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Arashi

Arashi (嵐, lit. Storm) is a Japanese boy band formed under the Japanese talent agency Johnny & Associates, which announced the formation of the group on September 15, 1999 in Honolulu, Hawaii.

After releasing one studio album, one greatest hits album and six singles under the Pony Canyon record label, the group moved to the Johnny's subsidiary label J Storm in 2001, which was initially set up for their succeeding releases.[1] In 2008, nine years after their debut, their singles "Truth/Kaze no Mukō e" and "One Love" took the top two placings on the annual Oricon sales ranking, attesting to the group's longevity in the Japanese music scene in spite of their idol group image.[1][2]

In 2009, Arashi became the first artist to top the singles, album and music DVD charts and to emerge as the best-selling artist of the year within the same year in the forty-two years of Oricon's history.[3][4] They also became the third artist in Oricon history to monopolize the top three best-selling singles and the first to dominate the top two placings on the singles chart for two consecutive years.[3][4]

History

1999–2001: Debut and departure from Pony Canyon

Johnny & Associates announced the group's debut on September 15, 1999 through a press conference aboard a cruise ship off the coast of Honolulu, Hawaii.[5] Then-president Johnny Kitagawa chose five trainees from the Johnny's Jr. division of the agency to become the members of Arashi, the Japanese word for storm, and to represent the agency's thrust of "creating a storm throughout the world".[6][7] On November 3, 1999, they made their CD debut by releasing their eponymous single "Arashi", which became the theme song for the 8th World Cup of Volleyball hosted by Japan in 1999.[5] It went on to become a major hit, selling 557,430 copies in its first week and almost a million copies by the end of its chart run.[1][8]

On April 5, 2000, Arashi released their second single "Sunrise Nippon/Horizon", which debuted at number one on the Oricon singles chart and sold 304,340 copies in its first week.[9] The next day, the group began their first concert tour at Osaka Hall.[10] In July, the group released their next single "Typhoon Generation", which debuted at number three on the singles weekly chart with 256,510 copies sold and continued to chart for nine weeks before leaving the charts.[11][12] After holding another concert tour in August, the group released their last single of 2000, "Kansha Kangeki Ame Arashi". The single debuted at number two on the Oricon charts and had first-week sales of 258,720.[13][14]

In January 2001, Arashi released their first studio album Arashi No.1 Ichigou: Arashi wa Arashi o Yobu!. The album debuted at number one on the Oricon weekly chart with initial sales of 267,220 copies.[15] Until the release of their tenth anniversary compilation album All the Best! 1999-2009, the album remained the group's best-selling album with overall sales of about 323,030 for nearly ten years.[16] From March 25 to April 30, 2001, the group embarked on their first nationwide tour, Arashi Spring Concert 2001.[17] The tour took place in Sendai, Osaka, Nagoya, Hokkaidō, Fukuoka, Hiroshima, Kanazawa, Toyama and Tokyo with an unprecedented twenty-six performances.[17] Before moving to a private record label by the end of 2001, Arashi released "Jidai" as their final single under Pony Canyon. Used as the theme song for member Matsumoto's drama Kindaichi Shonen no Jikenbo 3, it was named Best Theme Song in the 30th Television Drama Academy Awards, making it Arashi's first award from the organization.[18]

2002–2005: J Storm and decline in sales

Arashi began 2002 by releasing their first single under J Storm, a private record label named after their group name in English.[19] "A Day in Our Life" debuted atop of the Oricon singles chart, selling 226,480 copies in its first week.[20] Their subsequent releases of the year, "Nice na Kokoroiki" and "Pikanchi", were used as the theme songs for their first anime tie-in and first movie tie-in respectively. Both singles debuted at the top of the Oricon weekly chart and initially sold 168,120 copies and 110,230 copies respectively.[21][22]

