Duty (album)
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Credits
- "Starting Over" – 1:36
Music: Ken Harada
Arrangement: Ken Harada
Programming: Masayuki Kumahara - "Duty" – 5:15
Words: Ayumi HamasakiAyumi Hamasakiis a Japanese singer-songwriter, record producer, model, lyricist, and actress. Also called "Ayu" by her fans, Hamasaki has been dubbed the "Empress of Pop" because of her popularity and widespread influence in Japan and throughout Asia. Born and raised in Fukuoka, she moved to Tokyo at fourteen to...
Music: Ken Harada
Arrangement: Naoto Suzuki & Ken Harada
Keyboards: Naoto Suzuki
Guitar: Naoki Hayashibe
B.G. Vocal: Junko Hirotani
Programming: Takahiro Iida - "VogueVogue (Ayumi Hamasaki song)"Vogue" is the fourteenth single released by Ayumi Hamasaki on April 26, 2000. It was Hamasaki's first song to feature on her first Kose Visee commercial. Although it did not reach the #1 position on the Oricon charts, the single was very successful, selling over 350,000 copies in its first week...
" – 4:27
Words: Ayumi HamasakiAyumi Hamasakiis a Japanese singer-songwriter, record producer, model, lyricist, and actress. Also called "Ayu" by her fans, Hamasaki has been dubbed the "Empress of Pop" because of her popularity and widespread influence in Japan and throughout Asia. Born and raised in Fukuoka, she moved to Tokyo at fourteen to...
Music: Kazuhito Kikuchi
Arrangement: Naoto Suzuki & Kazuhito Kikuchi
Keyboards: Naoto Suzuki
Guitar: Naoki Hayashibe
Programming: Takahiro Iida - "End of the World" – 4:40
Words: Ayumi HamasakiAyumi Hamasakiis a Japanese singer-songwriter, record producer, model, lyricist, and actress. Also called "Ayu" by her fans, Hamasaki has been dubbed the "Empress of Pop" because of her popularity and widespread influence in Japan and throughout Asia. Born and raised in Fukuoka, she moved to Tokyo at fourteen to...
Music: Yasuhiko Hishino
Arrangement: Naoto Suzuki
Keyboards: Naoto Suzuki
Guitar: Naoki Hayashibe
Programming: Takahiro Iida - "Scar" – 4:17
Words: Ayumi HamasakiAyumi Hamasakiis a Japanese singer-songwriter, record producer, model, lyricist, and actress. Also called "Ayu" by her fans, Hamasaki has been dubbed the "Empress of Pop" because of her popularity and widespread influence in Japan and throughout Asia. Born and raised in Fukuoka, she moved to Tokyo at fourteen to...
Music: Kunio Tago
Arrangement: Naoto Suzuki
Keyboards: Naoto Suzuki
Guitar: Naoki Hayashibe
B.G. Vocal: Junko Hirotani
Programming: Takahiro Iida - "Far AwayFar Away (Ayumi Hamasaki song)"Far Away" is the fifteenth single released by Ayumi Hamasaki on May 17, 2000.- Track listing :# "Far Away"# "Far Away" # "Far Away" # "Appears" # "Far Away"...
" – 5:34
Words: Ayumi HamasakiAyumi Hamasakiis a Japanese singer-songwriter, record producer, model, lyricist, and actress. Also called "Ayu" by her fans, Hamasaki has been dubbed the "Empress of Pop" because of her popularity and widespread influence in Japan and throughout Asia. Born and raised in Fukuoka, she moved to Tokyo at fourteen to...
Music: Kazuhito Kikuchi & DAI
Arrangement: HAL
Keyboards: HAL
Guitar: Naoya Akimoto
B.G. Vocal: Junko Hirotani
Programming: HAL
Mixed by Atsushi Hattori - "SurrealSurreal (song)"Surreal" is the seventeenth single by Ayumi Hamasaki, released on September 27, 2000. September also saw the release of her third full-length album Duty. Duty, like her previous studio albums, topped the charts and went on to sell over two million copies...
" – 4:42
Words: Ayumi HamasakiAyumi Hamasakiis a Japanese singer-songwriter, record producer, model, lyricist, and actress. Also called "Ayu" by her fans, Hamasaki has been dubbed the "Empress of Pop" because of her popularity and widespread influence in Japan and throughout Asia. Born and raised in Fukuoka, she moved to Tokyo at fourteen to...
Music: Kazuhito Kikuchi
Arrangement: HAL
Keyboards: HAL
Guitar: Naoya Akimoto
Programming: HAL - "AudienceAudience (song)"Audience" is the eighteenth single by Ayumi Hamasaki, released on November 1, 2000, making it a recut single from Duty. The song was featured on the DVD ParaPara Paradise: J-EURO PARAPARA.-Track listing:# "Audience"...
" – 4:06
Words: Ayumi HamasakiAyumi Hamasakiis a Japanese singer-songwriter, record producer, model, lyricist, and actress. Also called "Ayu" by her fans, Hamasaki has been dubbed the "Empress of Pop" because of her popularity and widespread influence in Japan and throughout Asia. Born and raised in Fukuoka, she moved to Tokyo at fourteen to...
