Globe is the first studio album released from Globe

Globe (band)

Globe is a dance-oriented Japanese pop band, formed in 1995 by producer and songwriter Tetsuya Komuro. Originally consisting of Komuro, Keiko Yamada and Marc Panther, the group's singles consistently hit the charts...

 on March 31, 1996. The album sold over four million copies, becoming the best-selling album of Japan in Oricon

Oricon

, established in 1999, is the holding company at the head of a Japanese corporate group that supplies statistics and information on music and the music industry in Japan. It started as , which was founded by Sōkō Koike in November 1967 and became known for its music charts. Oricon Inc...

 charts history at that time.

Album information

Globe is the first album from Globe, and there are the five single songs on the album. Between 1995 and 1996, the single CDs from the album were released. Those singles are "Feel Like Dance

Feel Like Dance

"Feel Like Dance" is the debut single by Japanese band Globe. The single reached number 3 on the weekly Oricon charts and charted for twenty-four weeks, selling 893,490 copies. The title track was used as the theme song for the Fuji TV drama Hitori ni Shinaide...

", "Joy to the love", "Sweet Pain", "Departures", and "Freedom". Especially, "Departures" sold over two million copies, becoming the second highest-selling single on Oricon yearly charts of 1996, behind Mr. Children

Mr. Children

, commonly called , is a Japanese rock band formed in 1988 by Kazutoshi Sakurai, Kenichi Tahara, Keisuke Nakagawa, and Hideya Suzuki. As a group, they are one of the most successful Japanese rock artists, having sold over 50 million records and creating the in the mid 1990s in Japan...

's "Namonaki Uta

Namonaki uta

"" is the tenth single by Mr. Children, released by Toy's Factory on February 5, 1996. The cover of the single is Kazutoshi Sakurai's face whose tongue was written "no name"...

".

Tracklisting

1. "Give You"
2. "Feel Like Dance"
3. "Gonna Be Alright"
4. "Departures"
5. "Regret of the Day"
6. "Joy to the Love"
7. "Sweet Pain"
8. "Always Together"
9. "Precious Memories"
10. "Freedom"
11. "Music Takes Me Higher"
12. "Lights Out"