Glitter / Fated

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"Glitter" / "Fated" is the forty-first single by Japanese pop singer Ayumi Hamasaki, released on July 18, 2007. "Glitter/fated" was Hamasaki's first single of 2007 and first single in over a year, since the release of BLUE BIRD in June 2006.

History

The first signs of a new single emerged when Hamasaki stated on her Team Ayu fanclub blog on April 26, 2007 that she had just finished writing a new song and was preparing to go record it. On May 17 2007 the title was revealed on Tower Records' website. On the same date, it was announced that like last year's summer song BLUE BIRD, glitter would be used as a tie-up to promote Zespri's golden kiwi once again. On May 18, the single was announced officially on Hamasaki's official website. It was stated that this single would be the opening of her "third chapter." Upon availability for preorder on May 19, Glitter / Fated topped the CD sales chart on Japanese music vendor "Neowing" and its English counterpart "CDJapan" because of the amount of pre-orders that it received. On May 22, several Japanese news websites and vendors reported that Fated would be the theme song of the Japanese film Kaidan. It was reported that the theme song would not only be used for the film's release in Japan, but it would also accompany the film's release in over 50 countries. On May 30 2007, Hamasaki reported on her Team Ayu fanclub blog that she would be flying to Hong Kong after her Asia tour performances in Osaka to film a new short film alongside actor Shawn Yue. The film will feature both glitter and fated and is actually a short movie that runs approximately 18 minutes. She would also share her first onscreen kiss in this video. On June 12th the songs Glitter and Fated were both leaked in their entirety.

Short film Distance Love

Rather than having two conventional music videos, both songs are featured in one short film starring Hamasaki herself alongside Hong Kong actor Shawn Yue. Hamasaki flew to Hong Kong on June 1, 2007 to begin filming the short film which took a total of eight days of filming to complete. This was the first time Hamasaki had ever worked with a Chinese actor. Hamasaki had three translators with her at all times and Shawn Yue had two. Despite the large number of translators present, Yue stated that it was hard to get close to Hamasaki on a personal level because of the number of people constantly around them as well as the language barrier. Although this was difficult for Yue, he stated in phone interview with On.cc that he and Hamasaki are now, in fact, friends. During the filming one scene towards the ending of the film, Hamasaki wore a beautiful yet heavy wedding dress and ran around frantically for at least ten takes. Despite the 30°C (86°F) weather and several rain showers, Hamasaki continued filming relentlessly.

Plot summary

Distance Love depicts Hamasaki as herself, on a tour of Hong Kong, with Yue as her bodyguard, whom Hamasaki later falls in love with. In the latter half of Distance Love, Yue is injured while riding his motorcycle, leaving behind a ring, which Hamasaki later finds.

Track listings

CD Maxi Single

1. "glitter"
2. "fated"
3. "Secret"
4. "glitter" (Instrumental)
5. "fated" (Instrumental)

The single contains the track "Secret", the title track of her most recent studio album. This marks the first time she released a track on a single in its original form after it was featured on an album.

DVD

1. (Short film)

Televised performances

Ayumi promoted Glitter/Fated by live performances on the following networks:

• July 13, 2007 – Music Station – "Glitter"
• July 13, 2007 – Music Fighter – "Fated"
• July 14, 2007 – CDTV – "Glitter"
• July 16, 2007 – Hey!Hey!Hey! – "Glitter"
• July 20, 2007 – Music Japan – "Glitter"
• July 20, 2007 – Music Station – "Fated"

Charts

"Glitter / Fated" debuted in Oricon as #1, where it remained until the end of the week and reached #1 weekly chart with sales of approximately 110,000 copies.This is Hamasaki's 16th consecutive number one single and 28th #1 single in total.Beginning in the second week, the single fell down to #6 and eventually climbed back to #4 on the weekly chart with sales around 22,000 copies. The single also peaked at #30 on the United World Chart and charted high on various sales and airplay charts around Japan. It topped MTV Japan's Japanese music chart as well as CDTV's. By the end of 2007 Avex reported that glitter / fated had sold 244,000 copies.

Physical sales charts

Chart	Peak position
United World Chart (Singles)	30
Soundscan Singles Chart	2 CD+DVD
Soundscan Singles Chart	5 CD-Only

Oricon Sales Chart (Japan)

Release	Chart	Peak Position	First Week Sales	Sales Total	Chart Run
July 18 2007	Oricon Daily Charts	#1
July 18 2007	Oricon Weekly Charts	#1	110,165	166,203	11
July 18 2007	Oricon Monthly Charts	#3
July 18 2007	Oricon Yearly Chart	#39

Sales trajectory

Mon	Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri	Sat	Sun	Week Rank	Sales	Total Sales
-	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	110,165	110,165
1	5	6	5	4	4	4	4	23,826	133,991
4	15	17	12	12	12	12	15	13,311	147,302
12	29	31	27	28	23	20	28	7,133	154,435
?	?	?	?	?	?	?	25	4,844	159,279
?	?	?	?	?	?	?	53	2,494	161,773
?	?	?	?	?	?	?	72	1,639	163,412
?	?	?	?	?	?	?	113	983	164,395
?	?	?	?	?	?	?	125	700	165,095
?	?	?	?	?	?	?	118	713	165,808
?	?	?	?	?	?	?	198	395	166,203

• Total Sales : 166,203 (Japan)
• Total Sales : 244,000 (Avex)

Digital sales charts

Chart	Peak position
iTunes Japan Top Songs	#3 / #11
Recochoku Chaku-Uta	#3 / #9
Recochoku Chaku-Uta Melody	#3 / #6
Recochoku Chaku-Uta All	#3 / #8
Mu-mo Song Download Chart	#1 / #1
Dwango Truetone Ringtones (Chaku Uta)	#5
Dwango Polyphonic Ringtones (Chaku Mero)	#2

Various charts

Chart	Peak position
Tokio Hot 100	#33
MTV Japanese Chart Express	#1
CDTV Top 100	#1
ZIP FM Hot 100 (Nagoya)	#24
FM Osaka 851	#2
Toyama Countdown Top 50	#34
LastFM's Weekly Top Tracks	#2 / #4

Notes & references

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