[NEWS] Arashi's DVD Breaks Records at 420,000 Copies



Super popular idol group Arashi released their latest DVD, 5x10 All the BEST! CLIPS on the 28th last month. Selling 428,000 copies, they broke the previous record held by Kat-Tun for their March 2006 release of Real Face Film. Not only did they set a new record, but their 5x10 All the BEST! CLIPS is the first music DVD to sell past 400,000 copies. It comes as no surprise that Arashi took the top spot on the Oricon Charts for November 9th. Similar to their compilation album, All the BEST! 1999-2009, released back in August, the DVD is to commemorate Arashi's 10th anniversary.


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[INFO] Oricon Albums Monthly Ranking (October 2009)



1. ayaka - ayaka's History 2006-2009 = 354674
2. Backstreet Boys - This is Us = 199968
3. Yuzu - Furusato = 181006
4. GLAY - The Great Vacation Vol.2 ~Super Best Of GLAY~ = 151385
5. MADONNA - Celebration = 139490
6. Aqua Timez - The BEST of Aqua Timez = 136151
7. Hexagon All Stars - We Love 2009 Hexagon = 97091
8. Michael Jackson - Michael Jackson This Is It = 73709
9. m-flo - M-F10 ~10th Anniversary Best~ = 68518
10. Arashi - All the BEST! 1999-2009 = 64276

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[NEWS] Best Jeanist: Kamenashi, Koda win fourth



The 26th annual Best Jeanist awards were presented on Sunday. For the fourth consecutive year, KAT-TUN member Kazuya Kamenashi and singer Kumi Koda were voted #1 in the public selection category.

More than 70,000 votes were counted between October of last year and this past August. Kamenashi won another clear victory with almost 26,000 votes, while Arashi's Masaki Aiba came in second with about 8,500 votes. Koda, on the other hand, received 7,000 votes to beat aiko (5,500 votes).

This gives both Koda and Kamenashi a chance to win their fifth awards next year, which will place them in the "hall of fame" and remove them from future ballots. So far, Takuya Kimura, Tsuyoshi Kusanagi, and Ayumi Hamasaki have been put in the hall of fame.

For the committee selection awards, the winners were Miyuki Hatoyama (the wife of Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama), DAIGO, and the group SPEED. In the international category, which was established last year, Taiwanese actor Jerry Yan received the award.


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[NEWS] Charts: KinKi Kids, Michael Jackson, Arashi



The latest KinKi Kids single, "Swan Song," ranked #1 on the charts this past week with more than 160,000 in sales. This is their 29th consecutive number-one single, starting with their debut in 1997.

UVERworld's newest song was #2 on the charts, followed by Nana Mizuki and Morning Musume. BoA also made the top ten with her new single at #8.

On the albums chart, Michael Jackson's "This Is It" was #1, selling close to 74,000 copies. Also in the top ten were The Gospellers (#2), The Cro-Magnons (#5), JAY'ED (#6), Junichi Inagaki (#9), and Chihiro Onitsuka (#10).

Meanwhile, Arashi's new DVD "5x10 All the BEST! CLIPS 1999-2009" took the top spot on the overall DVD charts. At 428,000 copies sold, it set the record for highest first-week sales of a music DVD, surpassing the 374,000 of KAT-TUN's "Real Face Film" in 2006.


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[INFO] Oricon DVD Weekly Ranking (9 November 2009)



  1. Arashi - x 10 All the Best! CLIPS 1999-2009
  2. EXILE – EXILE LIVE TOUR 2009 “The Monster”
  3. TVXQ - HISTORY in JAPAN vol. 4
  4. Tom Hanks – Angles and Demons Collector’s Edition
  5. Animation – Secong volume ambivalence MAIMAI Bakemonogatari (Limited Edition)

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[INFO] Oricon Albums Daily Ranking (11.02.2009)



1. Bon Jovi - The Circle = 7477
2. Michael Jackson - Michael Jackson This Is It = 6609
3. Sukima Switch - Nayuta to Fukashigi = 5571
4. Ryu Si Won - Kaleidoscope
5. Ayaka - ayaka's History 2006-2009
6. Arashi - All the BEST! 1999-2009
7. Shibata Jun - Ghost Writer
8. Nirvana - Live at Reading
9. GLAY - The Great Vacation Vol.2 ~Super Best Of GLAY~
10. Hexagon All Stars - We Love Hexagon II


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[NEWS] Arashi's Live Special Peaks at 29.8%



Japanese idol group Arashi held a three hour live special yesterday to celebrate their 10th anniversary. The special, which began at 7pm, was titled 'Odoroki no Arashi! The Century's Biggest Experiments! Impossible Feats SP and Miracle Experiments Live Broadcast!' (from NTV). According to numbers from video research, the average ratings from the Kanto region was at 23.5%, peaking at a record of 29.8%. Airing at the same time was the Japan Series baseball game between the Yomiuri Giants and the Nippon Ham Fighters, which had average ratings of 16.4% on Fuji TV.

The three-hour live broadcast wrapped up Arashi CHALLENGE★week (from October 25th to November 1st), in which Arashi took over NTV studios for more than 50 hours of broadcast to mark their 10th anniversary. They specially prepared a flying stage and introduced 3D effects to their performance by using enhanced glasses.

In the Japan Series, Nippon Ham pitcher Darvish made his return to the mound after battling injuries. In addition, the drama 'JIN' airing on TBS at 9pm, maintained the same ratings from the previous week at 17.2%.


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[NEWS] Arashi Members Appear in TV Ads: Attend Press Conference



On October 29th the Arashi members Ohno Satoshi and Aiba Masaki attended the press announcement of several TV commercials that promote a new line of cell phones. In the TV ads the five Arashi members appear wearing all-black outfits. They discuss freely the selling points of the new mobile phones. During the conference Ohno and Aiba displayed a newly added feature of one of the cell phones; it enables the user to take 20 photos in rapid succession. Ohno was impressed, and seemed eager to try out a 'new career'. "I never realized cell phones have become so advanced! Maybe I should become a photographer."

Aiba immediately cut in. "Johnny's members aren't allowed to have side jobs!" Everyone at the conference chuckled. Aiba said that they had filmed four different versions of the commercials, and he was very pleased with the results. "I think we were able to act naturally. They don't look scripted."

In one of the versions Arashi check out a slide type phone that has the thinnest body among all phones sold by the company. The members say "It's so thin it almost feels like it doesn't exist. Hey, that's just like our leader's [Ohno's] stage presence!" Ohno acts as if he were really pained and sits on the floor dejectedly. "Yeah, I really don't have much of a stage presence. It's the perfect phone for me."

With the abovementioned version of the TV ad in mind, Aiba tried to 'mend fences' by praising Ohno. "Actually, he [Ohno] is always looking out for the other members. He's the leader, and a vital part of the team."

At the conference Aiba and Ohno also competed in a penalty shootout. They told reporters that they had no experience playing soccer. They went head to head twice and both matches ended with a draw. The two members said "Let's play another game so we can decide who's better!" As the staff scrambled to prepare for another match, Aiba said "Are we running out of time? [To the reporters] Please wait a moment!" As with the filming, they seemed at ease during the press conference! Lastly they commented that they were able to promote the cell-phones in a 'natural way' without getting pushy.


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