Are You Happy?

Last updated
Are You Happy?
Are You Happy album cover.png
Studio album by
Arashi
ReleasedOctober 26, 2016 (2016-10-26)
Recorded2015–2016
Genre
Length73:03 (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)		 Untitled
(2017)
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] It was released digitally on February 7, 2020. [7] [8]

Contents

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. [9]

"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". [10]

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. [11]

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. [12]

Track listing

CD
No.TitleLyricsMusicArrangementLength
1."Drive" (supervised by Jun Matsumoto)Macoto56Jeremy HammondHammond4:23
2."I Seek"ASILAKJ & ASILTomoki Ishizuka4:45
3."Ups and Downs"Yoshiyasu Ichikawa
  • Joe Lawrence
  • Trevor Ingram
pieni tonttu4:29
4."Seishun Boogie" (青春ブギ, supervised by Masaki Aiba)paddySoul-273ha-j4:08
5."Sunshine" (Sho Sakurai solo)
  • kosuke
  • AKIRA
  • Sho Sakurai
Tommy ClintIshizuka3:28
6."Fukkatsu Love" (復活LOVE) Mariya Takeuchi Tatsuro Yamashita Yamashita4:54
7."Amore" (Masaki Aiba solo)eltvoeltvoeltvo4:01
8."Bad Boy" (Satoshi Ohno solo)Harajuku KidzHarajuku KidzHarajuku Kidz4:09
9."Wonder-Love" (supervised by Kazunari Ninomiya)KOU&
  • Erik Lidbom
  • Jon Hällgren
  • Lidbom
  • Hällgren
3:35
10."Mata Kyou to Onaji Asu ga Kuru" (また今日と同じ明日が来る, Kazunari Ninomiya solo)
  • Fox.i.e
  • Kazunari Ninomiya
Fox.i.e
  • Fox.i.e
  • A-bee
3:50
11."Daylight"
  • stereograph
  • Sakurai
  • Simon Janlov
  • wonder note
Hirofumi Sasaki4:51
12."Ai o Sakebe" (愛を叫べ)100+100+Sasaki4:41
13."Baby Blue" (Jun Matsumoto solo)100+100+Sasaki4:16
14."Miles Away" (supervised by Satoshi Ohno)100+R.P.Pmetropolitan digital clique5:02
15."To My Homies" (supervised by Sakurai Sho)
  • BASI
  • Sakurai
InsistInsist4:55
16."Don't You Get It"KOU&
  • Didrik Thott
  • Christian Fast
  • Henrik Nordenback
  • Taku Yoshioka
  • Sasaki
4:05
17."Two to Tango" (bonus track, regular edition only)
  • Harajuku Kidz
  • Sakurai
metropolitan digital clique3:23
Total length:73:03
DVD
No.TitleLength
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) 

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] [13] The album sold 56,214 copies in its second week and ranked second on the weekly album chart. [14] The album stayed in the top ten for four consecutive weeks. [15] [16] With more than 720,000 copies sold, "Are You Happy?" was certified for Triple Platinum by RIAJ. [6]

Charts and certifications

Awards

Release history

CountryRelease dateLabelFormatCatalog
JapanOctober 26, 2016 J Storm CD+DVD JACA-5625-5626
CD JACA-5627
South KoreaNovember 16, 2016 S.M. Entertainment CD+DVDSMKJT0718/B
CDSMKJT0719
TaiwanNovember 18, 2016 Avex Asia CD+DVDJAJCD26030/A
CDJAJCD26030

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Position was taken from 2017 week 1.

Related Research Articles

This is the discography of Japanese singer and songwriter Aiko. All of Aiko's songs are distributed by Japanese media company Pony Canyon.

The discography of Arashi, a Japanese boy band, consists of 17 studio albums, six compilation albums, one extended play, 58 singles, four promotional singles, 25 concert videos and two video albums. Arashi has also released 82 music videos, including "All or Nothing", "Lucky Man", "Mada Minu Sekai e", "P・A・R・A・D・O・X", "Kokoro no Sora", "Don't You Get It", "Mikan", and "5x20".

This is the discography for Japanese boy band KAT-TUN.

Japanese boy band NEWS has released twelve studio albums, one compilation album, twenty-six singles, and ten concert videos.

<i>Dream "A" Live</i> 2008 studio album by Arashi

Dream "A"live is the eighth studio album by Japanese boy band, Arashi. The album was released on April 23, 2008, in Japan under their record label J Storm in two editions: a limited 2CD version and a regular CD version. Dream "A"live is the 30th best-selling album of 2008 in Japan. As of July 2010, the album is the group's third highest-selling album after their tenth anniversary album All the Best! 1999–2009 and debut album Arashi No.1 Ichigou: Arashi wa Arashi o Yobu!. It was released digitally on February 7, 2020.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">BTS albums discography</span>

