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to have a number-one album. The best-selling album overall of 2009 was pop boy band

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's greatest-hits album ''

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'', released on August 19, 2009, with the sales of over 1,432,000 copies. The second-best-selling album was pop rock band

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's studio album '' Supermarket Fantasy''. ''Supermarket Fantasy'' was released on December 10, 2008 and sold over 1,251,000 copies. The third-best-selling album was pop vocal group

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's studio album '' Shio, Koshō'', released on June 10, 2009, with the sales of over 1,000,000 copies. The fourth- and fifth-best-selling albums were R&B group Exile's studio album ''

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'' and their 2008 compilation album ''Exile Ballad Best''. ''Aisubeki Mirai e'' sold over 897,000 copies and ''Exile Ballad Best'' sold over 847,000 copies on the yearly charts.

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