''Miyavi'' is the eighth studio album by Japanese musician

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. It was released on June 19, 2013 in Japan, and on March and April 2014 in Europe and United States. It charted as number eight on

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and '' Billboard'' Japan.

Background

The album is Miyavi's eighth studio album, and second since founded his own company J-Glam. The album was released on June 19, 2013 in Japan by

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, and later in March and April 2014 in Europe and United States by

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. It is also available worldwide as a digital release on

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. It includes some were previously released singles as well new ones, "Day 1", "Ahead Of The Light" and "Horizon". The music video of "Guard You" was also filmed. The song was written after the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake, as remembrance of precious people you need to leave behind to guard them. Its video features photos from "Under The Same Sky" project, with scenes of sky and hands by Miyavi's fans. The limited edition in CD/DVD format, features a bonus DVD with exclusive live footage of "Ahead Of The Light" tour in 2013, and documentary about making the album. In 2014, Miyavi went on his fourth world tour "Slap the World", which started on February 22 in Malaysia, continued throughout Europe followed by the European release of the latest studio album, and will visit Mexico City and Los Angeles with United States release of the album, before returning to Japan for his longest nationwide tour so far.

Release

When the album was released, it peaked at number eight on the

and '' Billboard'' Japan charts in Japan. It is his second album in top ten, and best selling so far. The singles "Day 1", "Ahead Of The Light" and "Horizon" peaked on Japan Hot 100 at number sixty-six, twenty-one and forty-nine. They also charted on Hot 100 Airplay, as number sixty-three, twenty-one, and thirty-six. "Horizon" also charted as thirty-nine on Adult Contemporary list. In 2013, Miyavi and

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received the Best Collaboration award for "Day 1" at the

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, and in 2014 the music video of "Horizon" was nominated for the Best Male Video category.

Track listing

Recording personnel

* Vocals, Guitar: Miyavi * Drums: Bobo * Producer: Miyavi, Dean Gillard (#1-4, and #6-8), The Lowbrows (#1-9, #11), Matt Ward (#1-4, #6-8), Oscar Holter (#11), Yuksek (#5, #10), Dan Priddy (Backing Vocals) * Mixing engineer: Dean Gillard, Matt Ward, Oscar Holter, Seiji Sekine, Yuksek, Yuki Tanaka (#10) * Mastering engineer: Stuart Hawkes * Programmer, editor, keyboards, synthesizer: Dean Gillard, Matt Ward, The Lowbrows * Recording engineer: Dan Priddy, Joe Standen, Matt Ward, Seiji Sekine * Art Direction: Yoshiro Nishi

References

External links

Miyavi at Wrasse Records
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