''Untitled'' (stylized as ''「untitled」'') is the sixteenth

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by the

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group

Arashi is a Japanese boy band consisting of five members formed under the Johnny & Associates talent agency. The members are Satoshi Ohno, Sho Sakurai, Masaki Aiba, Kazunari Ninomiya, and Jun Matsumoto. Arashi officially formed on September 15, 1999 ...

. The album was released on October 18, 2017 under their record label

J Storm is a Japanese music and film company owned by Johnny & Associates. It was established on November 12, 2001, initially as a label for the Johnny's group, Arashi, after which it was named. Aside from producing and releasing CDs and DVDs, the co ...

in two editions: a first press/limited edition and a regular edition. With more than 750,000 copies sold, the album was certified Triple Platinum by the

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(RIAJ). It was released digitally on February 7, 2020.

Album information

The album was purposely titled to suggest that it is "unfinished". Besides a CD of 13 tracks, the first-run limited edition also contains a DVD of the music video and making-of for the album's lead song "Mikan" and 80-page lyrics photo booklet with special packaging. The regular edition also includes 4 unit songs, a bonus track, and a 36-page lyrics booklet.

Songs

''Untitled'' includes three of the group's previously released

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: " Power of the Paradise", " I'll Be There", and "

Tsunagu "Tsunagu" is the 52nd single by Japanese boy band Arashi. It was released on June 28, 2017 under their record label J Storm. "Tsunagu" is the theme song for the film ''Shinobi no Kuni'' starring Arashi member Satoshi Ohno. The single sold over 380 ...

". "Power of the Paradise" was used as the theme song for

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's news coverage of the

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, where

Sho Sakurai (born January 25, 1982) is a Japanese singer, songwriter, rapper, actor, news anchor, host and former radio host. He is a member of the boy band Arashi. Sakurai began his career in the entertainment industry when he joined the Japanese talent a ...

served as the main newscaster. "I'll Be There" was used as the theme song for the television drama ''Kizoku Tantei'' starring

Masaki Aiba (born December 24, 1982) is a Japanese singer, actor, television personality, radio host and dancer. He is a member of the boy band Arashi. Aiba began his career in the entertainment industry when he joined the Japanese talent agency Johnny & A ...

. "Tsunagu" was used as the theme song for the film '' Mumon: The Land of Stealth'' starring

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. Arashi also made their first suite with "Song for You". It was created by incorporating melodies from various genres into a song of over ten minutes. It is said to represent the group's past, present, and future. The song was also said to epitomize the album title and contain elements of wa,

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, classical, and hip hop music. Unlike the group's previous albums, ''Untitled'' does not contain solo songs, but unit songs sung by either duos or trios. The

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s use "duality", as in "light and shadow" and "virtual images and real images", as their theme. Unlike previously released music videos, the scenes of the group appearing together are few and are mostly solo shots.

Promotion

To support the album, Arashi performed a live tour called Arashi Live Tour 2017-2018 Untitled. They performed at all the major dome stadiums in Japan: November 11 to 13 at the

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, followed by

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on December 1 to 3 and December 24 to 26,

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from December 8 to 10,

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for December 15 to 17, and

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from January 12 to 14.

Chart performance

''Untitled'' debuted at number one on the Oricon daily albums chart selling 352,302 copies upon its release and 165,248 copies on its second day. ''

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'' recorded 522,813 copies sold from October 16–18, 2017. The album sold over 668,000 copies in its first week and topped the Oricon weekly albums chart. The album debuted at number one on the ''Billboard Japan''s top single sales chart selling 690,617 copies in its first week. It debuted at number one on ''Billboard Japan''s Hot Albums chart. The album sold 49,343 copies in its second week. In October 2017, ''Untitled'' was certified Triple Platinum by the RIAJ.

Track listing

Charts and certifications

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Certifications and sales

Awards

*''Untitled'' was listed as one of the ''Best 5 Albums'' for the 32nd

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Release history

References

External links

Product information
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