"Change Ur World" is the thirteenth single by Japanese

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KAT-TUN is a Japanese boy band formed under Johnny & Associates (Johnny's) in 2001. The group's name was originally an acronym based on the first letter of each member's family name: Kazuya Kamenashi, Jin Akanishi, Junnosuke Taguchi, Koki Tanaka, ...

. It was released on November 17, 2010 by their record label

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. The title track was used as the 2nd

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for the

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TV Show, '' Going! Sports & News'', which is co-hosted by member

Kazuya Kamenashi is a Japanese singer, actor, host, producer, magazine model and a member of KAT-TUN. Born and raised in Edogawa, Tokyo, he joined the Japanese talent agency, Johnny & Associates, at the age of 12. He was drafted as a member and co-lead vocalist o ...

Chart performance

In its first week of its release, the single topped the Oricon singles chart, reportedly selling 230,829 copies. KAT-TUN gained their thirteenth consecutive number one single on the Oricon Weekly Singles Chart since their debut with all their singles sold more than 200,000 copies and continued to hold the second most consecutive number one singles since debut with fellow Johnny's group,

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. By the end of the year, "Change Ur World" was reported by Oricon to sell 264,303 copies and was later certified Platinum by

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denoting over 250,000 shipments.

Track listing

Sales and certifications

Plagiarism allegations

On November 30, 2010, independent artist AVTechNO! posted an entry on his blog expressing shock at the similarities between the first minute of KAT-TUN's track "Never×Over~「-」Is Your Part~" and his own work, "DYE", first released on February 1, 2010. Videos comparing the two works have been posted on video sharing sites such as

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and Nico Nico Douga, and have since gathered over a million views combined. Never×Over~「-」Is Your Part~ is credited to a panel of composers who created member solo songs that had been released in the past. The song consists of old member solo songs put together in a new arrangement. Lyrics: Koki Tanaka, Minori Music: Hans Johnson, t-oga, NAO, ATSUSHI, Tatsuya Ueda, King of Slick, Magnus Funemyr Arrangement: Hans Johnson The breakdown of applicable sections * T-oga (Kazuya Kamenashi solo "SWEET" composer) * NAO (Taguchi Junnosuke solo "LOVE MUSIC" composer) * ATSUSHI (Koki Tanaka solo "PIERROT" composer) * Tatsuya Ueda (Tatsuya Ueda solo "RABBIT OR WOLF?" composer) * King of Slick (Yuichi Nakamaru solo "FILM" composer) * Magnus Funemyr (Yuichi Nakamaru solo "FILM" composer)

References

External links

"Change Ur World" product information
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