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Past Future

CD+DVD Cover
CD Cover
Artist
Amuro Namie
Album
PAST < FUTURE
Released
2009.12.16 (Japan)
2009.12.18 (Hong Kong)
2009.12.30 (Taiwan)
Catalog Number
AVCD-38010/B (CD+DVD)
AVCD-38011 (CD)
Price
¥3,990 (CD+DVD)
¥3,059 (CD)
CD Tracklist
  1. FAST CAR
  2. COPY THAT
  3. LOVE GAME
  4. Bad Habit
  5. Steal my Night
  6. FIRST TIMER feat. DOBERMAN INC
  7. WILD
  8. Dr.
  9. Shut Up
  10. MY LOVE
  11. The Meaning Of Us
  12. Defend Love
DVD Tracklist
  1. FAST CAR
  2. LOVE GAME
  3. WILD
  4. The Meaning Of Us
  5. Dr.
  6. Defend Love


Information

PAST < FUTURE is the eighth studio album recorded by Amuro Namie. It was released in two versions: a CD+DVD edition and a CD. The first press of both versions came housed in a digipak, and pre-orders came with an original poster. The record comes after the release of her extremely successful third best-of album BEST FICTION, which sold well over a million copies. She first announced that she was working on a new album in the March 2009 issue of S Kawaii that she had started during her Best Fiction Tour.

Amuro felt that the release of PAST < FUTURE was a fresh start[1]. Unlike her last couple records such as Queen of Hip-Pop and PLAY which were almost completely produced by Nao'ymt and T-KURA & MICHICO for GIANT SWING PRODUCTIONS, this record featured several producers many of which are first time collaborators. The album also incorporates more of an electro-pop sound that has been missing from her recent albums. "Steal my Night" and "MY LOVE" written by well known urban-pop producers Jeff Miyahara and HIRO (respectively).

The album received Double Platinum certification by Recording Industry Association of Japan for over 600,000 copies shipped. The album reached #1 on both of Taiwan's G-Music's J-pop Chart and Combo Chart. It also reached #1 on South Korea's Hanteo weekly and monthly albums charts.

Oricon Chart Positions

Amuro Namie promoting the album

The album reached #1 (her third #1 album in a row) on the weekly Oricon chart, and continued to rank for a total of 41 weeks. It sold 574,525 copies in 2010 and #6 best-selling album of the year. This is Amuro's best-selling album since 2000's GENIUS 2000, which sold over 800,000 copies.

Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Sun Week Rank Sales
- 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 330,742
1 5 4 4 2 3 3 3 87,210
3 3 3 5 4 4 4 3 79,187
3 3 3 3 3 4 4
4 11 10 10 9 10 10 9 15,488
7 13 13 11 9 12 10 11 9,716
7 27 12 12 14 14 14 15 10,133
14 28 22 22 19 20 19 20 6,084
17 33 29 27 27 26 29 28 4,348
19 38 41 38 41 42 35 38 3,021
32 - - - - - - 64 2,548
46 - - - - - - 77 2,029
- - - - - - - 88 1,832
- - - - - - - 73 1,696
- - - - - - - 85 1,840
- - - - - - - 86 1,500
- - - - - - - 102 1,231
- - - - - - - 100 1,083
- - - - - - - 140 1,010
- - - - - - - 123 1,032
- - - - - - - 135 842
- - - - - - - 152 653
- - - - - - - 98 931
- - - - - - - 146 896
- - - - - - - 139 740
- - - - - - - 188 551
- - - - - - - 175 561
- - - - - - - 164 836
- - - - - - - 143 834
- - - - - - - 202 639
- - - - - - - 179 578
- - - - - - - 240 554
- - - - - - - 160 790
- - - - - - - 180 704
- - - - - - - 166 812
- - - - - - - 236 493
- - - - - - - 281 490
- - - - - - - 249 478
- - - - - - - 283 413
- - - - - - - out for 13 weeks
- - - - - - - 286 505
- - - - - - - out for one week
- - - - - - - 268 471
- - - - - - - out for ? week
- - - - - - - 205 262

Total Reported Sales: 575,763


Playbutton Edition
Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Sun Week Rank Sales
- - - - - - - 124 1,071
- - - - - - - 172 596

Total Reported Sales: 1,667

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