^ this should answer everyone's queries
translated by crazyining@LJ
[Oricon] Arashi's Best album met the million mark on it's 13th day of sales, a 1st since debut.
嵐のベストアルバムが、発売からわずか13日目でミリオンを達成した。2009年で最高の初動売上（75. 3万枚）を記録した嵐の2枚組ベストアルバム『All the BEST！ 1999-2009』（8月19日発売）が、8/31付のデイリー売上までの累積で100.4万枚を記録した。2009年発売のCDが100万枚を超えたの はこれが初めて。嵐としても、1999年11月のデビュー以来、シングル、アルバムを通じて初のミリオン作 品となった。
アルバムがミリオンを突破したのは、今年1/12付週間ランキングで、2008年3月に発売された宇多田ヒカル『HEART STATION』と同年12月発売のMr.Children『SUPERMARKET FANTASY』が同時期に記録して以来8ヶ月ぶり。発売から3週以内での達成は、2008年12月に発売 され2週目で突破したEXILEのベストアルバム『EXILE BALLAD BEST』以来の記録となった。
Arashi's best album achieved a million sales on it's 13th day of sales. Arashi's best album "All the BEST! 1999-2009" (released on 19th Aug) achieved the highest 1st week sales in 2009, setting the record of 753,000 sales, by the daily sales count on 31st Aug has accumulated sales of
1,004,000. This is the first album that is released in 2009 that exceeded sales of 1 million. For Arashi, since their debut in November 1999, this is their first work among their singles and albums with million sales.
For albums that exceeded the million mark, since 2009 January 12th week where Utada Hikaru's "Heart Station" which was released in March 2008 and Mr Children's "Supermarket Fantasy" which was released in December 2008 achieved million sales at the same time, this is a feat that has not been achieved for 8 months. It is the first album other than Exile's Best Album "Exile Ballad Best" released in December 2008 which achieved million sales in 2 weeks, to reach the million mark in less than 3 weeks.
Source: Oricon -
http://www.oricon.co.jp/news/rankmusic/68834/full/
So by right it has already broken the million mark in less than 2 weeks
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I haven't read finished the translations on why the guys chose COOL & SOUL and Yes ? No ? , will do later on
8 more translations for the All the BEST ! photobook to go
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OMG Inoue Mao will be appearing on Himitsu no Arashi-chan in 2 Thurs's time
井上真央 TBS17日(木)後10:00 「ひみつの嵐ちゃん!」
source: tvstation.jp ;
http://tvstation.jp/contents/tal/east-now.html#a
this should be interesting . I want to see her interact with MatsuJun & Nino