2003 saw the start of the group's trend of releasing two singles per year for the next four years. Both singles released in 2003, "Tomadoi Nagara" and "Hadashi no Mirai/Kotoba Yori Taisetsu na Mono", debuted at number two on the charts.[23][24] The song "Kotoba Yori Taisetsu na Mono" marked the first time a member contributed to the penning of a single, as many of the group's songs are produced by other lyricists, composers or musicians.[25] Sakurai, who is the designated rapper of Arashi, has since written all the incorporated rap lyrics of the group's releases.[fn 1] 2004 marked Arashi's fifth anniversary since debut. They began the year by releasing their twelfth single, "Pikanchi Double", in February, which sold 89,106 copies in the first week.[26] In celebration of their anniversary, the group released a greatest hits album entitled 5x5 The Best Selection of 2002–2004.

In 2005, on New Year's Day, Arashi released their first concert DVD since How's It Going? in 2003 called 2004 Arashi! Iza, Now Tour!!. From July 26 to August 24, they embarked on a summer tour called One to support their album of the same name.[27] One of the highlights of the tour included the live performance their first single of the year, "Sakura Sake", on top of "Johnny's Moving Stage", a transparent stage that travels over the top of the audience.[28] Invented by Matsumoto, "Johnny's Moving Stage" has since been used in a majority of Arashi's concerts to allow the audience members seated at a distance from the main stage to see the group better.[28][29][30] In November, Arashi released a theme song for the manga-based drama Hana Yori Dango, which starred member Matsumoto as one of the lead actors. "Wish" went on to sell an estimated 178,000 copies in its first week and over 300,000 copies by the end of its chart run, making it their first single sell over 300,000 copies in total in nearly three years since "A Day in Our Life" in 2002.[31][32]

2006: International activities in Asia

By 2006, the group's singles and albums were being released outside of Japan. Their studio album, Arashic, was released not only in Japan, but also in Hong Kong, South Korea, Taiwan and Thailand. The album was successful in Korea as the first 10,000 copies of the album were sold out on the first day, and it even topped the non-Korean sales charts on the third week of July.[33]

In the midst of Arashi's summer concert tour Arachic Arashic Arasick Cool and Soul, the group embarked on a publicity tour around Asia called Jet Storm Tour on July 31.[34][35] The group visited Taiwan, Thailand and South Korea, countries which later became part of their 2006 Asia tour, all in one day to hold press conferences and promote their Arashic album.[35] For two days, September 16 and September 17, Arashi held their first concerts in Taipei at the Taipei Arena.[34]

Performing "Arashi", "Wish" and "Kitto Daijōbu", which was their first single release of the year, the group represented Japan in the 3rd annual Asia Song Festival in South Korea on September 22.[34][36] Almost two months later, they became the first group from Johnny's to perform individual concerts in South Korea.[34][37][38] According to The Korea Times, the concerts in Korea were decided because about 1,500 Korean fans gathered at the Incheon International Airport during the group's Jet Storm Tour.[36] Arashi proved popular to Korean fans when their concert tickets were sold out in an hour, as some 150,000 people rushed to book tickets online.[39]

The group returned to Japan to release their second and final the single of the year, "Aozora Pedal", which was written and composed by Japanese musician Shikao Suga.[40] On the Oricon weekly singles chart, it took the number-one spot by selling 154,832 copies.[41] Although Arashi had also planned to return to Thailand on October 7 to hold a concert, it was canceled due to a military coup d'etat.[1][37]

2007: Returning to the Japanese market

On February 21, 2007, the group released their first single of the year, "Love So Sweet", the theme song for the high-rating television drama Hana Yori Dango 2, which peaked at the number one spot on the Oricon daily and weekly charts.[42] It is also Arashi's first single to sell more than 200,000 copies in a week in almost five years.[42][43] Their nineteenth single "We Can Make It!", released on May 2, also charted number one on Oricon's daily and weekly charts by having an initial sale of 150,546 copies.[44] It sold an additional 54,229 copies by the end of the year, making the overall copies sold at 204,775.[45]

