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Play is the eighth studio album by Japanese pop singer Namie Amuro, released on June 27, 2007 in Japan. The follow-up to her successful 2005 album Queen of Hip-Pop, Play showcases her new hip-pop genre. It marks her first album to be released in both the CD and CD+DVD formats. Play is her highest selling album since 2000's Genius 2000. The album was ranked 9th on CDJapan's list of top 100 CDs of 2007.[2]

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Play
Studio album by Namie Amuro
Released	June 27, 2007
Genre	R&B[1] hip-pop
Length	50:45
Label	Avex Trax
Producer	Nao'ymt T.Kura Namie Amuro
Namie Amuro chronology
Queen of Hip-Pop (2005) Play (2007) Best Fiction (2008)
Alternative cover
CD + DVD Cover
Singles from Play
"Violet Sauce" Released: November 16, 2005 "Can't Sleep, Can't Eat, I'm Sick" Released: May 17, 2006 "Baby Don't Cry" Released: January 24, 2007 "Funky Town" Released: April 4, 2007

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	link

Overview

Upon its release, Play debuted at #1 and stayed at the top spot for two weeks on the Oricon Charts. When its first week was over, Play became Namie's first weekly number one album since her 2000 album Genius 2000 with a gap of 120,258 copies sold. In its first week, the album sold 250,619 copies — Namie's highest first week sales since Genius 2000.[3] In Taiwan, Play reached #1 on the G-Music J-Pop chart for the week and debuted at #2 on the overall chart.

Tie-ins/theme songs

• "Violet Sauce" from the lead single of the album, "White Light/Violet Sauce", was the theme song for the Japanese release of the major motion picture Sin City.
• "Can't Sleep, Can't Eat, I'm Sick" was used in commercials for the ringtone sites Mu-Mo and Iromelo Mix DX, the former of which is endorsed by her record label.
• "Baby Don't Cry" is the ending theme song for the Kansai/Fuji TV drama, Himitsu no Hanazono. It was also used for JoySound commercials.
• "Funky Town" is used for Lipton Limone commercials.
• "Top Secret" is being used as the theme song for the second season of Prison Break in Japan.^{[citation needed]}
• "Pink Key" was the theme song of a commercial for Lipton's Chiffon Milk Tea.[4]

Track listing

Personnel

• Namie Amuro - vocals, background vocals
• Hiromi - additional vocals
• Nao'ymt - additional vocals, multiple instruments
• Michico - additional vocals
• Sam Salter - additional vocals
• T.Kura - multiple instruments
• Orito - additional vocals
• Tiger - additional vocals
• LL Brothers - additional vocals
• Warner - additional vocals
• Jun - additional vocals
• Ring - additional vocals
• Tomoyasu Takeuchi - guitars

Production

• Producers - Nao'ymt, T.Kura, Namie Amuro
• Vocal Producers - Michico, Angie Irons
• Mixing - D.O.I., T.Kura, Yoshiaki Onishi
• Creative Direction - Hidekazu Sato
• Art Direction - Hidekazu Sato, Katsuhiro Shimizu
• Design - Katsuhiro Shimizu
• Photography - Shoji Uchida
• Stylist - Noriko Goto

Charts

Sales total

Oricon

Released	Oricon Chart	Peak	Debut sales	Sales total
June 27, 2007	Daily Albums Chart	1	250,619	540,952+
	Weekly Albums Chart	1
	Monthly Albums Chart	1
	Yearly Albums Chart	15

• re-charting on Christmas week

Physical sales charts

Chart	Peak position
G-Music Combo Chart (Taiwan)	2
G-Music J-POP Chart (Taiwan)	1
HMV Asian Chart (Singapore)	1

Singles - Oricon Sales Chart (Japan)

Release	Single	Chart	Peak Position
November 16, 2005	"White Light / Violet Sauce"	Oricon Daily Singles Chart	5
		Oricon Weekly Singles Chart	7
May 17, 2006	"Can't Sleep, Can't Eat, I'm Sick/Ningyo"	Oricon Daily Singles Chart	2
		Oricon Weekly Singles Chart	2
January 24, 2007	"Baby Don't Cry"	Oricon Daily Singles Chart	3
		Oricon Weekly Singles Chart	3
April 4, 2007	"Funky Town"	Oricon Daily Singles Chart	2
		Oricon Weekly Singles Chart	3

Total Single Sales: 444,081

Total Album and Single Sales: 985,033

RIAJ certification

Play has been certified "double-platinum" for shipments of over 500,000 by the Recording Industry Association of Japan.[5]

References

External links

• http://www.g-music.com.tw/GMusicBillboard0.aspx
• http://www.g-music.com.tw/GMusicBillboard3.aspx

На других языках

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- [en] Play (Namie Amuro album)

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[es] Play (álbum de Namie Amuro)

PLAY es el octavo álbum de estudio de la cantante japonesa Namie Amuro, lanzado el 27 de junio de 2007 en Japón. Después del exitoso álbum del 2005 Queen of Hip-Pop, Play mantiene los géneros del Hip-hop y R&B. Es el primer disco que es lanzado en formato CD y CD+DVD, y es el álbum más vendido desde Genius 2000.[1]

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