FIRST LOVE (Utada Hikaru) - 1 reference result
First Love is the official debut album by Hikaru Utada, released on March 10, 1999.
First Love is the best-selling CD album in Japanese music history. It sold over 7.65 million (estimated by Oricon), or 8.53 million (estimated by RIAJ)copies in Japan alone.
It is also the only CD certified 8x Million (32x Platinum) by RIAJ.
It sold over 2 million in its debut week , and topped the Oricon Weekly Album chart 6 times.
Track listing
All songs are written by Hikaru Utada, except for a line "I see a red door and I want to paint it black" from "Amai Wana ~Paint It, Black~".("Paint It, Black" is written by Mick Jagger & Keith Richards of The Rolling Stones).
Singles
The single "First Love" is released after the album's release, considered a recut single.| Date | Title | Peak position | Weeks | Sales |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| December 9 1998 | 08cm - "Automatic / time will tell" | #4 | 23 | 772,080 |
| December 9 1998 | 12cm - "Automatic / time will tell" | #2 | 23 | 1,290,700 |
| February 17 1999 | 08cm - "Movin' on without you" | #5 | 12 | 346,820 |
| February 17 1999 | 12cm - "Movin' on without you" | #1 | 13 | 879,760 |
| April 28 1999 | 08cm - "First Love" | #6 - Recut | 19 | 303,430 |
| April 28 1999 | 12cm - "First Love" | #2 - Recut | 13 | 500,890 |
Charts
First Love - Oricon Sales Chart (Japan)| Release | Chart | Peak Position | Debut Sales | Sales Total | Worldwide Sales | Chart Run |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 10, 1999 | Oricon Daily Albums Chart | #1 | ||||
| March 10, 1999 | Oricon Weekly Albums Chart | #1 | 2,026,870 | 7,650,215 | 10,056,000 | 84 |
| March 10, 1999 | Oricon Yearly Albums Chart | #1 | ||||
| March 10, 1999 to Present | Best-Selling Albums in Japanese History | #1 | ||||
Personnel
All Japanese names are in Western order (given name before family name).- Hikaru Utada (vocals)
- Akira Nishihira (arrangement, keyboards & programming)
- Kei Kawano (arrangement, additional keyboards)
- Shinichiro Murayama (arrangement, keyboards & programming)
- Toshiyuki Mori (arrangement, keyboards & programming)
- Jun Isomura (arrangement)
- Tsuyoshi Kon (guitar)
- Yoshiaki Kusaka (guitar)
- Hironori Akiyama (guitar)
- Yuji Toriyama (guitar)
- Masayoshi Furukawa (guitar)
- Yuichiro Honda (guitar)
- Yuichiro Goto (strings)
- Jullian Hernandez (additional chorus)
- Nobuhiko Nakayama (synthesizer programming)
- Takahiro Iida (synthesizer programming)
- Masayuki Momo (synthesizer programming)
- Taka & Speedy (rhythm arrangement, rhythm programming)
- Akira Miyake (producer)
- Teruzane Sking Utada (producer)
- Hidenobu Okita (director)
- Masaaki Ugajin (all vocals' recording)
- Masaaki Ugajin, Masashi Kudo, Seiji Motoyama, Takehiko Kamata, Bob Allecca, Mike Brown (back track recording)
- Hotoda Goh (mixing)
- Ted Jensen (mastering)
Miscellanea
- "Interlude" was made into a song called "Kotoba ni Naranai Kimochi" on her Distance album.
- The song "Never Let Go" features the same beat used in "Take Him Back" by Monica, and was originally used in Sting's "Shape of My Heart". Hikaru said that Monica so inspired her with her R&B that she decided to use that beat.
- "First Love" was featured in a popular Japanese drama, Majo no Jōken (Forbidden Love).
- Utada wrote a message in English at the back of the booklet. The message is:
References
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