Here the press conference about the domination of the Oricon Rankings for 2009!
They are so happy ne! Omedetou <3

Arashi first 4 crown in history 2009.12.18 [Evening Wide]

Christmas theme for this Non No issue!

Cute Ohmiya photoshoot buying Arashi presents xD

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Arashi made it! They are the first in singles, albums and music DVD categories!
Monopolising the top 3 spots of the singles charts!!

Arashi sweeps 2009 sales rankings

Oricon's year-end sales rankings for 2009 are out, and the results confirm that Arashi is the top selling artist of the year. They had the #1 single, the #1 album, the #1 music DVD, and were #1 for the first time in artist total sales. In the 42 years of Oricon's history, no one else has topped all four categories in the same year.

Counting sales of singles, albums, music DVDs, and music Blu-ray Discs, Arashi grossed a total of more than 14.46 billion yen. At #2 this year was EXILE, who topped the list in 2008 with 19.58 billion yen in total sales.

In single sales, Arashi had the #1, #2, #3, and #5 releases, with "Believe / Kumori Nochi, Kaisei" in front at nearly 657,000 units sold. The only other artists to occupy the top three spots were Pink Lady in 1978 and Hikaru Genji in 1988. Arashi are the first to have four of the top five, as well as the first to hold the top two spots in back-to-back years.

Their "All the BEST! 1999-2009" album sold over 1.43 million copies. In DVD sales, they were #1 and #2 with "5x10 All the BEST! CLIPS 1999-2009" (591,000) and "ARASHI AROUND ASIA 2008 in TOKYO" (428,000).

http://www.tokyograph.com/news/id-5601
http://www.oricon.co.jp/news/confidence/71742/full/
http://contents.oricon.co.jp/music/special/091218_01_06.html
 

Yesterday, Saigo No Yakusoku press conference was held.

A new song called "Sora Tataku" (Sky high) was announced for their drama!

That's great... they can start the new year with a number 1 single ^O^

Saigo No Yakusoku-press conf

The Last Promise-newspaper

嵐、10年ぶり5人共演ドラマに「5人で1つの楽屋は新鮮」
http://www.oricon.co.jp/news/movie/71567/full/

Last year, it was Jun.
And this year, it's Sakurai Sho!
For his lead role in Yatterman movie, his work as newscaster in News Zero and his work in Arashi ^^

http://www.gqjapan.jp/event/menoftheyear2009/

Kyaaa... I am so proud!! Congratulations, Sho-chan!!

GQ magazine issue about GQ Men of the Year 2009 will be released on 22nd December.

Today Sho participated in the award ceremony. Last year, I remember how Jun had to run to appear in Best Artist xD

今年最も輝いた男性に嵐・櫻井翔、笑福亭鶴瓶ら 『GQ Men of the Year2009』
http://career.oricon.co.jp/news/71672/full/

GQ Men of the year 2009

Sho's new dorama website is UP!

It will start on 17th January at 9pm!

Today, it has been released a 15s CM too!

http://www.tbs.co.jp/tokujyokabachi/

Horita Maki will appear this week in Himitsu no Arashi-chan to promote it! ^^

★Episode 1 Rating ~ 9.6%
★Episode 2 Rating ~ 8.9%
★Episode 3 Rating ~ 9.1%
★Episode 4 Rating ~ 9.7%
★Episode 5 Rating ~ 7.2%
★Episode 6 Rating ~ 8.2%
★Episode 7 Rating ~ 7.5%
★Episode 8 Rating ~ 10.1%
★Episode 9 Rating ~ 7.9%
★Episode 10 Rating ~ 10.0%

Average Rating ~ 8.82%