''Sora'' ( "Sky") is Japanese recording artist

Yui Aragaki is a Ryukyuan Japanese actress, model, singer and occasional radio show host. She has been selected several times as the most desired girlfriend and the most desired female celebrity face in Oricon's yearly survey. Early life She was born on J ...

's debut

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. It was released on December 5, 2007.

Background

The album includes the theme song to the film ''

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'', which stars Aragaki herself. It was released in two formats: CD+DVD standard edition and a limited edition which has an illustration cover drawn by Aragaki herself and comes priced at 1,890 yen. The standard edition DVD includes the music video and making of footage of "Heavenly Days".

Chart performance

''Sora'' debuted on the daily

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albums chart at #2 with 11,499 copies sold. It peaked at #3 on the weekly charts with 72,879 copies sold, making Aragaki the first actress-turned-singer in four years (since

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) to have her debut album open in the top 3. ''Sora'' was the 10th best selling album for the month of December 2007. It was 160th (2007) and 167th (2008) on the yearly

albums chart.

Track listing

Charts, sales and certifications

Chart positions

Sales and certifications

Release history

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Sora (Album) 2007 debut albums Yui Aragaki albums Warner Music Japan albums