Winter Love Explained

Winter Love
Cover:Winterlove.jpg
Type:single
Artist:BoA
Album:Made in Twenty (20)
Released:November 1, 2006
Recorded:2006
Label:Avex Trax
Producer:Lee Soo Man
Prev Title:Key of Heart / Dotch
Prev Year:2006
Next Title:Sweet Impact
Next Year:2007

"Winter Love" is BoA's 21st Japanese single. It was released on November 1, 2006. It hit #2 on the Oricon Charts with sales of 42,481, making it the highest charting BoA single since "Do the Motion", which was released in March 2005. Formats are 「CD+DVD」 and 「CD only」.The single was released just before her twentieth birthday (November 5, 2006).

This single has met with success compared to her last single "Key of Heart / Dotch", and has outsold "".

Her song "Candle Lights" was used as the ending theme of Japanese dub version of Korean film A Millionaire's First Love.

Track listing

CD

First Press Edition

  1. Winter Love
  2. Candle Lights
  3. Last Christmas (Bonus track)
  4. Winter Love (TV Mix)
  5. Candle Lights (TV Mix)

Regular Edition

  1. Winter Love
  2. Candle Lights
  3. Winter Love (TV Mix)
  4. Candle Lights (TV Mix)

DVD

  1. Winter Love (PV)

TV performances

Charts

"Winter Love" debuted at #2 on Oricon Daily Singles Chart, but rose to #1 on its fourth day out. It landed at #2 on the weekly charts, being kept out of number one by a narrow 3,814 copies. Its total sales outsold the number one single's total sales that week. The single's debut sales and position were very high, compared to her previous single "Key of Heart / Dotch", which had low sales due to poor promotion by her record label, Avex Trax. Despite competition from many other major new releases, this single continued its success. It sold double the amount of "Key of Heart / Dotch's" total sales, and outsold "".

Oricon Sales Chart

ReleaseChartPeak positionSales total
November 1, 2006Oricon Daily Singles Chart1
Oricon Weekly Singles Chart299,078
Oricon Monthly Singles Chart7
Oricon Yearly Singles Chart98

References

http://www.avexnet.or.jp/boa/