In April 2007, the group performed in one of their largest concerts: Arashi Around Asia in Dome, a continuation of their Triumphant Homecoming concert held in January 2007, which was aimed to celebrate the successful Asia tour.[46] Arashi Around Asia in Dome was held at the Kyocera Dome in Osaka and, for the first time, at Tokyo Dome.[46] On July 14, Arashi launched their summer tour called Time - Kotoba no Chikara to support their seventh studio album, Time. The album sold over 190,000 copies in its first week,[47] not only extending the group's string of number one releases but also propelling the album to reach Platinum status by RIAJ.[48]

Also in July, the TBS drama production of the manga Yamada Tarō Monogatari, which starred members Ninomiya and Sakurai, began. Arashi sang the theme song of the drama, titled "Happiness", and released it on September 5 as their third single of the year.[49] The single also debuted at the top spot of the Oricon single charts with 271,869 copies sold by the end of 2007.[45][50] The year proved successful for the group as all of their singles ranked within the Top 30 of the annual Oricon charts, with "Love So Sweet" ranking fourth in single sales overall, making it the group's first single to rank within the Top 10 on the annual charts.[45] "Love So Sweet" was also named one of the Best 10 Singles in the 22nd Japan Gold Disc Awards in 2008, which made it the first time Arashi was recognized in the annual Japan Gold Disc Awards.[51]

2008: Revived popularity in Japan

The group's success in 2007 sparked renewed public interest. In February, Arashi released their first single of the year, "Step and Go", which debuted at the top of the Oricon weekly chart for having sold 324,223 copies, marking it as the group's first single to exceed 300,000 copies sold in the first week since "Sunrise Nippon/Horizon" in 2000.[9][53] The same month, it was announced that the group would be doing a concert tour of the five major domes in Tokyo, Nagoya, Osaka, Fukuoka and Sapporo.[54] The tour, titled Arashi Marks 2008 Dream-A-Live, consisted of ten performances, from May 16 in Osaka to July 6 in Sapporo.[54][55] The only other Johnny's artists who have done a five dome tour are SMAP and KinKi Kids.[54] The tour also coincided with their eighth studio album, Dream "A" Live, which was reported to be a hit with male buyers by Oricon despite the fact that most releases by Johnny's artists are geared towards female teens and young adults.[56] In the midst of the tour, Arashi released their twenty-second single "One Love", the theme song for the last production of the Hana Yori Dango trilogy. Like "Step and Go", the single sold over 300,000 copies in its first week and charted at number one of the weekly singles chart.[57]

Arashi became the third musical group—after SMAP and Dreams Come True—to perform at Tokyo's National Stadium in their first major outdoor concert on September 5 as the start of the group's second Asia tour. The first two legs of the tour included a return to Taipei and Seoul.[58] The third leg was a first time trip to Shanghai.[59][60] The concert in Shanghai also marked Johnny & Associates' first concert in China.[59][60] Almost a month after the release of "One Love", their twenty-third single, "Truth/Kaze no Mukō e", was released. Debuting atop of the Oricon weekly charts, the double A-side single sold 467,288 copies.[61] Before the group's concert in Shanghai on November 15, they released their fourth single of the year, "Beautiful Days".[62] Although "Beautiful Days" only had a little over a month to chart before the Oricon charting period for 2008 ended on December 11, the single managed to climb up to be the tenth best-selling single of the year.[52][63] Their concert DVD Summer Tour 2007 Final Time - Kotoba no Chikara, released on April 16, also ranked as the second best-selling music DVD of 2008 and ranked sixth place in the general DVD category.[64]

2009: 10th anniversary

The group released two double A-side singles "Believe/Kumorinochi, Kaisei" and "Ashita no Kioku/Crazy Moon: Kimi wa Muteki" on March 4 and May 27 respectively in 2009. Both singles sold over 500,000 copies in first week sales, making Arashi the first artist to have two consecutive singles exceed the 500,000 mark within a week in seven years seven months since Keisuke Kuwata.[65]

