Star (Mika Nakashima album)

Star
Studio album by Mika Nakashima
Released October 27, 2010
Genre J-pop, adult contemporary
Label Sony Music Associated
Mika Nakashima chronology

No More Rules
(2009)
Star
(2010)
Real
(2013)

Star is Mika Nakashima's 11th album (sixth studio release); it was released on October 27, 2010 in both CD only and CD+DVD formats. This album, which peaked at #3 on the Oricon 200 Album Chart, sold only 92,962 copies in its first week. Its sales total later rose to 155,457 copies, 4 weeks after its release. However, this sales figure was still lower than the debut sale of her previous studio album, Voice. To date, the album has sold over 180,000 copies in Japan alone.


Track listing

No. TitleLyricsMusicArranger(s) Length
1. "Always"  Rui MomotaRui MomotaKenji Tamai,
Rui Momota
5:13
2. "Ichiban Kirei na Watashi o" (一番綺麗な私を)Katsuhiko SugiyamaKatsuhiko SugiyamaKatsuhiko Sugiyama 4:30
3. "Baby Baby Baby"  Mika NakashimaRyosuke SakaiShin Kono 5:42
4. "Over Load"  Mika NakashimaKosuke MorimotoKazuto Okawa 4:42
5. "Game"  Mika NakashimaKaoru Kami,
Tomokazu Matsuzawa
Tomokazu Matsuzawa,
The Hot Pantz(P.G.L.M)
4:14
6. "Smiley"  Mika NakashimaAtsushi KimuraKota Hashimoto 4:43
7. "Candy Girl"  Ayumi MiyazakiHipjointIcedown 4:06
8. "Lonely Star"  Mika NakashimaShinya FujiwaraTomokazu Matsuzawa 4:33
9. "No Answer"  Mika NakashimaKenichi TakemotoYoshito Tanaka 4:14
10. "Spiral"  Ayumi Miyazaki,
Mika Nakashima
Red-TYoshito Tanaka 4:40
11. "Memory" (feat.Daishi Dance)Lori Fine(from Coldfeet)Daishi Dance,
Tomoharu Moriya
Daishi Dance,
Tomoharu Moriya
6:51
12. "16"  Mika NakashimaYoko KuzuyaMakoto Saito 4:37
13. "Nagareboshi" (流れ星)Kenji Kubo,
Yusuke Tanaka
Yusuke TanakaYusuke Tanaka 6:07
14. "Song For A Wish"  Ryoichi HiguchiRyoichi HiguchiShinya Kiyozuka 5:50
DVD
No. TitleDirector(s) Length
1. "Always" (Music video)   
2. "Ichiban Kirei na Watashi o" (Music video)   
3. "Over Load" (Music video)   
4. "Game" (Music video)   
5. "Candy Girl" (Music video)   
6. "Nagareboshi" (Music video)   

Charts and sales

Oricon sales charts (Japan)

Release Chart Peak Position Debut Sales Sales Total Chart Run
October 27, 2010 Oricon Daily Albums Chart 2 180,000 6 weeks
Oricon Weekly Albums Chart 3 92,962
Oricon Monthly Albums Chart (October 2010) 6

Year-end sales charts (Japan)

Chart (2010) Peak Position
Oricon Yearly Albums Chart 44[1]

References

  1. "アルバム 年間ランキング-ORICON STYLE ランキング" (in Japanese). Oricon. December 20, 2010. Archived from the original on December 20, 2010. Retrieved December 20, 2010.