Yes (Mika Nakashima album)
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Yes is the eighth album by Mika Nakashima
, and fourth to be released under only her name. It is the first of her albums released in both a CD only and a CD+DVD Limited Edition format. The album boasts a slower and more gospel-orientated arrangement.
The Limited Edition includes a bonus DVD featuring the videos for 'Cry No More,' 'Black & Blue,' 'All Hands Together,' 'My Sugar Cat,' 'Mienai Hoshi,' 'I Love You,' and a live recording of her cover of Louis Armstrong's 'What a Wonderful World.' The album and DVD were housed in a box slipcase with a different cover from the standard release of the album, and included a note with information on pre-ordering tickets to her Japan-wide concert tour before others with purchase.
'Yes' debuted at #2 on the Oricon Daily Album Chart in Japan, but its weekly chart debut was at #3, selling 153,261 copies in its first week. To date it has sold close to 296,000 copies in Japan alone.
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 :...
, and fourth to be released under only her name. It is the first of her albums released in both a CD only and a CD+DVD Limited Edition format. The album boasts a slower and more gospel-orientated arrangement.
The Limited Edition includes a bonus DVD featuring the videos for 'Cry No More,' 'Black & Blue,' 'All Hands Together,' 'My Sugar Cat,' 'Mienai Hoshi,' 'I Love You,' and a live recording of her cover of Louis Armstrong's 'What a Wonderful World.' The album and DVD were housed in a box slipcase with a different cover from the standard release of the album, and included a note with information on pre-ordering tickets to her Japan-wide concert tour before others with purchase.
'Yes' debuted at #2 on the Oricon Daily Album Chart in Japan, but its weekly chart debut was at #3, selling 153,261 copies in its first week. To date it has sold close to 296,000 copies in Japan alone.
Track listing
Oricon sales charts (Japan)
Release | Chart | Peak Position | First Week Sales | Sales Total | Chart Run |
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March 14, 2007 | Oricon Daily Albums Chart | 2 | |||
Oricon Weekly Albums Chart | 3 | 153,261 | 296,175 | 15 weeks | |
Oricon Monthly Albums Chart | 7 | ||||
Oricon Yearly Albums Chart | 34 |
Singles
Date | Title | Peak Position | Weeks |
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2006-02-22 | Cry No More Cry No More (Mika Nakashima song) "Cry No More" is Nakashima Mika's 17th single, which replaced Hajime Chitose's Kataritsugu Koto as the closing theme for the anime Blood+. It is a blues-inflected single, and was recorded in the USA. "Black & Blue" was used in CMs that aired in early 2006 by KATE... |
8 | |
2006-06-07 | All Hands Together All Hands Together "All Hands Together" is Mika Nakashima's 18th single. Recorded in Tennessee, USA, it was a gospel-inflected, adult contemporary-styled charity single and her tribute to the victims of Hurricane Katrina, with the proceeds of the single going to help the victims of Hurricane Katrina. However, sales... |
8 | 6 |
2006-07-26 | My Sugar Cat My Sugar Cat "My Sugar Cat" is Mika Nakashima's 19th single. This reggae inspired single was released on the 26th of July, 2006. The single follows the themes of "Cry No More" and "All Hands Together", her earlier 2006 singles... |
14 | |
2007-02-21 | Mienai Hoshi Mienai Hoshi "Mienai Hoshi" is Mika Nakashima's 21st single . This single was released on the 21 February, 2007. "Mienai Hoshi" is used as the theme song of the dorama Haken no Hinkaku. "I Love You" is a cover of the song by Ozaki Yutaka... |
4 | |
2007-03-14 | Sunao na Mama Sunao na Mama "Sunao na Mama" is Mika Nakashima's 22nd single . This single was released on the 14th March 2007, the same day as her album Yes. It appeared in a DoCoMo commercial, and is best described as a midtempo easy listening ballad.... |
18 |