CONGRATS!! OMEDETOU!!!
congrats to arashi on doing and finishing their 10th year anniversary with amazing results!!
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Arashi is the first ever "CD, DVD 4 category champions" ~ Monopolising the top 3 spots of the singles charts for the first time...
The "42nd Oricon Yearly Rankings 2009" were announced on the 18th, and popular group Arashi has topped the singles, albums and music DVD categories, and has furthermore received the "Artist Top Sales" (ATS) award with 14.46 billion yen worth of total sales in the singles, albums, music DVD, music Blu-ray Disc categories, becoming the first ever "CD DVD 4 category champions". Also, their monopolization of the top 3 spots on the singles chart [...] and the first ever to monopolize the top 2 spots on the singles charts for two years running, as well as the first to have 4 releases rank in the top 5.
In the 2008 rankings, Arashi monopolized the top 2 spots on the yearly single charts, becoming the first artist to do so in 19 years since female rock band Princess Princess, but this year they have outdone themselves to monopolize the top 3 spots. Starting from #1, "Believe/Kumori Nochi, Kaisei" (657,000; released in March: contains the theme song to movie "Yatterman" starring Sakurai Sho), "Ashita no Kioku/Crazy Moon ~Kimi wa Muteki~" (621,000; released in May: contains the theme song to drama "The Quiz Show" starring Sakurai Sho), and their latest single, the theme song to Aiba Masaki's lead-role drama "My Girl", "My Girl" (513,000; released in November), each are theme songs for dramas or movies, reflecting their activities in various arenas this year.
Also, the best-of album "All the BEST! 1999-2009" (1,433,000; released in August) was #1 on the yearly album charts, and the PV collection "5x10 All the BEST! CLIPS 1999-2009" (591,00; released in October) and live DVD "ARASHI AROUND ASIA 2009 in TOKYO" (428,000; released in March) clinched the #1 and #2 spots on the yearly music DVD charts. This is the first time Arashi has topped the album or music DVD yearly charts. Including their first ATS award, these numerous records are proof that Arashi had led the music scene this 2009.
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i saw this on arashi_on here and am too excited and in awe to really type any that would suit this event!!
so i'm just copying and pasting the part that i liked the most...
Arashi is the first ever "CD, DVD 4 category champions" ~ Monopolising the top 3 spots of the singles charts for the first time...
The "42nd Oricon Yearly Rankings 2009" were announced on the 18th, and popular group Arashi has topped the singles, albums and music DVD categories, and has furthermore received the "Artist Top Sales" (ATS) award with 14.46 billion yen worth of total sales in the singles, albums, music DVD, music Blu-ray Disc categories, becoming the first ever "CD DVD 4 category champions". Also, their monopolization of the top 3 spots on the singles chart [...] and the first ever to monopolize the top 2 spots on the singles charts for two years running, as well as the first to have 4 releases rank in the top 5.
In the 2008 rankings, Arashi monopolized the top 2 spots on the yearly single charts, becoming the first artist to do so in 19 years since female rock band Princess Princess, but this year they have outdone themselves to monopolize the top 3 spots. Starting from #1, "Believe/Kumori Nochi, Kaisei" (657,000; released in March: contains the theme song to movie "Yatterman" starring Sakurai Sho), "Ashita no Kioku/Crazy Moon ~Kimi wa Muteki~" (621,000; released in May: contains the theme song to drama "The Quiz Show" starring Sakurai Sho), and their latest single, the theme song to Aiba Masaki's lead-role drama "My Girl", "My Girl" (513,000; released in November), each are theme songs for dramas or movies, reflecting their activities in various arenas this year.
Also, the best-of album "All the BEST! 1999-2009" (1,433,000; released in August) was #1 on the yearly album charts, and the PV collection "5x10 All the BEST! CLIPS 1999-2009" (591,00; released in October) and live DVD "ARASHI AROUND ASIA 2009 in TOKYO" (428,000; released in March) clinched the #1 and #2 spots on the yearly music DVD charts. This is the first time Arashi has topped the album or music DVD yearly charts. Including their first ATS award, these numerous records are proof that Arashi had led the music scene this 2009.
Source: oricon
it is also talked about here