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: [[Utada Hikaru]]  
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: [[Utada Hikaru]]
 
; Album
 
; Album
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: ULTRA BLUE  
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: ULTRA BLUE
 
; Released
 
; Released
 
: 2006.06.14 <small>(Japan)</small>
 
: 2006.06.14 <small>(Japan)</small>
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: 2006.06.26 <small>(digital)</small>
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: 2006.06.26 <small>(Digital)</small>
 
: 2006.07.11 <small>(Canada)</small>
 
: 2006.07.11 <small>(Canada)</small>
 
: 2006.09.19 <small>(US Physical)</small>
 
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: TOCT-26067
 
: TOCT-26067
 
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: 3059yen <small>(Japan)</small>
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: ¥3,059
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: ? <small>(US)</small>
 
 
; Tracklist
 
; Tracklist
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# [[This Is Love]]
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# [[This is Love|This Is Love]]
 
# [[Keep Tryin']]
 
# [[Keep Tryin']]
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# [[Blue|BLUE]]
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# [[Blue (Utada Hikaru)|BLUE]]
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# [[Nichiyo No Asa|Nichiyo no Asa (日曜の朝;Sunday Morning)]]
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# [[Nichiyou no Asa]] (日曜の朝; ''Sunday Morning'')
 
# [[Making Love]]
 
# [[Making Love]]
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# [[Dareka No Negai Ga Kanau Koro|Dareka no Negai ga Kanau Koro (誰かの願いが叶うころ;When Someone's Wish Comes True)]]
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# [[Dareka no Negai ga Kanau Koro]] (誰かの願いが叶うころ; ''When Someone's Wish Comes True'')
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# [[Colors (Utada)|COLORS]]
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# [[Colors (Utada Hikaru)|COLORS]]
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# [[One Night Magic]] <small>feat. Yamada Masashi</small>
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# [[One Night Magic]] feat.[[Yamada Masashi]]
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# [[Kairo|Kairo ((海路;Sea Route]]
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# [[Kairo]] (海路; ''Sea Route'')
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# [[Wings (Utada)|WINGS]]
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# [[Wings (Utada Hikaru)|WINGS]]
 
# [[Be My Last]]
 
# [[Be My Last]]
 
# [[Eclipse (Interlude)]]
 
# [[Eclipse (Interlude)]]
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# [[Passion]]
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# [[Passion (Utada Hikaru)|Passion]]
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; Information
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''ULTRA BLUE'' is [[Utada Hikaru]]'s 4th studio album in Japan. ''ULTRA BLUE'' debuted at #1 on the Oricon charts and sold 500,317 copies in its first week. Worldwide, it has sold over 1.3 million copies, however it failed to reach the one-million mark in physicals sales in Japan, her only Japanese Studio album to do so.
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ULTRA BLUE is [[Utada Hikaru]]'s sixth album, and her fourth original Japanese album. This album is set to coincide with Utada's second nation wide tour of Japan, which start a month after the album's release. Instead of the album having an eponymous song to go with it (like all of Utada's previous albums), a similarly titled song named [[Blue (Utada Hikaru)|BLUE]] appears instead. This is Utada's first album to have a featured artist in a song title, with [[Yamada Masashi]] from [[THE BACK HORN]]. [[This is Love|This Is Love]] was originally used as a radio single for this release, and was even released at the Japanese [[iTunes]] on the 31st of May (two weeks in advance of the album's release). As this album sold 882,343 copies in 2006, it became the #7 album of the year.
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On December 20th, 2006 [http://www.itmedia.co.jp/news/articles/0612/20/news069.html iTunes Japan] released a list of top downloaded singles and albums; ULTRA BLUE ranked as #4 making it the 4th most downloaded album for 2006.
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==Utada Quotes==
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* (MC asks "Why did you pick this title") Utada: "There's a song in it called "BLUE" which really showed the direction of the album, but "BLUE" alone sounded kind of lonely and dark. You know, like BLUE is sad, so I thought I should put something in front of it or after it. And "ULTRA BLUE" was a good title for not specifying a certain blue, but just suggesting a sort of blue in all the imageries and symbolism that blue carries. (MC: "Yes, blue does carry a lot. Does that happen to be your favorite color?") Utada: "Yes it is."
  
