Ceremony (King Gnu album) explained

Ceremony
Type:studio
Artist:King Gnu
Cover:Ceremony album.jpg
Genre:
Length:36:48
Label:Ariola Japan
Producer:Daiki Tsuneta
Prev Title:Sympa
Prev Year:2019

Ceremony is the third studio album by Japanese alternative rock band King Gnu. It was released on January 15, 2020, by Ariola Japan. All songs were composed by the group's frontman, Daiki Tsuneta. Built on the group's alternative rock sound, the album's genre-spanning production incorporates hip hop, soul, and classical. Ceremony was a commercial success, peaking atop the Japanese Oricon albums chart, the Billboard Japan albums chart, and was one of the 10 best-selling albums of 2020 worldwide.[1]

Release

Ceremony was released on January 15, 2020, by Ariola Japan. It was available on two formats: CD, and CD+Blu-ray.[2] Ceremony, along with King Gnu's previous studio albums Tokyo Rendez-Vous and Sympa, was released on vinyl on December 2, 2020.[3]

Awards

Ceremony was one of the award-winning albums at the 2021 CD Shop Awards.[4] It was one of the "five best albums" at the 2021 Japan Gold Disc Awards.[5]

Commercial performance

Ceremony debuted at number one on the Japanese Oricon albums chart, with first-week sales of 238,000 physical copies and 30,000 digital copies. The album spent 18 weeks in the top 10 of Billboard Japan Hot Albums Chart, including four weeks at number one on the component Download Albums Chart.[6]

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (2020)! scope="col"
Peak
position
Japan Hot Albums (Billboard Japan)[7] 1

Year-end charts

Chart (2020)! scope="col"
Position
Japan Hot Albums (Billboard Japan)[8] 2
Japanese Albums (Oricon)[9] 6

Notes and References

  1. Web site: BTS Bag 'Unprecedented' 1-2 on IFPI's Global Album Sales Chart For 2020. Billboard. Lars. Brandle. 2021-03-11. 2021-05-18. https://web.archive.org/web/20210311150717/https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/9538406/bts-top-ifpi-global-album-sales-chart-2020. 2021-03-11. live.
  2. Web site: https://natalie.mu/music/news/357108. ja:King Gnu年明け新アルバム「CEREMONY」発表、アリーナ公演含むツアーも決定. ja. 2019-11-27. Natalie.mu. 2021-05-18.
  3. Web site: https://www.hmv.co.jp/news/article/2010171001/. ja:King Gnuの3枚のアルバムが遂にアナログ盤でリリース. HMV Japan. ja. 2020-12-01. 2021-05-18.
  4. Web site: http://www.cdshop-kumiai.jp/taisho/about/. ja:第13回CDショップ大賞2021. CD Shop. ja. 2021-05-18.
  5. Web site: The Japan Gold Disc Awards. 2021-05-18. ja. golddisc.jp.
  6. Web site: Chart Insight. Billboard Japan. ja. 2021-05-18.
  7. Web site: Billboard Japan Hot Albums: 2020/01/27. Billboard Japan. ja. 2021-05-18.
  8. Web site: Billboard Japan Hot Albums Year End. Billboard Japan. ja. 2021-05-18.
  9. Web site: オリコン年間 アルバムランキング 2020年度. Oricon. ja. 2020-05-18.