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However, due to the Manchester terror attack , European live performances got cancelled. It later peaked at number two on the Oricon weekly chart selling more than 94, copies in its first week making it their best selling album before the release of their first best album. In June , the Battle of Tokyo project started, which includes all Jr. Exile groups. The group launched their second nationwide Arena Tour "Generations Live Tour Mad Cyclone", which started on 22 July and ended on 17 December with a total of 29 performances in 11 venues across Japan. It debuted at number two on the Oricon weekly singles chart and peaked at number 3 on Billboard Japan Hot On 17 May , Generations went on their second world tour "Generations World Tour ～Speedster～" which was scheduled to take place in Taipei, Taiwan , Macau , Los Angeles, New York, London and as a last stop Paris on 2 and 4 June. The music video was released on 31 July in a short drama format with a duration over 11 min, the story showcased different types of "dreamers" played by the members with each one being in a different type of situation, showing what they would possibly do if they weren't part of Generations. The group released their second album, Generation Ex , on 18 February, the album reached the 1 position on the Oricon weekly chart, selling more than 64, copies in its first week. On 13 November of the same year, they released their self-titled first original studio album, and achieved first place on the Oricon charts for the first time, selling approximately 49, copies in its initial week of release. On the same episode, the group announced they will hold their first national five dome tour titled Generations Live Tour "Shonen Chronicle" beginning 31 August at Sapporo Dome and ending on 15 December in Fukuoka Yahuoku Dome. On 11 September , it was announced that Yuta Nakatsuka , who had been a support member for the group, would be added as an official member.

History[ edit ] — Formation and pre-debut[ edit ] In AprilHiro of Exile began forming Generations. The candidate members started their activities in the summer ofwith bonus casino mobile major debut as their goal.

On 2 March, they released their third album Speedster. Exile〜" on 3 July. Musically speaking,"Dreamers" is the first group's song with a simple acoustic guitar sound and a slow tempo.

Exile〜", it was announced that the second single of the project is titled "Dreamers". BOYS F. On 5 July , during the second day of "Battle of Tokyo 〜Enter The Jr. On 10 July, Generations and Sandaime J Soul Brothers released a collaborative single titled "Burning Up" as a part of Exile Tribe releases, it topped the oricon weekly ranking and sold approximately , copies in its first week of release. To promote the single, a music video was released on 21 June featuring the members in animated form created by Science Saru. The single included "Control Myself" as a B-side track, being the group's first original English song featuring Mandy as a rapper. The song peaked at number two on Oricon and Billiboard Japan Hot with estimated physical sales of , and digital sales of On 1 January , Generations released their first best album titled Best Generation, which include all singles and music videos since their debut up to "Big City Rodeo" plus their new song "Alright! The group released their 16th single "F. During this month those 4 groups released collaboration singles every week, until they released a full album titled "Battle of Tokyo 〜Enter the Jr. aired on NTV and YTV. Accompanying the album release, the groups held a row of live performances from 4 to 7 July with the same name. On 15 May , Generations released their 3rd single titled "Love You More" as their first ballad single, it was their first single to include an English version of their previous single as a bonus track, and the first to be released in the One Coin CD and Music Card formats. On 27 January , the group released their 11th single "AGEHA" as their first single of the year, which later won best choreography [12] at MTV Video Music Awards Japan. In January , Hiro appointed Alan to be the leader of the group. From 23 April to 25 December, Generations went on their first nationwide Arena Tour "Generations Live Tour "Speedster" for which they performed in 18 venues around Japan with a total of 41 performances. The title is a reference to the album's tracks "Namida", "Pierrot" and "Taiyou mo Tsuki mo" and to the song "Sora" 空 which was chosen as the theme song for the movie "My brother loves me too much" starring Ryota and was also used to promote the album. From 4 April to 28 June, Generations went on their first nationwide hall tour and world tour "Generations World Tour "Generation EX". On 23 April, the group released their 5th single, "Never Let You Go" and on 27 April, it was announced Alan and Mandy were two of five people who passed the final audition to join Exile as performers, making them currently members of both Exile and Generations. In March , Generations collaborated for the first time with American fashion brand Guess on a unisex capsule collection. On 13 May, Generations released their eighth single, "Evergreen", followed by their ninth single, "Hard Knock Days" on 12 August, which was chosen as the 18th opening for Fuji TV 's popular anime " One Piece ". The single peaked at number two on Oricon and Billboard Japan Hot On 31 October, the group released their seventeenth single Shonen 少年 as their first ballad single release in 2 years. Generations then made their major debut on 21 November, with the single "Brave It Out", which was used as theme song for the NTV drama Sugarless starring Alan Shirahama. The album was released in a Japanese edition and an international edition and peaked at number two on the Oricon weekly chart, selling more than , copies in the first week of its release. GIRLS" on 13 June , which included as B-side tracks, "United Journey", the theme song of their dome tour, and Mata, Ashita また、アシタ the theme song for drama Love Rerun starring actress Anne Nakamura. The single reached the 1 position on both the daily and weekly Oricon charts, making this Generations' first 1 single. The first single of their 3-month project, released on 17 July, is titled "Brand New Story", which was used as the theme song of the anime movie Ride Your Wave in which Ryota voiced as the main character. On 3 September , the group released their sixth single "Always with you", it was used as the theme song for the Japanese drama Is There a Vet in the House?