This is not an updated ranking but with the latest sales (900k-ish), our boys will surely hit the second spot!

*1 1,236,414 ***,914 SUPERMARKET FANTASY / Mr.Children 08/12/10
*2 *,957,055 *12,092 塩、コショウ / GReeeeN 09/06/10
*3 *,823,216 **1,305 EXILE BALLAD BEST / EXILE 08/12/03 累計1,767,117
*4 *,753,430 753,430 All the BEST！ 1999-2009 / 嵐 09/08/19
*5 *,654,422 **1,656 DO YOU DREAMS COME TRUE？ / DREAMS COME TRUE 09/03/21

In the latest AnS episode with Speed, the boys were asked to show their purikura pose- and lo and behold- Sho, Jun, and Ohno have the same pose while Kazu has his stoic straight body shot LOL. And he accused the others of "taking purikuras secretly!" xDDD

Oh Arashi <3

Oricon Yearly Singles, as of today:

*1 *,652,779 ***,398 Believe/曇りのち、快晴 / 嵐、矢野健太 starring Satoshi Ohno 09/03/04
*2 *,615,710 **1,131 明日の記憶/Crazy Moon～キミ・ハ・ムテキ～ / 嵐 09/05/27
*3 *,471,667 **1,448 愛のままで… / 秋元順子 08/01/23 累計633,063
*4 *,399,995 **2,991 Everything / 嵐 09/07/01
*5 *,377,097 ***,*** RESCUE / KAT-TUN 09/03/11
*6 *,358,508 ***,484 ひまわり / 遊助 09/03/11
*7 *,331,248 ***,*** ONE DROP / KAT-TUN 09/02/11
*8 *,282,515 ***,374 恋のＡＢＯ / NEWS 09/04/29
*9 *,265,187 ***,882 THE MONSTER ～Someday～ / EXILE 09/04/15
10 *,234,968 *21,733 THE HURRICANE ～FIREWORKS～ / EXILE 09/07/22

Ninki Index:

ALBUMS:
575.00 嵐 - Ａｌｌ　ｔｈｅ　ＢＥＳＴ！　１９９９－２００９
63.00 ＢＩＧＢＡＮＧ - ＢＩＧＢＡＮＧ
62.90 アークティック・モンキーズ - ハムバグ
59.00 ＭＩＮＭＩ - Ｓｕｍｍｅｒ　Ｃｏｌｌｅｃｔｉｏｎ　ｗｉｔｈ　Ｍｕｓｉｃ　Ｃｌｉｐｓ
56.90 ＢＩＧＢＡＮＧ - ＡＳＩＡ　ＢＥＳＴ　２００６－２００９
33.30 ジェット - シャカ・ロック
28.90 電気グルーヴ - ２０
27.30 Ｈｉ－Ｆｉ　ＣＡＭＰ - １ｓｔ　ＢＥＳＴ
23.50 アイドリング！！！ - Ｐｅｔｉｔ－Ｐｅｔｉｔ（プチプチ）
21.30 ＳＡＬＴ　＆　ＳＵＧＡＲ - Ｉｎｔｅｒａｃｔｉｖｅ

***stats from ahs forum..

I wonder how well the popularity index will turn into sales? I can't wait for Wednesday!!!

Way to go boys!

EBS Apologizes for Copying Japanese TV Program

By Kwon Mee-yoo
Staff Reporter

The Korea Education Broadcasting System (EBS) apologized Tuesday for plagiarizing a Japanese television program. It said "Sci-Fun", a science experiment program, outsourced to a subcontractor, was found to have copycatted a similar Japanese TV program.

The program in question was aired July 23 and carried out experiments regarding musical instruments and paper cup phones.

However, the experiments borrowed ideas from the Japanese program "Odoroki no Arashi", a science experiment program hosted by the popular Japanese pop group Arashi. Plagiarism was first raised as an issue by Arashi fans in Korea.

"We issued an apology to our audience and cancelled the contract with the subcontract producer", an EBS official said. "We will take all steps to stem piracy in the future".

EBS also admitted that another episode of the program, aired last week, involving grafting watermelons and other melons, is suspected of being a copy as well.

Source: http://www.hancinema.net/ebs-apologizes-for-copying-japanese-tv-program-20495.html