Artist
Amuro Namie

Release date
2011.04.27

Label
avex trax

Catalog Number
AVCD-38277

Price
¥3,059

Producers
Paul NZA, Marek Pompetzki, Nao’ymt, Jörgen Elofsson, Erik Lidbom, Osawa Shinichi, Takahashi Taku, Tanaka Tomoyuki, Take-C, ZEEBRA, Imai Daisuke, VERBAL, JHETT, MICHICO, UTA, Chris Rojas, Jermaine Dupri, Major Dude, DOUBLE, Imai Ryosuke, DJ KEN-BO

 


Artist
Amuro Namie

Release date
2011.04.27

Label
avex trax

Catalog Number
AVCD-38276/B

Price
¥3,990

 

 


Artist
Amuro Namie

Release date
2012.09.16 – 20th Anniversary Special Price Edition

Label
avex trax

Catalog Number
AVCD-38612

Price
¥1,543

 

 


Artist
Amuro Namie

Release date
2012.06.27

Label
avex trax

Catalog Number
AQZD-50742

Price
¥1,980

 

 

 

FIRST-PRESS EDITIONS


First-press editions comes with a digipak.

 

OVERSEAS VERSIONS



Country
: Taiwan
Release date: 2011.04.29
Label: avex taiwan
Catalog number: AVJCD-10470

Country
: Taiwan
Release date: 2011.04.29
Label: avex taiwan
Catalog number: AVJCD-10470/A

Country: 
South Korea
Release date: 
2011.05.04
Label:
S.M. Entertainment
Catalog number:
[unknown]

Country
: Hong Kong
Release date: 2011.05.06
Label: avex asia
Catalog number: AAJCD-20083/D

Country:
Hong Kong
Release date: 
2011.05.06
Label:
avex asia
Catalog number: 
AAJCD-20084

Country
: Thailand
Release date: 2011.12.23
Label: GMM Grammy
Catalog number: [unknown]

 

CD TRACKLIST


No. Title Lyrics Music Arrangement Length
 1 Wonder Woman
feat. AI & Tsuchiya Anna
TIGER, Marek Pompetzki, Paul NZA, Chantal Kreviazuk, Tanya Lacey Marek Pompetzki, Paul NZA, Chantal Kreviazuk, Tanya Lacey 3:09
2 UNUSUAL
feat. Yamashita Tomohisa
Nao’ymt Nao’ymt Nao’ymt 4:28
3 make it happen
feat. AFTERSCHOOL
DOUBLE, Jörgen Elofsson, Erik Lidbom, Bonnie McKee Jörgen Elofsson, Erik Lidbom, Bonnie McKee 3:15
4 ROCK U
ravex feat. Amuro Namie
VERBAL ravex 4:13
5 Do What U Gotta Do
ZEEBRA
feat. AI, Amuro Namie & MUMMY-D
ZEEBRA, AI, MUMMY-D ZEEBRA, AI ZEEBRA 5:04
6 Wet’N Wild
Heartsdales feat. SUITE CHIC
Heartsdales Imai Daisuke Imai Daisuke 4:48
7 Do or Die
JHETT feat. Amuro Namie
MICHICO JHETT, MICHICO JHETT 4:07
8 FAKE
AI feat. Amuro Namie
AI Tashiro George UTA 4:15
9 #1
feat. Kawabata Kaname (CHEMISTRY)
TIGER, Christopher Rojas, Curtis Richardson, Charlie Vox, Amos Winbush
Christopher Rojas, Curtis Richardson, Charlie Vox, Amos Winbush 3:23
10 BLACK OUT
VERBAL feat. Lil Wayne & Amuro Namie
VERBAL, Major Dude VERBAL, Minami, Major Dude, Jermaine Dupri 3:43
11 BLACK DIAMOND
DOUBLE & Amuro Namie
DOUBLE DOUBLE, UTA, Imai Ryosuke 4:03
12 Luvotomy
m-flo ♥ Amuro Namie
m-flo, Hinouchi Emi m-flo, Hinouchi Emi 5:15
13 AFTER PARTY
ZEEBRA feat. Amuro Namie
 ZEEBRA  FIRSTKLAS 5:06
Hidden Track
14 WANT ME, WANT ME
feat. VERBAL
MICHICO, VERBAL MICHICO, SUGI-V SUGI-V 3:09
Total Length: 57:58

