''Mind Universe'' (stylized as ''mind Universe'') is the sixth
studio album
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by Japanese singer
Shizuka Kudo. It was released on March 6, 1991, through
Pony Canyon. It features the single "
Boya Boya Dekinai
is a song recorded by Japanese singer Shizuka Kudo for her sixth studio album, '' Mind Universe''. It was released by Pony Canyon as the album's lead single on January 23, 1991.
Background
"Boya Boya Dekinai" is a humorous mid-tempo song influenc ...
". The album was re-released in APO-CD format on December 1, 1993. ''Mind Universe'' became Kudo's fourth number-one album and her last record to top the
Oricon Albums Chart
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.
Commercial performance
''Mind Universe'' debuted at number one on the
Oricon Albums Chart
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, with 112,000 units sold in its first week.
The album fell to number three the following week, with 39,000 copies sold.
''Mind Universe'' dropped to number twelve next, where it stayed for two straight weeks, selling 23,000 and 19,000 copies, respectively.
It stayed in the top twenty for one last week, coming in at number 15 with sales of 16,000 copies,
before dropping down to number 27 on its sixth charting week. The album charted in the top 100 for eleven consecutive weeks, selling a reported total of 247,000 copies during its run.
It was ranked number 69 on the year-end Oricon Albums Chart.
Track listing
All tracks composed and arranged by
Tsugutoshi Gotō
is a Japanese songwriter, bassist and music producer. Gotō broke into the Japanese music industry playing bass on tour for artists like Sadistic Mika Band, Bread & Butter and Shiro Kishibe. He went on to write and produce songs for other artist ...
.
Charts
Certification
Release history
See also
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List of Oricon number-one albums
This is a list of albums that have peaked at number-one on the Oricon Albums Chart, the preeminent singles chart in Japan. Each chart is on a week-ending format. The chart was created on October 5, 1987, and eventually replaced the original LP ch ...
References
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1991 albums
Shizuka Kudo albums
Pony Canyon albums