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The award ceremony of the 24th Japan Gold Disc Award was held. The award is chosen for music sales of CD and DVD and is major music awards held annually in Japan. Arashi (嵐) won the "Artist of the Year"in Japan for the first time.

Arashi's first best album "All the BEST! 1999-2009" released in 2009 won the first place in "Japanese Album" award. As to the sales of singles, their "Believe/kumori nochi kaisei (Believe / 曇りのち、快晴)" ranked first, with "My Girl/マイガール", "Everything" and "ashitanokioku/Crazy Moon～kimiwamuteki～ (明日の記憶/Crazy Moon～キミ・ハ・ムテキ～)" occupied four places out of Best 5. The total sales of their albums was 1.77 million copies, 2.45 million copies of singles, 3.07 million downloads of digital music and 1.14 million copies of videos.

With the surprising achievement, Arashi ended up winning decuple crowns in Single Section of the award and broke the record. Since two members, Ninomiya Kazunari (二宮和也) and Sakurai Sho (櫻井翔) couldn't make the award ceremony, group leader Ohno Satoshi (大野智) commented: "I want to show the trophy to the two who are not here. They will definitely be amazed!" And "We are honored. It isn't a dream, is it?" said Aiba Masaki (相葉雅紀). Matsumoto Jun revealed his happiness as well: "I love Beatles who won the first in International Section so much that I feel so honored. This trophy is very heavy to me."


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1. Yamashita Tomohisa - Loveless = 194451
2. EXILE - The Generation ~Futatsu no Kuchibiru~ = 43029
3. Arashi - My Girl = 42302
4. FUNKY MONKEY BABYS - Hero / Ashita e = 37677 
5. the HIATUS - Insomnia = 30489
6. YUKI - Cosmic Box = 20171 
7. Superfly - Dancing on the Fire = 17884
8. SLASH - Sahara - feat. Koshi Inaba = 16609 
9. MISIA - Aitakute Ima = 15804
10. Miliyah Kato - Why = 15189

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1. B'z - MAGIC = 340630
2. Shibasaki Kou - Love Paranoia = 41581
3. Michael Jackson - This Is It = 32660
4. Aya Hirano - Speed☆Star = 20342
5. Miyuki Nakajima - DRAMA! = 20094
6. Norah Jones - The Fall = 16258
7. Lady Gaga - The Monster = 14834
8. Otsuka Ai - Love is Best = 14018
9. Arashi - All the BEST! 1999-2009 = 13353 
10. Kiyoshi Hikawa - Enka Meikyoku Collection 11~Tokimeki no Rumba~ = 13295


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Popular idol group Arashi's music DVD has broken the records again. Released on October 28th, Arashi's '5X10 All the BEST! CLIPS 1999-2009' sold 73,000 copies in its second week, taking the number 2 spot on the November 16th Oricon rankings. The total sales have reached over 500,000 copies. In comparison, KAT-TUN's 'Real Face Film', released on January 22, 2007 sold a total of 476,000 copies after being released for almost 3 years. Arashi has broken the record sales in music DVD history, with the most sales recorded in a two week period.

'5X10 All the BEST!' sold 428,000 copies in the first week, earning the record of the highest first week sales, as well as the highest cumulative sales within a two week period.

In addition, new on the charts this week was idol group NEWS with their 'NEWS LIVE DIAMOND' DVD, which sold 142,268 copies, taking the first position in the ranking. The DVD was released on November 4th, becoming their fourth consecutive release that has reached number one. Their previous release, 'NEWS CONCERT TOUR pacific 2007-2008-THE FIRST TOKYO DOME CONCERT' sold 141,593 copies, breaking their own personal best record.


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1. Bon Jovi - The Circle = 67197
2. Michael Jackson - Michael Jackson This Is It = 66657
3. Sukima Switch - Nayuta to Fukashigi = 46384
4. Ayaka - ayaka's History 2006-2009 = 21306
5. Ryu Si Won - Kaleidoscope = 20476
6. Arashi - All the BEST! 1999-2009 = 17881
7. Nirvana - Live at Reading = 16704
8. ZEBRAHEAD - Panty Raid = 12484
9. Shibata Jun - Ghost Writer = 11881
10. Juliet - Fuyu Love = 11582


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Arashi, celebrating 10th anniversary, released a new DVD "5×10 All the BEST! CLIPS1999-2009," and ranked No.1 on 9.November in DVD sales. It is a new record as they have sold 428,000 copies, which exceeds even KAT-TUN's "Real Face Film" DVD with a total sale of 374,000 copies. Arashi broke another record of DVD sales, because it is the first time that a Music DVD exceeds 400,000 copies on the first day.

This DVD was released to celebrate 10th anniversary in addition to their best album "All the BEST! 1999-2009" in August. This collection (2 DVDs/ 31songs) includes all the music videos starting with their debut single "A・RA・SHI" from 1999, to "明日の記憶/Ashitano Kioku/Crazy Moon～キミ・ハ・ムテキ/Kimi・wa・muteki～" from 2009 with "Lucky Man". As as of today, 1,340,000 pieces have been sold, and it's bound to be a million-seller!


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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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1. Arashi - ５x 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)

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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1. ayaka - ayaka's History 2006-2009 = 348013
2. AI - Best A.I. = 63316 
3. Superfly - Box Emotions = 38584 
4. Arashi - All the BEST! 1999-2009 = 36031
5. Kuraki Mai - All my Best = 28828 
6. Takeshi Tsuruno - Tsuru no Oto = 28370 
7. Ne-Yo - NE-YO: The Collection = 20686 
8. BENI - Bitter and Sweet = 13860 
9. mihimaru GT - The Best Selection of Asia = 12602 
10. Various Artists - m-flo Tribute maison de m-flo = 9464 

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