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Arashi's '5×20' Album Breaks 2 Million! Becomes the Band's Best-selling Album


Source: Billboard Japan

[Billboard] Arashi's "ARASHI 5×20 All the BEST!! 1999-2019" tops the album sales chart with 387,000 copies sold & album sales surpass 2 million copies, becomes Arashi's best-selling album

Arashi's "ARASHI 5×20 All the BEST!! 1999-2019" sold 387,258 copies this week and topped the weekly album sales chart "Billboard JAPAN Top Albums Sales" for the week dated September 2, 2019.

With this, the album has hit the 2 million sales mark, with a total of 2,009,637 copies sold. Furthermore, it has surpassed sales of the band's previous greatest hits album "ARASHI 5×10 All the BEST! 1999-2009" (1,998,152 copies sold, previous No.1), making it the band's all-time best-selling album.

MONSTA X's debuted at No. 2 with "PHENOMENON". It sold 39,686 copies in three days and 56,244 by the end of the week. Taylor Swift's "Lover" took the No.3 spot for physical sales, with 16,742 copies sold.

Source: Girls ChannelMatomame

Arashi's '5×20' album breaks two million sales! Becomes the band's best-selling album

1. [+437 / -81]


▽ Lots of fans are happy

・Congratulations on 2x million 🎊
・Arashi-san double million!? Congratulations 😭
・Double Million!!! Congratulations!! So happyy ヽ(*´∀`)ノ I love Arashi ヽ(*´∀`)ノ 
・Double million, wow! I just read about it, Arashi is the best, I'm so glad to be an Arashi fan...
・In times when CD's aren't selling, achieving double million in only two months, what on earth is Arashi...?? They're seriously monster-level, they're so big that I'm worried about what will happen if they get even bigger... They broke their own absurd record, Arashi-san's achievements are so great that even fans a quake at their greatness.
・Arashi-san double million......( ゚д゚ ) So incredible I can't make sense of it ()

*Matomame is a tweet aggregator.

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115. [+30 / -2]
>>2
(●•ω•●)ノ"

3. [+535 / -760]
Haven't bought yet ➕ 
Already bought ➖

4. [+415 / -31]
Wow...

5. [+217 / -119]
I bought three copies (laugh)

6. [+481 / -48]
The same phenomenon as Amuro Namie probably

7. [+156 / -377]
Utterly disgusting

8. [+524 / -81]
>>7
You're disgusting

10. [+345 / -47]
That's some incredible popularity

11. [+36 / -275]
So there are still old-fashioned Internet illiterate grannies out there buying CD's, huh

12. [+316 / -29]
Amazing!!!

13. [+27 / -117]
'Cause they had heaps of versions

16. [+276 / -53]
>>13
Nah, there were 3 versions, that's pretty standard

85. [+23 / -56]
>>16
3 versions is standard, you say? Johnny-wotas are delusional

128. [+100 / -4]
>>85
Even outside of Johnny's, there are artists out there that put out more than 3 versions at a time (lol)

162. [+96 / -4]
>>85
Just because there are 3 versions, doesn't mean everyone is buying them all.
You do know that, right?

14. [+677 / -30]
Selling that much in a time where CD's aren't selling is amazing
I bought it!
A lot of people at my workplace bought it too.

17. [+29 / -49]
Huh, good for them

18. [+57 / -87]
Making easy money until they go on hiatus~!

20. [+52 / -53]
The anti's don't know what to say, huh

21. [+599 / -26]
2 million without touching services is amazing

22. [+38 / -72]
Hmmmm... and???

116. [+88 / -2]
>>22
No, this

23. [+16 / -72]
I would've bought it if it was up on apple music. Don't need physical CDs.

24. [+480 / -25]
I'm not a hater or anything, but I find it strange how they're so popular.
They fit Japanese people's tastes?

26. [+48 / -158]
Retire early old farts

27. [+22 / -144]
If this had been a single, it would've placed second on this best-selling Johnny's CD's ranking~


*1 2,581,596   Sekai ni Hitotsu Dake no Hana (SMAP)
*2 1,791,514   Garasu no Shounen (KinKi Kids)
*3 1,644,334   Aisareru Yori Aishitai (KinKi Kids)
*4 1,626,581   Seishun Amigo (Shuuji to Akira)
*5 1,620,720   Yozora no Mukou (SMAP)
*6 1,563,250   Lion Heart (SMAP)
*7 1,159,228   Zenbu Dakishimete / Ao no Jidai (KinKi Kids)
*8 1,117,070   Shingo Mama no Oha Rock (Shingo Mama)
*9 1,046,680   Sneaker Blues (Kondo Masahiko)
10 1,046,125   Real Face (KAT-TUN)
11 1,045,977   Flower (KinKi Kids)
12 1,021,010   Ashita ga Kikoeru (J-FRIENDS)
13 *,973,310   A・RA・SHI (Arashi)
14 *,934,636   Jet Coaster Romance (KinKi Kids)
15 *,919,560   Boku no Senaka ni wa Hane ga Aru (KinKi Kids)

68. [+28 / -60]
>>27
SMAP has already sold 3 million

70. [+179 / -16]
>>70
Because of people bulk buying to try to keep them from disbanding...

