Artist
Amuro Namie

Release date
2014.06.04

Label
Dimension Point

Catalog Number
AVCN-99012

Price
¥3,132

Producers
Amuro Namie, Komuro Tetsuya, Dallas Austin,
Diane Warren, Nao’ymt, U-Key zone, T-SK, JD Walker, ZETTON

 


Artist
Amuro Namie

Release date
2014.06.04

Label
Dimension Point

Catalog Number
AVCN-99010/B

Price
¥4,104

 

 


Artist
Amuro Namie

Release date
2014.06.04

Label
Dimension Point

Catalog Number
AVCN-99011/B

Price
¥4,356

 

 


Artist
Amuro Namie

Release date
2014.12.24

Label
Dimension Point

Catalog Number
AQZ1-76577/B

Price
¥3,780

Limited Edition

 

 

 

FIRST-PRESS EDITIONS


  

First-press editions come with a digipak and a lenticular print, as well as a poster.

 

OVERSEAS VERSIONS



Country
: Taiwan
Release date: 2014.06.13
Label: avex taiwan
Catalog number: AVJCD-10570

Country
: Taiwan
Release date: 2014.06.13
Label: avex taiwan
Catalog number: AVJCD-10570/A

Country: 
South Korea
Release date: 
2014.06.16
Label:
S.M. Entertainment
Catalog number:
SMKJT-0387/B

Country
: Hong Kong
Release date: 2014.06.17
Label: Sony Music
Catalog number: 88843093622

Country:
Hong Kong
Release date:
2014.06.17
Label:
Sony Music
Catalog number: 
88843093832

Country:
Indonesia
Release date: 
2012.06.XX
Label:
avex asia
Catalog number:
[unknown]

 

CD TRACKLIST


No. Title Lyrics Music Length
 1 SWEET 19 BLUES (New Vocal) Komuro Tetsuya Komuro Tetsuya 5:33
2 CAN YOU CELEBRATE? (New Vocal) feat. Hakase Taro Komuro Tetsuya Komuro Tetsuya 6:16
3 Dreaming I was dreaming Marc Panther, Komuro Tetsuya Kubo Cozy 4:43
4 NEVER END Komuro Tetsuya Komuro Tetsuya 5:15
5 HimAWArI Komuro Tetsuya Komuro Tetsuya 4:46
6 think of me Dallas Austin
Japanese translation: Kudo Junko
Dallas Austin 4:28
7 I WILL Amuro Namie Hayama Hiroaki 5:34
8 Wishing On The Same Star Diane Warren
Japanese lyrics: kenko-p
Diane Warren 4:25
9 Four Seasons JUSME MONK 3:50
10 ALL FOR YOU Watanabe Natsumi Matsumoto Ryoki 5:58
11 White Light Nao’ymt Nao’ymt 5:17
12 The Meaning Of Us MOMO “mocha” N. MOMO “mocha” N., U-Key zone 4:26
13 Love Story TIGER T-SK, Kim Tesung, Liv Nervo, Mim Nervo 4:44
14 Let Me Let You Go Shelly Peiken, JD Walker Shelly Peiken, JD Walker 4:03
15 TSUKI TIGER ZETTON, FAST LANE, LISA DESMOND 3:36
Bonus Track
16 Contrail (Ballada Ver.) Nao’ymt Nao’ymt 3:19
Total Length: 76:21

 

