"Happy Birthday" is the tenth single of the Japanese boy group NEWS. It was released on October 1, 2008, in two editions; a regular edition which contains two b-sides: Gan Gan Ganbatte and Push On!, and a limited edition which also contains Happy Birthday and its b-side Gan Gan Ganbatte from the regular edition, as well as another b-side entitled Game of Love and an instrumental version of Happy Birthday. Happy Birthday is NEWS tenth consecutive number-one single since their debut in 2004. This single makes them the second group to have this distinction (the other being KinKi Kids, who currently has twenty-seven consecutive number-one singles).
Overview Happy Birthday was written and composed by Japanese Hip-hop artist SEAMO. Happy Birthday reached the number-one spot on both the daily and weekly Oricon charts, selling 201,304 copies in its first week; just 38 more copies than their previous single Summer Time, which sold 201,266 copies in its first week.
Promotion Happy Birthday is the theme song for Kosé's Happy Bath Day Precious Rose commercial, which features all six-members.
TV performance September 24, 2008 - CDTV 15th Anniversary September 29, 2008 - Hey! Hey! Hey! Music Champ October 3, 2008 - Music Station
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Charts Oricon chart ReleaseChartPeak positionFirst week salesSales totalOctober 1, 2008Oricon Daily Singles Chart1Oricon Weekly Singles Chart1201,304Oricon Monthly Singles Chart2227,644Oricon Yearly Singles Chart26
Billboard Japan chart ReleaseChartPeak positionOctober 1, 2008Billboard Japan Hot 1001
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