Arashi sweeps 2009 sales rankings
I know, everybody already knows this... but I can't help it! I have to publish this also on my journal :D
from Tokyograph...
Oricon's year-end sales rankings for 2009 are out, and the results confirm that Arashi is the top selling artist of the year.
They had the #1 single, the #1 album, the #1 music DVD, and were #1 for the first time in artist total sales.
In the 42 years of Oricon's history, no one else has topped all four categories in the same year.
Counting sales of singles, albums, music DVDs, and music Blu-ray Discs, Arashi grossed a total of more than 14.46 billion yen.
At #2 this year was EXILE, who topped the list in 2008 with 19.58 billion yen in total sales.
Note: I can't really understand this number... I have to write it again °_°
14.46 billion yen = 14.460.000.000 ¥ = 155.715.875 $ = 108.218.640 € (change at 5th Jan 2010)
...108 milioni di Euro... sticà!
In single sales, Arashi had the #1, #2, #3, and #5 releases:
#1"Believe / Kumori Nochi, Kaisei"656,676 units sold#2"Kimi wa Muteki / Crazy Moon"620,557 units sold#3"My Girl"513,186 units sold#5"Everything"423,004 units sold
The only other artists to occupy the top three spots were Pink Lady in 1978 and Hikaru Genji in 1988.
Arashi are the first to have four of the top five, as well as the first to hold the top two spots in back-to-back years.
In 2008 they topped single chart sales with:
#1
"truth / Kaze no Mukou e"618,229 units sold
#2
"One Love"524,629 units sold
Their "All the BEST! 1999-2009" album sold over 1.43 million copies:
#1"All the BEST! 1999-2009"1,432,781 units sold
In DVD sales, they were #1 and #2 with:
#1"5x10 All the BEST! CLIPS 1999-2009"590,642 units sold#2"ARASHI AROUND ASIA 2008 in TOKYO"428,256 units sold
More complete ranking lists are available on the Oricon website.
from Tokyograph...
Oricon's year-end sales rankings for 2009 are out, and the results confirm that Arashi is the top selling artist of the year.
They had the #1 single, the #1 album, the #1 music DVD, and were #1 for the first time in artist total sales.
In the 42 years of Oricon's history, no one else has topped all four categories in the same year.
Counting sales of singles, albums, music DVDs, and music Blu-ray Discs, Arashi grossed a total of more than 14.46 billion yen.
At #2 this year was EXILE, who topped the list in 2008 with 19.58 billion yen in total sales.
Note: I can't really understand this number... I have to write it again °_°
14.46 billion yen = 14.460.000.000 ¥ = 155.715.875 $ = 108.218.640 € (change at 5th Jan 2010)
...108 milioni di Euro... sticà!
In single sales, Arashi had the #1, #2, #3, and #5 releases:
#1"Believe / Kumori Nochi, Kaisei"656,676 units sold#2"Kimi wa Muteki / Crazy Moon"620,557 units sold#3"My Girl"513,186 units sold#5"Everything"423,004 units sold
The only other artists to occupy the top three spots were Pink Lady in 1978 and Hikaru Genji in 1988.
Arashi are the first to have four of the top five, as well as the first to hold the top two spots in back-to-back years.
In 2008 they topped single chart sales with:
#1
"truth / Kaze no Mukou e"618,229 units sold
#2
"One Love"524,629 units sold
Their "All the BEST! 1999-2009" album sold over 1.43 million copies:
#1"All the BEST! 1999-2009"1,432,781 units sold
In DVD sales, they were #1 and #2 with:
#1"5x10 All the BEST! CLIPS 1999-2009"590,642 units sold#2"ARASHI AROUND ASIA 2008 in TOKYO"428,256 units sold
More complete ranking lists are available on the Oricon website.