The Oricon Albums Chart is the Japanese music industry standard albums popularity chart issued daily, weekly, monthly and yearly by Oricon.
Oricon originally published LP, CT, Cartridge and CD charts prior to the establishment of the Oricon Albums Chart on October 5, 1987.
A Digital Albums Chart based on download sales was established on November 19, 2016.
[1] On December 24, 2018, Oricon introduced a Combined Albums Chart based on album-equivalent units.
Oricon's rankings of record sales are therefore not completely accurate.