181920

181920 is Namie Amuro's first singles collection under the Avex Trax label. The album covers twelve singles which were released prior to her maternal hiatus in 1998. The title of the album derives from the fact that its material spans those three ages in which she recorded and performed these songs. Her 9th single, "Dreaming I was Dreaming" is exclusive to the album not appearing on any of her original studio recordings.

Six years after the release of the album, a DVD-audio version of it was re-released. Another version repackaged with a DVD and renamed "181920+films" was also released on March 31, 2004. Her first music video compilation 181920 films which was released inconjunction with the original compilation comprises the DVD content in this reissue.

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Eleven of the twelve songs of the albums were taken from Original Tracks Vol.1 (with the Super Monkeys), and Namie's first two original studio albums, Sweet 19 Blues and Concentration 20. Although 181920 didn't match the success of her previous albums it was successful. It took the top spot of the album chart with 857,100 units sold in its first week. It stayed at #1 with 326,270 copies sold in its second week. The album stayed in the top 20 for 7 weeks and on the Oricon charts for a total of 27 weeks.^[1] 181920 has sold over 1.6 million copies during its original chart run and over 2 million in total. 181920 is also the 108th best selling album of all time in Japan and is Namie's 4th best selling album.^[2]

Charts

Album – Oricon Sales Chart (Japan)

Track listing

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