DVD TRACKLIST


No. Title Film Director Film Producer Length
 1 SWEET 19 BLUES (Music Video) Takeishi Wataru Shoji Ryuzo 5:38
2 CAN YOU CELEBRATE? (Music Video) Takeishi Wataru Shoji Ryuzo 6:15
3 Dreaming I was dreaming (Music Video) Muto Masashi Shoji Ryuzo 4:43
4 NEVER END (Music Video) Muto Masashi Fushimizu Sumitaka 5:15
5 HimAWArI (Music Video) YKBX
Cinematographer: Iwagami Takuro
Ishihara Hirohisa 4:46
6 think of me (Music Video) Muto Masashi Watanabe Naohito, Fushimizu Sumitaka 4:28
7 I WILL (Music Video) Muto Masashi DNA 5:34
8 Wishing On The Same Star (Music Video) Muto Masashi Fushimizu Sumitaka 4:25
9 Four Seasons (Music Video) YKBX
Cinematographer: Iwagami Takuro
Ishihara Hirohisa 3:50
10 ALL FOR YOU (Music Video) Muto Masashi Fushimizu Sumitaka 5:58
11 White Light (Music Video) Muto Masashi Yamanouchi Hiroshi 5:17
12 The Meaning Of Us (Music Video) Kubo Shigeaki Kuwabara Kico, Hamashima Yu 4:26
13 Love Story (Music Video) Kawamura Kensuke Noguchi Akiko 4:44
14 Let Me Let You Go (Music Video) Daisuke “Nino” Ninimoya Takeda Kohei 4:03
15 TSUKI (Music Video) Mitsuishi Naokazu
Cinematographer: Iwagami Takuro
Ishihara Hirohisa 3:36
16 SWEET 19 BLUES (New Music Video) Suto Kanji
Cinematographer: Iwagami Takuro
Ishihara Hirohisa 5:33
17 CAN YOU CELEBRATE? feat. Hakase Taro (New Music Video) Kawamura Kensuke
Cinematographer: Iwagami Takuro
Ishihara Hirohisa 6:16
Bonus Contents (Secret track)
18 Jacket Shooting & Music Video Making Movie (background music: Arigatou)
Total Length: 

 

MUSIC CARD + VINYL + DVD TRACKLIST


 

Music Card

Ballada full album – 16 tracks

Vinyl

SIDE A
1. CAN YOU CELEBRATE? feat. Hakase Taro (New Vocal)

SIDE B
1. Love Story

DVD

1. Ballada Mash-Up Movie

 

 

CREDITS


A&R: Dimension Point
Management: Vision Factory
Art Direction, Design: Yoshikawa Masaru
Photography: Kikuma Yasunari

Violin and orchestra rearranged by: Haketa Takefumi (#2)
Violin: Hakase Taro (#2)
Strings: Hitoshi Konno Strings (#2)
Horns: Yoshinaga Masato (#2), Katsumata Yasushi (#2), Wada Hirofumi (#2)
Flute: Arakawa Hiroshi (#2)
Oboe: Mogami Takayuki (#2)
Clarinet: Sawamura Yasue (#2)

Chorus and chorus rearranged by: Arisaka Mika (#3)

Vocal Direction: Emyli (#1-2)
Vocal Recorded by: Hatakeyama Kohei (#1), Namifusa Wataru (#2)
Chorus recorded by: Kasagawa Naoki (#3)
Violin and orchestra recorded by: Nakabayashi Yoshikazu (#2)

 

SINGLES


1996.08.21
SWEET 19 BLUES

1997.02.19
CAN YOU CELEBRATE?

1997.11.27
Dreaming I was dreaming

2000.07.12
NEVER END

2001.01.24
think of me

2002.02.14
I WILL

2002.09.11
Wishing On The Same Star

2004.07.22
ALL FOR YOU

2005.11.26
White Light

2011.12.07
Love Story

2014.01.29
TSUKI

 

PROMOTIONAL SINGLES


SWEET 19 BLUES (New Vocal) was released as a video single with no physical edition.

CAN YOU CELEBRATE? (New Vocal) feat. Hakase Taro was released as a video single with no physical edition.

HimAWArI was released as a video single with no physical edition.

Four Seasons was released as a video single with no physical edition.

 

TIES-IN


[ MOVIE ]
That’s Cunning!
SWEET 19 BLUES

[ TV SHOW ]
Sukkiri!!
SWEET 19 BLUES
(New Vocal)

[ COMMERCIAL ]
maxell
CAN YOU CELEBRATE?

[ DRAMA ]
Virgin Road
CAN YOU CELEBRATE?