South Korean boy band BTS have released nine studio albums, seven compilation albums, and six extended plays. In December 2018, BTS surpassed 10 million albums sold, setting the record for reaching that milestone in the shortest span of time among all Korean acts to have debuted since 2000, with five million of those albums being sold in South Korea that year alone. By April 2020, the group had sold over 20 million physical albums in South Korea, becoming the best-selling Korean act of all time in less than seven years. As of December 2022, they have sold over 38 million albums domestically.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Sakura (Arashi song)</span> 2015 single by Arashi

"Sakura" is the 45th single by Japanese boy band Arashi. It was released on February 25, 2015 under their record label J Storm. "Sakura" was used as the theme song for the television drama Ouroborous, starring actors Toma Ikuta and Shun Oguri. The single was released in two editions: a first press/limited edition and a regular edition. The first press/limited edition contains the B-side "Rise and Shine" and the music video and making-of for "Sakura" while the regular edition contains two B-sides. The single sold 465,381 copies in its first week and topped the weekly Oricon Singles Chart. With over 520,000 copies sold, the single was certified Double Platinum by the Recording Industry Association of Japan (RIAJ). The single placed 11th on Oricon's 2015 yearly singles ranking.

<i>The Digitalian</i> 2014 studio album by Arashi

The Digitalian is the thirteenth studio album of the Japanese boy band Arashi. The album was released on October 22, 2014 under their record label J Storm in two editions: a first press/limited edition and a regular edition. The regular edition comes with a 32-page photo lyrics booklet, while the limited edition comes with a 60-page photo lyrics booklet and a bonus DVD with a music video and making-of for "Zero-G". The album sold over 660,000 copies in its first week and became the third best selling album of 2014 in Japan. With more than 780,000 units sold, the album was certified for Triple Platinum by the Recording Industry Association of Japan (RIAJ).

<i>Japonism</i> (album) 2015 studio album by Arashi

Japonism is the fourteenth studio album of the Japanese idol group Arashi. The album was released on October 21, 2015 under their record label J Storm in three editions: a first press/limited edition, a Yoitoko limited edition, and a regular edition. The first press edition comes with an 84-page photo lyrics booklet and bonus DVD with the music video and making-of for the album's lead track, "Kokoro no Sora". The Yoitoko limited edition comes with a 32-page lyrics booklet, and the regular edition comes with a 36-page lyrics booklet. The album sold over 820,000 copies in its first week and topped the Oricon charts for two consecutive weeks. With more than 1,000,000 copies sold, the album was certified for Million by the Recording Industry Association of Japan (RIAJ). On December 23, 2015, Oricon ranked Japonism as the best-selling album of 2015 in Japan. On February 27, 2016, Japonism was awarded Album of the Year in the 2016 Japan Gold Disc Awards.

Back Number is a Japanese rock power trio formed in 2004. The group consists of Iyori Shimizu, Kazuya Kojima, and Hisashi Kurihara (drums). The group signed to independent record label Idolsmith Recordings in 2009 and released their debut EP Nogashita Sakana (2009) and studio album Ato no Matsuri (2010). They signed to Universal Sigma in 2011.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Twice albums discography</span>

The albums discography of South Korean girl group Twice consists of seven studio albums, twelve EPs, one reissue studio album, three reissue EPs, four compilation albums and one compilation EP.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Ai o Sakebe</span> 2015 single by Arashi

"Ai o Sakebe" (愛を叫べ) is the 47th single by Japanese boy band Arashi. It was released on September 2, 2015 under their record label J Storm. "Ai o Sakebe" was used as the background song for the Recruit Zexy commercial. The single sold 462,550 copies in its first week and topped the weekly Oricon Singles Chart. With over 519,000 copies sold, the single was certified Double Platinum by the Recording Industry Association of Japan (RIAJ). "Ai o Sakebe" placed 12th on Oricon's 2015 yearly singles ranking.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Fukkatsu Love</span> 2016 single by Arashi

"Fukkatsu Love" (復活LOVE) is the 48th single by Japanese boy band Arashi. It was released on February 24, 2016 under their record label J Storm. "Fukkatsu Love" was used as the background song for the NTT DoCoMo d hits commercial. The single sold over 485,000 copies in its first week and topped the weekly Oricon Singles Chart. "Fukkatsu Love" was certified for Double Platinum by the Recording Industry Association of Japan (RIAJ).

<span class="mw-page-title-main">I Seek / Daylight</span> 2016 single by Arashi

"I Seek/Daylight" is the 49th single by Japanese boy band Arashi. It was released on May 18, 2016 under their record label J Storm. "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. The single sold over 737,000 copies in its first week and topped the weekly Oricon Singles Chart. "I seek/Daylight" was certified for Triple Platinum by the Recording Industry Association of Japan (RIAJ).

<span class="mw-page-title-main">I'll Be There (Arashi song)</span> 2017 single by Arashi

"I'll Be There" is the 51st single by Japanese boy band Arashi. It was released on April 19, 2017 under their record label J Storm. "I'll be there" was used as the theme song for the television drama Kizoku Tantei starring Arashi member Masaki Aiba. The single sold over 390,000 copies in its first week and topped the weekly Oricon Singles Chart. The single was certified Double Platinum by the Recording Industry Association of Japan (RIAJ).

