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On September 15th 2009, Arashi celebrated their 10th anniversary!
Even after 10 years, they continue to have an avid fan base, and there are no signs of their popularity diminishing.
Along with their careers as singers, they’re riding high on their successes as actors and newscasters as well.
10 years ago on September 15th the members had marked their debut with a press conference in Honolulu, Hawaii. To commemorate the special day, goo [a Japanese search engine and web portal] conducted a survey in which they asked fans their favorite Arashi song. Let’s take a look at the ‘Favorite Arashi Singles Ranking’!
The No.1 song was ‘Love so sweet’, and ‘One Love’ came in at No.2. ‘Love so sweet’ was the main theme song for the TBS Friday Night drama ‘花より男子2 (リターンズ) / Boys over Flowers 2 (Returns)’, and ‘One Love’ was the title theme song for the movie ‘花より男子ファイナル / Boys over Flowers F (Final)’. Matsumoto Jun appeared in both the drama and the movie. Needless to say, these two singles were immensely popular. Their debut single ‘A･RA･SHI’ took the No.3 spot. Arashi became the special supporters of the 1999 FIVB Men’s World Cup (Volleyball Championship), and ‘A･RA･SHI’ was the main theme song for Fuji TV’s live coverage of the tournament. In just a week after its release, ‘A･RA･SHI’ sold nearly 560,000 copies. At that time that was a new record for a debut single. The song is undoubtedly the cornerstone of Arashi. ‘One Love’ and ‘truth/風の向こうへ (truth/Kaze no Muko e)’ (ranked in at No.4) were the No.1 and No.2 singles of the 2008 Oricon Ranking. The singles epitomized the group’s ever-growing popularity.
How many of your favorite Arashi songs ranked in? Check below for the whole list!
As was mentioned before, in addition to their music the Arashi members’ have thrived in an assortment of different fields. Fans must have high hopes for Arashi as a group, and also for the individual members. It will be interesting to see how much they will continue to evolve and further their careers!
１．Love so sweet
２．One Love
３．A･RA･SHI
４．truth/風の向こうへ (truth/Kaze no Muko e)
５．Beautiful days
６．明日への記憶/Crazy Moon～キミ・ハ・ムテキ～ (Ashita no Kioku/Crazy Moon～Kimi wa Muteki～)
７．Happiness
８．WISH
９．きっと大丈夫 / Kitto Daijobu
１０．Everything
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Date: 2009-09-16 04:23 am (UTC)...or maybe I'm just delusional :o
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Date: 2009-09-16 02:02 pm (UTC)wait, I thought Believe did overtake truth/KnMe during it's like, second week? o_o *goes to check* yeah yeah, third first week sales, but it did take over truth/KnMe :o in the second week, I'm assuming :p
ugh, idk, wikipedia is so confusing, and it contradicts itself.
whatever, just 1st, 2nd, 3rd top selling, it doesn't matter; it's still not on that list! which is sad D:
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Date: 2009-09-16 02:26 pm (UTC)T___T oricon is so weird, how when you click the singles it doesn't tell you much D: I hate that. blah.
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Date: 2009-09-16 02:30 pm (UTC)yeah, I always wish that oricon would update the yearly rankings too, so that you'd be able to see the current #1, #2, etc singles for 2009... and not just the ranking for 2008 D: oh well, I guess we've only got to wait a few more months anyways, before it's all posted :D
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Date: 2009-09-16 02:33 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2009-09-16 02:38 pm (UTC)anddd. I'm surprised that Best Of hasn't overtaken Supermarket Fantasy, but I guess... it still has time ;] ahah.
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Date: 2009-09-16 10:33 pm (UTC)no subject
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Date: 2009-09-16 04:35 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2009-09-16 04:46 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2009-09-16 04:54 am (UTC)^ ^
ARASHI will continue to shine, brightening our lives!
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Date: 2009-09-16 05:07 am (UTC)everything being a new single is there...which is kinda surprising but nonetheless all the of the songs listed r immensely popular
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Date: 2009-09-16 05:19 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2009-09-16 05:28 am (UTC)i love this song forever ♥
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Date: 2009-09-16 05:57 am (UTC)(On a personal side note: Yay for Arashi debuting in Hawaii ~)
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Date: 2009-09-16 06:23 am (UTC)so glad Truth is there^^
i also love A.RA.SHI, Ashita no Kioku, Everything and Happiness^^
and i also like the other choice above XD
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Date: 2009-09-16 06:24 am (UTC)i'm surprised Believe is not there!
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Date: 2009-09-16 06:26 am (UTC)especially...
Love so sweet~
One Love~
Happiness~
and the classic song which brings us back to where it all started ...
A.Ra.Shi!! (the more I listen to it, the more it became my fave ^^)
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Date: 2009-09-16 06:58 am (UTC)The article is very complimentary <3
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Date: 2009-09-16 07:05 am (UTC)Shocked as well about Believe not being up there but at the same time I think it may have been if they hadn't had such growing popularity. Like more recent fans so most recent singles were bought out. Or other random crazy statistics that could possibly make sense x]
All the same congrats to the boys for these past ten years of amazing-ness ^-^
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Date: 2009-09-16 07:37 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2009-09-16 08:28 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2009-09-16 08:43 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2009-09-16 10:28 am (UTC)All HYD songs as exprected.
And truth <3
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Date: 2009-09-16 10:44 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2009-09-16 10:44 am (UTC)Still, best of luck Arashi, and thank you for the last ten years!
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Date: 2009-09-16 10:55 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2009-09-16 11:10 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2009-09-16 11:53 am (UTC)as expected..
But i'm surprised "Believe" isn't in it!!
Still, those are probably in my top 15 too.. hehe~
thanks for sharing the info!
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Date: 2009-09-16 12:08 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2009-09-16 01:03 pm (UTC)Thanks for sharing the info <3
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Date: 2009-09-16 01:24 pm (UTC)Hanadan tte, sugoi naa~
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Date: 2009-09-16 01:29 pm (UTC)but, i hope Happiness single is number 1...
because "Still..." at there... hehe... :P
i like Still... the most... XD
thanxz for sharing!^^
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Date: 2009-09-16 02:30 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2009-09-16 02:58 pm (UTC)I totally adore 言葉より大切なもの and believe!
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Date: 2009-09-16 05:52 pm (UTC)no subject
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Date: 2009-09-17 01:42 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2009-09-17 03:51 am (UTC)haha, and yay for kitto daijoubu and its rainbowy awesomeness; seriously, that song never fails to get stuck in my head for HOURS it's so catchy!
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Date: 2009-09-17 05:15 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2009-09-17 10:06 am (UTC)Luv ya!