First Message

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First Message
First Message cover
Studio album by ayaka
Released November 1, 2006
Genre J-Pop
Length 55:47
Label Warner Music Records
Producer Nishio Yoshihiko, ayaka
ayaka chronology
First Message (2006) Sing to the Sky (2008)

"First Message" is the debut album from Japanese singer, Ayaka.

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[edit] Overview

After a year of releasing singles and music videos, the album was originally for an early September release but was pushed back to allow ayaka's single, Mikazuki, to correspond with the album release. It entered the Oricon charts at number one. The album has also been released on iTunes in Japan and other countries, including the United States.

By the end of 2006, the album had sold 711,299 copies and was the #13 highest selling album of the year[1]. As of June 20th, 2007, the album has sold another 337,883 units[2]. Its total stands at 1,083,901 units sold since its release. It is expected for the album to rank in the top 30 yearly charts again this year, due to its 300 000+ sales in 2007.

[edit] Track listing

  1. "Start to 0 (Love)"
  2. "Real Voice"
  3. "Sha la la"
  4. "Blue Days" (ブルーデイズ? lit. "Blue Days")
  5. "I Believe"
  6. "Stay with me"
  7. "melody"
  8. "Kimi no Power to Otona no Furi" (君のパワーと大人のフリ? lit. "Your Power and an Adult's Inseparability")
  9. "Eien no Monogatari" (永遠の物語? lit. "Eternal Story")
  10. "Toki wo Modoshite" (時を戻して? lit. "Turning Back Time")
  11. "1・2・3・4"
  12. "Story"
  13. "Lailalai" (ライラライ? lit. "Rairarai")
  14. "Mikazuki" (三日月? lit. "Crescent Moon")
  15. "'message"

[edit] Charts

United World Chart[3]
Week 01 02 03
Position
1
10
29
Sales
351,000
153,000
79,000


Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Sun Week Rank Sales
- 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 350,580
1 2 2 2 2 1 1 2 153,124
1 4 5 2 2 1 1 2 79,002
2 11 10 5 3 3 3 5 60,395
3 12 10 7 7 6 5 7 40,543
6 16 18 11 12 11 9 11 27,655
11 19 18 15 13 13 13 15 23,749
13 21 20 10 10 6 6 16 30,291
7 9 5 5 5 5 3 / N/A
3 2 2 2 3 2 2 4 80,441
2 2 2 2 2 2 3 2 30,223
2 10 x x x x x x xx,xxx

Total Reported Sales: 1,507,986

Preceded by
The Black Parade by My Chemical Romance		 United World Chart number-one album
November 18, 2006		 Succeeded by
Awake by Josh Groban

[edit] References

  1. ^ (Japanese) 年間ヒットチャート特集『2006年 年間アルバムチャート大発表！』-ORICON STYLE ミュージック
  2. ^ (Japanese) 上半期ランキング特集『2007年 上半期アルバムランキング』-ORICON STYLE ミュージック
  3. ^ United World Chart. MediaTraffic.de
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