Checkmate!

CD+DVD Cover

CD Cover

Artist

Amuro Namie

Album

Checkmate!

Released

2011.04.27 (Japan)

2011.05.06 (Hong Kong, South Korea & Taiwan)

Catalog Number

AVBD-38276/B (CD+DVD)

AVCD-38277 (CD)

Price

¥3,990 (CD+DVD)

¥3,059 (CD)

CD Tracklist

1. Wonder Woman feat. AI & Tsuchiya Anna
2. UNUSUAL feat. Yamashita Tomohisa
3. make it happen feat. AFTERSCHOOL
4. ravex - ROCK U feat. Amuro Namie
5. ZEEBRA - Do What U Gotta Do feat. AI, Amuro Namie & Mummy-D
6. Heartsdales - Wet'N Wild feat. SUITE CHIC
7. JHETT - Do or Die feat. Amuro Namie
8. AI - FAKE feat. Amuro Namie
9. #1 feat. Kawabata Kaname (CHEMISTRY)
10. VERBAL - BLACK OUT feat. Lil Wayne & Amuro Namie
11. DOUBLE & Amuro Namie - BLACK DIAMOND
12. m-flo ♥ Amuro Namie - Luvotomy
13. ZEEBRA - AFTER PARTY feat. Amuro Namie
14. WANT ME, WANT ME feat. VERBAL

DVD Tracklist

1. Wonder Woman (PV)
2. UNUSUAL (PV)
3. make it happen (PV)
4. #1 (PV)
5. FAKE (PV)
6. BLACK DIAMOND (PV)
7. Do What U Gotta Do (PV)

Information

Checkmate! is the fourth best of album released by Amuro Namie. This is her first themed collection, which contains a series of collaborations with other artists and her guest appearances. It was released in two versions: a regular CD+DVD edition and a regular CD-only edition. First pressings of both versions came housed in a digipak. The album features four new songs, including "Wonder Woman", which was used as a Coca-Cola Zero commercial song. It sold 484,336 copies in 2011, becoming the #6 album of the year. It sold 486,369 in total.

The album was originally scheduled to be released on March 23, but it was postponed until April 27 due to the 2011 Tohoku earthquake and tsunami.

Oricon Chart Positions

Amuro Namie promoting the album

Mon	Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri	Sat	Sun	Week Rank	Sales
-	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	252,889
1	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	83,114
1	2	2	2	2	1	2	2	44,168
1	4	3	2	2	1	3	2	24,775
2	8	6	3	3	3	3	4	17,597
4	12	11	11	7	7	9	9	12,377
7	18	14	14	13	11	11	13	7,956
9	27	20	14	15	11	16	14	5,820
12	44	30	27	25	18	20	26	4,323
17	33	27	26	24	22	27	27	3,976
18	out30	31	29	31	23	29	30	3,003
23	out30	out30	33	27	29	36	35	2,604
23	out30	out30	out30	out30	out30	42	44	2,220
27	out30	out30	out30	out30	out30	out30	44	2,354
x	x	x	x	x	x	x	49	2,128
x	x	x	x	x	x	x	57~59	1,908
x	x	x	x	x	x	x	55	1,704
x	x	x	x	x	x	x	85	1,387
x	x	x	x	x	x	x	79	1,199
x	x	x	x	x	x	x	98	1,171
x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	908
x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	838
x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	695
x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	601
x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	613
x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	546
x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	501
x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	544
x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	422
x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	432
x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	525
x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	503
x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	535
x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x
x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x
x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	699

Total Reported Sales: 486,369
Total Sales in 2011: 484,336 (#6 album of the year)
Total Sales in 2012: 2,033

Playbutton Edition (2012.06.27)

Mon	Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri	Sat	Sun	Week Rank	Sales
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	122	1,083
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	162	617
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	170	578

Total Reported Sales: 2,278

External Links

• Oricon Profile: CD+DVD | CD-Only
• Checkmate! Special Site