Oricon Charts for the first half of 2014

The top 3 for the single ranking is taken by AKB48, whose singles sold over a million times. In 4th and 5th place are Arashi's "Bittersweet" and "GUTS!". Over half a million copies of each of them were sold. Their newest single, "Daremo Shiranai", ranked 8th. The next Johnny's group, whose single ranked in this chart is Kanjani8 with their single "King of Otoko!", which made it into the top 10. Johnnys' WEST's "Eejanaika" sold pretty well and was able to place 12th.

Nikkei Entertainment's Talent Power Ranking 2014

Arashi has been in the top 3 of this ranking for 5 years. The last time they topped this ranking was in 2012, the year after that they placed second. Personally, Sakurai Sho also kept his position  from last year, while Matsumoto Jun was able to climb up from the 25th to the 16th. The other members of Arashi also made it into the top 100.