Oricon revealed the "Yearly Market Report" which summarized the total sales for music and software for the year of 2012.

This year, Avex Group Holdings Inc. has topped the "market share by record label" category with the total sales figure of �48,660,000,000 ($540,366,183 USD and 14.9% of the market share) which is an improvement of 116.8% over 2011. This is the first time in 4 years for Avex to top the ranking.

In 2011, there were 4 works that had sales of over �1,000,000,000 ($11,104,935 USD) in avex, however, in 2012, it was increased to 9 works that include EXILE's 2 albums and 2 music DVDs. Amuro Namie, Kis-My-Ft2, and Hamasaki Ayumi's albums as well as the music DVD of Tohoshinki and Kis-My-Ft2. SKE48 also contributed as 3 of their singles made over �700,000,000 each and their 1st album made �690,000,000 as well.

Moreover, 6 labels in the TOP 10 saw an increase in sales in 2012. King Records, for example stayed at #4 which was the same as the previous year, but their sales number increased by �1,800,000,000 ($19,988,884 USD). Apparently, not only AKB48, but Momoiro Clover Z also contributed to this as they moved up from #103 to #14 in the "market share by artist" category. Toy's Factory also jumped from #11 to #9, doubling the sales figure compared to 2011, as Mr.Children's 2 best-of albums became a hit by selling over a million copies each.

Check out the list below.

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In brackets (%)- Market Share

1. Avex Group Holdings - �48,663,600,000 (14.9%)
2. Sony Music Entertainment - �47,201,500,000 (14.4%)
3. Universal Music - �30,922,700,000 (9.5%)
4. King Records - �23,038,800,000 (7.0%)
5. J-Storm - �17,795,800,000 (5.4%)
6. EMI Music Japan - �17,042,300,000 (5.2%)
7. Warner Music Japan - �16,178,500,000 (4.9%)
8. Victor Entertainment - �15,206,600,000 (4.6%)
9. Toy's Factory - �14,610,400,000 (4.5%)
10. Pony Canyon - �7,663,000,000 (2.3%)

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Source & Image: Oricon