PLAY (NAMIE AMURO ALBUM)

'''Play''' is the seventh original studio album by Japanese pop singer Namie Amuro, released on June 27, 2007 in Japan. The follow-up to her successful 2005 album Queen of Hip-Pop, ''Play'' showcases her new genre. This is also her first album to be released in both the CD and CD+DVD formats. On June 18, the album leaked on to the Internet. It is her highest selling album since 2000's Genius 2000.

Contents

Overview

Tie-ups and theme songs

Track listing

CD

DVD

Personnel

Production

Charts

Sales Total

Physical Sales Charts

'Singles' - Oricon Sales Chart (Japan)

References

Overview

Upon its release, Play debuted at number one, and stayed at the top spot for two entire weeks on the Oricon Charts. When its first week was over, Play became Namie's first weekly number one album since her 2000 album Genius 2000 with a gap of 120,258 copies sold. For its first week, the album sold 250,619 copies, her highest first week sales since Genius 2000.^[1] In Taiwan, Play reached #1 on the G-Music J-Pop chart for the week of July 6th 2007 with 24.3% of total sales. This translated to #2 on the overall chart with 3.45% of total sales.
Play also peaked at #4 on the United World Chart on its first week of release.

Tie-ups and theme songs

"Violet Sauce" from the lead single of the album, "White Light / Violet Sauce", was the theme song for the Japanese release of the major motion picture, Sin City.
"Can't Sleep, Can't Eat, I'm Sick" from the second single, "Can't Sleep, Can't Eat, I'm Sick / Ningyo", was used in commercials for the ringtone sites Mu-Mo and Iromelo Mix DX, the former of which is endorsed by her record label.
"Baby Don't Cry" is the ending theme song for the Kansai / Fuji TV drama, "Himitsu no Hanazono". It was also used for JoySound commercials.
"Funky Town" is used for Lipton Limone lemon tea commercials.
"Top Secret" is being used as the theme song for the second season of Prison Break in Japan.

Track listing

CD

#	Title	Songwriters
1.	"Hide & Seek"	Nao'ymt	4:36
2.	"Full Moon"	Nao'ymt	3:57
3.	"Can't Sleep, Can't Eat, I'm Sick"	T.Kura, Michico	3:46
4.	"It's all about you"	T.Kura, Michico	4:12
5.	"Funky Town"	T.Kura, Michico, L.L. Brothers	3:48
6.	"Step With It"	T.Kura, Michico, L.L. Brothers	3:47
7.	"Hello"	T.Kura, Michico, Angie Irons	3:42
8.	"Should I Love Him?"	T.Kura, Michico	4:25
9.	"Top Secret"	Nao'ymt	4:30
10.	"Violet Sauce (Spicy)"	Nao'ymt	4:01
11.	"Baby Don't Cry"	Nao'ymt	5:21
12.	"Pink Key"	Nao'ymt	4:40

DVD

#	Title
1.	"Hide & Seek"
2.	"Can't Sleep, Can't Eat, I'm Sick"
3.	"Funky Town"
4.	"Hello"
5.	"Baby Don't Cry"
6.	Special Movie "Amuro Namie x The World of Golden Eggs Special Collaboration Movie"

Personnel

★ Namie Amuro - vocals, background vocals

★ Hiromi - additional vocals

★ Nao'ymt - additional vocals, multiple instruments

★ Michico - additional vocals

★ Sam Salter - additional vocals

★ T.Kura - multiple instruments

★ Orito - additional vocals

★ Tiger - additional vocals

★ LL Brothers - additional vocals

★ Warner - additional vocals

★ Jun - additional vocals

★ Ring - additional vocals

★ Tomoyasu Takeuchi - guitars

Production

★ Producers - Nao'ymt, T.Kura, Namie Amuro

★ Vocal Producers - Michico, Angie Irons

★ Mixing - D.O.I., T.Kura, Yoshiaki Onishi

★ Creative Direction - Hidekazu Sato

★ Art Direction - Hidekazu Sato, Katsuhiro Shimizu

★ Design - Katsuhiro Shimizu

★ Photography - Shoji Uchida

★ Stylist - Noriko Goto

Charts

Sales Total

Oricon Sales Chart (Japan)

Release	Chart	Peak Position	First Week Sales	Sales Total	Chart Run
June 27, 2007	Oricon Daily Charts	'#1'
June 27, 2007	Oricon Weekly Charts	'#1'	250,619	497,231	10 weeks
June 27, 2007	Oricon Monthly Charts	'#1'
June 27, 2007	Oricon Yearly Charts	TBA

Physical Sales Charts

Chart	Peak position
United World Chart (Albums)	#4
G-Music Combo Chart (Taiwan)	#2
G-Music J-POP Chart (Taiwan)	'#1'
HMV Asian Chart (Singapore)	'#1'

'Singles' - Oricon Sales Chart (Japan)

Release	Single	Chart	Peak Position
16 November 2005	"White Light / Violet Sauce"	Oricon Daily Singles Chart	5
16 November 2005	"White Light / Violet Sauce"	Oricon Weekly Singles Chart	7
17 May 2006	"Can't Sleep, Can't Eat, I'm Sick / Ningyo"	Oricon Daily Singles Chart	2
17 May 2006	"Can't Sleep, Can't Eat, I'm Sick / Ningyo"	Oricon Weekly Singles Chart	2
24 January 2007	"Baby Don't Cry"	Oricon Daily Singles Chart	3
24 January 2007	"Baby Don't Cry"	Oricon Weekly Singles Chart	3
4 April 2007	"Funky Town"	Oricon Daily Singles Chart	2
4 April 2007	"Funky Town"	Oricon Weekly Singles Chart	3

References

1. 安室奈美恵、7年5ヵ月ぶりに首位返り咲き



★ http://www.g-music.com.tw/GMusicBillboard0.aspx

★ http://www.g-music.com.tw/GMusicBillboard3.aspx