J Album

J Album
Studio album by KinKi Kids
Released December 9, 2009 (2009-12-09)
Genre Pop
Length 49:24 (Limited edition)
54:30 (Regular edition)
Label Johnny's Entertainment
JECN-212/3 (Limited edition)
JECN-214 (Regular edition)
KinKi Kids chronology
Phi
(2007)
J Album
(2009)
K Album
(2011)
Singles from J Album
  1. "Secret Code"
    Released: August 27, 2008 (2008-08-27)
  2. "Yakusoku"
    Released: January 28, 2009 (2009-01-28)
  3. "Swan Song"
    Released: October 28, 2009 (2009-10-28)

J Album is the eleventh studio album released by Japanese duo KinKi Kids on December 9, 2009.

Contents

Track list

CD
No. Title Lyrics Music Length
1. "Swan Song"   Takashi Matsumoto Kōhei Segawa (瀬川浩平?) 4:24
2. "Hōseki o Chiribamete"   Yōji Kubota (久保田洋司?) Kenji Hayashida (林田健司?) 3:46
3. "Ashioto"   Yasushi Akimoto (秋元康?) Yamazo 5:06
4. "Yakusoku"   Asari Shingo (浅利進吾?) Yūsuke Katō (加藤裕介?) 4:16
5. "Tsubasa: Little Wing"   Satomi Testurō Oda (織田哲郎?) 5:11
6. "Walk On..."   Gajin Morihiro Suzuki (鈴木盛広?) 3:56
7. "Secret Code"   Satomi Nittoku Inoue (井上日徳?) 4:17
8. "Yūutsu to Niji"   Murano Chokkyū (村野直球?) Narumi Kazuto (成海カズト?) 4:35
9. "I Will"   ma-saya Quadraphonic 4:09
10. "Missing"   Mika Arata (新美香?) Anna Engh/Fredrik "Figge" Bostrom 3:54
11. "Kaze no Sonnet"   Shin'ichi Asada (浅田信一?) Daichi (大智?) 5:03
12. "Ai ni Tsuite" (Regular edition only) Kuririn Benimatsu (紅茉來鈴?) Kazuki Ogiwara (萩原和樹?)  

Chart performance

J Album debuted at number-one with the sales of around 72,000 copies on the Japanese Oricon daily charts.[1] It maintained its number-one spot with the sales of around 170,000 copies on the Japanese Oricon weekly charts.[2]

Charts, peaks and certifications

Charts

Chart (2009) Peak
position
Japan Oricon Daily Album Chart[1] 1
Japan Oricon Weekly Album Chart[2] 1
Japan Oricon Yearly Album Chart[3] 49

Sales and certifications

Country Provider Sales Certification
Japan RIAJ 170,183[3] Gold[4]

Chart procession and succession

Preceded by
Aisubeki Mirai e by Exile
Oricon weekly number-one album
December 21, 2009
Succeeded by
Past Future by Namie Amuro

References

  1. ^ a b "KinKi Kids、2年ぶりのアルバムが初日首位獲得" (in Japanese). Oricon. 2009-12-10. http://www.oricon.co.jp/news/rankmusic/71494/full/. Retrieved 2009-12-14. 
  2. ^ a b "GReeeeNが初ミリオン達成、容姿非公開で史上初の記録" (in Japanese). 2009-12-15. http://www.news24.jp/entertainment/news/169432.html. Retrieved 2009-12-15. 
  3. ^ a b "2009 Oricon Yearly Album Ranking" (in Japanese). Oricon. http://contents.oricon.co.jp/music/special/091218_01_04.html. Retrieved 2010-03-08. 
  4. ^ "ゴールド等認定作品一覧 2010年1月" (in Japanese). RIAJ. http://www.riaj.or.jp/data/others/gold/201001.html. Retrieved 2010-03-08. 

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