Yoake Mae
title: "Yoake Mae" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["chara-(singer)-albums", "2003-albums", "ambient-pop-albums"] topic_path: "arts/music" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yoake_Mae" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | Yoake Mae |
| type | Album |
| artist | Chara |
| cover | Chara_Yoake.jpg |
| released | March 19, 2003 |
| recorded | 2002–2003 |
| genre | Downtempo, ambient pop, alternative pop |
| length | 59:51 |
| label | Sony Music Japan |
| producer | Chara |
| prev_title | Madrigal |
| prev_year | 2001 |
| next_title | A Scenery Like Me |
| next_year | 2004 |
| misc | {{Singles |
| name | Yoake Mae |
| type | studio |
| single1 | Hatsukoi |
| single1date | October 9, 2002 |
| single2 | Mieru wa |
| single2date | February 8, 2003 |
| :: |
| name = Yoake Mae | type = Album | artist = Chara | cover = Chara_Yoake.jpg | alt = | released = March 19, 2003 | recorded = 2002–2003 | venue = | studio = | genre = Downtempo, ambient pop, alternative pop | length = 59:51 | label = Sony Music Japan | producer = Chara | prev_title = Madrigal | prev_year = 2001 | next_title = A Scenery Like Me | next_year = 2004 | misc = {{Singles | name = Yoake Mae | type = studio | single1 = Hatsukoi | single1date = October 9, 2002 | single2 = Mieru wa | single2date = February 8, 2003
Yoake Mae is the ninth studio album by Chara, which was released on March 19, 2003. It debuted at #17 on the Japanese Oricon album charts, and charted in the top 300 for 5 weeks. It eventually sold 47,000 copies.
The entire album was produced and written by Chara. It was her last original album release on Sony.
Two singles were released from the album: Hatsukoi and Mieru wa.
Track listing
| all_writing = Chara, unless otherwise noted | title1 = Beautiful Day | length1 = 4:14
| title2 = Mieru wa | length2 = 5:01
| title3 = Sweetie | length3 = 4:07
| title4 = Hatsukoi | length4 = 4:41
| title5 = Shinpi no Ie | length5 = 3:24
| title6 = Utsukushii Machi | length6 = 3:24
| title7 = Heart ni Hi o Tsukete | length7 = 5:10
| title8 = Hello | length8 = 6:17
| title9 = Ocean | length9 = 4:27
| title10 = Kokoro ni Konai | length10 = 5:37
| title11 = Beautiful Scarlet | length11 = 4:56
| title12 = I Wanna Freely Love You | music12 = Chara, Toru Yamazaki | length12 = 7:49
Singles
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| Date | Title | Peak position | Weeks | Sales |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| October 9, 2002 | "Hatsukoi" | 16 (Oricon) | 3 | 12,410 |
| February 8, 2003 | "Mieru wa" | 71 (Oricon) | 2 | 2,844 |
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Japan sales rankings
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| Release | Chart | Peak position | First week sales | Sales total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 19, 2003 | Oricon Weekly Albums Chart | 17 | 19,742 | 46,812 |
| Soundscan Album Top 20 | 17 | 22,382 | ||
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References
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References
- "Sony Music Online Japan : 夜明けまえ".
- "夜明けまえ/Chara".
- [http://www.phileweb.com/ranking/cd-top20/2003/320.html 週間CDソフトTOP 20 アルバム総合 ランキングTOP20 2003年3月16日～2003年3月22日 調査分]
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