A greatest hits album, sometimes called a "best of" album or a catalog album, is a compilation of songs by a particular artist or band. Most often the track list contains previously released recordings with a high degree of notability. However, to increase the appeal, especially to people who already own the original release, it is common to include remixes or alternate takes of popular songs; sometimes even new material will function as bonus tracks. At times, a greatest hits compilation is the original album release for songs that have themselves been released as a single and charted successfully.
Mr.Children, commonly referred to by their contracted nickname "Misu-Chiru" (ミスチル), is a Japanese pop rock band formed in 1989. Consisting of Kazutoshi Sakurai, Kenichi Tahara, Keisuke Nakagawa, and Hideya Suzuki, they made their major label debut in 1992. They are one of the best selling artists in Japan and one of the most successful Japanese rock artists, having sold over 50 million records and creating the "Mis-chil Phenomenon" (ミスチル現象) in the mid-1990s in Japan. They held the record for the highest first week sales of a single in Japan for 15 years, with 1.2 million copies of their 10th single "Namonaki Uta" (名もなき詩), have 30 consecutive number 1 singles, replaced Glay as the all-male band to have the most number 1 albums on the Oricon charts, and won the Japan Record Award in 1994 for "Innocent World" and in 2004 for "Sign". As of 2012, Mr. Children has published fifteen original studio albums and 34 physical singles, along with five compilations, a live album, and fifteen home video releases.
Mr. Children 2005–2010 ＜macro＞ is a compilation album by Japanese rock band, Mr. Children, released on May 10, 2012 along with Mr. Children 2001–2005 ＜micro＞.
The compilation contains singles and album tracks which were released from 2001 to 2005, except one of the four A-sides of "Yonjigen: Four Dimensions", "Yooi Don". It debuted at number 2 on the Oricon Albums Chart, with 716,000 copies sold in the first week, concurrently with Mr. Children 2005–2010 ＜macro＞, which reached number 1 on the same chart. In 2012, this album was the No.2 best-selling album, with 1.1 million copies sold. Besides, Mr. Children 2005–2010 ＜macro＞ was the best-selling album in 2012, with 1.16 million copies sold.
Oricon Inc., established in 1999, is the holding company at the head of a Japanese corporate group that supplies statistics and information on music and the music industry in Japan. It started as Original Confidence Inc., which was founded by Sōkō Koike in November 1967 and became known for its music charts. Oricon Inc. was originally set up as a subsidiary of Original Confidence and took over the latter’s Oricon record charts in April 2002.
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