AKB48 tops the 2014 annual album rankings with their 5th album Tsugi no Ashiato selling over 1,041,000 copies. The album, in addition to containing their singles and many new songs, is tied to member 2-shot photo events. Landing at #2 is the ultra popular animated movie FROZEN (Anna and the Snow Queen) sound track album that charted in the top 10 for an amazing 24 straight weeks.
Read on for the complete top 10 albums for 2014.
Albums ranking December 9th 2013 – December 7th 2014*
| Rank | Group/Artist | Single Title | Released | Sold |
| 1 | AKB48 | Tsugi no Ashiato | Jan 22nd | 1,041,355 |
| 2 | VA | FROZEN: Anna and the Snow Queen Soundtrack | March 12th | 980,383 |
| 3 | Arashi | THE DIGITALIAN | Oct 22nd | 784,933 |
| 4 | Namie Amuro | Ballada | June 4th | 431,356 |
| 5 | NMB48 | Sekai no Chushin wa Osaka ya ~ Namba Jichiku ~ | Aug 13th | 397,661 |
| 6 | J Soul Brothers | THE BEST / BLUE IMPACT | Jan 1st | 347,363 |
| 7 | Fukuyama Masaharu | HUMAN | April 2nd | 344,036 |
| 8 | EXILE TRIBE | REVOLUTION | Aug 27th | 333,998 |
| 9 | KANJANI8 | Kanjanizm | Nov 5th | 327,752 |
| 10 | Kis-My-Ft2 | HIT! HIT! HIT! | March 26th | 293,309 |
*Oricon annual ranking 2014 period December 9th 2013 – December 7th 2014
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Source: Oricon
