"Glamorous Sky" is Mika Nakashima

Mika Nakashima

is a Japanese singer, model, and actress. She has achieved five number-one albums in Japan and also embarked on an acting career, most notably in the live-action movie Nana, based on the manga of the same name.- Early life and debut :...

's 16th single overall, her 1st under the name Nana starring Mika Nakashima, and the second most successful single in her career after "Stars

Stars (Mika Nakashima song)

"Stars" is Mika Nakashima's debut single. The single was released on November 7, 2001, reached #3 on Oricon Weekly Top 200, and sold 469,180 copies, making it her highest-selling single to date...

". It is her first rock song and it was used as one of the image songs for the film Nana

Nana (2005 film)

Nana is a 2005 Japanese film adaption of the manga by Ai Yazawa, directed by Kentarō Ōtani. The film was released on September 3, 2005. It stars Mika Nakashima as the punk star Nana Osaki, and Aoi Miyazaki as Hachi ....

 (as one of the bands Black Stones' song). Hyde

Hyde (singer)

is a Japanese musician and singer-songwriter. He is best known as vocalist for the rock band L'Arc-en-Ciel, as well as for Vamps. While in L'Arc-en-Ciel his name is stylized as hyde, whereas in his solo work and Vamps it is stylized as HYDE....

 of L'Arc-en-Ciel composed "Glamorous Sky", while Yazawa Ai wrote the lyrics. The second and third B-sides, "Blood" and "Isolation" were used as CM songs for Kate

Kate

Kate is a feminine given name. It is sometimes a short form of Katherine, which is Greek meaning pure, blessed, virginal and popularity. It may refer to:People with the given name Kate:*Kate In meteorology:...

 cosmetics. Mika Nakashima graces the cover of the single as Nana Osaki

Nana Osaki

is a fictional character in the manga/anime series Nana, by Ai Yazawa. She is the titular "Nana" of the series, along with Nana Komatsu.To disambiguate between the girls, the English-language publisher of the manga, VIZ Media, uses Nana O. to refer to Nana Osaki.-Character history:Nana O. was born...

. The song is featured as a cover by a jrock band, Girugamesh

Girugamesh

is a Japanese visual kei rock band, formed in 2003. The name is derived from the ancient king Gilgamesh, and is sometimes typeset with a metal umlaut as girugämesh.-2004-2006: Formation:...

, in the Konami

Konami

is a Japanese leading developer and publisher of numerous popular and strong-selling toys, trading cards, anime, tokusatsu, slot machines, arcade cabinets and video games...

 music games, BEMANI

Bemani

is Konami's music video game division. Originally named the Games & Music Division, or simply G.M.D., it changed its name in honor of its first and most successful game, Beatmania, and expanded into other music-based games.-Bemani video games:...

 for Drummania

DrumMania

is a music video game series produced by Konami Digital Entertainment, Inc., where colored notes travel down the screen which correspond with color coded parts of an electronic drum set...

 V3 and Guitarfreaks

GuitarFreaks

is a music video game series produced by Konami. The player uses a controller to simulate the playing of an electric guitar. The game consists of music predominantly from rock and roll and J-Pop genres, and is now in its 19th version, GuitarFreaks V8, which was released in March 28, 2011...

 V3, as well as the iNiS

INiS

is a Japanese video game developer that specializes in rhythm games. It was co-founded by Keiichi Yano on February 3, 1997. The name iNiS is an acronym and it stands for "infinite Noise of the inner Soul."-Games developed:-Engines:...

 rhythm game Moero! Nekketsu Rhythm Damashii Osu! Tatakae! Ouendan 2

Moero! Nekketsu Rhythm Damashii Osu! Tatakae! Ouendan 2

is a rhythm video game developed by iNiS and published by Nintendo for the Nintendo DS handheld video game console. It is the third game to use its gameplay, and is the sequel to Osu! Tatakae! Ouendan while incorporating many of the improvements in gameplay made in Elite Beat Agents...

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CD

Vinyl

TV performances

• 2005-11-21 – Best Hit Kayousai 2005
• 2005-11-30 – NTV's Best Artist
• 2005-12-07 – FNS Kayousai
• 2005-12-23 – Music Station
• 2005-12-31 – CDTV
• 2005-12-31 – Japan Record Awards

Charts

This is her first single to debut at #1 on the Oricon weekly charts. It stayed at #1 in the daily charts for two entire weeks, something none of her other singles have achieved. "Glamorous Sky" sold 120,202 units for its first week, outselling the #2 single of the week from w-inds by 72,993 units. In the second week it was also #1, with the #2 spot being occupied by her Nana co-star Yuna Ito

Yuna Ito

is an American pop singer-songwriter and actress who is active in Japan.She was born in Los Angeles and was raised in Hawaii. Ito made her musical debut in Japan with the single, "Endless Story", which was used as one of the theme songs for the popular 2005 film Nana; she also starred in the film,...

 and her single "Endless Story

ENDLESS STORY

"Endless Story" is the first single released by Yuna Ito. This single was released under the name Reira starring Yuna Ito. "Endless Story" was used in the movie Nana in which Yuna played the character Reira Serizawa...

" which would eventually outsell "Glamorous Sky" in 2006. Overall, it has sold 444,067 copies since release and has charted in the Oricon charts for 28 weeks. It managed to reach #10 in the 2005 Oricon year end charts, the highest position for a female artist that year.

Oricon Sales Chart (Japan)

Release	Chart	Peak Position	First Week Sales	Sales Total	Chart Run
2005-08-31	Oricon Daily Charts	1
	Oricon Weekly Charts	1	120,202	444,067	28 weeks
	Oricon Monthly Charts	1
	Oricon Yearly Charts	10