SA (album) explained

SA
Type:Album
Artist:Ami Suzuki
Cover:SA(Album).jpg
Released:25 March 1999
Recorded:1998
Genre:J-pop
Length:58:11
Label:Sony
AICT-1050 (Japan, CD)
AIYT 9002 (Japan, MiniDisc)
Producer:Tetsuya Komuro
Next Title:infinity eighteen vol.1,
Next Year:2000

SA is Ami Suzuki's debut album released under label Sony Music Japan on 25 March 1999.[1]

Background information

The album was released on March 25, 1999, through True Kiss Disc, former sub-label of Sony Music Japan dedicated exclusively to artists produced by Tetsuya Komuro. The album was then released on MiniDisc format on April 29, 1999. Its title comes from Suzuki's initials.[2]

The album also received the "Pop Album of the Year" award at the 14th Japan Gold Disc Awards.[3]

A digitally remastered version of the album was subsequently released on Blu-spec CD format on September 11, 2013, simultaneously with her second album Infinity Eighteen Vol. 1.[4]

Chart performance

The album topped the Oricon charts, sold over 2.5 million copies and achieved platinum status by the Recording Industry Association of Japan.[5] [6]

Singles

[7]

DateTitlePeak positionSales
1 July 1998"Love the Island"5288,000
17 September 1998"Alone in My Room"2353,000
5 November 1998"All Night Long"2346,820
16 December 1998"White Key"2503,000
17 February 1999"Nothing Without You"3411,000
17 March 1999"Don't Leave Me Behind/Silent Stream"3273,000

Notes and References

  1. Web site: S A. Japanese.
  2. Web site: Suzuki Ami* – SA. Discogs.
  3. Web site: 第14回 日本ゴールドディスク大賞. Japanese. https://web.archive.org/web/20200904115129/http://www.golddisc.jp/award/14/. 4 September 2020. live. 14 September 2020.
  4. Web site: SA [Blu-spec CD2]]. CDJapan.
  5. Web site: ゴールドディスク認定. Japanese. https://web.archive.org/web/20200910170608/https://www.riaj.or.jp/f/data/cert/gd.html. 10 September 2020. 14 September 2020. live.
  6. Ami Suzuki's Revival. Billboard. 19 February 2005. 14 September 2020.
  7. Web site: Ami Suzuki's biography. David Hickey. AllMusic.