Sweet 19 Blues
- Artist
- Amuro Namie
- Album
- SWEET 19 BLUES
- Released
- 1996.07.22
- Catalog Number
- AVCD-11463
- Price
- ¥3,059
- Tracklist
- watch your step!!
- motion
- LET'S DO THE MOTION
- PRIVATE
- Interlude ~ Ocean way
- Don't wanna cry (Eighteen's Summer Mix)
- Rainy DANCE
- Chase the Chance (CC Mix)
- Interlude ~ Joy
- I'll JUMP
- Interlude ~ Scratch Voices
- i was a fool
- present
- Interlude ~ Don't wanna cry Symphonic Style
- You're my sunshine (Hollywood Mix)
- Body Feels EXIT (Latin House Mix)
- '77~
- SWEET 19 BLUES
- ...soon nineteen
- Information
SWEET 19 BLUES is the debut solo studio album released by Amuro Namie. Much like the singles leading up to the record, all the lyrics, music and arrangements were done by Komuro Tetsuya and his production team. The album was a huge success and made Amuro an icon. With this record she became one of Japan's most successful artists and she was able to set new goals for female artists in Japan. At this time Amuro had become a fashion icon and media sensation by denying the typical Japanese beauty standards.[1] A few months after the album's release Amuro published her best-selling photo book 19770920.
There were four physical singles released leading up the record (three of which were #1 singles), and one post-cut a month later. Many of the other tracks on the album were used as radio singles and had commercial or film tie-ins. "LET'S DO THE MOTION" was used in its own album's commercial, "PRIVATE" was commerical song for Nissan cars, and "I'll JUMP" was released via radio. and "Interlude ~ Joy" was later released as "Joy" the b-side to m.c.A・T's "Thunder Party" single and used as Maxell's UD2's cm theme (this time billed as m.c.A・T feat. Amuro Namie).
Contents
Album art
The album's cover, slip cases, and booklet were all shot by Hirama Itaru and with art direction by Tycoon Graphics. The album was released in four different versions, each containing a different slip case. The first three cases were limited to 1,000,000 copies each. The photos from the shoot were also used for the album-cut single "SWEET 19 BLUES."
Oricon Chart Positions
Physical
The album debuted at #1 on the daily and weekly Oricon charts, selling 1,921,850 copies in the first week. This makes her personal-best first week album sales, and the ninth highest opening sales in Japanese music history.[2] In 1996 it sold 3,186,860 copies making the second best selling album of the year; right behind the Komuro-produced globe . The album continued to rank for 42 weeks and sold a total of 3,359,450 copies, making it Amuro's best-selling album. It's also the #13 best-selling album in Japan and the sixth best-selling album by a female artist.
| Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Sat | Sun | Week Rank | Sales | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1,921,850 | ||
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 352,950 | ||
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | 196,240 | ||
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | 173,570 | ||
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | 108,850 | ||
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 91,790 | ||
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | 80,720 | ||
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6 | 75,200 | ||
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 8 | 35,920 | ||
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 11 | 40,070 | ||
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 16 | 24,820 | ||
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 15 | 25,650 | ||
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 21 | 20,260 | ||
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 27 | 11,720 | ||
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 29 | 10,890 | ||
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 34 | 9,210 | ||
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 42 | 7,150 | ||
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 61 | 6,050 | ||
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 56 | 6,910 | ||
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 61 | 6,220 | ||
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 62 | 6,740 | ||
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 65 | 6,760 | ||
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 22 | 31,340 | ||
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||||
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 20 | 21,480 | ||
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 28 | 10,430 | ||
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 34 | 7,000 | ||
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 43 | 6,310 | ||
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 54 | 5,200 | ||
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 64 | 4,620 | ||
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 49 | 5,440 | ||
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 56 | 5,180 | ||
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 69 | 4,400 | ||
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 51 | 5,900 | ||
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 72 | 5,060 | ||
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 74 | 5,030 | ||
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 53 | 5,260 | ||
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 72 | 4,240 | ||
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 90 | 3,490 | ||
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | out for one week | |||
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 93 | 3,310 | ||
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | out for one week | |||
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 97 | 3,270 | ||
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | out for three weeks | |||
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 98 | 2,950 | ||
Total Reported Sales: 3,359,450 [3]
Digital
Note: Oricon began tracking album downloads in November 2016.
| Week Rank | Sales |
|---|---|
| 13 | 766 |
- Total Reported Sales: 766
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