Arashi’s album becomes the first million-seller of 2010

Arashi leader Satoshi Ohno (29)
has asked fans to keep
supporting them as the group
celebrated the news that their
latest album “僕の見ている風景
(Boku no Miteiru Fukei)” has
sold more than one million
copies according to figures
released today, reports Oricon.
The album, released on August
4, has sold 8561 copies in the
past week, bringing it to a total
of 1007896 copies sold to date.
The group had turned up at
their “JAL嵐JET” event at Haneda
Airport today, ahead of the
October 21st opening of the
airport ’s newest international
terminal.
During the event, the
members had thanked their
fans for all of their support.
“Everyone, I hope you don’t turn
away from Arashi…please, fly on
our jet! We’ll be flying on it too,”
Ohno said.
“When I hear our songs being
played in the convenience stores,
it makes me realise that a lot of
people listen to us, ” Masaki
Aiba (27) said.
“I’m really happy,” Jun
Matsumoto (27) said.
“The (album) release was in
summer so everything’s been
able to sink into me slowly over
time, ” Sho Sakurai (28) said.
Kazunari Ninomiya (27) could
only say “it’s amazing…” upon
hearing that Arashi’s latest single
had also claimed the number
one spot this week.
“It was a song made especially
for my movie so I hope everyone
who made the movie will listen
to it, ” he said.
The last Arashi album to sell
more than one million copies
was their best album “All the
BEST! 1999 – 2009″ released in
August 2009, making it two years
in a row that the group has had
a million-seller album. As an
original album, it is the group ’s
first million-seller.
“僕の見ている風景 (Boku no
Miteiru Fukei)” is Arashi’s ninth
original album, which includes
their hit singles “Troublemaker”
and “Monster”, and a number of
solo songs. When the album had
been first released in August,
more than 730,000 records were
sold in the first week.
Their record streak had earned
them a place in last year ’s NHK
紅白歌合戦 (NHK Kouhaku Uta-
gassen) show, and Matsumoto
has been reported to have said
the group hopes to be invited
again.
“It’s not something we decide,
but if we do get invited (to
Kouhaku) it would make me
happy, ” he said.
Today, the group continued to
promote their Arashi Jet, and
talked about their explorations
inside and outside the plane.
It started with Sakurai, who softly
mouthed “Hello, Tokyo” as he
tried to copy the way The Beatles
spoke when they had first
stepped off the plane in Tokyo
back in the 1960s.
“Our faces (on the plane)…wow,
Arashi look cool! This is amazing,
I can ’t believe it,” Aiba said.
“I sat where the flight attendants
usually sit. You don’t get that
sort of opportunity very often. I
feel a little embarrassed, ” said
Ohno.
“I sat opposite him and took lots
of photos,” said Ninomiya.
“I was like the father figure
watching the four of them
running around, ” said
Matsumoto.
source: MOMOEDGEWOOD