BILLBOARD: NAMIE AMURO #1 on Japan Top Album Sales

BILLBOARD: NAMIE AMURO #1 on Japan Top Album Sales

Finally (sometimes referred as ALL TIME BEST ALBUM “Finally”) is the seventh compilation album by Japanese singer Namie Amuro. It was released on November 8, 2017 by Dimension Point in three physical formats, alongside limited edition goods. Additionally, Finally is Amuro’s final musical release before she retired from the music industry on September 16, 2018.

According to officials from Avex Group, more than one million copies were shipped between November 7–8, including pre-ordered formats; this gave Amuro the distinction of being the only artist to have over one million shipments in four consecutive life generations (Sweet 19 Blues at age 18, 181920 at age 20, Best Fiction at age 30 and Finally at age 40).SoundScan Japan agreed, and predicted sales of over one million copies in its first week. It opened at number one on the daily Oricon Albums Chart with sales of 459,094 copies, which were the highest first day sales for an album in 2017. It remained atop the charts the following day, shifting an additional 225,295 copies. Finally debuted atop of the Oricon Albums Chart, Billboard Hot Albums and Top Albums Sales chart with sales of 1.113 million copies in its first week, making it the highest-selling Japanese album of 2017.Finally was certified 2× million by the Recording Industry Association of Japan (RIAJ) for shipments of two million units.Finally also placed first in the 2018 year-end chart, making it the first album in 43 years of Oricon history to rank number 1 in two consecutive years. THE SONG “Big Boys Cry”/”Beautiful” was co-written and produced by Dsign Music.

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