B'z Sales Records

As one of the most successful artists not only in Japan but the world, B'z have amassed a number of records, awards, and accolades over their career that has spanned decades. Since the latter half of 1990, the band has amassed an unprecedented series of consecutive number one singles and albums. With over 80,000,000 records sold, they remain Japan's top-selling music act of all time and hold more records than any other artist. Among their accomplishments are having the most singles sold, the most albums sold, the most number one singles, and the most music home videos sold, which regularly topped the charts of all home videos of any sort for a given year.

Please Note: All certifications and sales figures, unless otherwise noted, refer to physical copies sold only. Digital sales figures are rarely available for most Japanese artists.

Records

Singles

• Total Singles Sold: 35,557,700 —— Ranked #1 All-Time
• Total Number One Singles: 47 —— Ranked #1 All-Time
• Total Consecutive Number One Singles: 47 —— Ranked #1 All-Time
• Longest Streak of Number One Singles: 47 —— Ranked #1 All-Time
• Total Weeks Singles Were at Number One: 64 —— Ranked #1 All-Time
• Longest Consecutive Period with Single at Number One: 20 Years —— Ranked #1 All-Time
• Total Singles that Entered Top 10: 48 —— Ranked #3 All-Time
• Total Consecutive Singles that Entered Top 10: 48 —— Ranked #3 All-Time
• Longest Consecutive Period with a Single in Top 10: 20 Years —— Ranked #1 All-Time
• Total Million-Selling Singles: 15 —— Ranked #2 All-Time
• Total Consecutive Million-Selling Singles: 13 —— Ranked #2 All-Time
• Longest Consecutive Period with a Million-Selling Single: 6 Years —— Ranked #1 All-Time
• Most Singles in the Top 10 Concurrently: 9 —— Ranked #1 All-Time

On March 26, 2003, B'z remastered and re-released ten of their earliest singles along with their then-latest single, "IT'S SHOWTIME!!". On the daily chart at launch, B'z held a monopoly over the chart's top eleven slots, with the new single ranking at the top and the re-issues covering the remaining ten. Ultimately, B'z would set a record that week for holding nine of the Top 10 slots for the week of release.

Albums

• Total Albums Sold: 46,074,000 —— Ranked #1 All-Time

Recognized as a Guinness World Record under "Artist with Most Albums Sold in Japan" in 2007, with a total of 42,000,000 at the time of publication.

• Total Million-Selling Albums: 19 —— Ranked #1 All-Time
• Total Consecutive Million-Selling Albums: 8 —— Ranked #2 All-Time
• Total Number-One Albums: 26 —— Ranked #1 All-Time

Home Videos

• Total Releases at Top of Music Home Video Year-End Chart: 8 —— Ranked #1 All-Time
• Total Releases at Top of General Home Video Year-End Chart: 5 —— Ranked #1 All-Time
• Total Music VHS Units Sold: 300,100 —— Ranked #3 All-Time
• Total Music DVDs at Top of Music Home Video Year-End Chart: 8 —— Ranked #1 All-Time
• Total Consecutive Music DVDs to Debut at Top of General DVD Chart: 8 —— Ranked #1 All-Time
• Total Blu-ray Discs to Make Annual Music Blu-Ray Chart: 2 —— Ranked #1 All-Time
• Total Blu-ray Discs to Top General Blu-ray Chart: 3 —— Ranked #1 All-Time

Miscellaneous

• Total CD Shipments: 100,000,000 —— Ranked #1 All-Time
• Total CD Sales: 81,500,000 —— Ranked #1 All-Time
• Certified Consecutive Shipment of One Million Singles: 17 —— Ranked #1 All-Time
• Certified Consecutive Shipment of One Million Albums: 10 —— Ranked #1 All-Time
• Only artist in history to lead all six major categories tracked by Oricon —— Ranked #1 All-Time

