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

• Music Videos

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. 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

References

External Links

• Oricon Profile CD+DVD | CD