First Message
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::data[format=table title="Infobox album"]
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | First Message |
| type | studio |
| artist | Ayaka |
| cover | FMAya.jpg |
| released | |
| genre | J-pop |
| length | |
| label | Warner Music Japan |
| producer | |
| next_title | Sing to the Sky |
| next_year | 2008 |
| :: |
| name = First Message | type = studio | artist = Ayaka | cover = FMAya.jpg | alt = | released = | recorded = | venue = | studio = | genre = J-pop | length = | label = Warner Music Japan | producer = | prev_title = | prev_year = | next_title = Sing to the Sky | next_year = 2008
First Message is the debut album from Japanese singer Ayaka.
Background
After a year of releasing singles and music videos, the album was originally for an early September release but was pushed back to allow Ayaka's single, Mikazuki, to correspond with the album release. It entered the Oricon charts at number one. The album has also been released on iTunes in Japan and other countries, including the United States.
Commercial performance
The album debuted at #1 on the Oricon Albums Chart with first week sales of approximately 350,580 copies. This became the highest first week sales of a female soloist's debut album since Mika Nakashima's True, released nearly four years prior. First message sold 711,299 copies by the end of 2006, making it the 13th best-selling album of the fiscal year.
First message managed to sell an additional 406,290 copies by the end of the following year, making it the 22nd best-selling album in Japan of 2007. The album surpassed the million-selling mark during its 24th week on the charts, on April 23, 2007, making it the first time in three years since Avril Lavigne's Let Go that a female solo singer achieved a million-seller in Japan with her first album. First message was certified Million by RIAJ for shipping around 1 million copies.
Her debut album re-entered the charts at #148 in 2009, and it peaked at #72 on April 15, 2009, Weekly Chart.
Track listing
| collapsed = | headline = CD | extra_column = Arranger(s) | total_length =
| all_lyrics = Ayaka | title1 = Start to 0 (Love) | music1 = Yoshihiko Nishio | extra1 = L.O.E | length1 =
| title2 = Real Voice | music2 = Yoshihiko Nishio | extra2 = L.O.E | length2 =
| title3 = Sha la la | music3 = Yoshihiko Nishio, Ayaka | extra3 = L.O.E | length3 =
| title4 = "Blue Days" | music4 = Yoshihiko Nishio | extra4 = L.O.E | length4 =
| title5 = I Believe | music5 = Yoshihiko Nishio, Ayaka | extra5 = L.O.E | length5 =
| title6 = Stay with Me | music6 = Yoshihiko Nishio, Ayaka | extra6 = L.O.E | length6 =
| title7 = Melody | music7 = Yoshihiko Nishio | extra7 = L.O.E | length7 =
| title8 = "Kimi no Power to Otona no Furi" | music8 = Yoshihiko Nishio, Ayaka | extra8 = L.O.E | length8 =
| title9 = "Eien no Monogatari" | music9 = Yoshihiko Nishio | extra9 = L.O.E | length9 =
| title10 = "Toki wo Modoshite" | music10 = Yoshihiko Nishio, Ayaka | extra10 = Hiroshi Uesugi | length10 =
| title11 = 1・2・3・4 | music11 = Yoshihiko Nishio | extra11 = L.O.E | length11 =
| title12 = Story | music12 = Yoshihiko Nishio, Ayaka | extra12 = L.O.E | length12 =
| title13 = "Lailalai" | music13 = Yoshihiko Nishio | extra13 = L.O.E | length13 =
| title14 = "Mikazuki" | music14 = Yoshihiko Nishio, Ayaka | extra14 = L.O.E | length14 =
| title15 = message | music15 = Ayaka | extra15 = Ayaka | length15 =
Charts
Oricon Sales Chart (Japan) ::data[format=table]
| Release | Album chart | Peak position | Debut sales | Sales total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| November 1, 2006 | Daily Chart | 1 | 1,201,732 | |
| Weekly Chart | 1 | 350,580 | ||
| Monthly Chart | 1 | |||
| Yearly Chart (2006) | 13 | 711,000 | ||
| Yearly Chart (2007) | 22 | 338,000 | ||
| Yearly Chart (2008) | 126 | - | ||
| :: |
References
References
- Oricon Style Staff. (November 11, 2006). "Oricon Albums Chart – Chart Week November 11, 2006". [[Oricon]]; published through Yahoo! GeoCities.
- (November 7, 2006). "絢香、初のアルバム1位！女性新人4年ぶりの快挙！！". [[Oricon]].
- "2006年 アルバム年間TOP100".
- "2007年 アルバム年間TOP100".
- (2007-04-19). "絢香がミリオン突破!2007年女性アーティスト初". [[Oricon]].
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