List of Oricon number-one albums of 1991
The highest-selling albums in Japan are ranked in the weekly Oricon Albums Chart, which is published by Oricon Style magazine. The data are compiled by Oricon based on each albums' weekly physical sales. This list includes the albums that reached the number one place on that chart in 1991.[1] In 1991, 32 albums occupied the peak position on the chart.
Yumi Matsutoya's twenty-second studio album The Gates of Heaven became the best-selling album of 1991 despite not reaching number one during the year.[2] The album achieved two weeks atop the chart in 1990.[3][4]
Chart history
[edit]| Issue Date | Album | Artist(s) |
|---|---|---|
| January 14 | Princess Princess | Princess Princess |
| January 21 | ||
| January 28 | ||
| February 4 | K2C | Kome Kome Club |
| February 11 | ||
| February 18 | ||
| February 25 | ||
| March 4 | Start | Jun Sky Walker(s) |
| March 11 | Green | Midori Karashima |
| March 18 | Mind Universe | Shizuka Kudo |
| March 25 | Green | Midori Karashima |
| April 1 | Yamada Katsute Nai CD | Yamada Katsute Nai Wink Hoka |
| April 8 | ||
| April 15 | Higher Self | Kyosuke Himuro |
| April 22 | ||
| April 29 | Lindberg IV | Lindberg |
| May 6 | Kome Kome Club | Kome Kome Club |
| May 13 | ||
| May 20 | Lindberg IV | Lindberg |
| May 27 | Oh! Yeah! | Oda Kazumasa |
| June 3 | ||
| June 10 | Mars | B'z |
| June 17 | Scene II | Aska |
| June 24 | ||
| July 1 | Artisan | Tatsuro Yamashita |
| July 8 | Washing | Mariko Nagai |
| July 15 | Jealousy | X Japan |
| July 22 | Lucky | Misato Watanabe |
| July 29 | Chou-fleur | Takako Okamura |
| August 5 | Afropia | Kyōko Koizumi |
| August 12 | ||
| August 19 | ||
| August 26 | Scene II | Aska |
| September 2 | Calendar Girl | Ayumi Nakamura |
| September 9 | Edge of the Knife | Shogo Hamada |
| September 16 | Expo | TMN |
| September 23 | Lluvia | Miki Imai |
| September 30 | Kubojah: Parallel World I | Toshinobu Kubota |
| October 7 | Guitarhythm II | Tomoyasu Hotei |
| October 14 | Revolution | Hideaki Tokunaga |
| October 21 | Tree | Chage and Aska |
| October 28 | ||
| November 4 | ||
| November 11 | Extra Flight | Lindberg |
| November 18 | ||
| November 25 | Million Kisses | Dreams Come True |
| December 2 | Dawn Purple | Yumi Matsutoya |
| December 9 | In the Life | B'z |
| December 16 | Dolls in Action | Princess Princess |
| December 23 | Japan | Tsuyoshi Nagabuchi |
| December 30 |
References
[edit]- ^ "Index of charts". Archived from the original on 21 October 2014. Retrieved 3 September 2014.
- ^ "1991 Album Yearly Top 100". Archived from the original on 21 July 2014. Retrieved 12 December 2018.
- ^ "1990.12.3 Album Top 20". Retrieved 12 December 2018.
- ^ "1990.12.10 Album Top 20". Retrieved 12 December 2018.