Editing SMAP (section)

===2001–2003: ''SMAP Vest'', ''pamS'', ''Drink SMAP'', "The One and Only Flower in the World", and ''MIJ''===
On March 23, 2001, the band released their third compilation album, ''Smap Vest'', which reached number one in the charts. It sold one million copies during the first week of release and 1,800,000 copies in total, becoming the band's best selling album.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.oricon.co.jp/search/result.php?kbn=ja&types=rnk&year=2001&month=4&week=1&submit5.x=16&submit5.y=9|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140428232237/http://www.oricon.co.jp/search/result.php?kbn=ja&types=rnk&year=2001&month=4&week=1&submit5.x=16&submit5.y=9|archive-date=April 28, 2014|title=Oricon Weekly Album Charts for the first week of April 2001|publisher=Oricon|access-date=August 18, 2016|language=ja}}</ref> Singles, "Smac" and "freebird", peaked at No. 3 and No. 1 on the charts respectively. "Smac" was released as the 10th anniversary single and lyrics from the band's past singles were put together and made into a new song. On August 8, 2001, another compilation album, ''pamS'' (read as "Ura-suma"), was released just four months after ''Smap Vest''. It was a compilation of fan-favorites and songs that the members personally like, that aren't usually sang on tour or on television, such as B-sides and songs from past albums. From July to September, the band launched their seventh stadium tour, ''pamS Tour'', which was also their first five-dome tour and the first five-dome tour ever headlined in history. SMAP invented the concept of a "five-dome tour", a tour that hits the five dome-shaped stadiums located in Japan (Tokyo, [[Osaka]], [[Nagoya]], [[Fukuoka]], and [[Sapporo]]). Since the invention of this new touring style, the five-dome tour is now used by many artists in Japan, as a symbol of being a first-rank artist in the music industry. The ''pamS Tour'' was released through DVD on December 21, 2001.

Throughout the year 2001, all five members starred in their own drama television series individually. Nakai starred in ''Shiroi Kage'', Kimura in a detective series, ''[[Hero (2001 TV series)|Hero]]'', Inagaki in ''Onmyoji'', and Kusanagi in ''Star no Koi''. Katori starred in a special episode of a comedy-drama television series, ''Ohha wa Sekai wo Sukuu''. All programs were that year's high-rated programs. Among all shows, ''Hero'' became a massive success, becoming the most highest rated television series in Japanese history, becoming the only television series to have all episodes marking above the 30% sharehold rate.

On July 24, 2002, they released their fourteenth album, ''SMAP 015/Drink! Smap!'', which peaked at No. 2 in the charts and became the band's fourth best selling album. The title was derived from a superseded soft drink, called SMAP, which was sold in Japan in the 1980s. From July 23, 2002, a canned soft drink, Drink SMAP, was launched from [[Kirin Company|Kirin Beverage Corporation]]. Six million drinks were shipped on the day of its release. From July to November, they launched their eighth stadium tour, ''SMAP 02 Drink Smap Tour'', which became the largest tour in terms of attendance in Japanese history, with a total attendance of 1.2&nbsp;million. They decided mainly to use soccer stadiums for their venues, as it was the year the [[2002 FIFA World Cup]] was held. The tour was released through DVD on March 5, 2003. On September 21, 2002, they released their first video album, ''Clip! Smap!'', a collection of ten music videos released since 1996.

On March 5, 2003, the band's thirty-fifth single, "[[Sekai ni Hitotsu Dake no Hana|The One and Only Flower in the World]]", was released. It reached number one in the charts for three consecutive weeks twice and for seven non-consecutive weeks. It became the best selling single in the 21st century and the fifth best selling single in Japanese history.<ref>{{cite web|title=SMAP「世界に一つだけの花」シングル歴代5位に浮上 累積289万枚|url=http://www.oricon.co.jp/news/2080794/full/|website=Oricon Style|access-date=November 1, 2016}}</ref> The song appears in text books used in school as children are taught to learn the song at a young age and has become one of the most recognized songs in Japan. It is the band's best selling single, with over 2,700,000 physical copies sold and their first record to sell over two million copies. In 2012, [[JASRAC]], announced the winner of the JASRAC Award, in celebration of the award created in 1982. "The One and Only Flower in the World" received the award, as the copyrighted work in music with the highest paid royalties within the past thirty years.<ref>{{cite web|title=JASRAC、30年間分配額TOP3表彰 1位は「世界に一つだけの花」|url=http://www.oricon.co.jp/news/2018444/full/|website=Oricon Style|access-date=November 5, 2012}}</ref> After thirteen years from its release, the single has continued to chart in the Top 200, for a total of two-hundred non-consecutive weeks and is currently ranked second with the highest total weeks in the charts, after "[[Nada Soso]]" (232 non-consecutive weeks). The song has been covered and re-arranged by [[heavy metal music|heavy metal]] guitarist [[Marty Friedman (musician)|Marty Friedman]] on his 2006 album ''[[Loudspeaker (album)|Loudspeaker]]''.

On June 25, 2003, they released their fifteenth album, ''SMAP 016/MIJ'', which peaked at number one and became the band's eighth best selling album. From July to September 2003, the band launched their ninth stadium tour, ''MIJ Tour''. SMAP became the third artist in history to hold a concert at the [[International Stadium Yokohama]], after [[B'z]] and [[Eikichi Yazawa]]. Due to scheduling conflicts with Katori's [[NHK]] [[Taiga drama]], ''Shinsengumi'', the number of shows were reduced compared to previous years, though the number of attendees surpassed one million two years in a row. The tour was released through DVD on December 24, 2003.

On December 31, 2003, SMAP appeared on the annual music show on [[NHK]], ''[[Kohaku Uta Gassen]]'', and performed "The One and Only Flower in the World". Out of the fifty-eight artists on the program, SMAP performed last for the first time, serving as the ''ootori'', the most honorable and prestigious title in the Japanese music industry. SMAP became the first pop artist and the first group in history to perform as the ''ootori'' since the program started in 1951, as ''Kohaku'' is a historical and traditional music program and [[enka]] artists dominated the position of the ''ootori''. As artists are ranked according to the ratings during their performance, SMAP ranked number one out of fifty-eight artists and was the most watched act of that year's Kohaku, with a household share rating of 57.1%.