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After a year of releasing singles and music videos, the album was originally for an early September release but was pushed back to allow ayaka's single, Mikazuki
Mikazuki (song)
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, to correspond with the album release. It entered the Oricon
Oricon
, established in 1999, is the holding company at the head of a Japanese corporate group that supplies statistics and information on music and the music industry in Japan. It started as , which was founded by Sōkō Koike in November 1967 and became known for its music charts. Oricon Inc...

 charts at number one. The album has also been released on iTunes in Japan and other countries, including the United States.

The album debuted at #1 on Oricon with sales of approximately 351,000 copies. This is also the highest debut sales for a female artist since Mika Nakashima
Mika Nakashima
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's debut album, True
True (Mika Nakashima album)
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, released nearly four years prior. By the end of 2006, the album had sold 711,299 copies and was the #13 highest selling album of the year. As of June 20, 2007, the album has sold another 337,883 units. Its total stands at 1,194,777 units sold since its release. It is expected for the album to rank in the top 30 yearly charts again in 2007, due to more than 300,000 copies in sales.

Her debut album re-entered the charts at #148 in 2009, and it peaked at #72 on 15 April 2009 Weekly Chart.

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Oricon Sales Chart (Japan)
Release Album Chart Peak Position Debut Sales Sales Total Chart Run
1 November 2006 Daily Charts 1 1,201,732 127 weeks
Weekly Charts 1 350,580
Monthly Charts 1
Yearly Charts (2006) 13 711,000
Yearly Charts (2007) 22 338,000
Yearly Charts (2008) 126 -
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