"Troublemaker" is a song recorded by Japanese boy band

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. It was released on March 3, 2010 by their record label

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. "Troublemaker" was used as the theme song to the

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starring Arashi member

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. It was released as a CD single in two formats: a regular edition containing with two

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and the instrumental of all the songs and a limited edition containing the B-side and a DVD.

Single information

On January 5, 2010, it was announced that Arashi would provide the song "Yurase, Ima o" as the theme song for the

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news coverage on

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. This was the group's third theme song for the NTV Olympic coverage, the previous two being "

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, and " Kaze no Mukō e" in

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. The next day on January 6, 2010, Sakurai announced that Arashi would provide the theme song "Troublemaker" for his then-upcoming comedy drama during the drama's press conference.

Chart performance

On the day of the single's release, it debuted at number-one the ''

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'' daily singles chart by selling about 232,000 copies. On the ''Oricon'' weekly singles chart, the single debuted at number-one and sold about 542,000 copies, making Arashi the first group to have their weekly singles sales exceed 500,000 for two consecutive years since

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in 2001. On June 24, 2010, "Troublemaker" placed at number-one on the ''Oricon'' first half of the year singles chart by selling 688,194 copies in the end of the year. According to ''Oricon'', "Troublemaker" is the third best-selling single of 2010 in Japan.

Live performances

On February 12, 2010, Arashi performed "Troublemaker" and "Yurase, Ima o" on ''

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's'' 1000th Episode Special. However, because of his work as the special

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for the Olympics news coverage on NTV, Sakurai could not attend the

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music show as he had to go to

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for the

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. Having finished his work with the Olympics, Sakurai performed "Troublemaker" with the other members of Arashi when they once again went on ''Music Station'' on March 5, 2010.

Track listing

Charts and certifications

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Certifications

Release history

References

External links

"Troublemaker" product information

"Troublemaker" Oricon profile
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