Are You Happy? (album)

Are You Happy?
Studio album by Arashi
Released October 26, 2016 (2016-10-26)
(see release history)
Recorded 2015–2016
Genre
Length 73:03 (Regular Edition)[1]
69:35 (Limited Edition)[2]
Language
  • Japanese
  • English
Label J Storm
Producer Julie K.
Arashi chronology
Japonism
(2015)		 Are You Happy?
(2016)		 TBA
Singles from Are You Happy?
  1. "Ai o Sakebe"
    Released: September 2, 2015
  2. "Fukkatsu Love"
    Released: February 24, 2016
  3. "I Seek/Daylight"
    Released: May 18, 2016

Are You Happy? is the fifteenth studio album of the Japanese idol group Arashi. The album was released on October 26, 2016 under their record label J Storm in two editions: a first press/limited edition and a regular edition.[3] The regular edition comes with a 36-page lyrics booklet and the limited edition comes with an 80-page photo lyrics and a bonus DVD with the music video and making-of for "Don't You Get It?". The album sold over 636,000 copies in its first week and topped the Oricon charts.[4][5] With more than 720,000 copies sold, the album was certified for Triple Platinum by the Recording Industry Association of Japan (RIAJ).[6]

Album information

The limited edition contains a CD with sixteen tracks and the regular edition contains a CD with seventeen tracks. The limited edition comes with an 80-page photo lyrics booklet and a bonus DVD with the music video and making of for "Don't You Get It?", while the regular edition comes with a 36-page lyrics booklet and a bonus track. The album jacket cover for both editions are different.

Songs

"Are You Happy?" includes three of the group's previously released singles: "Ai o Sakebe", "Fukkatsu Love", and "I Seek/Daylight". This album also includes nine new songs plus five of each member's solo songs. In addition to their solo songs, each of the members were in charge of an original Arashi song using the "Happy" theme.[7]

"Ai o Sakebe" was used as the background song for the Recruit Zexy commercial and "Fukkatsu Love" was used as the background song for the NTT DoCoMo d hits commercial. "I seek" was used as the theme song for the drama Sekai Ichi Muzukashii Koi starring Arashi member Satoshi Ohno, and "Daylight" was used as the theme song for the drama 99.9 Keiji Senmon Bengoshi starring Arashi member Jun Matsumoto. "Don't You Get It?" was used as the background song for Hitachi's robot cleaner commercial, "Minimaru".[8]

Promotion

To support their new album, Arashi performed a live tour, ARASHI LIVE TOUR 2016-2017 Are You Happy?, performing at all the major dome stadiums in Japan. They had 18 performances beginning on November 11 at the Sapporo Dome, followed by Tokyo Dome on November 19, Kyocera Osaka Dome on December 2, Nagoya Dome on December 16, Tokyo Dome on December 26, 2016, and Fukuoka Dome on January 6, 2017.[9]

On November 9, the band announced an Album x 5-Dome Tour Collaboration Project, the "ARASHI Are You Happy? campaign", to commemorate the release of the album and the start of their dome tour. A smartphone only promotion site opened on November 11, 9:00 (JST) where eighteen original "Are You Happy?" wallpapers were made available to download for customers who purchased the regular edition of their album. A user code can be found on the cover strip of the regular edition. To access the wallpapers, customers entered the user code into the promotion site where they could pick up to three wallpapers to download.[10]

Track list

CD
No. TitleLyricsMusic Length
1. "DRIVE" (Supervised by Jun Matsumoto)Macoto56Jeremy Hammond  
2. "I seek"  ASILAKJ&ASIL, Tomoki Ishizuka  
3. "Ups and Downs"  Yoshiyasu IchikawaJoe Lawrence, Trevor Ingram, pieni tonttu  
4. "Seishun Boogie" (青春ブギ, supervised by Masaki Aiba)paddySoul-273, ha-j  
5. "Sunshine" (Sho Sakurai solo)kosuke, AKIRA, Sho SakuraiTommy Clint, Tomoki Ishizuka  
6. "Fukkatsu Love" (復活LOVE)Mariya TakeuchiTatsuro Yamashita  
7. "Amore" (Masaki Aiba solo)eltvoeltvo  
8. "Bad boy" (Satoshi Ohno solo)HARAJUKU KIDZHARAJUKU KIDZ  
9. "WONDER-LOVE" (Supervised by Kazunari Ninomiya)KOU&Erik Lidbom, Jon Hällgren  
10. "Mata Kyou to Onaji Asu ga Kuru" (また今日と同じ明日が来る, Kazunari Ninomiya solo)wonder note, s-Tnkmetropolitan digital clique, Gigi, wonder note  
11. "Daylight"  stereograph, Sho SakuraiSimon Janlov. wonder note, Hirofumi Sasaki  
12. "Ai o Sakebe" (愛を叫べ)100+100+, Hirofumi Sasaki  
13. "Baby blue" (Jun Matsumoto solo)100+100+, Hirofum Sasaki  
14. "Miles away" (Supervised by Satoshi Ohno)100+R.P.P, metropolitan digital clique  
15. "To my homies" (Supervised by Sakurai Sho)BASI, Sho SakuraiInsist  
16. "Don't You Get It?"  KOU&Didrik Thott, Christian Fast, Henrik Nordenback  
17. "TWO TO TANGO" (Bonus track, regular edition only)HARAJUKU KIDZ, Sho SakuraiKevin Charge, Andreas Öberg, HARAJUKU KIDZ, metropolitan digital clique  
DVD
No. TitleLyricsMusic Length
1. "Don't You Get It? (video clip + making)" (「Don't You Get It」ビデオ･クリップ+メイキング)KOU&Didrik Thott, Christian Fast, Henrik Nordenback  