 
==Oricon Chart Positions==
 
==Oricon Chart Positions==
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{| border="1" cellpadding="2" style="margin: 1em; border: 1px #aaa solid; border-collapse: collapse;"
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|- style="background:#efefef"
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!Mon||Tue||Wed||Thu||Fri||Sat||Sun||Week Rank||Sales
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|- align="center"
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||- ||1 ||1 ||1 ||1 ||1 ||1 ||1    ||500,317
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|- align="center"
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||1 ||1 ||1 ||1 ||1 ||1 ||1 ||1    ||156,978
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|- align="center"
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||1 ||4 ||4 ||2 ||2 ||2 ||2 ||2    ||80,351
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|- align="center"
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||2 ||8 ||6 ||4 ||3 ||2 ||2 ||3    ||42,744
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|- align="center"
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||2 ||11 ||9 ||8 ||7 ||5 ||5 ||8    ||26,505
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|- align="center"
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||4 ||12 ||8 ||8 ||4 ||3 ||4 ||5    ||17,449
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|- align="center"
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||6 ||18 ||- ||18 ||15 ||10 ||11 ||14    ||12,105
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|- align="center"
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||11 ||- ||- ||- ||20 ||- ||19 ||23    ||8,285
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|- align="center"
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||- ||- ||- ||- ||- ||- ||- ||32    ||6,260
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|- align="center"
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||- ||- ||- ||- ||- ||- ||- ||34    ||5,469
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|- align="center"
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||- ||- ||- ||- ||- ||- ||- ||46    ||3,339
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|}
  
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'''Total Reported Sales:''' 909,113*
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* '''Total Reported Sales:''' 910,998
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* '''Total Reported Sales (United World Chart): ''' 1,090,778
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==Other Charts Positions==
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: In it's first week in Taiwan the album occupied the 26% of total japanese music sales.
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{| style="margin: 1em; border: 1px #aaa solid; border-collapse: collapse" border="1" cellpadding="2"
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|- bgcolor="#EEEEEE"
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! rowspan="2" | Country
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! rowspan="2" width="140" | Chart
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! colspan="15" | Weeks
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|- bgcolor="#EEEEEE"
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! width="20" |
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<small>1</small>
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! width="20" |
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<small>2</small>
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! width="20" |
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<small>3</small>
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! width="20" |
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<small>4</small>
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! width="20" |
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<small>5</small>
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! width="20" |
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<small>6</small>
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! width="20" |
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<small>7</small>
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! width="20" |
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<small>8</small>
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! width="20" |
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<small>9</small>
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! width="20" |
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<small>10</small>
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! width="20" |
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<small>11</small>
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! width="20" |
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<small>12</small>
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! width="20" |
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<small>13</small>
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! width="20" |
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<small>14</small>
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|- align="center"
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| All
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| Global Chart
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| 1
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| 5
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| 15
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| 29
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| -
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| -
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| -
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| -
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| -
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| -
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| -
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| -
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| -
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| -
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|- align="center"
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| rowspan="3" | Taiwan
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| Global chart
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| 3
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| 10
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| 8
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| -
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| 19
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| -
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| -
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| -
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| -
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| -
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| -
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| -
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| -
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| -
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|- align="center"
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| Japanese chart
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| 1
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| 1
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| 1
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| 3
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| 3
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| 6
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| 7
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| 8
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| 6
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| 8
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| 11
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| 11
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| 15
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| 16
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|}
  
