Arashi

Arashi 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. 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.

In 2009, Arashi became the first artist to top the singles, album and music DVD charts and to be the best-selling artist of the year within the same year. 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. 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.

At the end of June, Arashi announced their tenth anniversary tour Arashi Anniversary Tour 5×10, which included three consecutive shows at the National Stadium in Tokyo. They became the first artist in history to play at the stadium for three consecutive days. Their third single of the year, “Everything”, was released on July 1 and sold nearly 342,000 copies in the first week. 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. The album sold over 753,000 copies in the first week. Thirteen days after the release, the album broke the one million mark, a first in Arashi’s history. It became the first album of 2009 to break one million.

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. It was announced on November 17, 2009 that Arashi had thus monopolized the top four best first-week sales for singles of 2009.

Other Information

• Origin : Japan
• Genres : Pop, R&B, Hip-hop, Rock
• Years active : 1999 – present
• Labels : Pony Canyon (1999–2001), J Storm (2002–present)
• Website : www.j-storm.co.jp/arashi

Members

1. Masaki Aiba
2. Jun Matsumoto
3. Kazunari Ninomiya
4. Satoshi Ohno
5. Sho Sakurai

Discography

Studio albums

• 2001: Arashi No.1 Ichigou: Arashi wa Arashi o Yobu!
• 2002: Here We Go!
• 2003: How’s It Going?
• 2004: Iza, Now!
• 2005: One
• 2006: Arashic
• 2007: Time
• 2008: Dream “A” Live

Compilation albums

• 2002: Arashi Single Collection 1999–2001
• 2004: 5×5 The Best Selection of 2002–2004
• 2009: All the Best! 1999-2009

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