Message (Aya Ueto album) explained

Message
Type:studio
Artist:Aya Ueto
Cover:Uetomessage.png
Recorded:2003–2004
Genre:Pop, pop rock
Length:59:48
Label:Flight Master
Producer:Gorō Kumagai
Prev Title:Ayaueto
Prev Year:2003
Next Title:Re.
Next Year:2004

Message is the second studio album by Japanese pop singer Aya Ueto. It was released on March 3, 2004 on Flight Master.

Background

Message includes Ueto's previous singles "Message/Personal", "Kanshō/Mermaid", "Binetsu" and "Ai no Tame ni.". The album's initial track listing included a fourteenth track entitled "Shiawase ni Naru Yō ni" (幸せになるように Wish You Happiness) but it was eventually scrapped and never released. The seventh track, "Taiyō to Tsuki", was initially called "Tonari ni Ite Hoshii" (I Want You By My Side), which is a line from the song's chorus. The second track, "Okuru Kotoba", is a cover of the Tetsuya Takeda-fronted folk band Kaientai's 1979 hit of the same name.

Chart performance

Message peaked at #4 on the Oricon Daily Albums Chart and debuted at #6 on the Weekly Albums Chart with 43,154 copies sold. The album charted for a total of eleven weeks and sold over 75,000 copies.[1] [2] [3]

Charts and sales

Chart (2004)Peak
position
Sales
Japan Oricon Daily Albums Chart474,934
Japan Oricon Weekly Albums Chart6
Japan Oricon Monthly Albums Chart[4] 26
Japan SoundScan Albums Chart[5] 9

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 21世紀は上戸彩でいこうぞね Part 44. Oricon. Oricon. 2channel. 2004-03-03. 2011-01-21. ja.
  2. Web site: Oricon. Oricon. 上戸彩のCDアルバムランキング、上戸彩のプロフィールならオリコン芸能人事典-ORICON STYLE. Oricon. Oricon. 2011-01-21. ja.
  3. Web site: Oricon. Oricon. ポニーキャニオン@売上データ補完スレ - 売上スレ避難所@JBBS掲示板 . JBBS Live Door . 2011-01-21 . 2011-01-21 . ja . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120309143423/http://jbbs.livedoor.jp/bbs/read.cgi/music/3914/1044683358/129 . 2012-03-09 .
  4. Web site: オリコンランキング情報サービス「you大樹」. Oricon Ranking Information Service 'You Taiju'. Oricon. subscription . January 18, 2018.
  5. Web site: 週刊 CDソフト TOP20. SoundScan. 2011-01-21. ja.