Best Selection 2010 is the first Japanese

Japanese language

is a language spoken by over 130 million people in Japan and in Japanese emigrant communities. It is a member of the Japonic language family, which has a number of proposed relationships with other languages, none of which has gained wide acceptance among historical linguists .Japanese is an...

 greatest hits

Greatest hits

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 album by Korean boy band

Boy band

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 TVXQ

TVXQ

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. It was released on February 17, 2010 in Japan by their label Rhythm Zone

Rhythm Zone

is a record label in the Avex Records Group which releases all kinds of urban contemporary Japanese music.-History:The label was founded in 1999 by Max Matsuura to address the need for a new urban music label, signing M-Flo as its first artist, then followed by Exile.In 2000, Koda Kumi was signed...

 in three editions: a 2CD+DVD

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 version, a CD+DVD version and a CD

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 version.

Track list

Chart performance

Best Selection 2010 debuted at number-one on the Oricon

Oricon

, 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 , which was founded by Sōkō Koike in November 1967 and became known for its music charts. Oricon Inc...

Daily Album Chart, selling 228,542 copies on the first day. By the end of the first week, the album maintained its number-one rank on the Oricon Weekly Album Chart by selling a total of 412,861 copies. As a result, Best Selection 2010 became the group's first number-one album in Japan. They broke a 14 year record and set the mark for the highest first-week sales by a foreign group, which was last set by Bon Jovi

Bon Jovi

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 in 1995 with 379,000 copies sold.

Tohoshinki's Best Selection 2010 also debuted number-one on the Global United Charts, making their album the number-one sales in the world. The 412,861 album sales from Tohoshinki beat out other artists like Sade, Lady Gaga and Black Eyed Peas that week. With this accomplishment, they have surpassed Backstreet Boys and Bon Jovi who used to hold the #1 and #2 spots before Best Selection 2010 was released.

On March 11, 2010, Best Selection 2010 was certified Double Platinum by the Recording Industry Association of Japan

Recording Industry Association of Japan

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 (RIAJ) for shipping over 500,000 copies. On December 20, 2010, Oricon

Oricon

, 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 , which was founded by Sōkō Koike in November 1967 and became known for its music charts. Oricon Inc...

 reported the Yearly Album Chart for 2010, Best Selection 2010 ranked in 7th place with a total sales of 569,530 copies, making it the highest selling album by a foreign group at the time.

After only 2 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

Glee (TV series)

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soundtrack. This is Tohoshinki/TVXQ’s first number one album in the country.

Charts

Chart (2010)	Peak position
Japan Oricon Oricon , 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 , which was founded by Sōkō Koike in November 1967 and became known for its music charts. Oricon Inc... Daily Album Chart	1
Japan Oricon Weekly Album Chart	1
Japan Oricon Monthly Album Chart	1
Japan Oricon Yearly Album Chart	7
Billboard Billboard (magazine) Billboard is a weekly American magazine devoted to the music industry, and is one of the oldest trade magazines in the world. It maintains several internationally recognized music charts that track the most popular songs and albums in various categories on a weekly basis... Japan Top Albums	1
South Korea Gaon Gaon Chart The Gaon Chart is a national record chart of South Korea. It is complied by the Korea Music Content Industry Association and sponsored by South Korea's Ministry of Culture, Sports, and Tourism; with an aim to create a national chart for Korea similar to the Billboard charts and Oricon charts... Yearly Album Chart	72

Sales and certifications

Country	Chart / Provider	Amount / Certification
Japan	Oricon Oricon , 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 , which was founded by Sōkō Koike in November 1967 and became known for its music charts. Oricon Inc... physical sales	569,530+
Japan	RIAJ Recording Industry Association of Japan The Recording Industry Association of Japan is an industry trade group composed of Japanese corporations involved the music industry... physical shipping certification	Double Platinum (500,000+)
Japan	Avex	700,000+
South Korea	Gaon Gaon Chart The Gaon Chart is a national record chart of South Korea. It is complied by the Korea Music Content Industry Association and sponsored by South Korea's Ministry of Culture, Sports, and Tourism; with an aim to create a national chart for Korea similar to the Billboard charts and Oricon charts...	21,089+

Chart procession and succession