Love Is the Message is Misia's second studio album, released on January 1, 2000. It sold 1,349,650 copies in its first week, making it the 23rd highest debut in Japanese history, and peaked at #1 for two consecutive weeks. It went on to sell over 2.29 million copies, making Misia one of the three acts, alongside Globe

Globe (band)

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 and Chemistry

Chemistry (band)

is a Japanese Pop/R&B duo, composed of and . They were the winners of the Asayan audition in 2000 organized by Sony Music Entertainment Japan....

, with the second most consecutive double million albums, behind Hikaru Utada. Love Is the Message was the recipient of the award for best album at the 42nd Japan Record Awards

42nd Japan Record Awards

The 42nd Annual Japan Record Awards took place on December 31, 2000, starting at 6:30PM JST. The primary ceremonies were televised in Japan on TBS.- Award winners :*Japan Record Award:...

. The album jacket was shot during sunrise at the summit of the Haleakala National Park

Haleakala National Park

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 in Maui

Maui

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, Hawaii

Hawaii

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. Love Is the Message is the 56th best selling album of all time in Japan.

Track listing

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...

Sales Chart

Release	Chart	Peak Position	First Week Sales	Sales Total	Chart Run
January 1, 2000	Oricon Daily Albums Chart	1
	Oricon Weekly Albums Chart	1	1,349,650	2,297,880	59 weeks
	Oricon Monthly Albums Chart	1
	Oricon Yearly Albums Chart	4 (2000) 169 (2001)

External links

• Sony Music Online Japan : Misia