I don’t know how much anything else sold, but I thought I’d let you know what I did-
NEWS sold 195,204 copies, charting at #1 obviously.
The one thing I cared about was them beating DBSK, but it seems they lost by 46 copies xD oh well.
The official Oricon list of the top ten most popular artists of 2009 is out, and Arashi isn’t #1. How shocking?! #5 is still great, though! Great work- you had a fabulous year!
As expected, Johnny’s has taken the top three spots on Oricon’s most recent poll. I’m slightly surprised that Aiba’s there, but not because I don’t think he dresses well, just simply because I’ve never made the connection. Matsujun comes in at 9th, making 4 of the top 10 members of JE.
I’m honestly surprised–I expected that they’d reach 1 million but I doubted they’d go far over it, and a whole 200,000 more is absolutely amazing. I know that the success is riding off the fact that it’s a best of album, but it’s been a long time since an idol group has been able to do this, and so I hope they can continue with this streak in the future.