Best Selection 2010
Best Selection 2010 is the first Japanese greatest hits album from South Korean pop group Tohoshinki, released in Japan on February 17, 2010, by Rhythm Zone. It contains songs from their albums "Heart, Mind and Soul" (2006), "Five in the Black" (2007), "T" (2008) and "The Secret Code" (2009). It also features four new singles, two of which are certified platinum by the Recording Industry Association of Japan (RIAJ). "Best Selection 2010" is the final album release by the group with its original five-member lineup. Three editions of the album were available: a 2-CD+DVD version , a CD+DVD version, and a CD only version. "Best Selection 2010" was the group's first album to reach number one on the Oricon Albums Chart, and is the first album by a foreign band to have first-week sales of 400,000 copies in Japan. "Best Selection 2010" was certified 2× Platinum by the RIAJ and is the best-selling album of Tohoshinki's career. It is also the best-selling greatest hits album by a foreign artist in Japan. Chart performance. "Best Selection 2010" debuted at number-one on the "Oricon" Daily Album Chart, selling 228,542 copies on the  first day. The album maintained its position atop the Daily Chart for seven consecutive days and ranked at number one on the Oricon Weekly Album Chart with an accumulated 412,861 copies sold by the end of its first week, overtaking the Backstreet Boys and Bon Jovi, who held the number one and number two positions on the chart respectively prior to "Best Selection 2010"s release. With this, "Best Selection 2010" became the group's first number one album in Japan. They broke a 14-year record for the highest first-week sales by a foreign group in the country, formerly  set by American rock band Bon Jovi's sixth studio album "These Days" with 379,000 copies sold. Tohoshinki's record was broken 10 years later, in 2020, by fellow South Korean group BTS, who sold over 564,000 copies of their third Japanese studio album "" in its first week. The album also entered the Global United Charts at number one, making it the highest selling album in the world for that week, surpassing releases by other artists like Sade, Lady Gaga, and The Black Eyed Peas. On March 11, 2010, "Best Selection 2010" was certified Double Platinum by the Recording Industry  Association of Japan (RIAJ) for shipping over 500,000 copies. On December 20, 2010, Oricon reported the Yearly Album Chart for 2010 and "Best Selection 2010" ranked seventh on the list with a total sales of 569,530 copies, making it the highest selling album by a foreign group at the time. After only two days of release in the Philippine market, "Best Selection 2010" landed on the number one spot in Astrovision and Astroplus's Overall & International Album Chart. It outsold albums by Justin Bieber, Lady Gaga, Taylor Swift & the "Glee" soundtrack. This was Tohoshinki's first number one album in  the country.