Janet Jackson, pictured below, sold 181,075 copies of her album this week putting her at the top of US Pop music charts. While we may only focus on music here in the U.S., other singers are doing just as well in other markets, and countries.

Boa Kwon (21), aka BoA, pictured above, has a new album, The Face which has hit number 1 in Japan. This is Boa’s 6th album to reach the top spot on Oricon’s Weekly Charts since her debut in 2001. However, if you include her Best of Soul album released in 2005, that’s a record of 7 number 1 albums. That is more than any other Japanese artist. BoA’s album, The Face sold 111,000 copies in a week. BoA is from South Korea, but also appeals to the Japanese market.

It would be nice to see a global music chart to see how each artist compares from around the world.