Sandaime J Soul Brothers

Sandaime J Soul Brothers
From left to right: NAOTO, Takanori Iwata, Hiroomi Tosaka, Naoki Kobayashi, Ryuji Imaichi, Kenjiro Yamashita, ELLY.
Background information
Also known as
  • 3JSB
  • 三代目JSB
  • J Soul Brothers III[1]
  • The Third J Soul Brothers
OriginTokyo, Japan
Genres
Years active2010 (2010)–present
Labels
MembersNaoto
Naoki Kobayashi
ELLY
Kenjiro Yamashida
Takanori Iwata
Ryuji Imaichi
Hiroomi Tosaka
Websitewww.jsoulb.jp

Sandaime J Soul Brothers (Japanese: 三代目, Sandaime; "Third Generation"), formerly simply J Soul Brothers and also known as Sandaime J Soul Brothers from Exile Tribe, are a J-pop vocal and dance group formed by Exile ex-leader and producer Hiroyuki Igarashi in Japan in 1991. Sandaime J Soul Brothers are managed by Hiroyuki's talent agency LDH and are a part of the supergroup, Exile Tribe. Reformed exclusively by Exile's Vocal Battle Audition in 2010, Sandaime J Soul Brothers released their first single "Best Friend's Girl" in November 2010, which peaked at number three on the Oricon Singles Chart. Their self-titled debut album J Soul Brothers, released in 2011, also peaked at number three.[2] In 2013, they achieved their first number-one record with their third album Miracle.

Sandaime J Soul Brothers were propelled to commercial and critical success following the release of their 2014 single "R.Y.U.S.E.I.", which won the Japan Record Award, the highest honor at the 56th Japan Record Awards.[3] The group's fifth studio album Planet Seven was the second best-selling Japanese album and the third best-selling Asian album of 2015, selling a total of 871,000 physical copies in Japan alone. The album would later attain a Million certification by the RIAJ for having over one million physical copies sold.[4] Additionally, Recochoku revealed the group as the best selling artist of the year with R.Y.U.S.E.I reported as the best selling song for both Recochoku and Billboard year end charts.[5][6]

By December 2019, Sandaime J Soul Brothers had sold a total of more than 11.15 million records[7][8] including over 7.25 million singles sales in Japan alone since their debut in late 2010.[9] The group was reported to have earned an estimated total gross of $63.1 million (¥6.85 billion) in 2015[10] with a total of $76 million (¥8.25 billion) and $53.6 million (¥5.82 billion) earned in the years of 2016 and 2018 respectively.[11][12]

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  3. ^ "Sandaime JSB wins the 'Japan Record Award' for the first time". tokyohive. 6Theory Media, LLC. December 31, 2014. Retrieved January 7, 2015.
  4. ^ "Top 100 Global Sales in 2015". instiz. Instiz tvN. January 1, 2016. Retrieved January 3, 2016.
  5. ^ "Recochoku Yearly Sales Ranking in 2015". tokyohive. 6Theory Media LLC. January 5, 2016. Retrieved January 5, 2016.
  6. ^ "Billboard Yearly Sales Ranking in 2015". Billboard Japan. Billboard. December 10, 2015. Retrieved January 4, 2016.
  7. ^ "Japan's Best Selling Male Groups 2010-19". Tumblr. December 29, 2019. Retrieved December 31, 2019.
  8. ^ "Earthquake Bird Star and J-Pop Icon Naoki Kobayashi on the Movies That Changed His Life". Esquire. September 24, 2019. Retrieved December 31, 2019.
  9. ^ "The Third J Soul Brothers To Release A Best Album With 46 Songs That Exceed A Cumulative Total Of Over 7 Million Copies Sold". The Hochi Shimbun. February 2, 2017. Archived from the original on February 3, 2017. Retrieved April 15, 2017.
  10. ^ "Oricon Yearly Sales Ranking in 2015 and". Oricon. December 23, 2015. Retrieved March 24, 2019.
  11. ^ "Oricon Yearly Sales Ranking in 2016". Oricon. December 24, 2016. Retrieved March 23, 2019.
  12. ^ "Oricon Yearly Sales Ranking in 2018". Oricon. December 24, 2018. Retrieved December 31, 2019.