All the Best! 1999–2009 (stylized as ALL the BEST! 1999–2009) is the third greatest hits

Greatest hits

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 album by Japanese pop

Pop music

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 boy band Arashi

Arashi

is a Japanese boy band formed under the Japanese talent agency Johnny & Associates, which announced the formation of the group on November 3, 1999 in Honolulu, Hawaii...

. The album was released on August 19, 2009 in Japan under their record label J Storm

J Storm

is a Japanese music and film company owned by Johnny & Associates. It was established on November 12, 2001, initially as a label for the Johnny's group, Arashi, after which it was named ....

 in two editions, a limited 3CD version and a regular 2CD version. The album debuted at number-one on the Oricon

Oricon

, established in 1999, is the holding company at the head of a Japanese corporate group that supplies statistics and information on music and the music industry in Japan. It started as , which was founded by Sōkō Koike in November 1967 and became known for its music charts. Oricon Inc...

album weekly chart, selling 753,430 copies. Thirteen days after the release of All the Best! 1999–2009 the album sold over a million copies. As of September 22, 2009, All the Best! 1999–2009 had overtaken Supermarket Fantasy

Supermarket Fantasy

Mr. Children's thirteenth original studio album, SUPERMARKET FANTASY, debuted on the Japanese Oricon Charts at rank 1 on December 10th, 2008. It sold 707,763 copies in its first week, the 2nd best-selling debut album sales figure of the 2009 Oricon Year, and is still charting as of August 2009...

to claim the title of best-selling album of the year in Japan. On December 18, 2009, Oricon officially ranked All the Best! 1999–2009 as the bestselling album in Japan for 2009, with over 1.43 million copies sold.

Album information

Both the regular and limited editions contain all of the band's singles from their debut single "Arashi" (1999) to "Ashita no Kioku/Crazy Moon (Kimi wa Muteki)" (2009), with the exception of Satoshi Ohno

Satoshi Ohno

is a Japanese idol, singer, actor, artist, and radio host. He is the lead vocalist and leader of Japanese boy band Arashi, hence his nickname ....

's solo single. A new song entitled "5x10" was included with both editions. The song's lyrics were written by Arashi themselves to express their gratitude for their fans. The regular edition exclusively contains a hidden track entitled "Attack it!" while the limited edition exclusively contains a third disk of the band's selections and a premium booklet.

Track list

Chart performance

Upon the release of the album, it debuted at number-one on the Oricon daily album chart selling over 261,070 copies. On the weekly album chart the album took the number-one spot selling 753,430 copies. Due to the high opening sales, All the Best! 1999–2009 held the record for the best opening numbers for an album in the year 2009 and is their best-selling album. The album stayed at number-one for two consecutive weeks, selling over 232,800 copies in its second week. On the thirteenth day of All the Best! 1999–2009 release, the album sold over one million copies, making it the first to do so in 2009. After five weeks, the album rose to the top of the Oricon yearly album chart, overtaking Mr. Children

Mr. Children

, commonly called , is a Japanese rock band formed in 1988 by Kazutoshi Sakurai, Kenichi Tahara, Keisuke Nakagawa, and Hideya Suzuki. As a group, they are one of the most successful Japanese rock artists, having sold over 50 million records and creating the in the mid 1990s in Japan...

's Supermarket Fantasy.

In June 2010, it was reported that the album had sold a total of around 1,600,000 copies. As of August 2010, the album has sold a total of around 1,729,000 copies.

Reception

Ian Martin on Allmusic gave the album three and a half out of five stars, stating that the first disc is "the most fun", the second disc is "seeming to be taking aim at courting a more mature (read: 'bland') image" and the third disc is "a curious collection of tracks that certainly adds variety to the compilation".

Charts

Chart (2009)	Peak position
Japan Oricon Oricon , established in 1999, is the holding company at the head of a Japanese corporate group that supplies statistics and information on music and the music industry in Japan. It started as , which was founded by Sōkō Koike in November 1967 and became known for its music charts. Oricon Inc... Daily Album Chart	1
Japan Oricon Weekly Album Chart	1
Japan Oricon Yearly Album Chart	1
Chart (2010)	Peak position
Japan Oricon yearly album chart	19

Sales and certifications

Country	Provider	Sales	Certification
Japan	RIAJ Recording Industry Association of Japan The Recording Industry Association of Japan is an industry trade group composed of Japanese corporations involved the music industry...	1,729,000	Million

Chart procession and succession

Release history

Country	Date	Label	Format	Catalog
Japan		J Storm J Storm is a Japanese music and film company owned by Johnny & Associates. It was established on November 12, 2001, initially as a label for the Johnny's group, Arashi, after which it was named ....	2CD	JACA-5202
			3CD	JACA-5199
Korea		SM Entertainment SM Entertainment S.M. Entertainment is an independent Korean record label, talent agency, producer, and publisher of pop music, founded by Lee Soo-man in South Korea...	2CD	SMJTCD317
			3CD	SMJTCD316
Taiwan		Avex Taiwan	2CD	JAJCD26007/8
			3CD	JAJCD26007/A
Hong Kong		Avex Asia	2CD
			3CD

External links

• All the Best! 1999–2009 product information