The Sixth Day: Single Collection Explained

The Sixth Day
Single Collection
Type:Compilation
Artist:Gackt
Cover:The Sixth Day Single Collection.jpg
Released:February 25, 2004
Recorded:1999–2003
Genre:Alternative rock, pop rock, art rock, neo-prog
Length:63:44
Label:Nippon Crown
Prev Title:Crescent
Prev Year:2003
Next Title:The Seventh Night
Next Year:2004

The Sixth Day: Single Collection is a compilation album released by Gackt on February 25, 2004. The album collects the artist's previous single's title songs from 1999 up to 2003, some of them having been re-recorded for this release.[1] The Sixth Day complements The Seventh Night, an unplugged album released three months later. In 2010, Gackt also released , which covers the material from 2004 to 2009.

Release

The album was released on February 25, 2004, by Nippon Crown. In the second counting week of March it reached number three on the Oricon chart, with sales of 106,412 copies. In the upcoming two weeks, it was at number eight and ten respectively, with sales of 32,174 and 15,227 copies. It charted for 23 weeks,[2] Gackt's album record, and with sales of 196,458 copies, was the 78th best-selling album of the year, certified Platinum by RIAJ.[3] [4]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Gackt / THE SIXTH DAY~SINGLE COLLECTION~ (mini review). 2004. CDJournal. ja. December 7, 2023.
  2. Web site: Gackt albums on Oricon. Oricon. November 28, 2012. Japanese. https://web.archive.org/web/20130605061922/http://www.oricon.co.jp/prof/artist/9259/ranking/cd_album/. 2013-06-05.
  3. Web site: RIAJ March 2004 Certificates. RIAJ. Japanese. October 7, 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20120405164038/http://www.riaj.or.jp/data/others/gold/200403.html. 2012-04-05.
  4. Web site: 月次認定作品 認定年月:2004年 3月. Japanese. RIAJ. 2019-01-14.