<i>Untitled</i> (Arashi album) 2017 studio album by Arashi

Untitled is the sixteenth studio album by the Japanese idol group Arashi. The album was released on October 18, 2017 under their record label J Storm in two editions: a first press/limited edition and a regular edition. With more than 750,000 copies sold, the album was certified for Triple Platinum by the Recording Industry Association of Japan (RIAJ). It was released digitally on February 7, 2020.

<i>Face Yourself</i> 2018 studio album by BTS

Face Yourself is the third Japanese studio album by South Korean boy band BTS released on April 4, 2018, through Universal Music Japan and Def Jam Recordings. The album contains Japanese versions of songs previously released on the group's second Korean studio album Wings (2016), and the Love Yourself: Her (2017) extended play (EP), as well as three new, original Japanese-language tracks: "Don't Leave Me", "Let Go", and "Crystal Snow". Its debut at number 43 on the Billboard 200 made it the third-highest-charting Japanese album in the history of the chart.

<i>5x20 All the Best!! 1999–2019</i> 2019 greatest hits album by Arashi

5x20 All the Best!! 1999–2019 is the fifth greatest hits album by Japanese boy band Arashi. It was released through J Storm on June 26, 2019. The album debuted at the top spot of the Oricon Weekly Albums chart, selling 1,304,251 copies in its first week of release in Japan. It spent the most weeks at number one of any album on the Oricon Albums Chart in 2019, with four, and was both the best-selling album of 2019 in Japan, as well as worldwide, with 3.3 million copies sold, eventually becoming the world's best-selling album of the year for 2019.

<i>This Is Arashi</i> 2020 studio album by Arashi

This Is Arashi is the seventeenth studio album by Japanese idol group Arashi, released through J Storm on November 3, 2020. It was the group's final recording before entering an indefinite hiatus on December 31, 2020. It was preceded by and includes the singles "Brave"; "Turning Up"; their first song primarily in English, "In the Summer"; "Kite"; their first entirely English song, "Whenever You Call"; and "Party Starters". "Do You...?" served as the lead song upon the album's release on November 3.

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. ↑ "旧譜オリジナル・アルバム（全16タイトル）デジタルリリース決定". Johnny's net (in Japanese). February 5, 2020. Archived from the original on February 5, 2020. Retrieved February 5, 2020.
  8. ↑ "嵐のオリジナルアルバム16作品256曲、明後日デジタル配信スタート". natalie.mu (in Japanese). February 5, 2020. Archived from the original on February 5, 2020. Retrieved February 5, 2020.
  9. ↑ 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.
  10. ↑ 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.
  11. ↑ 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.
  12. ↑ 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. Archived from the original on 2016-11-11. Retrieved 2016-11-25.
  13. ↑ 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 2016-10-27. Retrieved 2016-11-25.
  14. ↑ 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.
  15. ↑ 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.
  16. ↑ 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.
  17. ↑ "Billboard Japan Hot Albums" (in Japanese). Billboard Japan. Retrieved 2016-11-25.
  18. ↑ "Billboard Japan Top Album Sales" (in Japanese). Billboard Japan. Retrieved 2016-11-25.
  19. ↑ "2016년 47주차 Album Chart" (in Korean). Korea Music Content Industry Association . Retrieved 2016-11-25.
  20. ↑ "2016년 47주차 Album Chart" (in Korean). Korea Music Content Industry Association. Retrieved 2016-11-25.
  21. ↑ 週間 CDアルバムランキング 2017年01月09日付 (in Japanese). Oricon. Retrieved 2017-01-30.
  22. ↑ "Billboard Japan Hot Albums" (in Japanese). Billboard Japan. Retrieved 2017-01-30.
  23. ↑ "Billboard Japan Top Album Sales" (in Japanese). Billboard Japan. Retrieved 2017-01-30.
  24. ↑ "2017년 01주차 Album Chart" (in Korean). Korea Music Content Industry Association. Retrieved 2017-01-30.
  25. ↑ "G-Music J-Pop Chart" (in Chinese). G-Music. Archived from the original on 2015-12-28. Retrieved 2017-01-30.
  26. ↑ 【2016年 年間音楽＆映像ランキング】嵐が前人未到の記録達成！ (in Japanese). Oricon. 2016-12-24. Retrieved 2017-01-30.
  27. ↑ 【ビルボード年間アルバムセールス】嵐が2年連続アルバムセールスで首位を獲得 宇多田、RADなど今年話題を集めた作品が上位にランクイン (in Japanese). Billboard Japan. 2016-12-08. Retrieved 2017-01-30.
  28. ↑ "Billboard Japan Top Albums Sales Year End" (in Japanese). Billboard Japan. Retrieved 2017-01-30.
  29. ↑ "The Japan Gold Disc Award 2017" (in Japanese). RIAJ. Retrieved 2017-12-16.
This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.