Japan is a country where acts make tons of money through high priced physical sales. Chart rankings are based on physical album, single, DVD and Blu Ray sales. This is the list of Oricon's annual best selling Korean acts between 2009 and 2019.

2009-TVXQ

$76.9 million USD

Overall annual ranking: #3 

2010-TVXQ

$112.1 million USD

Overall annual ranking: #2

2011-KARA

$63.2 million USD

Overall annual ranking: #5

2012-GIRLS' GENERATION

$51.4 million USD

Overall annual ranking: #7

2013-TVXQ

$34.4 million USD

Overall ranking: #6

2014-TVXQ

$35.6 million USD

Overall annual ranking: #5

2015-TVXQ

$26.4 million USD

Overall annual ranking: #4

2016-BIGBANG

$33.1 million

Overall annual ranking: #6

2017-BTS

$24.7 million USD

#overall ranking is not stated#

2018-BTS

$47 million USD

Overall annual ranking: #6

2019-TWICE

$47.4 million USD

Overall annual ranking: #4