''Rosette'' is the fifth
studio album
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by Japanese singer
Shizuka Kudo. It was released on April 4, 1990, through
Pony Canyon
, also known by the shorthand form , is a Japanese mass media publishing company founded on October 1, 1966. The company publishes mainly physical home media on compact discs, including music, films and TV shows and video games. It is affiliate ...
. Initially titled ''Mysterious II'', ''Rosette'' is Kudo's first album to be entirely 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 ...
and his band members, credited under the name Draw4. The limited first pressing of the album came in a special box packaging. ''Rosette'' was re-released in APO-CD format on December 1, 1993.
Commercial performance
''Rosette'' debuted at number one on the
Oricon Albums Chart
The Oricon Albums Chart is the Japanese music industry standard albums popularity chart issued daily, weekly, monthly and yearly by Oricon. Oricon originally published LP, CT, Cartridge and CD charts prior to the establishment of the Oricon Albu ...
, with 125,000 copies sold in its first week.
The album dropped to number two the following week, with 44,000 copies sold.
It fell eight positions to number ten on its third charting week, selling 24,000 copies.
It hovered around the top ten for the following four weeks before dropping out from the top twenty on its eight charting week. ''Rosette'' stayed in the top 100 for eleven weeks, selling a reported total of 265,000 copies during its run.
The album ranked at number 48 on the year-end Oricon Albums Chart.
Track listing
All music composed 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 ...
; all tracks arranged by Draw4.
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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1990 albums
Shizuka Kudo albums
Pony Canyon albums