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[Oricon] Arashi achieves the top spot in overall DVD sales for 3rd consecutive week

Released on April 24th, Arashi’s DVD “ARASHI LIVE TOUR Popcorn” has sold 19,000 copies (and an accumulative total of 650,000 copies) on its third week, topping May 20th weekly sales charts for overall DVD sales ranking following their achievement from the previous two weeks.

This is their third work to ever achieve this after "ARASHI AROUND ASIA 2008 in TOKYO" (March 2009) and "ARASHI アラフェス" (December 2012). As for other artists, the only one to ever achieve this has been Mr.Children with "Mr.Children DOME TOUR 2009～SUPERMARKET FANTASY～IN TOKYO DOME" (May 2010) which until then was an unprecedented record.

This work comes for their latest tour, held in important domes of 5 major cities in Japan from November 2012 to January 2013. Within this live, they recorded this DVD during their presentation in Tokyo Dome held last December.

http://www.jenewsdaily.com/2013/06/0...secutive-week/

Kanjani8 to support Sakurai Sho as MC in “THE MUSIC DAY” special corner

On May 9th it was revealed that Kanjani8 will participate in NTV 60th Broadcasting Anniversary program "THE MUSIC DAY Ongaku no Chikara" (July 6th) as special MC of any music special for the first time. Murakami Shingo excitedly commented, "Since this is our first attempt, it's definitely a challenge, this is what we've been aiming for since all the way back in Osaka, we are thankful to get showcased during one day!".

As previously announced, in this program Arashi Sakurai Sho will serve as overall host during the 12 hours of this musical special live to take place in Chiba Makuhari Messe. Gorgeous artists will gather to sing their greatest hits to introduce the precious footage archive collected during NTV's 60 years of broadcast across the country. Kanjani8 participation consists of supporting Sakurai in their special corner "Cover & Collabo LIVE (Tentative)" from a different venue in Tokyo. Talented artists in singing, dancing and performance will gather and will deploy into a variety of collaborations.

Yasuda Shota fired up, "Standing in the MC position can convey a lot of things and show a new angle, although I think the future has a great variety of experiences ahead of us while we step on this first step". Maruyama Ryuhei revved up saying, "There's a great deal of tension since this is the first time we do this type of live. Mistakes are not allowed, I'm looking forward to a lot of happenings and situations while enjoying a good atmosphere".

Kanjani8 won't be just MC-ing but is also scheduled to kick in a high gear live performance, blasting with a full band and dancing show. Ohkura Tadayoshi commented, "We've been doing band performances for almost 10 years, I don't think people know how far each of us can go with instruments, I think we can show people a side of us that's not only doing stupid and playful things if we put some muscle into it".

In the said program there will also be special medley like "Anime Song Medley" and you can send your opinion or recommendations through a questionnaire in the show's website. "The Power of Music THE MUSIC DAY" special program will be broadcasted on July 6th in NTV.

http://www.jenewsdaily.com/2013/06/0...pecial-corner/