Arashi is #1 in 2009!
おめでとうございます！
No.1 in Album year charts with All the BEST！1999-2009 (1,240,000 in 5 weeks!!)
No.1 in Single year charts with Believe/Kumorinochi Kaisei (655,000)
No.1 in DVD year charts with Arashi Around Asia 2008 in Tokyo (401,000)
They passed Mr Children albun, that was the #1 in Album ranking with 1,239,000 copies. Arashi sold 1,240,000 copies of All the Best already!
Arashi tops '09 album sales
Arashi's "All the BEST! 1999-2009" has just captured the crown for the highest sales of any album in 2009. The collection has now sold 1.240 million copies, barely passing Mr.Children's "SUPERMARKET FANTASY."
"All the BEST!" sold 753,000 copies in the first week after its release on August 19, setting this year's record for first-week sales. Now, in its fifth week, it sold 40,000 more copies to push it past the 1.239 million total of Mr.Children's album. That one, however, has been on sale for 41 weeks, starting in December 2008.
Arashi already holds this year's current highest selling single ("Believe / Kumori Nochi, Kaisei" with 655,000 copies) and music DVD ("ARASHI AROUND ASIA 2008 in Tokyo" with 401,000 copies).
Source: Oricon, translated by Tokyograph
嵐ベスト、5週間で2009年アルバムセールスNo.1 ~ Oricon
嵐ベスト盤１２４万枚到達！０９年トップに ~ Sanspo
人気グループ、嵐の２枚組ベスト盤「Ａｌｌ ｔｈｅ ＢＥＳＴ！ １９９９-２００９」が２１日、発売５週で売り上げ１２４万枚に到達し、オリコンランキングの０９年アルバムセールスのトップに立った。またシングル部門、ミュージックＤＶＤ部門の各年間セールスでもトップに立ち、現時点で０９年のアーティスト３冠に躍り出た。