UPDATE
Oricon single ranking, This year’s kanji was determinate 新(New)If you express music industry it must be 嵐. 2009 shows up Arashi’s great success. Following by domination of single no.1 & 2 at First part of year, My Girl that released November added no.3. This is 3rd group of domination of top 3 by single artist is since Pink Lady in 1979 and Genji Hikaru in 1988. Also Arashi got Everything in no.5. They accomplished first record that domination 4 tunes on top 5. Swinging tune, “Believe” and medium ballad “Ashita no Kioku” heart-warming My Girl and others, the way to express is different but each underlies a song to reach people. Their skill of message didn’t betray listeners that why this result and can’t deny this is the motivating force to dominate 2 straight years.
Oricon album ranking, Original albums and best albums engage in fierce competition. The one who got top was Arashi following by single ranking. “All the BEST! 1999-2009” that sums up debut 10th anniversary is first million selling for their and dominate also yearly album ranking. Their exiting single CD sales may evoke spotlight of their carrier. Seems there’s greatest number of music fans who are interested in Arashi.
Oricon Artist Total Sales ranking, Arashi who sold most each division of single, album & music DVD sold 14.66 billion yen. They got no.1 of Artist total sales. They dominated completely music industry of 2009. Each performance, pleasantness and briskness brought by the bond of 5 are full of charm that fascinate irrespective of age or sex. They did made such a big job at milestone of 10th anniversary. I’m expecting their 11th year performance.
press conf. aired FTV & TBS & TVA
S: I actually can’t believe it. But as many supported us, it was a year I felt happiness. M:I’m happy, honestly. O: I don’t feel this is about us. I feel like dreaming. N: We are group not jump up. do step up. So I want to make progress step by step.A: The vote that they listen our music can be tangible as figure. N: good luck! A: shut up! don’t bother me time to time.A: I’m so honored. next year too I do like to make step one by one. and next year maybe make 3 steps then… M: Can you make it short? N: too long. A: so next year too make 3 steps then 2 steps year after next. N: no more one by one step. suddenly it comes to 5 steps!! / M:what was impressed was, it was year that our Ohno-san got tanned more than more.O: I get pretty white by now. Q: Did you inform to your family about Kohaku participation? N: I told “I participate Kohaku.” they said “I know that.” / O: Chinen-kun sent me a mail to my birthday. “Happy birthday. Please do best Kohaku together.” M:It gets totally a mail from senior. Q: Kanji of year for you? A:嵐 N: you are explosively stupid! what happens today? I was surprised.A: I thought I told good one today. it is Arashi after all. it was first time I was told that explosively stupid for the first time. (MC tries to close.) M: we finish with this? / Q: Please close with message to fans. O: to “Japan”? N: What do you do send message to “Japan”? S:at least you can send message to “Japan”, O: Thank you all of “Japan” N: What’s this?
Value Press, male celebrityyou want to come to your end-year party, no.1 Arashi 20.2% no.2 Ryo Ishikawa 16.3 % no.3 Audrey 13.5%
Oricon style, Arashi exclusive interview. Q: at ceremony it seems like Aiba-kun was pleased most. A: Last year I couldn’t attend this ceremony (Ohno-kun and Sakurai-kun attended.) I saw the scene in article. so I’m so glad to attend ceremony today and interview was fun too. (grin) Q: so trophy weight must be special for you? A&N:hefty. A: this weight of 2 years.N: it was amazing that we got trophy for all of us. (trophy of 4 crowns and a certificate) it must be rare that all have trophies and certificate.M:in addition each is different prize. S: so I realized it was good to be 5. M: not 6 (grin) Q: this record must be hard to break. Is it you break the record? All:oh, no.. M: Once is enough. (grin) Q: You have archived 10th year with very good news. Do you have any goal as group to go forward to next 5 and 10 years? S: We don’t have form of goal. we talk always this kind of things. Q: Is it just like mental part? for example firing up your spirit. something like that? S: Leader says always…. O:… M: did you forget? (grin) O: Do never forget basics. S: so, we don’t have specially goal. this (accomplishment of 4 crowns) is too high, so this can’t be our goal. M: this can’t be made however you target. Honestly we are lucky. Q: Arashi, the group that got such prizes, what part of yourself mostly preferred by all do you esteem objectively? S: Often told is “Tunes are good.” so I think we got good tunes. As we don’t create songs so we got good staffs, I think. Q: I felt your obsessiveness of your music a lot. you put new tune in best album and put your comments to DVD too. M: This is because, as this year each member communicated well with staffs, and we checked each phase each other for one goal. Q: I thought you elaborate. as you don’t create best album just like memorial one.M: it was not making memorial CD. as it was started from “what kind of album of this year” “what do we make?” Q: I felt each music has your obsessiveness. That’s why each piece comes to be long sales building word of mouth about its reputation. M: I realize we supported by various people. Q: it is rare, the artist supported by old and young such vast range of generation. N: It must be total, it must be tune too but it must be fun to watch us? (grin) As today’s interview was completely just like the “Arashi”. I think it must be included this part too.M: I’m glad to get prize with CD and really pleased to get prize with DVD too. As 5x10 included PV of 10 years it seems saving money but you don’t watch PVs if you don’t really like this artist.also concert DVD, this is not piece of work you just pick. So I think this no.1 is amazing. so pleased. (grin) S: what we are told often, “I like you 5 together” as they like the balance of 5 including CD and DVD this comes to our strength I think. Q: and it was 20009 that there many people come out “In fact 'I’m Arashi fan”S: it is like hidden fans, something like that (grin) M: Why they’ve hid? After all 2009 it seems like Arashi got major finally at 10th year. (grin) all: boff S: and we comes back underground. (grin) N: then eclipse period starts. (grin) A: we can’t survive if we won’t go best.