At the end of June, Arashi announced their tenth anniversary tour Arashi Anniversary Tour 5x10, which included three consecutive shows at the National Stadium in Tokyo.[66] They became the first artist in history to play at the stadium for three consecutive days.[66] Their third single of the year, "Everything", was released on July 1 and sold nearly 342,000 copies in the first week.[67] On August 19, Arashi released their greatest hits album All the Best! 1999-2009, which features most of their singles since debut, a new song with lyrics written by the members themselves and a limited edition third disc containing ten of the group's selections.[68] The album sold over 753,000 copies in the first week.[69] Thirteen days after the release, the album broke the one million mark, a first in Arashi's history.[70][71][72] It became the first album of 2009 to break one million.[70][73]

On November 11, Arashi released their last single of the year, "My Girl". It debuted atop of the Oricon daily chart by selling about 178,000 copies on the first day and about 432,000 copies by the end of its first week.[74][75] It was announced on November 17, 2009 that Arashi had thus monopolized the top four best first-week sales for singles of 2009.[75][76][77]

On November 20, 2009, Arashi held an event organized by House Foods called Arashi in Tokyo DisneySea Premium Event.[78][79] Reserving the entire theme park for one night, the group performed a special medley of Christmas songs and their own songs such as "Arashi" and "One Love", which made the Arashi the first celebrity to sing their own songs at Tokyo DisneySea.[78][80]

Arashi attended the 60th NHK Kōhaku Uta Gassen on New Year's Eve, marking it not only the group's first time performing on the show but also the first time in twenty-one years another group from Johnny's other than SMAP and Tokio, the two traditional participants, performed at Kōhaku.[81][82][83]

Discography

Main article: Arashi discography

Endorsements

Nearly every year, the group would endorse products for different companies such as Coca-Cola, House Foods and au by KDDI. Since 2008, Arashi has been appearing in au by KDDI's exclusive mobile phone commercials.[84] Most of Arashi's songs have been used as theme songs for dramas such as Stand Up!!,[85] Hana Yori Dango[86] and Maō,[87] movies such as Hana Yori Dango Final and Yatterman, and commercials. In 2004, "Hero" was used as the theme song for the 2004 Summer Olympics coverage on NTV; in 2008, "Kaze no Mukō e" was used.[88]

Other activities

Further information: Arashi filmography

Aside from their music careers, Arashi has also appeared in dramas and movies, done radio shows and acted as the main hosts for events. Since 2002, they have hosted their own variety shows.[89] As of 2006, they are the hosts of the variety show Arashi no Shukudai-kun (嵐の宿題くん, Arashi's Homework) on NTV. In 2008, they launched their first primetime show called Himitsu no Arashi-chan (ひみつの嵐ちゃん, Arashi's Secrets) on TBS, and moved VS Arashi (VS嵐, Buiesu Arashi), their game show on Fuji TV, from an afternoon time slot to Golden Time in 2009.[90][91]

In 2004, the group was appointed to be the main personality supporters for NTV's 27th annual telethon 24-Hour Television.[92] With the theme being "Your Dream is Everybody's Dream" (あなたの夢はみんなの夢, Anata no Yume wa Minna no Yume), it was broadcast live for about twenty-four hours from August 21 to August 22. In 2008, Arashi was once again the main personality supporters for the telethon.[93] The 31st annual 24-Hour Television focused on the theme of "Vow: The Most Important Promise" (誓い ～一番大切な約束～, Chikai: Ichiban Taisetsu na Yakusoku), and it was broadcast live from August 30 to August 31. The telethon raised 1,083,666,922 Japanese yen (approx. US$11,902,822.61) in donations, which is the second-highest amount of donations in 24-Hour Television history to date.[94][95][96][97]

Awards, nominations and records

In 2008, "Truth/Kaze no Mukō e" topped the Oricon singles chart for the year with "One Love" coming second.[52] They became the first artist since 1989 to take the top two placings on the charts and the fifth artist to do so in history.[2][52]