Chart performance

"Are You Happy?" debuted at number one on the Oricon daily album chart selling 315,741 copies upon its release and selling 636,619 copies by the end of the week, topping the Oricon weekly album chart.[5][11] The album sold 56,214 copies in its second week and ranked second on the weekly album chart.[12] The album stayed in the top ten for four consecutive weeks.[13][14] With more than 720,000 copies sold, "Are You Happy?" was certified for Triple Platinum by RIAJ.[6]

Charts and certifications

Charts

Chart (2016) Peak
position
Japan Oricon Daily Album Chart[11] 1
Japan Oricon Weekly Album Chart[4] 1
Japan Oricon Monthly Album Chart[15] 1
Japan Billboard Hot Albums[16] 1
Japan Billboard Top Album Sales[17] 1
South Korea Gaon Weekly Album Chart[18] 43
South Korea Gaon International Weekly Album Chart[19] 4

Sales and certifications

Country Provider Sales Certification
Japan RIAJ 727,944 3x Platinum[6]

Release history

Country Release date Label Format Catalog
Japan October 26, 2016 J Storm CD+DVD JACA-5625-5626
CD JACA-5627
South Korea November 16, 2016 S.M. Entertainment CD+DVD SMKJT0718/B
CD SMKJT0719
Taiwan November 18, 2016 Avex Asia CD+DVD JAJCD26030/A
CD JAJCD26030

References

  1. ↑ "楽天ブックス: Are You Happy？ (通常盤)" (in Japanese). Rakuten. Retrieved 2016-11-25.
  2. ↑ "楽天ブックス: Are You Happy？ (初回限定盤 CD＋DVD)" (in Japanese). Rakuten. Retrieved 2016-11-25.
  3. ↑ "嵐、10・26に新アルバム『Are You Happy?』発売 テーマは「嵐が思う今の嵐」" (in Japanese). Oricon. 2016-09-07. Retrieved 2016-11-25.
  4. 1 2 "週間　CDアルバムランキング2016年11月07日付" (in Japanese). Oricon. Retrieved 2016-11-25.
  5. 1 2 "【オリコン】嵐、今年度最高初動でアルバム1位 通算15作目&13年連続" (in Japanese). Oricon. 2016-11-01. Retrieved 2016-11-25.
  6. 1 2 3 "一般社団法人 日本レコード協会" (in Japanese). RIAJ. Retrieved 2016-11-25.
  7. ↑ "嵐 ニューアルバム「Are You Happy?」本日発売！" (in Japanese). J Storm. 2016-10-26. Retrieved 2016-11-25.
  8. ↑ "嵐が日立新CMでお掃除ロボ相手に奮戦、曲は「Don't You Get It」" (in Japanese). natalie. 2016-11-18. Retrieved 2016-11-25.
  9. ↑ "嵐、5大ドーム巡る年またぎ「ARASHI LIVE TOUR」" (in Japanese). natalie. 2016-06-27. Retrieved 2016-11-25.
  10. ↑ "アルバム×5大ドームツアーコラボ企画嵐　Are You Happy?キャンペーン【更新】" (in Japanese). J Storm. 2016-11-09. Retrieved 2016-11-25.
  11. 1 2 "デイリー　CDアルバムランキング2016年10月25日付". Oricon. 2016-10-25. Archived from the original on 2016-11-25. Retrieved 2016-11-25.
  12. ↑ "オリコン週間 CDアルバムランキング 2016年10月31日～2016年11月06日" (in Japanese). Oricon. Retrieved 2016-11-25.
  13. ↑ "オリコン週間 CDアルバムランキング 2016年11月07日～2016年11月13日" (in Japanese). Oricon. Retrieved 2016-11-25.
  14. ↑ "オリコン週間 CDアルバムランキング 2016年11月14日～2016年11月20日" (in Japanese). Oricon. Retrieved 2016-11-25.
  15. ↑ "月間 CDアルバムランキング2016年10月度" (in Japanese). Oricon. Retrieved 2016-11-25.
  16. ↑ "Billboard Japan Hot Albums" (in Japanese). Billboard Japan. Retrieved 2016-11-25.
  17. ↑ "Billboard Japan Top Album Sales" (in Japanese). Billboard Japan. Retrieved 2016-11-25.
  18. ↑ "2016년 47주차 Album Chart" (in Korean). Korea Music Content Industry Association. Retrieved 2016-11-25.
  19. ↑ "2016년 47주차 Album Chart" (in Korean). Korea Music Content Industry Association. Retrieved 2016-11-25.

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