''Hello World'' is the sixth studio album by Japanese

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band,

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. The album was released on December 3, 2014 in Japan by Epic and being distributed in Europe through

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''Hello World'' debuted at #3 on the

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chart, selling over 35,000 copies in its first week. It also reached the top spot of the Canadian

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's World Music Chart.

Track listing

Charts

Personnel

;Scandal * Haruna Ono — vocal, guitar (1–11, 13–15), güiró (15), lyrics (5, 8), music (5) * Mami Sasazaki — vocal, guitar (1–11, 13), synth, recorder (15), lyrics (1, 3, 4, 9), music (1, 3, 4, 9, 11), arrangements (7, 9) * Tomomi Ogawa — vocal, bass (1–15), lyrics (6, 10, 15), tambourine (15), music (10, 15) * Rina Suzuki — vocal, drums (1–15), guitar (12), cajón (15), lyrics (7, 11, 12, 14), music (11, 12) ;Contributing musicians *

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— synth (13) * Eisuke Taga — slide whistle (15) ;Post-production * Executive producer: Shunsuke Muramatsu, Satoshi Aoki (Epic Records Japan), Yūichi Orimoto (Kitty Entertainment Ltd.) * Mastered by: Yūji Chinone (Sony Music Studios Tokyo) * Arrangements: Keita Kawaguchi (1, 2, 10, 12, 13),

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(4, 6), Atsushi (5), Yū Odakura (8), Satori Shiraishi (11) * Additional arrangements: Keita Kawaguchi (3, 7, 9) * Mix engineer: Keita Yoko (1–3, 5, 7, 9–12), Eiji "Q" Makino (4, 6), Uni Inoue (8), Jan Fairchild (13) * Instrumental technician: Bunta Mochizuki, Kōta Oda (Sound Crew) ;Packaging * Art direction: Yūji Takao (Kannana Graphic) * Coordinarion: Kōichi Yamatani (Kannana Graphic) * Design: Sayuri Kamata (Kannana Graphic) * Photography: Hirohisa Nakano * Styling: Kyōhei Ogawa * Hair & make-up: Hirokazu Niwa, Kazuhiro Sugimoto (maroonbrand) * Set design: Chihiro Matsumoto (Art Breakers) ;Epic Records Japan Staff * A&R director: Akito Ogawa * A&R promotion: Yuriko Konya * A&R producer: Sen Okada, Ikuko Yamaguchi * A&R assistant: Shingo Shinkawa * Media promotion: Mayuko Isebō, Akihito Muraki, Rie Ikeda, Masaki Inoue, Akiko Itō, Akira Morikawa * Area promotion: Akiko Satō, Nozomi Takahama, Yūichirō Hisaizumi, Takako Yamamoto, Shōta Aoyama, Junichirō Kumahara * Planning Supervisor: Ikuo Hayashi * Label Administration: Kumiko Sugita, Miki Takashima, Satomi Mizusawa, Haruna Takizawa ;Kitty Entertainment Ltd. Staff * Sound director: Taichi Ōhira * Manager: Taga Eisuke, Arisa Yamamoto * Concert creative: Fumihiko Tsuchiya, Mikako Ogura * Artist promotion: Ayano Takahashi, Kyōko Shioji * Merchandise: Hiroshi Aihara, Erina Fujii, Hibari Sakai * Special adviser: Hidenori Taga, Yoshihisa Nagata ;Sony Music Group Staff * Sales promotion: Hiromi Kanehira, Dai Sugamata, Chie Arai, Minami Kodama (Sony Music Marketing) * Web promotion: Takuya Ishikawa, Sayaka Tsuji (Sony Music Marketing) * International promotion: Ken Isayama, Akira Shiota (Sony Music Entertainment) * Music publishing: Ei Ōsaka, Niina Yasui (Sony Music Publishing) * Business affairs: Hitomi Takano, Momoko Hakata (Sony Music Entertainment) * Products co-ordination: Chiho Sugiyama (Sony Music Communications) ;

Staff * Sales and Physical Distribution: Ben Farrar, Tim Chilton * Marketing and promotion: Tom Smith * Coordination: Tom Smith

References

External links

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