''Box Emotions'' is the second studio album by Japanese pop-rock band
Superfly, released on September 2, 2009. It debuted at the number-one spot on the
Oricon
, established in 1999, is the holding company at the head of a Japanese corporate group that supplies statistics and information on music and the music industry in Japan and Western music. It started as, which was founded by Sōkō Koike in Nov ...
weekly album charts, making Superfly the first female artist in six years, since
Chitose Hajime
is a Japanese singer from Amami Ōshima. She sings in the shima-uta style particular to that region, with distinctive falsetto effects.
History
Early life
Chitose Hajime began learning shamisen under her mother's encouragement from a young ag ...
, to have her first two albums debut at the top of the charts.
For the Japanese
iTunes Store
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Rewind of 2009, ''Box Emotions'' was the album of the year. "Hanky Panky" was sent to radio stations as a promo single, and "Haru no Maboroshi" was sold as an album preview and pre-order bonus on the iTunes Store; it is still available as a separate single through iTunes.
To celebrate the release, Superfly held a free concert at the
Roppongi Hills
is a List of development projects in Tokyo, development project in Tokyo and one of Japan's largest Real estate development, integrated property developments, located in the Roppongi district of Minato, Tokyo.
Constructed by building tycoon Mi ...
Arena. This was also streamed on
Nico Nico Douga. Four-thousand fans showed up, and 1300 were allowed in the concert early.
Track list
Charts
Oricon sales chart
Physical sales charts
References
External links
Page for "Box Emotions" at HMV
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2009 albums
Superfly (band) albums
Warner Music Japan albums