''I'' is the seventh
studio album
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by Japanese singer
Juju. It was released on February 21, 2018, through
Onenation
, often abbreviated as SMEJ or simply SME, and also known as Sony Music Japan for short (stylized as ''SonyMusic''), is a Japanese music arm for Sony. Founded in 1968 as CBS/Sony, SMEJ is directly owned by Sony Group Corporation and is opera ...
.
"I" became Juju's first solo number-one album on the
Oricon Albums Chart
The Oricon Albums Chart is the Japanese music industry standard albums popularity chart issued daily, weekly, monthly and yearly by Oricon. Oricon originally published LP, CT, Cartridge and CD charts prior to the establishment of the Oricon Albu ...
.
Background
''I'' is Juju's first album in nearly a year and a half, since ''
Snack Juju: Yoru no Request'', and first studio album in over two years, since ''
What You Want''. The first pressing of the album includes a DVD featuring eight performances from Juju's Juju-en Special: Snack Juju Arena Tour 2017 concert held at
Yokohama Arena
is an indoor arena located in Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. The capacity of the arena is 17,000 and was opened in 1989. The arena was modeled after US sports venue Madison Square Garden in New York City. It is a five-minute walk from the ...
on July 11, 2017. On November 6, 2017, Juju will announced she will be embarking on the Juju Hall Tour 2018 "I" in support of the album.
The tour is set to commence on April 22, 2018 at the Mori no Hall 21 in Matsudo, Chiba.
Commercial performance
''I'' entered the daily Oricon Albums Chart at the number-one spot, selling 12,000 units sold.
It debuted at the top of the weekly chart as well, logging sales of 29,000 copies.
The album also debuted at number one on the ''
Billboard Japan
''Billboard Japan'' is a sister organization of the U.S.-based music magazine ''Billboard''. It is operated by the Japanese Osaka-based company Hanshin Contents Link (a subsidiary of Hanshin Electric Railway), holding an exclusive licence from ''Bi ...
'' Top Albums Sales chart,
and at number 2 on the ''Billboard Japan'' Hot Albums chart, where it missed out on the top spot to ''
The Greatest Showman: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack''.
Track listing
Charts
Sales
References
External links
New Album ''I''Special Page
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2018 albums
Juju (singer) albums
Onenation albums
Albums produced by her0ism