 
==External Links==
 
==External Links==
 
* [http://www.oricon.co.jp/music/release/d/652007/1/ Oricon Profile]
 
* [http://www.oricon.co.jp/music/release/d/652007/1/ Oricon Profile]
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* [http://youtube.com/watch?v=y4Htfyc_Z8U Watch Album CM]
  
 
{{Utada Hikaru}}
 
{{Utada Hikaru}}
  
 
[[Category:J-Pop (releases)]]
 
[[Category:J-Pop (releases)]]
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[[Category:J-R&B (releases)]]
 
 
[[Category:2006 Albums]]
 
[[Category:2006 Albums]]
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[[Category:2006 Number 1 Albums]]
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[[Category:2006 Oricon Top 100 Albums]]
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[[Category:World Chart Number 1]]
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[[Category:World Charts]]

Revision as of 02:42, 1 May 2009

CD Cover
Artist
Utada Hikaru
Album
ULTRA BLUE
Released
2006.06.14 (Japan)
2006.06.26 (Digital)
2006.07.11 (Canada)
2006.09.19 (US Physical)
Catalog Number
TOCT-26067
Price
¥3,059
Tracklist
  1. This Is Love
  2. Keep Tryin'
  3. BLUE
  4. Nichiyou no Asa (日曜の朝; Sunday Morning)
  5. Making Love
  6. Dareka no Negai ga Kanau Koro (誰かの願いが叶うころ; When Someone's Wish Comes True)
  7. COLORS
  8. One Night Magic feat.Yamada Masashi
  9. Kairo (海路; Sea Route)
  10. WINGS
  11. Be My Last
  12. Eclipse (Interlude)
  13. Passion


Information

ULTRA BLUE is Utada Hikaru's sixth album, and her fourth original Japanese album. This album is set to coincide with Utada's second nation wide tour of Japan, which start a month after the album's release. Instead of the album having an eponymous song to go with it (like all of Utada's previous albums), a similarly titled song named BLUE appears instead. This is Utada's first album to have a featured artist in a song title, with Yamada Masashi from THE BACK HORN. This Is Love was originally used as a radio single for this release, and was even released at the Japanese iTunes on the 31st of May (two weeks in advance of the album's release). As this album sold 882,343 copies in 2006, it became the #7 album of the year.

On December 20th, 2006 iTunes Japan released a list of top downloaded singles and albums; ULTRA BLUE ranked as #4 making it the 4th most downloaded album for 2006.

Utada Quotes

  • (MC asks "Why did you pick this title") Utada: "There's a song in it called "BLUE" which really showed the direction of the album, but "BLUE" alone sounded kind of lonely and dark. You know, like BLUE is sad, so I thought I should put something in front of it or after it. And "ULTRA BLUE" was a good title for not specifying a certain blue, but just suggesting a sort of blue in all the imageries and symbolism that blue carries. (MC: "Yes, blue does carry a lot. Does that happen to be your favorite color?") Utada: "Yes it is."

Oricon Chart Positions

Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Sun Week Rank Sales
- 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 500,317
1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 156,978
1 4 4 2 2 2 2 2 80,351
2 8 6 4 3 2 2 3 42,744
2 11 9 8 7 5 5 8 26,505
4 12 8 8 4 3 4 5 17,449
6 18 - 18 15 10 11 14 12,105
11 - - - 20 - 19 23 8,285
- - - - - - - 32 6,260
- - - - - - - 34 5,469
- - - - - - - 46 3,339
  • Total Reported Sales: 910,998
  • Total Reported Sales (United World Chart): 1,090,778

Other Charts Positions

In it's first week in Taiwan the album occupied the 26% of total japanese music sales.
Country Chart Weeks

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

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12

13

14

All Global Chart 1 5 15 29 - - - - - - - - - -
Taiwan Global chart 3 10 8 - 19 - - - - - - - - -
Japanese chart 1 1 1 3 3 6 7 8 6 8 11 11 15 16

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