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; Artist
 
; Artist
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: [[Utada Hikaru|Utada]]  
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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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: 2006.06.19 <small>(Taiwan)</small>
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: 2006.06.26 <small>(Digital)</small>
 
: 2006.07.11 <small>(Canada)</small>
 
: 2006.07.11 <small>(Canada)</small>
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: 2006.09.19 <small>(US Physical)</small>
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: 2006.09.19 <small>(US)</small>
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: 2010.12.03 <small>(South Korea)</small>
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: 2018.12.09 <small>2018 Remastered Version (Digital Release)</small>
 
; Catalog Number
 
; Catalog Number
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: ?
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: TOCT-26067
 
; Price
 
; Price
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: ? <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 (Utada Hikaru)|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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# [[Sanctuary (Utada Hikaru)|Sanctuary]] <small>2018 Remastered Version Bonus Track</small>
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; Information
 
; 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 sales. 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 the fourth studio album released by [[Utada Hikaru]]. The album's title comes from the song, "[[Blue (Utada Hikaru)|BLUE]]". Besides the physical singles, "[[This Is Love]]" was also used as a digital radio single to promote the album. [[Utada Hikaru|Utada]] also launched a [[Utada United 2006|nation-wide tour]] to help support the album. In Taiwan, several commercials were aired, and an essay contest was held. The album was also released in other countries on iTunes, and physical copies were made available months after the Japanese release in Canada and the United States. ''ULTRA BLUE'' topped the [[Oricon]] weekly charts for two weeks, and sold 882,343 copies in 2006 to become the #7 album of the year. It was also the fourth most downloaded album of the year on iTunes. During the first week of release Taiwan, the album was responsible for 26% of Japanese music sales. At the Nihon Golden Disk Awards, it won "Album of The Year".
  
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A remastered version of the album was released digitally on December 9, 2018.
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==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:''' 909,113*
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==Other Charts Positions==
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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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<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==
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* [http://www.oricon.co.jp/music/release/d/652007/1/ Oricon Profile]
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{{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]]
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[[Category:June 2006]]
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[[Category:July 2006]]
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[[Category:September 2006]]

Latest revision as of 19:12, 9 December 2018

Album Cover
Artist
Utada Hikaru
Album
ULTRA BLUE
Released
2006.06.14 (Japan)
2006.06.19 (Taiwan)
2006.06.26 (Digital)
2006.07.11 (Canada)
2006.09.19 (US)
2010.12.03 (South Korea)
2018.12.09 2018 Remastered Version (Digital Release)
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
  14. Sanctuary 2018 Remastered Version Bonus Track


Information

ULTRA BLUE is the fourth studio album released by Utada Hikaru. The album's title comes from the song, "BLUE". Besides the physical singles, "This Is Love" was also used as a digital radio single to promote the album. Utada also launched a nation-wide tour to help support the album. In Taiwan, several commercials were aired, and an essay contest was held. The album was also released in other countries on iTunes, and physical copies were made available months after the Japanese release in Canada and the United States. ULTRA BLUE topped the Oricon weekly charts for two weeks, and sold 882,343 copies in 2006 to become the #7 album of the year. It was also the fourth most downloaded album of the year on iTunes. During the first week of release Taiwan, the album was responsible for 26% of Japanese music sales. At the Nihon Golden Disk Awards, it won "Album of The Year".

A remastered version of the album was released digitally on December 9, 2018.

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: 909,113

Other Charts Positions

Country Chart Weeks

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

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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