Music: DAI
Arrangement: HAL
Keyboards: HAL
Guitar: Naoya Akimoto
Programming: HAL - "Seasons" – 4:15
Words: Ayumi HamasakiAyumi Hamasakiis a Japanese singer-songwriter, record producer, model, lyricist, and actress. Also called "Ayu" by her fans, Hamasaki has been dubbed the "Empress of Pop" because of her popularity and widespread influence in Japan and throughout Asia. Born and raised in Fukuoka, she moved to Tokyo at fourteen to...
Music: DAI
Arrangement: Naoto Suzuki
Keyboards: Naoto Suzuki
Guitar: Naoki Hayashibe
B.G. Vocal: Junko Hirotani
Programming: Takahiro Iida - "Teddy Bear" – 4:18
Words: Ayumi HamasakiAyumi Hamasakiis a Japanese singer-songwriter, record producer, model, lyricist, and actress. Also called "Ayu" by her fans, Hamasaki has been dubbed the "Empress of Pop" because of her popularity and widespread influence in Japan and throughout Asia. Born and raised in Fukuoka, she moved to Tokyo at fourteen to...
Music: DAI
Arrangement: Shingo Kobayashi
Acoustic Piano: Shingo Kobayashi
Keyboards: Shingo Kobayashi
Synthesizer Operator: Keishi Urata - "Key ~eternal tie ver.~" – 3:14
Words: Ayumi HamasakiAyumi Hamasakiis a Japanese singer-songwriter, record producer, model, lyricist, and actress. Also called "Ayu" by her fans, Hamasaki has been dubbed the "Empress of Pop" because of her popularity and widespread influence in Japan and throughout Asia. Born and raised in Fukuoka, she moved to Tokyo at fourteen to...
Music: Kunio Tago
Arrangement: Naoto Suzuki
Keyboards: Naoto Suzuki
Guitar: Naoki Hayashibe
B.G. Vocal: Junko Hirotani
Programming: Takahiro Iida - "Girlish" – 4:55
Words: Ayumi HamasakiAyumi Hamasakiis a Japanese singer-songwriter, record producer, model, lyricist, and actress. Also called "Ayu" by her fans, Hamasaki has been dubbed the "Empress of Pop" because of her popularity and widespread influence in Japan and throughout Asia. Born and raised in Fukuoka, she moved to Tokyo at fourteen to...
Music: Yasuhiko Hoshino
Arrangement: Shingo Kobayashi
Keyboards: Shingo Kobayashi
Wurlitzer: Yoshihiro Tomonari
Drums: Kaoru Abe
Electric Guitar: Nozomi Furukawa
Acoustic Guitar: Nozomi Furukawa
Bass: Enrique
Guitar: Yoshio Nomura
Synthesizer Operator: Keishi Urata
Release history
| Region | Date | Format | Catalogue Number |
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| Japan | CD | AVCD-11837 | |
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| China | 2001
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Charts
Oricon Sales Chart (Japan)| Release | Chart | Peak position | First Week Sales | Sales total | Chart run |
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| September 27, 2000 | Oricon Daily Album Chart | 1 | |||
| Oricon Weekly Album Chart | 1 | 1,682,760 | 2,904,420 | 27 weeks | |
| Oricon Monthly Album Chart | 1 | ||||
| Oricon Yearly Album Chart | 2 |
- Total Sales: 2,904,420 (Japan)
- Total Sales: 3,000,000 (Avex)
Singles
| Date | Title | Peak position | Weeks | Sales |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 26, 2000 | "Vogue Vogue (Ayumi Hamasaki song) "Vogue" is the fourteenth single released by Ayumi Hamasaki on April 26, 2000. It was Hamasaki's first song to feature on her first Kose Visee commercial. Although it did not reach the #1 position on the Oricon charts, the single was very successful, selling over 350,000 copies in its first week... " |
3 | 17 weeks | 767,660 |
| May 17, 2000 | "Far Away Far Away (Ayumi Hamasaki song) "Far Away" is the fifteenth single released by Ayumi Hamasaki on May 17, 2000.- Track listing :# "Far Away"# "Far Away" # "Far Away" # "Appears" # "Far Away"... " |
2 | 13 weeks | 510,460 |
| June 7, 2000 | "Seasons" | 1 | 21 weeks | 1,367,400 |
| September 27, 2000 | "Surreal Surreal (song) "Surreal" is the seventeenth single by Ayumi Hamasaki, released on September 27, 2000. September also saw the release of her third full-length album Duty. Duty, like her previous studio albums, topped the charts and went on to sell over two million copies... (500,000 Limited Copies)" |
1 | 7 weeks | 417,210 |
| November 1, 2000 | "Audience Audience (song) "Audience" is the eighteenth single by Ayumi Hamasaki, released on November 1, 2000, making it a recut single from Duty. The song was featured on the DVD ParaPara Paradise: J-EURO PARAPARA.-Track listing:# "Audience"... (300,000 Limited Copies) & (re-cut single)" |
2 | 8 weeks | 292,950 |
Total Single Sales: 3,355,680
Total Album and Single Sales: 6,260,100