|  Oricon Yearly Charts for 2009's Top Artists according to Total Sales From 2008/12/22 to 2009/12/21 have been released! For those who are unfamiliar with Oricon's ranking method, the total sales include all singles, albums and DVD sales. The most purchased artist will receive the number one spot. So What Does the Picture above translate to? 1 - Arashi - 14,461,000,000 yen (≈160 million USD) 2 - EXILE - 12,932,000,000 yen (≈144 million USD) 3 - Tohoshinki (DBSK) - 6,895,000,000 yen (≈76 million USD) 4 - B'z - 5,374,000,000 yen (≈60 million USD) 5 - The Beatles - 5,200,000,000 yen (≈58 million USD) Congratulations to Arashi for being the most purchased group! With their immense popularity and hard work, they definitely deserve it! EXILE is also really great and their recent singles have been well produced. It is also not surprising that DBSK would rank in the top 5 since they are loved just about everywhere in Asia. Hopefully these artists will stick around long enough to make it on next year's charts! Credit: Oricon & yesaznmedia-news & linhkawaii | 
