Pages (Sexy Zone album) explained

Pages
Type:studio
Cover:Sexy Zone - Pages.png
Artist:Sexy Zone
Genre:J-pop
Language:Japanese
Label:Pony Canyon
Prev Title:XYZ=Repainting
Prev Year:2018

Pages is the sixth studio album by Japanese boy band Sexy Zone, released via Pony Canyon on March 13, 2019. It is the follow-up to their 2018 album XYZ=Repainting and is a concept album based around "one page of life" and expressing various emotions.[1] It debuted at number one on both the Oricon Albums Chart and Billboard Japans Hot Albums chart, selling over 120,000 copies in its first week.[2]

Release

Pages was released in three formats: two limited editions (A and B), and a regular edition. The regular edition includes a bonus disc with a solo song from each member, while limited edition A features a making-of and the music video for the first track "La Sexy Woman", and limited edition B features a DVD with Sexy Zone's "Lake Fuji Trip" documentary.[3]

Singles

The album features the Oricon Singles Chart number-one singles "Innocent Days" and "Karakuri Darake no Tenderness"/"Suppin Kiss".

Charts

Year-end charts

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Sexy Zoneは王道ジャニーズとして成長を続ける 「La Sexy Woman」は"表情"に注目. Real Sound. February 22, 2019. March 21, 2019.
  2. Web site: 【ビルボード】Sexy Zone『PAGES』が総合アルバム首位 sumika『Chime』は2位で自己記録更新. Billboard Japan. Japanese. March 20, 2019. March 21, 2019.
  3. Web site: Sexy Zone、アルバム売り上げが前作超えも……デビュー8年目で「冠番組ナシ」にファン焦り. Cyzo Woman. Japanese. March 15, 2019. March 21, 2019.
  4. Web site: Billboard Japan Hot Albums: 2019/03/25 付け. Billboard Japan. March 21, 2019.
  5. Web site: 年間 アルバムランキング 2019年度. Oricon. February 17, 2021.