''Friends III'' is the sixth mini-album by the Japanese rock duo
B'z
are a Japanese rock duo, consisting of guitarist, composer and producer Takahiro "Tak" Matsumoto and vocalist and lyricist Koshi Inaba, 佐伯明『B'z ウルトラクロニクル』ソニー・マガジンズ、2003年。新型光B'zはなぜ ...
. It was released on December 8, 2021.
It's a concept album and is a sequel to their previous mini-album, ''
Friends II
''Friends II'' is the fifth Mini-Album by the Japanese rock duo B'z, released in 1996. The album sold 1,466,650 copies and reached No. 1 on Oricon
, established in 1999, is the holding company at the head of a Japanese corporate group that s ...
'', released in 1996.
The mini-album came in three editions: a standard edition, a first press edition with a DVD featuring a re-recording of their song "Itsuka no Merry Christmas" from their fourth mini-album, ''
Friends
''Friends'' is an American television sitcom created by David Crane and Marta Kauffman, which aired on NBC from September 22, 1994, to May 6, 2004, lasting ten seasons. With an ensemble cast starring Jennifer Aniston, Courteney Cox, Lisa ...
,'' and a special Live Friends box featuring the standard edition with a glass, which was only available to those who purchased live tickets and was only sold through B'z Club-Gym.
The mini-album debuted at number one on both the
Oricon weekly albums chart and on the ''
Billboard Japan'' Hot Albums chart.
Background
During the
COVID-19 pandemic, guitarist
Tak Matsumoto went back and forth between Japan and the United States. During a mandatory isolation after returning to Japan, he decided to make one song a day. The songs produced matched up to the style of the past ''Friends'' mini-albums, which led Matsumoto to propose producing a third entry into the series, to which vocalist
Koshi Inaba
(born September 23, 1964 in Tsuyama, Okayama) is a Japanese vocalist, multi-instrumentalist and songwriter. He is best known as the singer and lyricist of the rock duo B'z, the best-selling music act in their native Japan. He has also had a su ...
agreed.
Track listing
Limited Edition DVD
Charts
Certifications
References
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2021 EPs
B'z EPs
Japanese-language EPs