A Song for XX
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A Song for ×× is Japan
ese pop
artist Ayumi Hamasaki
's debut album on a major label. Though the official release date was January 1, 1999, the album was sold in the record stores since mid-December. To the surprise of many critics, the album debuted at the top position of the Oricon Charts and topped the chart for five weeks, a remarkable feat for a debut album. The album debuted at #1 with more than 548,210 copies sold. This was partly because A Song for ×× debut sales was the first and second week sales combined (Oricon only has 51 weeks instead of 52). The album stayed on the charts for 63 weeks and eventually went on to sell more than a million copies. As of 2008, A Song for ×× is Japan's 139th best selling album of all time.
Total Album and Single Sales: 2,0960,040
Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
ese pop
Pop music
Pop music is usually understood to be commercially recorded music, often oriented toward a youth market, usually consisting of relatively short, simple songs utilizing technological innovations to produce new variations on existing themes.- Definitions :David Hatch and Stephen Millward define pop...
artist Ayumi Hamasaki
Ayumi Hamasaki
is a Japanese singer-songwriter, record producer, model, lyricist, and actress. Also called "Ayu" by her fans, Hamasaki has been dubbed the "Empress of Pop" because of her popularity and widespread influence in Japan and throughout Asia. Born and raised in Fukuoka, she moved to Tokyo at fourteen to...
's debut album on a major label. Though the official release date was January 1, 1999, the album was sold in the record stores since mid-December. To the surprise of many critics, the album debuted at the top position of the Oricon Charts and topped the chart for five weeks, a remarkable feat for a debut album. The album debuted at #1 with more than 548,210 copies sold. This was partly because A Song for ×× debut sales was the first and second week sales combined (Oricon only has 51 weeks instead of 52). The album stayed on the charts for 63 weeks and eventually went on to sell more than a million copies. As of 2008, A Song for ×× is Japan's 139th best selling album of all time.
Track list
Release history
| Region | Date | Format | Catalogue Number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Japan | CD | AVCD-11691 | |
| Taiwan | |||
| Hong Kong | |||
| China | CD | AVTCD-95224CB
|
Charts
Oricon Sales Chart (Japan)| Release | Chart | Peak position | First Week Sales | Sales total | Chart run |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January 1, 1999 | Oricon Daily Albums Chart | 1 | |||
| Oricon Weekly Albums Chart | 1 | 548,210 | 1,451,910 | 63 | |
| Oricon Monthly Albums Chart | 1 | ||||
| Oricon Yearly Albums Chart | 15 |
- Total Sales: 1,451,910 (Japan)
Singles
| Date | Title | Peak Position | Weeks | Sales |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 April 1998 | Poker Face | 20 | 6 weeks | 43,150 |
| 10 June 1998 | You | 19 | 10 weeks | 78,260 |
| 5 August 1998 | Trust | 9 | 10 weeks | 181,820 |
| 7 October 1998 | For My Dear... | 9 | 7 weeks | 74,440 |
| 9 December 1998 | Depend on You | 6 | 9 weeks | 131,460 |
| 28 February 2001 | Poker Face (12 cm re-release) | 31 | 2 weeks | 24,000 |
| You (12 cm re-release) | 25 | 6 weeks | 36,000 | |
| Trust (12 cm re-release) | 29 | 2 weeks | 24,000 | |
| For My Dear... (12 cm re-release) | 33 | 2 weeks | 23,000 | |
| Depend on You (12 cm re-release) | 27 | 3 weeks | 28,000 |
- Total Single Sales: 644130
Total Album and Single Sales: 2,0960,040