List of Oricon number-one singles of 2010

The highest-selling singles in Japan are ranked in the Oricon Weekly Chart, which is published by Oricon Style magazine.^[1] The data are compiled by Oricon based on each singles' weekly physical sales.^[2] In 2010 25 singles reached number-one.

Chart history

Issue Date	Singles	Artist(s)	Reference(s)
January 4	"Gift (White)"	Kanjani Eight	[3]
January 18	"You Were.../Ballad"	Ayumi Hamasaki	[4]
January 25	"Phantom Minds"	Nana Mizuki	[5]
February 1	"Gloria"	Yui	[6]
February 8	"Break Out!"	TVXQ	[7]
February 15	"Modorenai Ashita" (戻れない明日; Tomorrow When I Can't Come Back)	Aiko	[8]
February 22	"Love Yourself (Kimi ga Kirai na Kimi ga Suki)"	KAT-TUN	[9]
March 1	"Sakura no Shiori"	AKB48	[10]
March 8	"Hitomi no Screen"	Hey! Say! JUMP	[11]
March 15	"Troublemaker"	Arashi	[12]
March 22	"Lion" (ライオン, Raion)	Yusuke	[13]
March 29	"AkKanbe Bashi" (アッカンベー橋; Akkanbē Bridge)	Watarirouka Hashiritai	[14]
April 5	"Toki o Tomete"	TVXQ	[15]
April 12	"Sakura Girl" (さくらガール, Sakura Gāru; Cherry Blossom Girl)	NEWS	[16]
April 19	"Yūki 100%"	NYC	[17]
April 26	"Happy"	Bump of Chicken	[18]
May 3	"Mahō no Ryōri (Kimi Kara Kimi e)"		[19]
May 10	"Go! Go! Maniac"	Ho-kago Tea Time[broken anchor]	[20]
May 17	"Aitai Riyū/Dream After Dream (Yume Kara Sameta Yume)"	AAA	[21]
May 24	"Going!"	KAT-TUN	[22]
May 31	"Monster"	Arashi	[23]
June 7	"Ponytail to Chouchou"	AKB48	[24]
June 14	"To Mother"	Yui	[25]
June 21	"Ring a Ding Dong"	Kaela Kimura	[26]
June 28	"Haruka"	Tokio	[27]
July 5	"Okay"	Koshi Inaba	[28]
July 12	"Wonderful World!!"	Kanjani Eight	[29]
July 19	"To Be Free"	Arashi	[30]
July 26	"Moon/Blossom"	Ayumi Hamasaki	[31]
August 2	"Kokoro no Hane" (心の羽根; Wings of the Heart)	Team Dragon From AKB48	[32]
August 9	"One in a Million"	Tomohisa Yamashita	[33]
August 16	"This Is Love"	SMAP	[34]
August 23	"Hotaru/Shōnen"	Masaharu Fukuyama	[35]
August 30	"Heavy Rotation"	AKB48	[36]
September 6	"Life (Me no Mae no Mukou e)"	Kanjani Eight	[37]
September 13	"Only Dreaming/Catch"	V6	[38]
September 20	"Love Rainbow"	Arashi	[39]
September 27	"Motto Tsuyoku" (もっと強く; Stronger)	Exile	[40]
October 4	"Crossroad"	Ayumi Hamasaki	[41]
October 11	"L"		[42]
October 18	"Dear Snow"	Arashi	[43]
October 25	"Uchūhikōshi e no Tegami/Motorcycle" (宇宙飛行士への手紙/モーターサイクル; Letter to Astronaut/Mōtāsaikuru)	Bump of Chicken	[44]
November 1	"Yoku Asobi Yoku Manabe" (よく遊びよく学べ; Lots of Play, Lots of Study)	NYC	[45]
November 8	"Beginner"	AKB48	[46]
November 15	"Fighting Man"	NEWS	[47]
November 22	"Hatenai Sora"	Arashi	[48]
November 29	"Change Ur World"	KAT-TUN	[49]
December 6	"Ai wa Takaramono" (愛はタカラモノ; Love Is Treasure)	Tackey & Tsubasa	[50]
December 13	"Family (Hitotsu ni Naru Koto)" (Family ～ひとつになること; Family (To Become One))	KinKi Kids	[51]
December 20	"Chance no Junban"	AKB48	[52]
December 27	"Arigatō (Sekai no Doko ni Ite mo)"	Hey! Say! JUMP	[53]