Tatsuro Yamashita achieves historic Oricon milestone with sixth decade of number-one albums

Tatsuro Yamashita has achieved a historic milestone on the Oricon Weekly Album Ranking with his latest release, ‘JOY 2’. At 73 years and 9 months old, he is the first artist in Oricon history to secure number-one albums across six different decades: his 20s, 30s, 40s, 50s, 60s, and 70s.

This marks Yamashita’s 13th number-one album, tying him with Masaharu Fukuyama for the most number-one albums by a male solo artist. The album, which is his first live album in 37 years, features 38 tracks selected from his tours between 2008 and 2025.

In the Oricon Weekly Single Ranking, the group Sakurazaka46 reached number one with their latest single, ‘Ai MUST BE’. This is their seventh consecutive number-one single and 15th overall. The single recorded first-week sales of 565,000 copies, setting a record for the highest first-week sales by a female artist in the current fiscal year.