JPN (album)
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Producer | Yasutaka Nakata | |||
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JPN is the third studio album (fourth overall) by Japanese
JPN is the group's last release under Tokuma Japan Communications as the group moved to Universal Music Japan (as announced February 28, 2012) for their future releases.[3] JPN was released worldwide on March 6, 2012, to over 50 countries via iTunes.[4]
Background
The album was announced at Perfume's official website on September 5, 2011, along with a dance contest, their nineteenth single "
The B-side track of "Nee" ("FAKE IT") was not included in this album but two years later in "Perfume Global Compilation "LOVE THE WORLD"" album.
Composition
The album includes all of the group's past four singles: "
The group's nineteenth single, "
Five of the other tracks are brand-new songs, including "My Color", "Toki no Hari" (時の針), and "Have a Stroll".
"Fushizen na Girl" was slightly edited from the original single version for this album, however, it is uncredited.
Commercial performance
The album debuted at number 1 in the Oricon Weekly Albums Chart with 227,000 copies sold on its first week of release, their highest debut week sales than their previous albums in their career to date. This also made them the second female Japanese group to achieve three consecutive number one albums, a feat first achieved twelve years ago by veteran pop group Speed.[7][8] The album sold a total of 268,000 after two weeks of release, making it the 24th best-selling album of 2011.[2]
In South Korea, the album debuted at number thirty-nine in the
Track listing
All tracks are written by
No. | Title | Length |
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1. | "Spice" ( TV spot ) | |
7. | "Voice" (TV spot) | |
8. | "Nee" (TV spot) | |
9. | "Laser Beam" (TV spot) | |
10. | "Spice" (TV spot) |
- ^ Album edit
Chart positions
Oricon charts
Release | Chart | Peak position |
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November 30, 2011 | Oricon Daily Charts | 1 |
Oricon Weekly Charts | 1 | |
Oricon Monthly Charts | 2 | |
Oricon Yearly Charts | 24[2] |
Other charts
Chart | Peak position |
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South Korea ( Gaon Monthly International Albums)[9]
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39 |
Taiwan (G-Music J-Pop Chart)[10] | 10 |
World Albums Top 40[11] | 4 |
Certifications
Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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Japan (RIAJ)[12] | Platinum | 250,000^ |
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone. |
Accolades
Release history
Region | Date | Label | Format |
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Japan[14] | November 30, 2011 | Tokuma Japan Communications
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CD, CD+DVD, Digital download |
Worldwide[15] | March 6, 2012 | Digital download | |
Hong Kong[16] | April 16, 2012 | Universal Music Group | CD, CD+DVD, Digital download |
South Korea[17] | May 8, 2012 | CD | |
Taiwan[18] | April 13, 2012 |
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- ^ "INFORMATION". Perfume's Official Japanese Site. Archived from the original on 2012-08-18. Retrieved 2012-08-18.
- ^ "Perfume to release a new single and album!". Tokyo Hive. Retrieved 2012-08-18.
- ^ "Perfume becomes 2nd girl group to achieve 3 consecutive Number 1 albums". TokyoHive. Retrieved 2012-08-18.
- ^ "【オリコン】Perfume、3作連続アルバム首位 女性グループではSPEED以来12年ぶり (Perfume) ニュース-ORICON STYLE-". Oricon. Retrieved 2012-08-18.
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- ^ "G-Music 憸券?脫? (?望?璁?)". Archived from the original on 2011-05-12. Retrieved 2010-03-09.
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- ^ "SPIN's 20 Best Pop Albums of 2011". Spin Magazine. Retrieved 2012-08-18.
- ^ "Amazon.co.jp: JPN(通常盤): 音楽". Amazon.co.jp. Retrieved 2012-08-18.
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- ^ "PERFUME (JAP) / JPN". HMV Group (Hong Kong). Archived from the original on 2013-01-08. Retrieved 2012-08-18.
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