This is a list of Japan's top 50 best-selling artists of all-time, according to the Recording Industry Association of Japan. Japan is the largest music market in Asia, and it is the only country in Asia to have at least one of the best-selling domestic artist with sales of more than 50 million copies worldwide.
| Rank[1] | Artist | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | B'z | 79,380,000 |
| 2 | Mr.Children | 54,200,000 |
| 3 | Ayumi Hamasaki | 52,000,000 |
| 4 | Southern All Stars | 47,830,000 |
| 5 | Dreams Come True | 43,010,000 |
| 6 | Yumi Matsutoya | 38,300,000 |
| 7 | Glay | 37,490,000 |
| 8 | Zard | 37,450,000 |
| 9 | Hikaru Utada | 35,000,000 |
| 10 | Namie Amuro | 32,000,000 |
| 11 | SMAP | 31,780,000 |
| 12 | Chage and Aska | 31,400,000 |
| 13 | Seiko Matsuda | 29,510,000 |
| 14 | Globe | 28,700,000 |
| 15 | L'Arc-en-Ciel | 28,490,000 |
| 16 | Akina Nakamori | 25,340,000 |
| 17 | KinKi Kids | 24,670,000 |
| 18 | Tube | 24,410,000 |
| 19 | Maki Ohguro | 22,590,000 |
| 20 | Every Little Thing | 22,580,000 |
| 21 | Miyuki Nakajima | 21,780,000 |
| 22 | TRF | 21,690,000 |
| 23 | Tsuyoshi Nagabuchi | 21,120,000 |
| 24 | Noriyuki Makihara | 20,700,000 |
| 25 | Spitz | 20,380,000 |
| 26 | Masaharu Fukuyama | 20,180,000 |
| 27 | Speed | 19,500,000 |
| 28 | Kome Kome Club | 18,650,000 |
| 29 | Morning Musume | 18,068,000 |
| 30 | Exile | 17,860,000 |
| 31 | Misia | 17,770,000 |
| 32 | Yamaguchi Momoe | 16,210,000 |
| 33 | Arashi | 16,190,000 |
| 34 | Kyosuke Himuro | 16,110,000 |
| 35 | Yosui Inoue | 15,790,000 |
| 36 | Go Hiromi | 15,760,000 |
| 37 | Kenji Sawada | 15,700,000 |
| 38 | Mai Kuraki | 15,530,000 |
| 39 | The Checkers | 15,380,000 |
| 40 | Miki Imai | 15,270,000 |
| 41 | Miho Nakayama | 14,970,000 |
| 42 | Shizuka Kudō | 14,820,000 |
| 43 | Kyōko Koizumi | 14,230,000 |
| 44 | Koda Kumi | 14,156,600 |
| 45 | Judy and Mary | 14,130,000 |
| 46 | Chiharu Matsuyama | 14,030,000 |
| 47 | Eikichi Yazawa | 13,930,000 |
| 48 | Wands | 13,730,000 |
| 49 | T-Bolan | 13,610,000 |
| 50 | Mariah Carey | 12,431,531 |