''Best Selection 2010'' is the first Japanese

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from South Korean pop group Tohoshinki, released in Japan on February 17, 2010, by

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. 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

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(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

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, 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

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album by a foreign artist in Japan.

Chart performance

''Best Selection 2010'' debuted at number-one on the ''

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'' Daily Album Chart, selling over 228,000 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

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, 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

'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

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, who sold over 564,000 copies of their third Japanese studio album '' Map of the Soul: 7 – The Journey'' in its first week. On March 11, 2010, ''Best Selection 2010'' was certified Double Platinum by the

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

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

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& the ''

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'' soundtrack. This was Tohoshinki's first number one album in the country.

Track listing

Charts

Weekly charts

Monthly charts

Year-end charts

Sales and certifications

References

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