<page_title> List of best-selling albums in Japan </page_title> <section_title> List of best-selling albums by domestic acts </section_title> <table> <cell> First Love <col_header> Album </col_header> <row_header> 1 </row_header> </cell> <cell> Hikaru Utada <col_header> Artist </col_header> <row_header> 1 </row_header> </cell> <cell> 10 March 1999 <col_header> Released </col_header> <row_header> 1 </row_header> </cell> <cell> B'z The Best "Pleasure" <col_header> Album </col_header> <row_header> 2 </row_header> </cell> <cell> 20 May 1998 <col_header> Released </col_header> <row_header> 2 </row_header> </cell> <cell> 5,136,000 <col_header> Sales </col_header> <row_header> 2 </row_header> </cell> </table>
B'z The Best "Pleasure" sold more than 5 million copies in 1998 alone, making it a temporary best-selling album in Japanese music history, until being surpassed by Utada Hikaru's First Love in 1999.