Awards & Accolades

Japan Gold Disc Awards

• 1991: Best 5 Artists Award
• 1992: Best 5 Artists Award, Best 5 Singles Award ("LADY NAVIGATION"), Best Home Video Award (JUST ANOTHER LIFE
• 1993: Best 5 Artists Award, Best 5 Singles Award ("BLOWIN'")
• 1994: Best 5 Singles Award ("Ai no Mama ni Wagamama ni Boku wa Kimi Dake wo Kizutsukenai"), Best Home Video Award (LIVE RIPPER)
• 1995: Best 5 Artists Award, Best 5 Singles Award ("Don't Leave Me")
• 1996: Best 5 Artists Award, Grand Prix Album Award (LOOSE), Folk Rock Award (LOOSE), Best Home Video Award ("BUZZ!!" THE MOVIE)
• 1998: Rock Album of the Year Award (SURVIVE)
• 1999: Artist of the Year Award, Song of the Year Award ("HOME"), Rock Albums of the Year (B'z The Best "Pleasure", B'z The Best "Treasure")
• 2000: Rock Album of the Year Award (Brotherhood)
• 2001: Song of the Year Award ("Konya Tsuki no Mieru Oka ni"), Rock Albums of the Year (ELEVEN, B'z The "Mixture")
• 2002: Rock & Pop Albums of the Year (GREEN, The Ballads ~Love & B'z~), Best Home Video Award (a BEAUTIFUL REEL. B'z LIVE-GYM 2002 GREEN ~GO★FIGHT★WIN~)
• 2004: Rock & Pop Album of the Year (BIG MACHINE)
• 2005: Best Home Video Award (Typhoon No.15 ~B'z LIVE-GYM The Final Pleasure "IT'S SHOWTIME!!" in Nagisaen~)
• 2006: Rock & Pop Albums of the Year (THE CIRCLE, B'z The Best "Pleasure II")
• 2009: Best 10 Albums Award (B'z The Best "ULTRA Pleasure")
• 2010: Best 5 Songs Award ("Ichibu to Zenbu")
• 2014: Best 5 Albums Award (B'z The Best XXV 1988-1998)

Others

• 1990: Japan Cable Awards' Most Requested Singer Award
• 1991: Japan Cable Awards' Most Requested Singer Award
• 1999: World Music Awards' Best Selling Japanese Artist of the Year
• 2007: Hollywood RockWalk Induction (B'z, first Asian artists inducted)
• 2010: 53rd Annual Grammy Awards' Best Pop Instrumental Album (Tak Matsumoto & Larry Carlton, TAKE YOUR PICK)
• 2010: Billboard Japan Music Awards' "Hot 100 of the Year 2009": #1 ("Ichibu to Zenbu")

