Yoake Mae

Yoake Mae
Studio album by Chara
Released March 19, 2003
Recorded 2002-2003
Genre Downtempo, ambient pop, alternative pop
Length 59:51
Label Sony Music Japan
Producer Chara
Chara chronology
Madrigal
(2001)Madrigal2001		 Yoake Mae
(2003)		 A Scenery Like Me
(2004)A Scenery Like Me2004
Singles from Yoake Mae
  1. "Hatsukoi"
    Released: October 9, 2002
  2. "Mieru wa"
    Released: February 8, 2003

Yoake Mae (夜明けまえ, Before the Dawn) is the ninth studio album by Chara, which was released on March 19, 2003.[1] It debuted at #17 on the Japanese Oricon album charts, and charted in the top 300 for 5 weeks.[2] It eventually sold 47,000 copies.

The entire album was produced and written by Chara. It was her last original album release on Sony.

Two singles were released from the album: Hatsukoi (初恋, First Love) and Mieru wa (みえるわ, I Can See!).

Track listing

All tracks written by Chara, unless otherwise noted.

No.TitleMusicLength
1."Beautiful Day" 4:14
2."Mieru wa (みえるわ, I Can See!)" 5:01
3."Sweetie (スウィーティー)" 4:07
4."Hatsukoi (初恋, First Love)" 4:41
5."Shinpi no Ie (神秘の家, House of Mystery)" 3:24
6."Utsukushii Machi (うつくしい街, Beautiful Town)" 3:24
7."Heart ni Hi o Tsukete (ハートの火をつけて, A Fire Burns in My Heart)" 5:10
8."Hello (ハロー)" 6:17
9."Ocean (オーシャン)" 4:27
10."Kokoro ni Konai (心にこない, Doesn't Come to My Heart)" 5:37
11."Beautiful Scarlet" 4:56
12."I Wanna Freely Love You"Chara, Toru Yamazaki7:49

Singles

Date Title Peak position Weeks Sales
October 9, 2002 "Hatsukoi" 16 (Oricon) 3 12,410
February 8, 2003 "Mieru wa" 71 (Oricon) 2 2,844

Japan Sales Rankings

Release Chart Peak Position First Week Sales Sales Total Chart Run
March 19, 2003 Oricon Daily Albums Chart
Oricon Weekly Albums Chart 17 19,742 46,812 5 weeks
Oricon Yearly Albums Chart
Chart Peak
position		 First Week Sales
Soundscan Album Top 20[3] 17 22,382

References

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