First Message

CD Art

ayaka promoting First Message

Artist

ayaka

Album

First Message

Released

2006.11.01

Catalog Number

WPCL-10374

Price

¥3,150

Tracklist

1. Start to 0 (Love)
2. Real voice
3. Sha la la
4. Blue Days (ブルーデイズ)
5. I believe
6. Stay with me
7. melody
8. Kimi no Power to Otona no Furi (君のパワーと大人のフリ; Your Power and an Adult's Inseparability)
9. Eien no Monogatari (永遠の物語; Eternal Story)
10. Toki wo Modoshite (時を戻して; Turning Back Time)
11. 1・2・3・4
12. Story
13. Rairarai (ライラライ)
14. Mikazuki (三日月; Crescent Moon)
15. message

Information

First Message is ayaka's debut album. It was originally planned for release on September 6th, 2006, however the album was postponed so that the Mikazuki single would be able to be released. Originally this song was not planned for the album. This album also reached #1 on the World Charts. First Message has the highest selling first week on a debut album by a solo female artist since Nakashima Mika's album TRUE in 2002. As this album sold 711,299 copies in 2006, it became the #13 album of the year.

Oricon Chart Positions

: Weeks 1-14 Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Sun Week Rank Sales - 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 350,580 1 2 2 2 2 1 1 2 153,124 1 4 5 2 2 1 1 2 79,002 2 11 10 5 3 3 3 5 60,395 3 12 10 7 7 6 5 7 40,543 6 16 18 11 12 11 9 11 27,655 11 19 18 15 13 13 13 15 23,749 13 21 20 10 10 6 6 16 30,291 7 9 5 5 5 5 3 N/A N/A 3 2 2 2 3 2 2 4 80,441 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 2 30,223 2 10 8 8 7 ? ? 7 23,834 ? ? ? ? ? ? ? 10 17,480 ? ? ? ? ? ? ? 12 12,811

: Weeks 15-28 Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Sun Week Rank Sales ? ? ? ? ? ? ? 22 9,053 12 - - - - 16 13 20 8,062 13 - - - - - - 30 7,730 - - - - - - - 32 6,860 - - - - - - - 42 5,697 - - - - - - - 43 5,101 - - - - - - - 45 4,340 - - - - 20 17 15 19 10,755 16 - - - 20 16 14 21 7,785 16 - - - 17 12 14 18 6,905 15 - - 10 11 10 10 12 10,678 10 - 20 19 19 17 18 21 8,479 - - - - - - - 26 8,194 - - - - - - - 31 4,725

Total Reported Sales: 1,507,986

World Chart Positions

	Week 1	Week 2	Week 3
Position	1	10	29

External Links

• Oricon Profile