''Beautiful World'' is the tenth studio album of the Japanese boy band

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. The album was released on July 6, 2011, in Japan under their record label

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in two editions: a limited edition version with a 48-page booklet and a regular CD version with a 32-page booklet. The album debuted at number-one on the ''

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'' weekly album chart, selling 631,000 copies, making it their third consecutive album to reach sales of more than half a million copies. As of December 2011, the album has sold more than a million copies. According to ''Oricon'', ''Beautiful World'' is the best-selling album of 2011 in Japan. It was released digitally on February 7, 2020.

Album information

Both the first press and regular versions contain eighteen tracks. On November 28, 2011, a limited edition of the album was released exclusively by the shopping site "7-net". It consists of a bonus track , composed by member

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and lyrics penned by the group.

Songs

"Beautiful World" includes five of the group's previously released

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: " To be free", "

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", " Dear Snow", "

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" and " Lotus". "To be free" was used as the song for Mistuya Cider commercial with member

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as the endorser."Love Rainbow" was the theme song for the drama starring member

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. "Dear Snow" and "Hatenai Sora" were used as theme songs for the movie " Ōoku: The Inner Chambers" and drama respectively, starring member

. "Lotus" was used as theme song for starring member

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. "Tooku Made" was used as the theme song for a

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commercial starring the group.

Promotion

It was announced on July 24, 2011, that

will use two

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bearing both the images of the members of Arashi and the words "ARASHI Beautiful World". The planes titled will be used for domestic flights, and the album with specially designed in-flight covers will be available, from July 25, 2011, to January 27, 2012. This marks the group's second time to have their images featured on an aircraft of the same airline.

Track listing

Personnel

Credits adapted from liner notes.

Musicians

* Arashi – lead vocals , gaya ** Sho Sakurai – rap * Ko-saku – chorus arrangement , * Shotaro – chorus arrangement * Kumi Sasaki – chorus * Shiori Sasakii – chorus * Eriko Miedai – chorus * Yoko Kazumotoi – chorus * Kimio Yamane – clarinet * Ha-j – co-programming * Youwhich – co-programming * Yutaka Odawara – drums * John Robinson – drums * Takumi Ogasawara – drums * Toru Kawamura – drums * Akira Jimbo – drums * Mana Ohkubo – fiddle * Hideyo Takakuwa – flute * The Gaya-xy – gaya * Hiroomi Shitara – acoustic guitar , * Nozomi Furukawa – acoustic guitar and electric guitar * Hirokazu Ogura – acoustic guitar and electric guitar * Hiroyuki Taneda – acoustic guitar and electric guitar * Takashi Yamaguchi – acoustic guitar * Nathan East – bass guitar * Yuzo Oka – bass guitar * Hideyuki Komatsu – bass guitar * Hideki Matsubara – bass guitar * Hitoki – bass guitar * Kenji Okuda – electric guitar * Takashi Masuzaki – electric guitar * Otohiko Fujita – horn * Yasushi Katsumata – horn * Mana Yoshinaga – koto * Satoshi Shoji – oboe * Kaori Ono – percussion * Hirofumi Sasaki – strings and co-programming * Gen Ittetsu Strings – strings * Konno Strings – strings * Manabe Strings – strings * Tadashi Tatabe – synthesizer * Aaron Heick – soprano sax and flute * Masakuni Takeno – tenor Sax * Ryoji Ihara – tenor sax * Ikuo Kakehashi – tabla and percussion * Mari Yasui – tin whistle * Koji Nishimura – trumpet * Masahiko Sugasaka – trumpet * Eric Miyashiro – trumpet * Kosuke Nakayama – trumpet * Katsumi Nomura – turntable

Production

* Johnny H. Kitagawa – executive producer * Julie K. – producer * Shigeru Tanida – recording, mixing * Teturo Takeuchi – recording, mixing * Mikiro Yamada – recording * Akitomo Takakuwa – recording * Yohei Takita – recording * Hideyuki Matsuhashi – recording * Masahito Komori – 2nd engineer * Hiroaki Suzuki – 2nd engineer * Kohei Nakaya – 2nd engineer * Naoya Tsuruta – 2nd engineer * Hiroshi Kawasaki – mastering * Tsutomu Satomi – musician coordinator * Asuka Tozawa – musician coordinator * Yasuhiro Okuya – creative direction * Go Matsuda – art direction and design * Ryotaro Kawashima – design * Akira Kitajima – photography * Masumi Sakamoto – styling * Ayumi Naito – hair and make-up * Kosuke Abe – hair and make-up * Yuuki Yonezawa – set design

Release history

References

{{Authority control 2011 albums Arashi albums Japanese-language albums J Storm albums