2012 CD Sales (Retail) Annual Ranking: Single #1: AKB48's "Manatsu no Sounds good!", Album #1: "Mr. Children 2005-2010".

2012.12.13 Press Releases
Culture Convenience Club Co., Ltd. TSUTAYA Company

Three albums by "Mr.Children" ranked in the top 5 albums.

Culture Convenience Club Co., Ltd., which operates "TSUTAYA BOOKS" and "TSUTAYA" stores nationwide that propose lifestyles to customers through books, movies, music, and more, has compiled the number of CDs sold at its stores nationwide from January 1st to December 10th, 2012, and will announce the "2012 TSUTAYA Annual Ranking."

In the CD sales rankings, the CD album "Mr. Children 2005-2010 <macro>" came in first place. In addition, AKB48's "Manatsu no Sounds good!" took first place in the CD single (maxi single) category, and Arashi and AKB48 occupied the top seven spots.

CD Album Sales Ranking: Top 20 of the Year (Comprehensive Ranking) <Aggregation Period: January 1, 2012 - December 10, 2012>

Title / Artist
1. Mr. Children 2005-2010 <macro> - Mr. Children
2. Mr. Children 2001-2005 <micro> - Mr. Children
3. Popcorn - Arashi
4. [(an imitation) blood orange] - Mr. Children
5. I LOVE YOU -now & forever- - Keisuke Kuwata
6. Uncontrolled - Namie Amuro
7. ALL SINGLES BEST 2 - Kobukuro
8. 1830m - AKB48
9. EXILE JAPAN / Solo - EXILE / EXILE ATSUSHI
10. Believe - Che'Nelle
11. OPUS ~ALL TIME BEST 1975-2012~ - Tatsuro Yamashita
12. EXILE BEST HITS -LOVE SIDE/SOUL SIDE- - EXILE
13. NEWTRAL - Ikimonogakari
14. Love Place - Kana Nishino
15. YUZU YOU [2006-2011] - Yuzu
16. COVERS - BENI
17. Japanese Love, and Yuming. - Yumi Matsutoya
18. Force - Superfly
19. The beginning - Ayaka
20. 8EST - Kanjani∞

CD Single Sales (Retail) Overall Ranking: Top 20 of the Year <Aggregation Period: January 1, 2012 - December 10, 2012>

Title / Artist
1. Manatsu no Sounds good! - AKB48
2. GIVE ME FIVE! - AKB48
3. Wild at Heart - Arashi
4. Face Down - Arashi
5. Gingham Check - AKB48
6. Your Eyes - Arashi
7. UZA - AKB48
8. Inori ~Namida no Kido / End of the day / pieces - Mr. Children
9. SUPER DELICATE - Hey! Say! JUMP
10. ER - Eight Ranger
11. Aoppana - Kanjani∞
12. Ai Deshita. - Kanjani∞
13. WANNA BEEEE!!! - Kis-My-Ft2
14. Eternal Pressure - AKB48
15. Good Luck - BUMP OF CHICKEN
16. Kataomoi Finally - SKE48
17. GO FOR IT, BABY -Kioku no Yamanami- - B'z
18. Aishiteraburu! - SKE48
19. 24karats TRIBE OF GOLD - EXILE TRIBE
20. Ikiteru Ikiteku - Masaharu Fukuyama

CD Sales (Retail) - Genre-Based Ranking: Western Music CD Album Category <Aggregation Period: January 1, 2012 - December 10, 2012>

Title / Artist
1. Believe - Che'Nelle
2. Love Songs - Che'Nelle
3. Kiss - Carly Rae Jepsen
4. DJ KAORI'S PARTY MIX 3 - Various Artists
5. Living Things - Linkin Park
6. 1969 - Saori Yuki & Pink Martini
7. 21 - Adele
8. Overexposed - Maroon 5
9. Sorry for Party Rocking - LMFAO
10. Saxobeat - Alexandra Stan
11. Up All Night - ONE DIRECTION
12. MDNA - Madonna
13. ¡Uno! - Green Day
14. Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded - Nicki Minaj
15. Days Go By - The Offspring
16. Red - Taylor Swift
17. Born This Way - Lady Gaga
18. Talk That Talk - Rihanna
19. A Different Kind of Truth - Van Halen
20. Believe - Justin Bieber

CD Sales (Retail) Genre-Based Ranking: Japanese Music CD Album Category <Aggregation Period: January 1, 2012 - December 10, 2012>

Title / Artist
1. Mr. Children 2005-2010 <macro> - Mr. Children
2. Mr. Children 2001-2005 <micro> - Mr. Children
3. Popcorn - Arashi
4. [(an imitation) blood orange] - Mr. Children
5. I LOVE YOU -now & forever- - Keisuke Kuwata
6. Uncontrolled - Namie Amuro
7. ALL SINGLES BEST 2 - Kobukuro
8. 1830m - AKB48
9. EXILE JAPAN / Solo - EXILE / EXILE ATSUSHI
10. OPUS ~ALL TIME BEST 1975-2012~ - Tatsuro Yamashita
11. EXILE BEST HITS -LOVE SIDE/SOUL SIDE- - EXILE
12. NEWTRAL - Ikimonogakari
13. Love Place - Kana Nishino
14. YUZU YOU [2006-2011] - Yuzu
15. COVERS - BENI
16. Japanese Love, and Yuming. - Yumi Matsutoya
17. Force - Superfly
18. The beginning - Ayaka
19. 8EST - Kanjani∞
20. Kis-My-1st - Kis-My-Ft2

 CD Sales (Retail) Genre Ranking: K-POP CD Album Category <Aggregation Period: January 1, 2012 - December 10, 2012>

 Title / Artist
1. Supergirl - KARA
2. GIRLS' GENERATION II ~Girls & Peace~ - Girls' Generation
3. GIRLS' GENERATION - Girls' Generation
4. ALIVE - MONSTER EDITION - BIGBANG
5. Jewelry box - T-ARA
6. Girls Forever - KARA
7. Just Crazy - Jang Geun Suk
8. KARA Collection - KARA
9. COLLECTION - 2NE1
10. CODE NAME BLUE - CNBLUE

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2012 CD Sales (Retail) Annual Ranking: Single #1: AKB48's "Manatsu no Sounds good!", Album #1: "Mr. Children 2005-2010".

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