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Hatsukoi is the seventh Japanese album released by Utada Hikaru, and her first album under Sony Music's sub-label Epic Records Japan. The album debuted at #1 in the Oricon daily and weekly physical charts, as well as the digital weekly albums chart. The album currently has the highest first week digital sales of any album since Oricon began tracking digital album sales in November 2016. Internationally, Hatsukoi peaked at #1 on iTunes Japan and 7 other countries, #2 in Brazil and Spain, #4 in the US, #5 in Canada and Australia, and charted in the top 10 in 22 countries, for a total of 32 countries. The album charted at US Billboard World chart at #3 for 2 consecutive weeks, #49 at France's download album chart, and #2 in World Albums chart.
Oricon Chart Positions
Physical
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Sun
Week Rank
Sales
-
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
203,787
1
1
2
2
1
1
1
2
53,120
1
1
6
1
2
2
1
3
27,997
2
11
5
5
4
4
2
6
20,233
3
20
5
7
5
2
2
8
10,856
5
14
9
5
6
6
4
9
7,993
4
15
5
4
6
4
3
7
6,613
2
7
5
8
8
5
5
7
6,315
8
30
13
17
13
10
11
18
3,874
10
29
19
23
20
18
16
23
2,853
10
37
32
25
26
14
15
30
2,057
15
35
24
24
24
15
19
26
1,858
12
46
31
38
26
19
21
35
1,973
14
-
-
45
39
36
21
39
1,722
28
-
31
48
42
23
Total Reported Sales: 351,251*
Digital
With this album, she reached the highest first week for a solo artist on the Oricon digital charts, to date.
Note: Oricon began tracking album downloads in November 2016.