This is a list of the best-selling singles in 2016 in Japan, physical sales are taken from Oricon.[1] Digital sales are taken from the certifications of RIAJ in 2016.[2]
| Ranking | Single | Artist | Physical | Digital | TOTAL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "Tsubasa wa Iranai" | AKB48 | 1,519,387 | 1,519,387 | |
| 2 | "Kimi wa Melody" | AKB48 | 1,294,962 | 1,294,962 | |
| 3 | "LOVE TRIP/Shiawase wo Wakenasai" | AKB48 | 1,213,660 | 1,213,660 | |
| 4 | "High Tension" | AKB48 | 1,202,533 | 1,202,533 | |
| 5 | "Umi no Koe" | Kenta Kiritani | 1,000,000 | 1,000,000 | |
| 6 | " Sayonara no Imi" | Nogizaka46 | 910,811 | 910,811 | |
| 7 | "Hadashi de Summer" | Nogizaka46 | 851,229 | 851,229 | |
| 8 | "I Seek / Daylight" | ARASHI | 828,533 | 828,533 | |
| 9 | "Harujion ga Saku Koro " | Nogizaka46 | 828,315 | 828,315 | |
| 10 | "Zenzenzense" | RADWIMPS | 750,000 | 750,000 | |
| 11 | "Koi" | Gen Hoshino | 190,348 | 500,000 | 690,348 |
| 12 | "Kuchibiru ni Be My Baby" | AKB48 | 182,786 | 500,000 | 682,786 |
| 13 | "Silent Majority" | Keyakizaka46 | 376,871 | 250,000 | 626,871 |
| 14 | "Fukkatsu Love" | ARASHI | 541,121 | 541,121 | |
| 15 | "Hanataba o Kimi ni" | Hikaru Utada | 500,000 | 500,000 | |
| 16 | "Power of the Paradise" | ARASHI | 471,619 | 471,619 | |
| 17 | "Futari Sezon" | Keyakizaka46 | 467,845 | 467,845 | |
| 18 | "Sekai ni Hitotsu Dake no Hana" | SMAP | 439,774 | 439,774 | |
| 19 | "Sekai ni wa Ai Shika Nai" | Keyakizaka46 | 392,719 | 392,719 | |
| 20 | "Chicken Line" | SKE48 | 365,328 | 365,328 | |
| Blank means no respective version was released or no certification in this year. | |||||