''Apple of Universal Gravity'', also referred to by its Japanese title , is a compilation album by Japanese musician Ringo Sheena. It was released through

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on November 13, 2019, and became Sheena's first number-one album in Japan in 10 years, debuting atop the

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with 97,200 physical sales. It also topped the ''

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'' Hot Albums chart.

Album title

The album's English and Japanese title refer to

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, as well as Isaac Newton's law of universal gravitation. It is also a reference to Sheena's stage name Ringo (), which means "apple" in Japanese.

Track listing

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

References

2019 compilation albums Ringo Sheena albums Japanese-language compilation albums 2010s Japanese-language albums {{2010s-album-stub EMI Records compilation albums Universal Music Group compilation albums