82. [+17 / -46]
>>70
Same can be said for Arashi then

89. [+103 / -5]
>>82
It's their 20th anniversary

28. [+62 / -140]
Making a killing before they break up
Same as Amuro-chan's retirement tactic

32. [+69 / -8]
>>28
That's being rude to both of them

29. [+41 / -13]
Don't have a CD player so even if I buy it, I won't be able to play it

30. [+14 / -106]
Aren't they embarrassed at their age?

45. [+104 / -2]
>>30
You talking 'bout yourself?

31. [+316 / -25]
Bought it anyway for some reason
I'm not a fan but I knew a lot of the songs

33. [+245 / -13]
If you're not interested, don't leave a comment
If 3 versions is a lot then what about those who sell more than 3 versions? lol

34. [+34 / -120]
Your time has passed, Arashi w

46. [+265 / -16]
>>34
If their time has passed, I don't think they would be selling 2 million

36. [+309 / -14]
Seems like the DVD they're releasing in September will sell a lot too

37. [+134 / -29]
I have a lot of friends who aren't fans but said they bought the album.

39. [+49 / -5]
After Arashi, where are the popular groups in Johnny's?

41. [+27 / -11]
The Billboard and Oricon numbers are a bit different~
It hope they pass 2 million when the Oricon numbers come out tomorrow.

42. [+17 / -110]
Arashi trying to rob the masses by releasing heaps of albums yo

54. [+110 / -2]
>>42
They don't even release that many lol
Like, one a year?

145. [+77 / -4]
>>42
No one is obligated to buy it
Illogical comment

44. [+93 / -42]
Is Arashi still popular?

48. [+13 / -95]
Johnny's and Akimoto's AKB are the cancer of the Japanese music scene
People think that Johnny's and AKB's tacky music is mainstream, that's why J-Pop composers will always write and will continue to write out-of-date music that suffers from Galápagos syndrome.
I hope more people who make real music, like Yonezu and KING GUN, get popular.

49. [+70 / -2]
>>48
What's the definition of "real"?

102. [+107 / -4]
>>48
I listen to Arashi, AKB, Yonezu, King Gnu (You wrote GUN but it's Gnu, lol), and Western music too.
Other people listen to non-idol music too.
You're too narrow-minded

51. [+50 / -16]
*Yeah, yeah. Very strong, very strong

52. [+238 / -6]
It's a best-of album but it's a good price so I bought the limited edition.
Arashi is blessed with songs.

53. [+174 / -2]
The reprint sold 380k (・・;)
That's a lot to reprint

126. [+82 / -2]
>>53
Yeah, were they not able to make enough in time?
They should've known how much to expect when pre-orders opened
I think this is the fault of J Storm completely underestimating how much it would sell.

184. [+82 / -0]
>>126
The limited editions sold out on the day pre-orders opened.
They opened reprint orders, but those were shipped in August, that's why the numbers were only counted now.

277. [+60 / -0]
>>53
I saw some tweets from people who weren't able to order the reprint.
I wonder how much it would've sold had it not been limited, and was just sold normally.

56. [+72 / -11]
Anti's sure have a lot of free time

59. [+193 / -101]
Ohno will return, plus
Ohno won't return, minus

77. [+206 / -15]
Congratulations! This is thanks to the five member's efforts! I'm happy that I'm an Arashi fan, I'm proud! Thank you

78. [+185 / -8]
That's amazing! Congratulations
I bought the limited edition but there are so many songs in it that it feels like I got it for a reasonable and fair price.

87. [+89 / -2]
I bought Arashi's, Amuro-chan's, Takitsuba's and SMAP's.
I like all of them
And I know and like a lot of the songs

91. [+222 / -8]
This album was released to celebrate their 20th anniversary.
It has nothing to do with their hiatus
Fans have been waiting for this album since before the hiatus announcement.

95. [+161 / -3]
It's convenient to listen to because all 64 songs are together
I personally want a coupling song album as well

100. [+112 / -5]
Congratulations 🎊㊗️
Looking forward to the video clip collection~!

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