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.
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
x
3
x
x,xxx
3
3
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
Total Reported Sales: 589,098* Total Sales of 2016: 569,963 (#3 Album of the Year) Total Sales of 2017: 19,135*
