Arashi’s latest single sells more than 500,000 copies for the fourth time this year

Arashi’s latest single “Dear Snow” has already sold more than 501,000 copies, securing it’s number one debut on the weekly single charts for next week, reports Oricon.

The single was released last week on October 6, and is the 22nd consecutive number one the group has had since “PIKA★★NCHI DOUBLE”, which was released in February 2004. It also brings the total number of number one singles Arashi have had over their career to 29.

“Dear Snow” is the theme song to Kazunari Ninomiya’s feature film “大奥 (Ohoku)”.

Four out of Arashi’s five singles released this year have already sold more than 500,000 records in their first week: “Troublemaker” (released in March), “Monster” (released in May), “Love Rainbow” (released in September), and “Dear Snow” (released in October).