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Originally Posted by Pieces_of_SEVEN
I never knew that, so they do keep track of the numbers for years after it's released...
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Well, basically ...
Let's say an album has sold 98k. It then disappears from the top 200. It's obviously still selling, just not enough to appear in the chart. Then, a couple of weeks later, there is a surge of sales because of a new single or a tour, or whatever. The album sells another 500 copies and reappears on position 190. Oricon will then count the amount of copies sold as 98.500, disregarding any sales the album made while NOT in the top 200.
They do keep track of these numbers, but they don't release 'em to the public :/