Charts: Arashi, Masaharu Fukuyama

Arashi's 27th single, "Everything," took #1 on the charts this week with over 342,000 copies sold. With this, Arashi has the three best first-week single sales of 2009: "Ashita no Kioku / Crazy Moon" (502,487), "Believe / Kumori Nochi, Kaisei" (501,988), and "Everything" (342,070).

TVXQ's new single also did well at 182,000 in sales, taking the #2 spot. flumpool, C-ute, Gackt, and John-Hoon also made the top ten with new songs.

In the album charts, Masaharu Fukuyama easily captured #1 with "Zankyo," his first original album in close to three years. "Zankyo" sold 261,000 copies, far more than the latest from the band SID, who landed at #2 with 71,000 in sales. The rest of the top ten was fairly quiet, with only Toshihide Baba breaking in at #10 with a new album. Unsurprisingly, Michael Jackson's "King of Pop" compilation surged up to #4.

Meanwhile, Hayao Miyazaki made some news on the DVD charts, as "Gake no Ue no Ponyo" moved a little more than half a million copies in its first week. This is not unusual for Miyazaki, whose movies have now topped the DVD charts seven times. "Ponyo" also happened to be the top grossing film of 2008, taking in roughly 15.4 billion yen at the box office.

Source: tokyograph

Oricon weekly chart and daily chart for July 7th 2009

SINGLES
1 - Arashi - 8,860 = 8,860
2 - Tohoshinki - 2,940 = 2,940
3 - Yuusuke - 2,495 = 2,495

ALBUMS
1 - Fukuyama Masaharu - 11,387 = 11,387
2 - GReeeeN - 6,514 = 6,514
3 - Michael Jackson (King of Pop Japan Edition) - 5,732 = 5,732


singles
１位　342070　嵐（新）(Arashi)
２位　182068　東方神起 (Tohoshinki)
３位　*31825　flumpool
４位　*31579　遊助
５位　*27798　℃-ute
６位　*20281　AKB48
７位　*14595　GACKT
８位　**8214　John-Hoon
９位　**7760　嵐（旧）
10位　**6898　JASMINE
11位　6528　BIGBANG
12位　6007　ブンブンサテライツ
13位　5726　土屋アンナ
14位　5199　テニプリ
15位　4887　Kalafina
16位　4828　南明奈
17位　4374　YUI
18位　4003　秋山澪
19位　3985　平沢唯
20位　3895　椎名林檎
21位　3803　GReeeeN
22位　3662　大川栄策
23位　3592　AZU
24位　3578　SCANDAL
25位　3533　福山雅治
26位　3393　けいおんＥＤ
27位　3170　GACKT(LOST ANGELS)
28位　3136　東方神起（ワンピース）
29位　3027　V６
30位　3019　けいおんＯ

Source: Oricon

Arashi monopolizes top three spots in first week sales for singles in 2009

Arashi's 27th single, "Everything", makes its debut at #1 on the weekly singles ranking. Released in May, "Ashita no Kioku/Crazy Moon ~kimi wa muteki~" had an initial sales of 502,487 copies, and released in March, "Believe/Kumorinochi, Kaisei" had an initial sales of 501,988 copies; the Arashi who has marked both first and second places in the singles initial sales for the year of 2009 so far has also ranked in at third place with another work which sold 342,000 copies in its first week. Arashi has now monopolized the top three spots in this year's first week sales for singles.

Source: Oricon
Translations: Amy

Matsumoto Talks about New Single!

On July 1st (Today!) Arashi will release their new single ‘Everything.’

Arashi has lately been releasing singles at a breakneck pace. Arashi member Matsumoto Jun made some comments about the new song.

“I feel it’s a song that’s just perfect for the summer. The song is about the important things you recognize in normal, everyday life. I think it will make people feel more positive. It also shows a new, different side of Arashi. Please! Be sure to check it out!! That’s all for now, and this was Matsumoto Jun.”

Enjoy the upcoming summer with a new exhilarating song from Arashi!



[PV] Arashi - Everything

Source: musicjapanplus

Arashi's 10th Anniversary Concert Tour + "Best Of" Album

Pop group Arashi are to be the first ever artists to play three consecutive shows at the National Stadium. Yesterday's announcement came together with news of the August 19 release of the hits album "All the Best! 1999-2009." The Johnny's Jimusho group are celebrating their 10th anniversary and the album will contain all 26 of their singles (plus 5 double-A sides). Shortly after the album goes on sale, they will play three nights at the National Stadium on August 28-30. Last year Arashi became only the third musical act to perform a solo show there (the others were SMAP in 2005-06 and Dreams Come True in 2007). From the autumn they will embark on a concert tour of Japan's five major domes.

Concert schedule
August 28,29,30 - Kokuritsu National Stadium
September 18, 19 - Fukuoka Dome
September 25,26,27 - Kyosera Osaka Dome
November 14,15 - Sapporo Dome
December 4,5,6 - Tokyo Dome
January 16,17 - Nagoya Dome

Album details
-consists of 32 songs (31 of which from their 26 singles, plus the last one is a song written by Arashi themselves, more like a gratitude for their fans..)
-First Limited Edition consists of a bonus of 10 songs chosen by the members

Source: japanzone