In 2009, their live concert DVD Arashi Around Asia 2008 in Tokyo, released on March 25, topped the comprehensive DVD sales rankings for three consecutive weeks on the Oricon charts, making them the first artist to do so since the rankings started in April 1999.[98] Prior to this, other artists such as Mr. Children, Hikaru Utada and Ayumi Hamasaki could only top the charts for two consecutive weeks.[98] By the end of the first half of 2009, the group had taken over the top spot in both the singles and DVD categories.[99][100] The last time an artist simultaneously topped two categories was Hikaru Utada in 2001.[101] Furthermore, Arashi was the first artist to dominate the top two spots in the singles category for the first half of the year since Hikaru Genji in 1988.[101] Arashi Around Asia 2008 in Tokyo also became the first music DVD in Oricon history to be number one for a first half of the year ranking.[102] Likewise, their music video collection DVD 5x10 All the Best! Clips 1999-2009, released on October 28, 2009, sold around 428,000 copies within one week, establishing the first-week music DVD sales record on the Japanese Oricon charts.[103] Selling another 73,000 copies in its second week, Oricon declared that it is also the first music DVD in history to exceed 500,000 in sales.[104]

By the end of 2009, Oricon announced that Arashi topped the annual singles, albums and music DVD rankings in Japan.[4] All of the group's 2009 singles ranked within the top five placings on the Oricon singles charts: "Believe/Kumorinochi, Kaisei" at number one, "Ashita no Kioku/Crazy Moon: Kimi wa Muteki" at number two, "My Girl" at number three and "Everything" at number five.[4][105] With monopolization of the top three spots on the singles chart, Arashi became the first artist in twenty-one years and the third artist in history—after Pink Lady in 1978 and Hikaru Genji in 1988—to do so.[4] Furthermore, the group became the first artist in history to monopolize the top two spots on the singles charts for two consecutive years and to have four releases in the top five.[4] On the Oricon album charts, All the Best! 1999-2009 became the best-selling album of 2009 in Japan by selling over 1.43 million copies, making it the first time Arashi has topped annual album charts.[106] As for their music video collection DVD 5x10 All the Best! Clips 1999-2009 and live concert DVD Arashi Around Asia 2008 in Tokyo, both claimed the number one and two spots on the annual music DVD charts respectively, making it the first time they have also topped annual music DVD charts. Due to their high sales for 2009, Oricon declared Arashi the best-selling artist of the year and awarded them the "Artist Top Sales" (ATS) award with 14.46 billion yen (approx. US$161.25792 million) worth of total sales in the singles, album, music DVD and music Blu-ray categories.[3][4] As a result of having dominated three separate charts and ranked as the best-selling artist of the year, the group became the first artist in the forty-two years of Oricon's history to have such a record in the same year.[3][4]

Japan Gold Disc Awards

Year Nominee / work Award Result
2008 "Love So Sweet" Best 10 Singles Won[51]
2009 "Truth/Kaze no Mukō e" Single of the Year Won[107]
Best 10 Singles Won[107]
"One Love" Won[107]
"Beautiful Days" Won[107]
Summer Tour 2007 Final Time - Kotoba no Chikara Best Music Videos Won[107]

Television Drama Academy Awards

Year Nominee / work Award Result
2001 "Jidai" Best Theme Song Won[108]
2002 "A Day in Our Life Nominated[109]
2004 "Hitomi no Naka no Galaxy" Nominated[110]
2007 "We Can Make It!" Nominated[111]
"Happiness" Nominated[112]
2008 "Beautiful Days" Won[113]
2009 "Ashita no Kioku" Won[114]

Footnotes

  1. ^ For a list of the contributions Sakurai has made to Arashi's songs, please see his page.

1. For a list of the contributions Sakurai has made to Arashi's songs, please see his page.

2. For Arashi songs penned and composed by Kazunari, please see his page.

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