Releases

Singles

No.	Cover	Single	Physical Copies Sold		Chart Positions			Certification
			FIRST WEEK	LIFETIME	WEEK	MONTH	YEAR
1		Dakara Sono Te wo Hanashite 1988.09.21	—	—	—	—	—
2		Kimi no Naka de Odoritai 1989.05.21	—	—	—	—	—
3		LADY-GO-ROUND 1990.02.21	6,080+	100,000+	39	—	—	Gold
4		BE THERE 1990.05.25	31,280+	348,000+	3	10	60	Platinum
5		Taiyou no Komachi Angel 1990.06.13	52,080+	464,000+	1	15	27	Platinum
6		Easy Come, Easy Go! 1990.10.03	96,690+	472,000+	1	4	28	Platinum
7		"Itoshii Hito yo" Good Night... 1990.10.24	92,500+	355,000+	1	1	62	Platinum
8		LADY NAVIGATION 1991.03.27	212,850+	1,173,000+	1	1	7	Million
9		ALONE 1991.10.30	381,340+	1,127,217+	1	1	10	Million
10		BLOWIN' 1992.05.27	586,580+	1,764,000+	1	1	3	Million
11		ZERO 1992.10.07	615,470+	1,311,000+	1	1	11	Million
12		Ai no Mama ni Wagamama ni Boku wa Kimi Dake wo Kizutsukenai 1993.03.17	725,340+	2,021,000+	1	1	2	2x Million
13		Hadashi no Megami 1993.06.02	778,336+	1,736,000+	1	1	5	Million
14		Don't Leave Me 1994.02.09	791,310+	1,444,000+	1	1	4	Million
15		MOTEL 1994.11.21	738,520+	1,316,000+	1	1	18	Million
16		Negai 1995.05.31	701,870+	1,499,000+	1	1	13	Million
17		love me, I love you 1995.07.07	455,360+	1,394,000+	1	1	14	Million
18		LOVE PHANTOM 1995.10.11	951,140+	1,862,000+	1	1	10	Million
19		Mienai Chikara ~INVISIBLE ONE~/MOVE 1996.03.06	715,620+	1,236,000+	1	1	11	Million
20		Real Thing Shakes 1996.05.15	606,360+	1,141,000+	1	1	12	Million
21		FIREBALL 1997.03.05	426,820+	1,000,000+	1	3	24	Million
22		Calling 1997.07.09	506,100+	1,000,020+	1	1	16	Million
23		Liar! Liar! 1997.10.08	469,200+	1,000,000+	1	1	20	Million
24		Samayoeru Aoi Dangan 1998.04.08	405,590+	1,000,000+	1	2	32	Million
25		HOME 1998.07.08	559,170+	1,000,000+	1	3	17	Million
26		girigiri chop 1999.06.09	501,910+	805,000+	1	3	19	3x Platinum
27		Konya Tsuki no Mieru Oka ni 2000.02.09	671,630+	1,129,000+	1	3	8	Million
28		May 2000.05.24	457,110+	695,000+	1	2	29	2x Platinum
29		juice 2000.07.12	452,790+	674,000+	1	3	31	2x Platinum
30		RING 2000.10.14	400,450+	546,000+	1	1	37	2x Platinum
31		ultra soul 2001.03.14	501,040+	876,000+	1	3	11	3x Platinum
32		GOLD 2001.08.08	400,020+	562,000+	1	2	27	2x Platinum
33		Atsuki Kodou no Hate 2002.06.05	370,730+	501,120+	1	1	14	2x Platinum
34		IT'S SHOWTIME!! 2003.03.26	308,262+	422,702+	1	1	12	Platinum
35		Yasei no ENERGY 2003.07.16	230,019+	304,756+	1	3	19	Platinum
36		BANZAI 2004.05.05	187,503+	281,907+	1	4	22	Platinum
37		ARIGATO 2004.09.01	188,000+	259,744+	1	1	27	Platinum
38		Ai no Bakudan 2005.03.09	200,023+	293,572+	1	1	27	Platinum
39		OCEAN 2005.08.10	265,000+	509,052+	1	2	7	2x Platinum
40		Shoudou 2006.01.25	202,000+	304,370+	1	1	22	Platinum
41		Yuruginai Mono Hitotsu 2006.04.12	160,593+	233,375+	1	—	33	Platinum
42		SPLASH! 2006.06.07	271,000+	330,164+	1	—	19	Platinum
43		Eien no Tsubasa 2007.05.09	152,778+	205,655+	1	—	26	Gold
44		SUPER LOVE SONG 2007.10.03	180,650+	232,772+	1	1	19	Gold
45		BURN -Fumetsu no Face- 2008.04.16	141,562+	194,970+	1	1	32	Gold
46		Ichibu to Zenbu/DIVE 2009.08.05	180,600+	379,602+	1	1	6	Platinum
47		MY LONELY TOWN 2009.10.14	180,723+	250,000+	1	1	20	Platinum
48		Sayonara Kizu Darake no Hibi yo 2011.04.13	130,195+	177,180+	1	3	44	Gold
49		Don't Wanna Lie 2011.06.01	168,917+	250,000+	1	1	28	Platinum
50		GO FOR IT, BABY -Kioku no Sanmyaku- 2012.04.04	143,402+	187,166+	1	4	34	Gold
51		Uchouten 2015.01.14	133,980+	—	1	2	—	Gold
52		RED 2015.06.10	—	—	—	—	—	Gold

