Oricon released 11 ranking categories namely Single, Album, Artist Total Sales, DVD, Music DVD, Blu-ray, Blu-ray Music, Integrated Music DVD · Blu-ray, Single Anime, Anime Album and Digital Album with counting period December 26, 2016 ~ December 18, 2017.
Last year, this year AKB48 and Nogizaka46 re-entered TOP 5 artist with the most sales (revenue) throughout the year 2017.
The 50th Oricon Annual Ranking 2017 -Artist Total Sales
#1. Arashi: ¥ 10,868,000,000
#2. Amuro Namie: ¥ 9,428,000,000
#3. SMAP: ¥ 8,816,000,000
#4. Nogizaka46: ¥ 8,055,000,000 [2016. #3. Nogizaka46: ¥7,437,000,000]
#5. AKB48: ¥ 7,256,000,000 [2016. #4. AKB48: ¥6,947,000,000]
The 50th Oricon Annual Ranking 2017 - Single
#1. AKB48 - Negaigoto no Mochigusare <2017/5/31>: 1,391,691 copies
#2. AKB48 - #SukiNanda <2017/8/30>:1,123,444 copies
#3. AKB48 - 11gatsu no Anklet <2017/11/22>: 1,113,868 copies
#4. AKB48 - Shoot Sign <2017/3/15>: 1,086,412 copies
#5. Nogizaka46 - Nigemizu <2017/8/9>: 1,035,502 copies
#6. Nogizaka46 - Influencer <2017/3/22>:1,028,173 copies
#7. Nogizaka46 - Itsuka Dekirukara Kyou Dekiru <2017/10/11>: 961,276 copies
#8. Keyakizaka46 - Fukyouwaon <2017/4/5>: 768,141 copies
#9. Keyakizaka46 - Kaze ni Fukarete mo <2017/10/25>: 723,517 copies
The 50th Oricon Annual Ranking 2017 - Album
#4. AKB48 - Thumbnail <2017/1/25>:632,615 copies
#7. Nogizaka46 - Umaretekara Hajimete Mita Yume <2017/5/24>: 411,265 copies
#9. Keyakizaka46 - Masshiro na Mono ha Yogoshitakunaru <2017/7/19>: 366,525 copies
The 50th Oricon Annual Ranking 2017 - Music DVD
#31. Nogizaka46 - 4th YEAR BIRTHDAY LIVE 2016.8.28-30 JINGU STADIUM (Complete production limited edition) <2017/6/28>: 23,533 copies
The 50th Oricon Annual Ranking 2017 - Blu-ray
#38. Nogizaka46 - 4th YEAR BIRTHDAY LIVE 2016.8.28-30 JINGU STADIUM (Complete production limited edition) <2017/6/28>: 23,533 copies
The 50th Oricon Annual Ranking 2017 - Music Blu-ray
#13. Nogizaka46 - 4th YEAR BIRTHDAY LIVE 2016.8.28-30 JINGU STADIUM (Complete production limited edition) <2017/6/28>: 45,463 copies