''Magic'' is the sixth studio album by Japanese pop band Dreams Come True. It was released on December 4, 1993 by

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. Musically, it is a

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album with

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, R&B and

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influences from Western music. Lyrics were solely provided by frontwoman

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while its songs were arranged by her alongside her bandmate Masato Nakamura. Commercially, ''Magic'' was a huge success, reaching number one on

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and selling over two million copies, while recieving a double million certification by the Recording Industry Association of Japan (RIAJ). It also became the first album in nine years to top the

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for seven weeks. The album's commercial success won the band numerous awards in their motherland Japan. To promote this album, they held the concert tour Dreams Come True Concert Tour Magic Journey.

Background

The only

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to be released from ''Magic'' is "Go for It!", which was released on September 9, 1993. This was the only single released by Dreams Come True in 1993. The song was used in

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's "Rescente" commercial in the fall of 1993, and was also an insert song for the film '' July 7th, Sunny Day'' (1996). The single reached number one on the weekly

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and charted for fourteen weeks, selling 1,052,000 copies. Because it sold 1,043,290 copies in 1993, it finished as the sixteenth best-performing single of the year. Following "

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," this was their second single to sell over a million copies. Yoshida's vocals for the album ''Magic'' were recorded at various studios throughout 1993, recording at studios in Japan and

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. The album was mastered by Tim Young at Metropolis Mastering.

Reception

Commercially, ''Magic'' was very successful in Japan. It debuted at number one on the

, with 1,140,460 copies sold in its first week. It topped the Oricon weekly rankings for seven consecutive weeks, the first time an album accomplished this in about nine years since Southern All Stars' ''

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'' (1985). By June 1994,

reported that the album had sold over 2.6 million copies across the country. ''Magic'' was certified double million by the Recording Industry Association of Japan (RIAJ) for selling over two million copies. Dreams Come True won the number one album ranking in 1994 with this album, followed by the next album, '' Delicious'', in 1995, making it their second consecutive album ranking victory. ''Magic'' is the band's third highest-selling LP according to Oricon Style. It is also the twenty-fifth best-selling album in Japan for the 1990s decade. The album won the Best Album and Best Female Album awards at the 8th Annual Japan Gold Disc Awards.

Background

Reception

Track listing

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Decade-end charts

All-time chart

Certifications and sales

References