is the third studio album from the

J-pop J-pop ( ja, ジェイポップ, ''jeipoppu''; often stylized as J-POP; an abbreviated form of "Japanese popular music"), natively also known simply as , is the name for a form of popular music that entered the musical mainstream of Japan in the 1 ...

girl idol group

Morning Musume , formerly simply and colloquially referred to as , are a Japanese girl group, holding the second highest overall single sales (of a female group) on the Oricon charts as of February 2012, with the Oricon record of most top ten singles with an ...

, released on March 23, 2000.

Overview

This was the group's most successful album (with the exception of the "

best of A greatest hits album or best-of album is a type of compilation album that collects popular and commercially successful songs by a particular artist or band. While greatest hits albums are typically supported by the artist, they can also be crea ...

" albums) selling 863,300 copies and stayed at the Top 30 in the

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charts for 7 weeks. It had two of Morning Musume's top selling singles " Love Machine" and "

Koi no Dance Site is the eighth single of the J-pop idol group Morning Musume, released on January 26, 2000 as an 8 cm CD. It sold a total of 1,229,970 copies making it their second highest selling single and a number-two hit on the Oricon Charts. In 2004, i ...

". The album was certified Million by the

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for physical sales of over 1 million copies.

Legacy

In 2004,

Maki Goto is a Japanese singer, lyricist, and former actress. Born and raised in Edogawa, Tokyo, Goto began her musical career in 1999 when she joined Morning Musume as the only third generation member. Her first single with the group, " Love Machine", t ...

would later record a solo version of "Kuchizuke no Sono Ato" for her second solo album '' 2 Paint It Gold''.

Track listing

References

External links

3rd: Love Paradise entry
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