchy Best

EXILE - Entertainment Best

Namie Amuro - Best Fiction

EXILE - Ballad Best

Mr.Children - Supermarket Fantasy

 

2009: 7 (8 weeks)

Unicorn - Chambre

Ayumi Hamasaki - Next Level

Kanjani8 - Puzzle

Kobukuro - calling

Arashi - All The Best! (1999-2009) (2 weeks)

ayaka - ayaka's History 2006-2009

B'z - Magic

 

2010: 9

Koda Kumi - Best "Third Universe" & 8th Al "universe"

Tohoshinki - BEST SELECTION 2010

AKB48 - Kamikyoku Tachi

Ayumi Hamasaki - Rock'n'Roll Circus

EXILE - Fantasy

Arashi - Boku no Miteiru Fukei

Kobukuro - All Covers Best

Ikimonogakari - Members' Best Selection

Mr.Children - Sense

 

2011: 5

EXILE - Negai no Tou

AKB48 - Koko ni Itakoto

Arashi - Beautiful World

B'z - C'mon

SMAP - SMAP AID

 

2012: 8 (10 weeks)

Mr.Children - 2005-2010 MACRO (2 weeks)

Keisuke Kuwata - I Love You (Now & Forever) (2 weeks)

SMAP - Gift Of SMAP

AKB48 - 1830m

Kobukuro - All Singles Best 2

Arashi - Popcorn

Mr.Children - (An Imitation) Blood Orange

EXILE - Best Hits (Love Side & Soul Side)

 

2013: 6

NMB48 - Teppen Tottande!

Tohoshinki - TIME

B'z - The Best XXV (1988-1998)

BUMP OF CHICKEN - Bump Of Chicken I (1999-2004)

Kanjani8 - Juke Box

Arashi - Love

 

2014: 6

AKB48 - Tsugi No Ashiato

BUMP OF CHICKEN - RAY

Namie Amuro - Ballada

Kis-My-Ft2 - Kis-My-Journey

NMB48 - Sekai No Chuushin Wa Osaka Ya (Namba Jichiku)

Arashi - THE DIGITALIAN

 

2015: 13

Nogizaka46 - Tomei na Iro

SEKAI NO OWARI - Tree

AKB48 - Koko ga Rhodes da, Koko de Tobe!

Sandaime J Soul Brothers - Planet Seven

B'z - Epic Day

EXILE - 19 -Road to AMAZING WORLD-

EXO - Exodus

Mr.Children - REFLECTION

Hey! Say! JUMP - JUMPing CAR

Kis-My-Ft2 - Kis-My-World

DREAMS COME TRUE - DREAMS COME TRUE THE BEST! Watashi no Dorikamu

Super Junior - Devil

V6 - SUPER Very best

Arashi - Japonism

 

2016: 12

Ikimonogakari – Cho Ikimonobakari ~Tennen Kinen Members BEST Selection~

Sandaime J soul Brothers - THE JSB LEGACY

Nogizaka46 - Sorezore No Isu

EXO - EX'ACT (Korean & Mandarin Version)

Kis-My-Ft2 - I SCREAM

DREAMS COME TRUE - DREAMS COME TRUE THE Ura BEST! Watashi Dake no Dorikamu

Nishino Kana - Just LOVE

Hey! Say! JUMP - DEAR. 

Flower - THIS IS Flower THIS IS BEST

Utada Hikaru - Fantome

BTS - Wings

Arashi - Are You Happy?

 

2017: 15 (16 weeks)

SMAP - SMAP 25 YEARS

back number - Encore

KinKi Kids - Ballad Selection

ONE OK ROCK - Ambitions

AKB48 - Thumbnail

BTS - You Never Walk Alone

Sandaime J Soul Brothers - THE JSB WORLD

Nogizaka 46 - Umarete Kara Hajimete Mita Yume

Kanjani 8 - Jam

EXO - THE WAR (Korean & Mandarin Version)

Hey! Say! JUMP - Hey! Say! JUMP 2007-2017 I/O

NMB48 - Namba Ai ~Ima, Omou Koto~

Wanna One - 1X1=1(TO BE ONE) (2 weeks)

EXO - The Power Of Music

BTS - Love Yourself: “Herâ€

 

2018: 10 (15 weeks)

EXO - Universe

AKB48 - Bokutachi wa, Ano Hi no Yoake wo Shitteiru

GOT7 - Eyes on You

Wanna One - Wanna One (2 weeks)

BTS - Love Yourself 'Tear' (2 weeks)

Wanna One - Undivided

BTS - Love Yourself 'Answer' (2 weeks)

EXO - Don't Mess Up My Tempo (3 weeks)

Wanna One - Power Of Destiny

NU'EST W - WAKE,N

 

 

Totals:

 

Arashi: 8 (9 weeks)

Mr.Children: 8 (9 weeks)

 

EXILE: 8

 

EXO: 7 (8 weeks)

 

AKB48: 7

B'z: 7

 

BTS: 6 (7 weeks)

 

SMAP: 5

Utada Hikaru: 5

 

Ayumi Hamasaki: 4

Kobukuro: 4

 

Koda Kumi: 3 (4 weeks)

Wanna One: 3 (4 weeks)

 

BoA: 3

Kis-My-Ft2: 3

Kanjani8: 3

NMB48: 3

Nogizaka46: 3

Orange Range: 3

Sandaime J Soul Brothers: 3

 

ayaka: 2

BUMP OF CHICKEN: 2

DREAMS COME TRUE: 2

Hey! Say! JUMP: 2

Ikimonogakari: 2

Ketsumeishi: 2

Kinki Kids: 2

Namie Amuro: 2

Tohoshinki: 2

 

Keisuke Kuwata: 1 (2 weeks)

 

Ai Otsuka: 1

back number: 1

Bank Band: 1

Def Tech: 1

Flower: 1

GOT7: 1

KAT-TUN: 1

Ken Hirai: 1

Kou Shibasaki: 1

Mai Kuraki: 1

Nishino Kana: 1

NU'EST W: 1

ONE OK ROCK: 1

Porno Graffitti: 1

SEKAI NO OWARI: 1

Southern All Stars: 1

Sukima Switch: 1

Super Junior: 1

Unicorn: 1

V6: 1

YUI: 1

Yuna Ito: 1

[yeongwon]

jpop is over

[Polaris_Tae]

is this for Billboard world albums?

 

 

if so LY: Tear spent 13 weeks @ number 1

 

[Beautiful]

What happen in 2018? Thats a pretty big decline

[Rap God Namjoon]

twice???

Click here to view the Tweet

[DocumentaLy]

is this for Billboard world albums?

 

 

if so LY: Tear spent 13 weeks @ number 1

 

 

Mmm, no.

 

 

What happen in 2018? Thats a pretty big decline

 

In what regards?

[DocumentaLy]

twice???

Click here to view the Tweet

 

This has nothing do with Billboard. The chart you speak of is an US-only chart. The one I use combines numbers from around the world.

[Rap God Namjoon]

This has nothing do with Billboard. The chart you speak of is an US-only chart. The one I use combines numbers from around the world.

oh nvm then..

[Polaris_Tae]

This has nothing do with Billboard. The chart you speak of is an US-only chart. The one I use combines numbers from around the world.

which chart is it??? 

[DocumentaLy]

which chart is it??? 

 

Mediatraffic

[taenguri]

is this mediatraffic?

 

Oh I see you answered already, never mind lol