''Diva'' (stylized as ''DIVA'') is the twenty third studio album by Japanese singer

Akina Nakamori is a Japanese Singing, singer and Actor, actress. She is one of the most popular and best-selling artists in Japan. Akina achieved national recognition after winning the 1981 season of the talent show ''Star Tanjō!''. Her debut single "Slow M ...

and final studio album to be released during the 2000s. It was released on 26 August 2009 under the

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label. The album includes music producers from the United States. The album includes Akina's original written songs "Heartbreak" (under her pseudonym Miran:Miran). It's the Nakamori's first studio album to be released in both regular ad limited editions. Limited edition includes remixed versions of Diva and Heartache. The original version of Heartache is included only in the single Diva Single Version. After the album release, Akina suspended her music activities from 2010 until 2014.

Promotion

Singles

It consists of one previously released single. "

Diva Single Version "Diva Single Version" is the 47th single by Japanese entertainer Akina Nakamori. Written by Ryohei Matsufuji, Philippe-Marc Anquetil, Chris Lee-Joe, and Emma Rohan, the single was released on September 23, 2009, by Universal Sigma. It was also the ...

" is the forty seventh single. It was released one month after the album release, on 23 September 2009 under Universal Music Japan. It was her only single to be released in that year and first single to be released in 3 years. The album version of the single was included in the compilation album ''All Time Best: Originals'' in 2014. The original version is unreleased as of 2020. The single debuted at number 50 on Oricon Single Weekly Charts.

Chart performance

The album reached number 29 on the Oricon Album Weekly Chart charted for the 3 consecutive weeks with the sales of 6,900 copies.

Track listing

All tracks are arranged by

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References

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