On April 5, 2000, Arashi released their second single "Sunrise Nippon/Horizon ", which debuted at number-one on the Oricon weekly singles chart selling 304,340 copies. The next day, the
group began their first concert tour at Osaka Hall.
In July, the group released their next single "Typhoon Generation ", which debuted at number three on the weekly singles chart with 256,510 copies sold and continued to chart for nine weeks before leaving the charts. After holding more concerts in August, the group released their last single of 2000, " Kansha Kangeki Ame Arashi ". The single debuted at number two on the Oricon weekly singles chart and had first-week sales of 258,720.
In January 2001, Arashi released their first studio album Arashi No.1 Ichigou: Arashi wa Arashi o Yobu!
. The album debuted at number-one on the Oricon weekly album chart with initial sales of 267,220 copies. Until the release of their tenth anniversary compilation album All the Best! 1999– 2009 , the album remained the group's
best-selling album with overall sales of about 323,030 for nearly ten years.
From March 25 to April 30, 2001, the group embarked on their first nationwide concert tour Arashi Spring Concert 2001. The tour took place in Sendai, Osaka, Nagoya, Hokkaidō, Fukuoka, Hiroshima, Kanazawa, Toyama, and Tokyo
with an unprecedented twenty-six
performances. Before moving to a
private record label by the end of 2001, Arashi released "Jidai " as their final single under Pony Canyon. Used as the theme
song for Matsumoto's drama Kindaichi Shōnen no Jikenbo 3 , it was named Best Theme Song in the 30th Television Drama Academy Awards.
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