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Mint (Amuro Namie)

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CD+DVD Cover
CD Cover
Vinyl Cover
Artist
Amuro Namie
Single
Mint
Released
2016.05.18 (Japan)
2016.05.27 (Taiwan)
2016.08.19 (Vinyl)
Catalog Number
AVCN-99033/B (CD+DVD)
AVCN-99034 (CD)
AVJN-99037 (Vinyl)
Price
¥1,620 (CD+DVD)
¥1,080 (CD)
¥2,700 (Vinyl)
Tracklist
  • CD
  1. Mint
  2. Chit Chat
  3. Mint -Instrumental-
  4. Chit Chat -Instrumental-
  • DVD
  1. Mint -Music Video-
  • Vinyl "Side A"
  1. Mint
  • Vinyl "Side B"
  1. Chit Chat


Information

"Mint" is the 42nd single released by Amuro Namie. It was released in two editions: a limited CD+DVD edition and a regular CD. "Mint" was used as the theme song for the Kansai Fuji TV drama Boku no Yabai Tsuma. Amuro was invited to contribute the theme for the show by its production team.[1] The song has been called a "thrilling track" and has been described as a "dance rock number".[2] A Vinyl version of the single was released in August 2016 during Amuro's LIVE STYLE 2016-2017 tour, along with the Vinyl version of "Hero".

The song was very successful following its online release. The song reached #1 on the Recochoku charts for two weeks and topped the iTunes chart. It reached #2 on Billboard Japan's Hot 100. The single marked 22 years of top ten singles released by Amuro[3]. It was certified Platinum by the Recording Industry Association of Japan for selling 250,000 downloads.

Song Information

Amuro Namie promoting the single
Lyrics
Maria Marcus, Andreas Oberg, Emyli, TIGER
Music
Maria Marcus, Andreas Oberg, Emyli

Oricon Chart Positions

The single reached #4 on the weekly Oricon chart, ranking for 20 weeks.

Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Sun Week Rank Sales
- 4 4 4 3 4 9 4 28,136
11 34 26 15 13 15 15 21 5,245
19 - 27 26 19 28 30 32 2,614
20 - 29 23 27 19 22 28 1,996
13 29 23 18 20 29 36 26 1,772
21 45 - 50 - - - 56 1,212
44 - - - - - - 71 774
- - - - - - - 104 554
- - - - - - - 107 381
- - - - - - - 141 318
- - - - - - - 133 502
- - - - - - - 176 290
- - - - - - - 186 243
- - - - - - - 175 302
- - - - - - - 194 365
- - - - - - - 169 361
- - - - - - - 153 363
- - - - - - - 127 374
- - - - - - - out for 51 weeks
- - - - - - - 166 215
- - - - - - - 170 214
Year Month Rank Sales
2016 May 10 33,381

Total Reported Sales: 46,231*

References

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