 

DVD TRACKLIST


No. Title Film Director Length
 1 Wonder Woman (Music Video) Sunaga Hideaki
2 UNUSUAL (Music Video) Kubo Shigeaki
3 make it happen (Music Video) Kubo Shigeaki
4 #1 (Music Video) Kawamura Kensuke
5 FAKE (Music Video) UGICHIN
6 BLACK DIAMOND (Music Video) Kubo Shigeaki
7 Do What U Gotta Do Sonoda Kenji
Total Length: 

 

CREDITS


A&R: Amano Hiromi
A&R Desk: Owada Hiromi
A&R Supervisor: Sato Michiharu
A&R Chief: Yanagi Kazumi
Creative Coordination: Mori Hayato
Coordinator: Inage Takayoshi
Executive-Producer: Hayashi Shinji, Kasuga Takashi
Producer: Higuchi Hisahiko, Maeda Ryu
Executive Supervisor: Masato “Max” Matsuura, Taira Tetsuo
Artist Management: Yasumoto Rika
Production Coordination: Yasumoto Yuko (#1)

Art Direction, Design: Nakashiro Takuya
Stage Set Design: Furumoto Mamoru
Stylist: Mita Shinichi
Hair, Make-up: Nakano Akemi
Photography: Uchida Shoji

Keyboards: Imai Daisuke (#6)
Multiple instruments: Paul NZA (#1), Marek Pompetzki (#1), Chris Rojas (#9)
Background vocals: Amuro Namie, DOUBLE, Hinouchi Emi, Imai Daisuke, Minami (CREAM)

Production: Paul NZA (#1), Marek Pompetzki (#1), Nao’ymt (#2), Jörgen Elofsson (#3), Erik Lidbom (#3), Osawa Shinichi (#4), Takahashi Taku (#4, 12), Tanaka Tomoyuki (#4), Take-C for T.O.P. (#5, 13), ZEEBRA (#5, 13), Imai Daisuke (#6), VERBAL (#6, 10, 12), JHETT (#7), MICHICO (#7), UTA (#8, 11), Chris Rojas (#9), Jermaine Dupri (#10), Major Dude (#10), DOUBLE (#11), Imai Ryosuke (#11, 13), DJ KEN-BO (#13)
Engineering: Osamu “Shu” Imamoto (#4), Imai Daisuke (#6)
Sound Programming: Imai Daisuke (#6), JHETT (#7), Takahashi Taku (#12), VERBAL (#12)
Mixed By: D.O.I. (#1-3, 7-9, 11), Osawa Shinichi (#4), Kawamoto Gonta (#6), Osamu “Shu” Imamoto (#10)
Mastered By: Chris Gahringer
Recorded By: Joko Hitomi (#1), Kashii Shigeki (#1), Paul NZA (#1), Mared Pompetzki (#1), Kataoka Ryosuke (#1, 4, 8, 10), Take-C for T.O.P. (#5, 13), Kanaya Takefumi (#6), Kashiwai Hyuga (#7), Osamu “Shu” Imamoto (#10)
Vocal Direction: TIGER (#1, 3, 8-9), Wada Masaya (#10)
Amuro Namie Vocal Recordings: Hatakeyama Kohei (#2-3, 9)
AFTERSCHOOL Vocal Recordings: Kim Min Hee (#3)
AI Vocal Recordings: Supa Okuda (#8)
Kawabata Kaname Vocal Recordings: Mimoto Rie (#9)
Kawabata Kanabe Vocal Direction: Nakayama Chieko (#9)
Yamashita Tomohisa Vocal Recordings: Takeuchi Tetsuro

 

SINGLES & ALBUMS by other artists


2003.09.18
TOKYO’S FINEST
ZEEBRA

2003.09.25
SUGAR SHINE
Heartsdales

2005.03.24
JHETT
JHETT

2006.02.15
The New Beginning
ZEEBRA

2007.03.28
COSMICOLOR
m-flo

2008
BLACK DIAMOND
DOUBLE

2009.04.29
Trax
ravex

2010.03.31
FAKE
AI

2011.03.16
VISIONAIR
VERBAL

 

PROMOTIONAL SINGLES


Wonder Woman was released as a ringtone, cellphone download, radio, and video single with no physical edition.

make it happen was released as a  ringtone, cellphone download and video single with no physical edition.