Studio Albums

No.	Cover	Single	Physical Copies Sold		Chart Positions			Certification
			FIRST WEEK	LIFETIME	WEEK	MONTH	YEAR
1		B'z 1988.09.21	3,790+	338,360+	47	—	84 (1991)	Platinum
2		OFF THE LOCK 1989.05.21	4,590+	604,700+	33	—	65 (1991) 90 (1992)	2x Platinum
3		BREAK THROUGH 1990.02.21	41,700+	724,640+	3	—	49 (1990) 58 (1991)	3x Platinum
4		RISKY 1990.11.27	314,770+	1,695,900+	1	—	26 (1990) 10 (1991) 50 (1992)	Million
5		IN THE LIFE 1991.11.27	1,043,070+	2,402,970+	1 (2 Weeks)	—	2 (1992) 77 (1993)	2x Million
6		RUN 1992.10.28	1,190,380+	2,196,660+	1	—	6 (1992) 25 (1993)	2x Million
7		The 7th Blues 1994.03.02	1,049,900+	1,630,450+	1 (3 Weeks)	—	4	Million
8		LOOSE 1995.11.22	1,336,150+	3,003,210+	1	—	3	3x Million
9		SURVIVE 1997.11.19	1,040,160+	1,723,030+	1	—	10	Million
10		Brotherhood 1999.07.14	1,019,270+	1,391,850+	1	—	17	Million
11		ELEVEN 2000.12.06	756,910+	1,132,180+	1	—	19	Million
12		GREEN 2002.07.03	800,120+	1,131,788+	1	—	7	Million
13		BIG MACHINE 2003.09.17	500,237+	746,451+	1	—	12	3x Platinum
14		THE CIRCLE 2005.04.06	345,041+	557,783+	1	1	15	2x Platinum
15		MONSTER 2006.06.28	401,000+	539,708+	1	1	20	2x Platinum
16		ACTION 2007.12.05	292,987+	440,108+	1	5	36 (2007) 76 (2008)	Platinum
17		MAGIC 2009.11.18	340,630+	500,000+	1	1	13	2x Platinum
18		C'mon 2011.07.27	272,397+	383,428+	1	2 (July) 4 (August)	11	Platinum
19		EPIC DAY 2015.03.15	209,576+	274,208+	1	2	—	Platinum

Mini Albums

No.	Cover	Single	Physical Copies Sold		Chart Positions			Certification
			FIRST WEEK	LIFETIME	WEEK	MONTH	YEAR
1		BAD COMMUNICATION 1989.10.21	87,100+	1,182,010+	12	—	—	Million
2		WICKED BEAT 1990.06.21	101,250+	1,111,230+	3	—	—	Million
3		MARS 1991.05.29	664,010+	1,730,500+	1	—	—	Million
4		FRIENDS 1992.12.09	706,950+	1,355,530+	1	—	—	Million
5		FRIENDS II 1996.11.25	966,140+	1,466,650+	1	—	—	Million

Compilation Albums

No.	Cover	Single	Physical Copies Sold		Chart Positions			Certification
			FIRST WEEK	LIFETIME	WEEK	MONTH	YEAR
1		B'z The Best "Pleasure" 1998.05.20	2,709,530+	5,135,922+	1	1	1	5x Million
2		B'z The Best "Treasure" 1998.09.20	2,500,120+	4,438,742+	1 (3 Weeks)	1	2	4x Million
3		B'z The "Mixture" 2000.02.23	1,101,440+	1,499,810+	1	—	8	Million
4		The Ballads ~Love & B'z~ 2002.12.11	1,050,125+	1,713,726+	1	—	3	Million
5		B'z The Best "Pleasure II" 2005.11.30	762,000+	1,183,424+	1	—	5	Million
6		B'z The Best "ULTRA Pleasure" 2008.06.18	560,857+	1,000,000+	1	1	7	Million
7		B'z The Best "ULTRA Treasure" 2008.09.17	413,038+	750,000+	1	2	16	3x Platinum
8		B'z The Best XXV 1988-1998 2013.06.12	385,760+	567,004+	1 (2 Weeks)	1 (June) 15 (July)	2	2x Platinum
9		B'z The Best XXV 1999-2012 2013.06.12	377,290+	555,721+	2	2	3	2x Platinum