Today’s Arashi Discovery & Recomen
Orista
blog, this week issue, secret of Arashi is Doubt action and Oricon yearly ranking report
This week Gantz filming is Hino-shi, Tokyo
Oricon news, Arashi got also artist total sales for the first time. “Oricon yearly ranking of 2009”announced on 18. A popular group Arashi award no.1 yearly sales of CD single, CS album and music DVD division. And thy received also “Artist total sales” who had highest total sales of single, album, DVD and blu-ray of year as 14,46 billion yen. They award first-ever 4 prizes. Domination of top 3 is since
Pink Lady in 1978 and
Genji Hikaru in 1988. they got 2 straight years of single top 1 & 2 and 4 songs ranked in top 5 is unprecedented. Single sale; no.1 Believe/Kumori nochi 657K, no.2 Ashita no Kioku/ Crazy Moon 621K, no.3 My Girl, 513K Best album; no.1 All the best!1999-2009 143.3K. DVD; no.1 5×10 All the BEST! CLIPS 1999-2009 591K, no.2 ARASHI AROUND ASIA 2008 in TOKYO 428K. It was Arashi who lead music industry this year was proved with this figure.
Oricon news, Sankei
Sankei NTV News 24 th anniversary year.>Sho Sakurai says “As staffs seems so happy I’m happy too.”
Yomiuri,
Mainichi,
Nikkan sports, Sho Sakurai says “We do thinking about reach to listeners not for record. I’m glad that this kind of record comes with us later.
TV
21:00-22:00 New watch 9, NHK Top ranking of hit song of 2009 something extraordinary happens▽2009年ヒット曲上位に異変が…その訳は
Arashi got top3 of single CD this year. But at Karaoke shop ranking there’s no songs released this year. And there’s no million hit song since 2008. This is due to music downloading and diversification of audiences’ taste.
25:05-25:20 Guest of Room #0, FTV
RADIO
6:50-6:55
Arashi Discovery Satoshi Ohno FM Yokohama Q:Ohno-kun what kind of hot pot food you like? Do you have any hot pot food recently? Hum, I like hot pot food. Me there is various hot pod food, after all I like simple one. Ordinarily… right. Just put food materials then eat with ponzu (Citrus Sauce) I must like ponzu, right? My family’s hot pot is really ordinary. Err… I like putting cod. I like cod. Right. I like search cod in pod. Ho ho ho. If there’re cods I eat them all. What is interesting? I do fishing. So fish seaperch, I cut it then make sashimi (cut row fish) then shabushabu (put in hot water) and eat with ponzu. That’s extremely good, right. Please try it.
24:00-24:30
Aiba Masaki's Recomen! Arashiremix Masaki Aiba a Bunka Hoso
Extract: The one I had accident at Odaka castle hall. It was during rehearsal. As this was aired Hey! Hey! Hey! at rehearsal, I had stomach hurt. I couldn’t take do I run for toilet but it was so close. I just did a little it must just 1/8 of your imagination. / beard, I ‘d like to try some day. C: but no many Johnny’s talent are bearded. A: actually some it’s depends of season. C: Do you have any rule of agency no to be bearded? A: I don’t have such contract with them. When I have several days off I get breaded as I don’t shave during days off. Leader used to be bearded finely. Have you been bearded Chika-san? C: I did many time. A: really I don’t realized it. C: you know we’ve been together for 8 years. / Kanji of year. A: after all it’s 嵐. As I wan to thank to many people. so 感謝 but his is 2 letter so, 感? 謝? 感 is actually to feel. It’s謝? C: but it’s actually apologizing too. A: so it’s better to feel so I pick感. As I want to feel. So this year’s letter for me嵐 or感. How about you? M:桃 A: what this mean? C: as Aiba-kun certified me as pink this year.
PRESS CONFERENCE
14:00 Oricon yearly ranking ceremony
MAGAZINE
Orista, Serial "Secret of ARASHI" , all
Non no serial "2/ Arashi" “Present of Arashi” Satoshi Ohno x Kazunari Ninomiya
CHECK
□ Arashi New version of poster and catalogue at AU shop, KDDI Design Studio
Arashi exhibition until end of December.
□ Pekepon next preview
□ Oricon press conf. at evening news
Upcomings
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