The highest-selling albums and mini-albums in Japan are ranked in the Oricon Weekly Chart, published by Oricon Style magazine. The data is compiled by Oricon based on each album's weekly physical sales. In

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, 42 albums reached number-one. Pop singer-songwriter

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's ''Vocalist 4'' had the longest chart run of 2010. The album remained at the top of the charts from its issue date of April 20 to May 24. The best-selling album overall of 2010 was idol group

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'', released in mid-2010, which sold 1,053,064 copies. The second-best-selling album was

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's '' Ikimonobakari: Members Best Selection'', which sold 906.756 copies, followed by J-pop singer

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'', with 645,417 copies albums sold. The fourth- and fifth-best-selling albums were '' Funky Monkey Babys Best'' and ''

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and

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respectively. ''Funky Monkey Babys Best'' sold 613,603 copies, while ''Sense'' sold 597,212 copies.

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