is the ninth studio album by Japanese boy band

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, 199 ...

. The album was released on August 4, 2010 in Japan under their record label

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in two editions: a first press version and a regular version. The album debuted at number-one on the ''

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'' weekly album chart, selling around 731,000 copies. As of August 2010, ''Boku no Miteiru Fūkei'' is the best-selling album of 2010 in Japan. On October 12, 2010, the album became the first album of the year to sell over a million copies in Japan. According to ''Oricon'', ''Boku no Miteiru Fūkei'' is the best-selling album of 2010 in Japan. The album was released digitally on February 7, 2020.

Album information

Both the first press and regular versions contain twenty tracks; however, the first press edition comes with a special booklet while the regular edition comes with only a lyrics booklet.

Songs

''Boku no Miteiru Fūkei'' contains four of the band's previously released

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", " My Girl", "

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". "Everything" was used as the theme song for the

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commercials featuring Arashi as the endorsers, and "My Girl" was used as the theme song for the

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with the same title starring member

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 & ...

. According to ''

'', "Everything" and "My Girl" were also the fifth and third best-selling 2009 singles respectively in Japan. "Troublemaker" was used as the theme song for the drama starring Arashi member

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 ...

and

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, and "Monster" was used as the theme song for the drama starring Arashi member

Satoshi Ohno is a Japanese idol, singer, actor, radio host, artist, dancer, and choreographer. He is the lead vocalist and leader of the boy band Arashi, hence his nickname . Ohno began his career in the entertainment industry when he joined the Japanese ta ...

. "Movin' On", the first track of the first disc, was used as the theme song for a

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commercial. "Sora Takaku", sixth track of the second disc, was used as the theme song for Arashi's drama special ''

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''. On January 7, 2010, two days before the drama special's release date, ''

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'' aired the first preview of "Sora Takaku".

Promotion

It was announced on September 4, 2010 that

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bearing both the images of the members of Arashi and the title of the album, which will be sold with a specially designed cover in-flight, from September 5, 2010 to January 2011.

Commercial performance

On the first day of its release, the album debuted at number-one on the ''Oricon'' daily album chart by selling around 275,000 copies. The album maintained its number-one spot on the ''Oricon'' album chart, selling around 731,000 copies in its first week. The album remained number-one in its second week, making ''Boku no Miteiru Fūkei'' Arashi's first studio album to lead the ''Oricon'' weekly album chart for two consecutive weeks. By selling around another 125,000 copies, the album has sold a total of 856,000 copies. As of October 2010, the album has sold 1,007,896 copies, making it the first album of the year to reach one million copies sold in Japan. ''Boku no Miteiru Fūkei'' has been certified Million by

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(RIAJ).

Track listing

Charts and certifications

Charts

Sales and certifications

Release history

Personnel

Musicians

*Arashi **

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Jun Matsumoto is a Japanese singer, actor, radio host, and model. He is a member of the boy band Arashi, and is Arashi's concert producer as well as production advisor for other groups. He is best known to Japanese television drama audiences for his portraya ...

– vocals **

Kazunari Ninomiya , often called , is a Japanese singer, songwriter, actor, voice actor, presenter and radio host. He is a member of the Japanese idol group Arashi, group that is under agent contract with Starto Entertainment. Early life Ninomiya was born in Kat ...

– vocals **

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