Phoenix is the fifteenth studio album by Japanese singer-songwriter
Maki Ohguro. It was released on 23 December 2020 under the
Being Inc.
Being Incorporated, d.b.a. Being Giza Group, is a Japanese private entertainment conglomerate based in Tokyo's Roppongi district, founded on November 1, 1978 by musician Daiko Nagato. Being Inc. and its subsidiaries are the main supplier of the ...
label. It's her first studio album for the first time in 2 years. The album contains various collaboration tracks from various musicians, such as Ryota Mitsunaga, Rose Touma.
This album was released in two formats: regular edition and limited first press edition with DVD. The DVD disc includes 180 minute footage of the live tour "Maki Ohguro Music Muscle Tour 2019".
Promotion
Singles
This album consist of twelve previously released singles, all of them released as a digital singles.
Digital single ''Sharely Christmas'' was released on 25 December 2019 and served as an theme song to the Christmas Event "Tokyo Great Santa Run Gift".
''Let's Go Girls'' was released in March 2020. The single served as a theme song to the marathon event "
Nagoya Women's Marathon
The , named until the 2010 race, is an annual marathon race for female runners over the classic distance of 42 km and 195 metres, held in Nagoya, Japan in early March every year. It holds World Athletics Platinum road race status. It ...
2020".
Another digital single "OK was released in May 2020 and will serve as a theme song to the theatrical movie "Utsusemi no Mori".
Commercial performance
The album reached #44 in its first week and charted for 3 weeks. The album was a commercial failure, remaining as her lowest-charting and worst-selling studio album as of February, 2021.
Track listing
References
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Being Inc. albums
Japanese-language albums
2020 albums
Maki Ohguro albums