Best Selection 2010
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{{Infobox album
| name = Best Selection 2010
| type = greatest hits
| artist = Tohoshinki
| cover = Bestselection2010tohoshinkisilver.jpg
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| released = {{Start date|2010|02|17}}
| recorded = 2005–2009
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| genre = J-pop, dance-pop, R&B
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| language = Japanese
| label = Rhythm Zone
| producer = Max Matsuura
| prev_title = The Secret Code
| prev_year = 2009
| next_title = Complete Set Limited Box
| next_year = 2010
| misc = {{Singles
| name = Best Selection 2010
| type = Compilation
| single1 = Share the World/We Are!
| single1date = April 22, 2009
| single2 = Stand by U
| single2date = July 1, 2009
| single3 = Break Out!
| single3date = January 27, 2010
| single4 = Toki o Tomete
| single4date = March 24, 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.{{cite web|url=http://www.riaj.or.jp/data/others/gold/201002.html|title=Certifications of February 2010|publisher=Recording Industry Association of Japan|language=Japanese|accessdate=January 10, 2014}} 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 over 228,000 copies on the first day.{{cite web|url=http://www.oricon.co.jp/news/rankmusic/73493/|script-title=ja:東方神起、ベストアルバムが初日首位|date=February 18, 2010|publisher=Oricon|language=Japanese|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100219040152/http://www.oricon.co.jp/news/rankmusic/73493/|archive-date=February 19, 2010|url-status=dead|access-date=February 18, 2010}} 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.{{cite web|url=http://www.oricon.co.jp/news/rankmusic/73631/full/|script-title=ja:東方神起が初ベスト盤でデビュー5年目初の首位、海外グループ歴代最高の初動41.3万枚を記録|date=February 23, 2010|language=Japanese|publisher=Oricon|accessdate=February 23, 2010}} 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 Map of the Soul: 7 – The Journey in its first week.{{cite web|url=https://www.oricon.co.jp/news/2167467/full/|script-title=ja:BTS、海外男性アーティストのアルバム初週売上歴代1位に 今年度最高初週&累積売上も【オリコンランキング】|author=|date=July 21, 2020|work=Oricon News|language=ja|trans-title=BTS ranks No. 1 in sales for the first week of albums by overseas male artists.|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200720224113/https://www.oricon.co.jp/news/2167467/full/|archive-date=July 20, 2020|access-date=July 20, 2020}}
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.{{cite web|url=http://star.mt.co.kr/view/stview.php?no=2010031108451190836&type=1&outlink=1|script-title=ko:동방신기 日베스트앨범, 첫 더블플래티넘 '등극'|date=March 11, 2010|language=Korean|publisher=Star News|accessdate=March 14, 2010}} 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.{{cite web|url=http://www.oricon.co.jp/music/special/2010/musicrank1220/index04.html|script-title=ja:年間ランキング特集『2010年、ヒットしたシングル、アルバム、DVDは？』-ORICON STYLE ミュージック月|publisher=Oricon|language=Japanese|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101222012256/http://www.oricon.co.jp/music/special/2010/musicrank1220/index04.html|archive-date=December 22, 2010|url-status=dead|access-date=December 20, 2010}}
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.
Track listing
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| title1 = Jumon: Mirotic
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| title2 = Share the World
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| title3 = My Destiny
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| title4 = Dōshite Kimi o Suki ni Natte Shimattandarō?
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| title5 = Purple Line
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| title6 = Stand by U
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| title7 = Stay With Me Tonight
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| title8 = Asu wa Kuru Kara
| note8 = {{Nihongo2|明日は来るから}} "Tomorrow Will Surely Come"
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| title9 = "O" (Sei Han Gō)
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| title12 = Lovin' You
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| headline = CD 2: Member's choice
| title1 = Forever Love
| note1 = Junsu's Selection
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| title2 = Shine
| note2 = Yuchun's Selection
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| title3 = Love in the Ice
| note3 = Jaejoong's Selection
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| title4 = Beautiful You
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| title5 = Hug
| note5 = Yunho's Selection, from album Heart, Mind and Soul
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| title6 = Amaku Hateshinaku
| note6 = {{Nihongo2|甘く果てしなく}} "Endlessly Sweet"
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| title7 = Toki o Tomete
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| title8 = With All My Heart (Kimi ga Odoru, Natsu)
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| title9 = Break Out!
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| headline = DVD (CD+DVD version):
| title1 = Share the World (MV)
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| title2 = どうして君を好きになってしまったんだろう? (4th Live Tour ver.)
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| title3 = 呪文: Mirotic (4th Live Tour ver.)
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| title4 = Bolero (4th Live Tour ver.)
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| title6 = Stand by U (MV Member ver.)
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| title7 = Rising Sun (2nd Live Tour ver.)
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| title8 = Love in the Ice (3rd Live Tour ver).
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| title9 = Break Out! (Bonus MV)
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| title1 = Trick
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| title2 = Rising Sun
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| title9 = Zion
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| title11 = Break up the shell
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| title14 = 呪文: Mirotic
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| title15 = The Way U Are
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| title16 = Survivor
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| title17 = Somebody to Love
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| title18 = Offshot Movie (first press limited)
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Charts
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=Weekly charts=
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!Chart (2010) !Peak |
| scope="row"|Japanese Albums (Oricon)
| style="text-align:center;"| 1 |
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| scope="row"|Japanese Top Albums (Billboard)
| style="text-align:center;"| 1 |
=Monthly charts=
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!Chart (2010) !Peak |
| scope="row"|Japanese Albums (Oricon)
| style="text-align:center;"| 1 |
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=Year-end charts=
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!Chart (2010) !Position |
| scope="row"|Japanese Albums (Oricon){{cite web |url=http://www.oricon.co.jp/rank/ja/y/2010/ |title=2010年のCDアルバム年間ランキング |publisher=Oricon|language=Japanese}}
| style="text-align:center;"| 7 |
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| scope="row"|South Korean Albums (Gaon)
| style="text-align:center;"| 72 |
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Sales and certifications
{{Certification Table Top|caption=Sales and certifications for Best Selection 2010}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=Japan|type=album|artist=Tohoshinki|title=Best Selection 2010|award=Platinum|number=2|relyear=2010|certyear=2010|certmonth=2|salesamount=569,530|salesref=|access-date=|refname="riaj"}}
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