UNUSUAL was released as a ringtone cellphone download and video single with no physical edition.

#1 was released as a video single with no physical edition.

 

SPECIAL COLLABORATIONS


Checkmate! includes five new collaborations.

Wonder Woman features AI with whom Amuro Namie had already collaborated and Tsuchiya Anna who AI had already sang with. Amuro wanted to create a ‘strong song’ with female singers.

make it happen was born of Amuro’s interest for the K-Pop scene. She chose to work with AFTERSCHOOL because she enjoyed one of the members’ performance in a drama.

#1 features Kawabata Kaname from CHEMISTRY whom Amuro met through a mutual friend.

UNUSUAL is a duet with Yamashita Tomohisa whose performance impressed Amuro when they appeared together on the same TV show during summer 2010.

BLACK OUT is a song by VERBAL, whom Amuro has collaborated multiple times with, and American Rapper Lil’ Wayne. A music video was produced but was not released at the time in respect for Tohoku earthquake and tsunami victims. The album release itself was postponed from March 23 to April 27 because of the earthquake.

 

TIES-IN


COMMERCIAL ]
Call of Duty
ROCK U

COMMERCIAL ]
Coca-Cola Zero
Wonder Woman

[ COMMERCIAL ]
SHARP
make it happen

[ COMMERCIAL ]
RecoChoku
make it happen

 

ORICON CHARTS


Peak Position
Oricon Daily Albums Chart
Oricon Weekly Albums Chart
Oricon Monthly Albums Chart
Oricon Yearly Albums Chart
#
#1
#1
#1
#6

Chart Run
20 Weeks (top 100)
39 Weeks (top 300)

Total Reported Sales
488,854

Daily and Weekly Chart

Week Day 1 D2 D3 D4 D5 D6 D7 Weekly
Rank & Sales
1  – 1     1    1    1    1    1   1
252,889
2   1    1    1    1    1    1    1 
83,114
3   2    2    2 
44,168
4   2    2 
24,775
5   3    3    3 
17,597
6 12  11    11    7 
12,377
7 18  14    14  13  11    11  13 
7,956
8 27  20  14  15  11  16  14 
5,820
9 12  44  30  27  25  18  20  26 
4,323
10 17  33  27  26  24  22  27  27 
3,976
11 18  31  29  31  23  29  30 
3,003
12 23  33  27  29  36  35 
2,604
13 23  42  44 
2,220
14 27    44 
2,354
15 49 
2,128
16 57 
1,908
17 55 
1,704
18 85 
1,387
19 79 
1,199
20 98 
1,171
21 122 
908
22 149 
838
23 157 
695
24 178 
601
25   178 
613
26 191 
546
27 247 
501
28  188 
544
29  226 
422
30   214 
432
31  228 
525
32  222 
503
33  229 
535
34  214 
576
35  208 
758
36  158 
699
37  155 
716
38  202 
475
39  287 
361
40 
09.24
2018
24  15  11  12  17   
 

Yearly Chart

Year Yearly Rank
2011 6

Overseas Charts

Country Chart Peak Position
South Korea Hanteo J-Pop Weekly Album 1
Taiwan G-Music Combo chart 6
G-Music International chart 1
G-Music J-Pop chart 1

 

 

AWARDS AND CERTIFICATIONS


Record Industry Association of Japan
Double Platinum

 

MORE ABOUT THE SONGS


#1
AFTER PARTY
BLACK DIAMOND
BLACK OUT
Do or Die
Do What U Gotta Do
FAKE
Luvotomy
make it happen
ROCK U
UNUSUAL
WANT ME, WANT ME
Wet’N Wild
Wonder Woman