is the second full-length studio album by Japanese recording artist Kyary Pamyu Pamyu, release on June 26, 2013, by Warner Music Japan. The album debuted at number one in the Oricon Weekly Albums Chart, becoming the first chart topper release of Kyary's career as well as the first
Yasutaka Nakata
is a Japanese DJ and music producer. He formed the band Capsule in 1997 with vocalist Toshiko Koshijima and himself as composer and record producer when both were 17. The band debuted in 2001 with the song "Sakura".
He is known for being the ...
-produced album to do so since
Perfume
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JPN
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'' in 2011.
"Kimi ni 100 Percent" was used as the 15th opening theme for the 1992–Present anime series Crayon Shin-chan and "Ninja Re Bang Bang" was used for the 2016 American film ''
Sing
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Background and release
The title of the album is an invented
portmanteau
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Kimi ni 100 Percent
is a song by Japanese pop singer Kyary Pamyu Pamyu. Used as the fifteenth opening theme song for the anime Crayon Shin-chan, it was released as a double A-side single alongside " Furisodation" on January 30, 2013. This also appears on ''Nanda Co ...
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Furisodation
is a song by Japanese pop singer Kyary Pamyu Pamyu. Released on January 30, 2013 as a double A-side single along with the song "Kimi ni 100 Percent", the song was themed around the Japanese Coming of Age Day and the Coming of Age Ceremony, and ce ...
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Ninja Re Bang Bang
is the fifth single by Japanese singer Kyary Pamyu Pamyu. It was released on March 20, 2013. The song is used as the theme song for the au "Full Control Tokyo" event commercials. The single was certified platinum by the RIAJ for PC downloads in ...
" and " Invader Invader", which have all peaked within the top five of the ''
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Japan Hot 100
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The two songs on the album, "Kurakura" (くらくら) and "Noriko to Norio" (のりことのりお) were used in commercials for
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's Krushers and the mobile phone company au, respectively.
The album was announced on May 23, 2013, in two editions: a regular edition and a limited edition which comes with a bonus DVD containing the music videos for the lead singles. Two cover arts for the album were revealed on the same day. The regular edition cover is a "couple" shot of Pamyu Pamyu with a puppet styled after her, while the limited edition cover shows her covered in peacock feathers. Pamyu Pamyu commented, " ..It would make so happy if the picture for the limited edition made you mutter, 'What the!?'"
The album debuted at number one in Japan and performed strongly around the globe. In the United States, the album debuted at number 2 on the Billboard Top World Albums chart, the chart that tracks the best-selling world music albums in the US. In
Taiwan
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, the album debuted in the Top 10 of the G-Music J-Pop Albums Chart. Upon its release internationally, the album topped the
iTunes
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charts of several countries and within the Top 10 and Top 20 of numerous others.
Reception
Online webzine
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awarded the album a 6.6 out of 10, stating that the album "isn't for everyone" and that "If you can handle the barrage of synthesizer marching bands, PS1-era video game noises, and Kyary’s overwhelming kawaii-ness, Nanda Collection is a fascinating listen."Tinymixtapes awarded the album 4 out of 5, writing "''Nanda Collection'' is not simply J-pop ''par excellence''. It is J-pop ''personified''. It is a multi-faceted, hyperdimensional prism simultaneously articulating, parodying, and problematizing a genre, a moment, a culture. Which is why we ought to be paying particular attention."
Promotion
Nanda Collection World Tour
In September 2013, Kyary announced her second world tour from February until June 2014, showcasing the album. The All tour dates of the North American leg were sold out in February 2014. The world tour featured her debut concert in Australia and Germany.
Track listing
Charts
Oricon
Personnel
Credits adapted from liner notes.
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Yasutaka Nakata
is a Japanese DJ and music producer. He formed the band Capsule in 1997 with vocalist Toshiko Koshijima and himself as composer and record producer when both were 17. The band debuted in 2001 with the song "Sakura".
He is known for being the ...