[ DRAMA ]
Anata ni Aitai
CAN YOU CELEBRATE? (New Vocal)

[ COMMERCIAL]
Ginza Jewelry Maker Estate Twin Jewlery
Dreaming I was dreaming

[ EVENT ]
G8 Kyushu-Okinawa Summit
NEVER END

[ COMMERCIAL ]
meiji Fran
think of me

[ MOVIE ]
Inochi
Wishing On The Same Star

[ ANIME ]
Inuyasha
Four Seasons

[ DRAMA ]
Kimi ga Omoide ni Naru Mae ni
ALL FOR YOU

[ COMMERCIAL ]
dwango Iromelo Mix
White Light

[ DRAMA ]
Onnatachi wa Nido Asobu
The Meaning Of Us

[ DRAMA ]
Watashi ga Renai Dekinai Riyuu
Love Story

[ COMMERCIAL ]
KOSE ESPRIQUE
Love Story

[ COMMERCIAL ]
NTT docomo
Love Story

[ MOVIE ]
Dakishimetai. Shinjitsu no Monogatari
Tsuki

[ DRAMA ]
Soratobu Kouhoushitsu
Contrail

 

ORICON CHARTS


Peak Position
Oricon Daily Albums Chart
Oricon Weekly Albums Chart
Oricon Monthly Albums Chart
Oricon Yearly Albums Chart
Billboard Weekly Albums Chart
Billboard Yearly Albums Chart
#
#1
#1
#1
#4
#1
#3

Chart Run
19 Weeks (top 100)
40 Weeks (top 300)

Total Reported Sales
441,753

Daily and Weekly Chart

Week Day 1 D2 D3 D4 D5 D6 D7 Weekly
Rank & Sales
1  – 1     1    1    1    1    1   1
254,944
2   1    1    1    1    1    1 
66,274
3 13 
  2    2    2    2 
32,176
4 13 

  3    3    3    3 
20,333
5   3  17  11    8 
12,900
6   9  19  15  10    8  10 
8,655
7   8  34  16  18  11  10  11  15 
6,397
8 37  24  20  23  22  17  22 
4,540
9 15  29  22  21  20  15  10  26 
3,377
10 11  44  32  29  25  23  19  32 
2,671
11 17  33  26  22  19  18  23  25 
2,604
12 25  34    34  25  28  15  31 
2,363
13 17  42  40  34  18  40 
1,927
14 32  50    50  15  53 
1,690
15 44  19  46 
1,495
16 48  71 
1,077
17 31  40  74 
1,479
18 89 
869
19 109 
635
20 32  89 
786
21 40  108 
721
22 162 
486
23 121 
642
24 113 
603
25 103 
678
26 192 
482
27 157 
552
28 141 
649
29  167 
586
30  141 
796
31  130 
557
32  134 
480
33  169 
371
34  207 
4343
35  272 
315
36 
37  136 
507
38  154 
446
39  249 
329
40/53
54 207 
285
55           246 
246
56              

Monthly Chart

Month Monthly Rank Sales
June 373,727
July 15 
35,869
August 37  9,565

 

Yearly Chart

Year Yearly Rank
2014

 

Digital Chart (started in November 2016)

Week Rank Sales
7 1,933
1,100
19  508

 

Overseas Charts

Country Chart Peak Position
South Korea Gaon Weekly International Albums 18
Taiwan G-Music Albums chart 6
G-Music East Asian Albums chart 1

 

 

AWARDS AND CERTIFICATIONS


Record Industry Association of Japan
Double Platinum

29th Japan Gold Disc Award
5 Best Albums

 

MORE ABOUT THE SONGS


ALL FOR YOU
CAN YOU CELEBRATE?
Contrail
Dreaming I was dreaming
Four Seasons
HimAWArI
I WILL
Let Me Let You Go
Love Story
NEVER END
SWEET 19 BLUES
The Meaning Of Us
think of me
TSUKI
White Light
Wishing On The Same Star