5x20 All the Best!! 1999–2019 is the fifth greatest hits album by Japanese boy band Arashi. It was released through J Storm on June 26, 2019. The album debuted at the top spot of the Oricon Weekly Albums chart, selling 1,304,251 copies in its first week of release in Japan. It spent the most weeks at number one of any album on the Oricon Albums Chart in 2019, with four, and was both the best-selling album of 2019 in Japan, as well as worldwide, with 3.3 million copies sold, eventually became the world's best-selling album of the year for 2019.
Background
5x20 All the Best!! 1999–2019 is Arashi's fifth greatest hits album, following Arashi Single Collection 1999–2001, 5x5 The Best Selection of 2002–2004, All the Best! 1999–2009, and Ura Ara Mania. It contains all 56 singles released by the band between 1999 and 2018, plus a new song, "5x20". Included in a limited edition is a live video collection spanning the band's career. On January 27, 2019, the band announced that it will cease all group activities after December 31, 2020. In a press conference on the same day, member Jun Matsumoto expressed interest in releasing a 20th anniversary best-of album and a video collection. Arashi announced the album on May 3, 2019, via Yomiuri Shimbun.
Release and promotion
The album was released on June 26, 2019, in three editions: a four-disc CD regular edition, and two 4CD/1DVD limited editions. Limited edition 1 contains a DVD with the music video and making-of for "5x20". Limited edition 2 contains a DVD called "Arashi Live Clips", which contains selected video clips from previously released live concert videos. Pre-orders became available on May 8. By May 29, the majority of CD shops and online stores had sold out of its allocation of pre-orders and it was discovered that the album was being resold for higher than its suggested retail price. In response, J Storm arranged for additional production of the limited editions, available for pre-order from June 1 to July 12, to be shipped mid-August. Arashi will appear on NHK's Songs, TV Tokyo's TV Tokyo Music Festival, TBS's Ongaku no Hi NTV's The Music Day, and Fuji TV's FNS Music Fes. in Summer.
Tour
Arashi embarked on their 20th anniversary tour in November 2018. The tour began in Sapporo on November 16, 2018, at the Sapporo Dome, before moving throughout Japan. On December 23, Arashi announced an additional 32 dates to the tour, bringing the total scheduled shows to 50. The tour concluded in Tokyo on December 25, 2019. It was expected to draw 2.375 million total concert attendees.
Commercial performance
5x20 All the Best!! 1999–2009 sold 729,000 copies on its first day of release, breaking the record for the highest first-day sales by a male artist. The previous record was held by the Arashi's 2015 album Japonism, which sold 413,000 copies on its first day. On its second day, the album sold 267,000 copies, bringing its two-day sales total to 996,000. It sold 103,000 copies on its third day, which brought the album's total sales to 1.099 million, making it the first million-seller of the Reiwa era. According to Billboard Japan, the album sold 740,114 copies from June 24–25, 2019, which set the record for the highest first-week sales in 2019. Billboard Japan reported that it sold 1,037,689 copies from June 24–26, 2019. The album topped the Oricon Monthly Chart for three consecutive months, selling 1,304,251 copies in the album's release and selling over 278,870 copies in its second month of release. In its third month of release, the album sold over 411,854 copies. On September 10, the album was certified 2× Million by the RIAJ, indicating sales of more than two million copies. The album was the first album to reach 2× Million certification in the Reiwa era. The album was also distributed in various countries such as South Korea, where it reached number 15 on the weekly Gaon Album Chart. According to the IFPI, 5x20 was the best-selling album of 2019 worldwide, with 3.3 million copies sold, eventually became the world's best-selling album of the year for 2019.