Specialty Albums

No.	Cover	Single	Physical Copies Sold		Chart Positions			Certification
			FIRST WEEK	LIFETIME	WEEK	MONTH	YEAR
1		B'z TV Style SONGLESS VERSION 1992.02.19	—	—	2	—	78
2		B'z TV STYLE II Songless Version 1995.02.20	—	—	17	—	—
3		UNOFFICIAL ALBUM Flash Back -B'z Early Special Titles- 1997.04.26	—	1,000,000+	2	—	22	Million
4		DEVIL 2002.04.23	—	—	—	—	—
5		The Complete B'z 2005.08.01	—	—	1	—	—
6		B'z — INTERNATIONAL EP 2007.04.03	—	—	—	—	—
7		B'z — ENGLISH ALBUM 2012.07.25	—	—	1 iTunes Japan	1 iTunes Japan	2 iTunes Japan

Home Videos

No.	Cover	Single	Physical Copies Sold		Chart Positions			Certification
			FIRST WEEK	LIFETIME	WEEK	MONTH	YEAR
1		FILM RISKY 1990.12.16	—	—	1	—	—
2		JUST ANOTHER LIFE 1991.12.11	—	—	1	—	—
3		LIVE RIPPER 1993.12.09 2001.03.14	—	—	1	—	—
4		"BUZZ!!" THE MOVIE 1996.01.01 2001.03.14	—	—	1	—	—
5		NON-RETAIL FANCLUB GIFT B'z OFFICIAL BOOTLEG 1998.09.21	—	—	—	—	—
6		FEATURE-LENGTH DOCUMENTARY The true meaning of "Brotherhood"? 1999.12.09 2001.03.14	—	—	1	—	—
7		once upon a time in Yokohama ~B'z LIVE GYM'99 "Brotherhood"~ August 2, 2000 March 14, 2001	—	—	1	—	—	Gold
8		a BEAUTIFUL REEL. B'z LIVE-GYM 2002 GREEN ~GO★FIGHT★WIN~ 2002.11.27	131,000	206,000+	1	—	—	Gold
9		Typhoon No.15 ~B'z LIVE-GYM The Final Pleasure "IT'S SHOWTIME!!" in Nagisaen~ 2004.02.25	167,000	259,000+	1	—	—	Gold
10		B'z LIVE-GYM 2006 "MONSTER'S GARAGE" 2006.12.20 2010.12.22	154,000	212,000+	1	—	—	Gold
11		B'z LIVE in Namba February 28, 2008	82,617	138,000+	1	—	—	Gold
12		NON-RETAIL FANCLUB GIFT B'z Official Bootleg Hidden Treasure ~Typhoon No.20~ 2008.09.21	—	—	—	—	—
13		B'z LIVE-GYM Hidden Pleasure ~Typhoon No.20~ 2008.12.10	133,221	180,000+	1	—	—	Gold
14		B'z LIVE-GYM Pleasure 2008 -GLORY DAYS- 2009.02.25 2010.12.22	142,050	179,000+	1	—	—	Gold
15		B'z LIVE-GYM 2010 "Ain't No Magic" at TOKYO DOME 2010.07.28	93,208	126,000+	1	—	—	Gold
16		B'z LIVE in Namba 2006 & B'z SHOWCASE 2007 -19- at Zepp Tokyo 2010.12.22	—	—	—	—	—
17		B'z LIVE-GYM 2011 -C'mon- 2012.05.30	53,009 55,681	69,000+ 66,000+	1 1	—	—	Gold
18		B'z LIVE-GYM 2008 -ACTION- 2013.01.30	31,401 42,141	43,000+ 51,000+	2 1	—	—	Gold
19		B'z LIVE-GYM 2005 -CIRCLE OF ROCK- 2013.02.27	54,858	69,000+	2	—	—
20		B'z LIVE-GYM 2001 -ELEVEN- 2013.03.27	51,047	63,000+	2	—	—
21		B'z LIVE-GYM Pleasure 2013 ENDLESS SUMMER -XXV BEST- 2014.01.29	53,858 73,667	70,000+ 88,000+	2 1	—	—	Gold