Fantome

Album Cover

Artist

Utada Hikaru

Album

Fantôme ([Fr]: Ghost)

Released

2016.09.28 (Japan)

2016.09.30 (Taiwan)

2016.10.03 (South Korea)

Catalog Number

TYCT-60101

Price

¥3,240

Tracklist

1. Michi (道; Road)
2. Ore no Kanojo (俺の彼女; My Girlfriend)
3. Hanataba wo Kimi ni (花束を君に; A Bouquet for You)
4. Nijikan Dake no Vacance feat. Shiina Ringo (二時間だけのバカンス; A Vacation for Only Two Hours)
5. Ningyo (人魚; Mermaid)
6. Tomodachi with Obukuro Nariaki (ともだち; Friend)
7. Manatsu no Tooriame (真夏の通り雨; Midsummer Rain Shower)
8. Kouya no Ookami (荒野の狼; Wild Wolf)
9. Boukyaku feat. KOHH (忘却; Oblivion)
10. Jinsei Saikou no Hi (人生最高の日; The Best Day of My Life)
11. Sakura Nagashi (桜流し; Flowing Cherry Blossoms)

Information

Fantôme is the sixth Japanese studio album released by Utada Hikaru. It is her first Japanese studio album since 2008's HEART STATION. The album charted high in many iTunes stores around the world, peaking at #1 in Finland and #3 in the US. The album charted at #1 in US' Billboard World Albums and #64 at France's most downloaded albums chart.

The album is certified Double Platinum by the Recording Industry Association of Japan for a shipment of 500,000 copies. It reached Platinum status during the first week of sales over 250,000 copies sold. This was her last album under Universal Music, ending her nearly two decade long relationship with the label.

Oricon Chart Positions

Utada promoting the album

The album reached #1 on the weekly Oricon chart, and it maintained its top spot for a total of four weeks. In November 2016 Oricon put into effect their Digital Album Chart, which started five weeks after the inital release the record. It also debuted on the Digital chart at #1, holding the position for two weeks.

Since Fantome sold 569,963 copies in 2016, it became the #3 album of the year. It was the best selling album of the year by a female artist.

Physical

Mon	Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri	Sat	Sun	Week Rank	Sales
-	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	252,581
1	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	103,854
1	3	1	1	1	1	1	1	63,207
1	5	1	1	1	1	1	1	45,822
1	8	5	6	3	3	2	6	31,278
2	7	4	3	4	4	4	4	20,786
3	13	7	6	6	3	5	6	13,061
4	19	14	11	5	6	8	13	9,963
4	12	9	7	6	4	5	7	10,289
3	22	13	8	10	4	3	10	9,311
4	16	5	3	5	3	4	7	9,811
4	20	13	8	8	8	5	9	7,890
4	25	15	12	9	5	4	11	11,245
4	8	6	4	3	3	3	3	12,139
3	3	3	7	8	8	6	7	11,457
5	18	15	8	7	6	4	11	8,917
6	25	17	9	8	7	6	10	10,062
7	34	21	16	16	15	11	18	6,787
12	25	20	18	19	14	7	19	5,101
9	24	20	16	19	14	10	17	3,721
11	27	23	17	15	18	16	22	2,882
13	-	44	39	33	27	25	39	2,433
23	42	-	-	-	-	-	40	2,335
-	-	-	-	28	33	8	37	2,384
25	47	36	23	24	19	13	32	2,660
19	-	-	37	40	37	15	42	2,250
32	-	-	33	30	28	20	x	x,xxx
x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x,xxx
x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x,xxx
x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x,xxx

Year	Month	Rank	Sales
2016	October	2	496,742
2016	November	8	54,099
2016	December	7	50,396
2017	January	14	42,324
2017	February	39	11,371
2017	March	x	x,xxx

• Total Reported Sales: 662,226*

Digital

Week Rank	Sales
1	6,537
1	3,993
2	3,548
3	3,142
2	2,955
1	3,090
2	2,156
2	3,058
2	4,448
2	3,342
3	3,494
4	4,155
9	2,104
7	1,696
8	1,318
12	1,006
14	902
13	795
16	785
7	1,112
15	782
x	x,xxx

• Total Reported Sales: 54,418*

Billboard Japan 'Top Albums' Chart Positions

	Week 1	Week 2	Week 3	Week 4	Week 5	Week 6	Week 7	Week 8	Week 9	Week 10
Position	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	5	2	-

Billboard US 'World Albums' Chart Positions

	Week 1	Week 2	Week 3	Week 4	Week 5	Week 6
Position	2	1	2	7	8	-

United World Chart Positions

	Week 1	Week 2	Week 3	Week 4	Week 5	Week 6
Position	1	2	3	-	-	-

External Links

• Oricon Profile