Top 5 bestselling artists (Oricon)

Note that the number indicate the amount of sales of its CDs, albums and music DVDs:

1) AKB48 - 19.098 billion yen

2) EXILE - 12.177 billion yen

3) Arashi - 10.454 billion yen

4) Mr.Children - 9.947 billion yen

5) Kanjani 8 - 4.916 billion yen

Source: Oricon