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.
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
42
1,980
26
-
42
42
34
36
27
43
1,640
26
-
50
45
42
36
33
46
1,197
34
-
-
-
-
41
29
51
1,207
35
-
-
-
-
-
36
71
1,175
31
-
-
42
42
44
-
55
1,268
43
-
-
-
39
39
44
61
922
39
-
-
-
-
-
50
76
814
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
112
642
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
95
638
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
113
576
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
94
631
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
98
794
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
111
744
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
118
597
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
94
545
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
125
589
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
135
556
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
107
551
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
98
609
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
42
10,914
Total Reported Sales: 679,901*
Digital
Note: Oricon began tracking album downloads in November 2016.
