Kyaaa~~ Though, the Examiner is not a local newspaper, but it is close enough (I live about an hour drive from the City of Brotherly Love). Arashi saikou!! Congrats on the wonderful sales, so happy and proud of them. They certainly are becoming more and more international. We are definitely in Arashi jidai/era, it would be even more interesting if they hit the million mark. Let’s keep our fingers keep that this will come true!.
All the Best! 1999-2009 overtakes Supermarket Fantasy’s first week sales
With their singles Ashita no Kioku/Crazy Moon~ Kimi wa Muteki and Believe/ Kumorinochi, Kaisei already placed at the top of the Oricon Yearly Singles ranking so far, Japanese boyband, Arashi is stirring up a storm that could bring them to the top of the album charts. In a recent report in Oricon Style, the quintet, who just released All the Best! 1999-2009, just overtook Mr. Children’s first week album sales of Supermarket Fantasy. Mr. Children’s album, which was released on December 2008, sold 708,000 on its first week garnering it the top spot for the year 2009*. Arashi’s new album, just released last week, has now sold 753,000 copies already.
It is no doubt that the group will rank #1 for this week’s album charts. The question remains, would the group have enough momentum to overtake Mr. Children’s total sales for the year? With the #1 single so far, and the #1 Music DVD release of their Asia Tour, it appears that Mr. Children’s excellent Supermarket Fantasy with total sales of over 1.2 Million copies is the only obstacle to Arashi’s complete domination of the Oricon charts.
All the Best! 1999-2009, to date, is the group’s best-selling album.
Note: *December 2008 sales count toward the 2009 Oricon year.
From Examiner.com
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