1ST

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1ST
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Studio album by
ReleasedJanuary 6, 2021 (2021-01-06)
Recorded2020
Genre
Language
  • Japanese
  • English
Label Sony Japan
SixTones chronology
1ST
(2021)
City
(2022)
Singles from 1ST
  1. "Imitation Rain"
    Released: January 22, 2020
  2. "Navigator"
    Released: July 22, 2020
  3. "New Era"
    Released: November 11, 2020

1ST is the debut studio album by the Japanese boy band SixTones. The album was first released through Sony Music Entertainment Japan on January 6, 2021, in three versions: the Rough Stone edition, the Tone Colors edition (both of which are first press editions), as well as a regular edition. [2] The album topped both the Oricon Albums Chart and Billboard Japan Hot Albums chart, selling over 467,000 copies in Japan in its first week. [3] It has since been certified double platinum by the RIAJ.

Contents

Release

The album's first press edition was released in two versions: the "Rough Stone Edition" and "Tone Colors Edition", the names of which come from the origin of SixTones' name. The album's lead song "ST" was called an "emotional" and "loud" rock song about people exceeding their own limits. [1] The "Rough Stone edition" includes the studio versions of the group's original five pre-debut songs. The group was divided into duo units for songs on the "Tone Colors edition" and recorded three different genre songs. The regular edition includes two additional songs, including a popular coupling song that was included on "Imitation Rain/D.D.", their first single, as well as a remix of the song "Telephone". [2] Beside the lead song, the unit songs also include a music video.

Songs

1ST includes three of the group's previously released singles: "Imitation Rain", "Navigator", and "New Era". "Imitation Rain" is the group's debut single and also includes a single by Snow Man, another group under Johnny & Associates' who debuted the same day as SixTones. The song was composed by Yoshiki. The single sold more than one million copies. [4] "Navigator" was used as the opening theme of anime series The Millionaire Detective Balance: Unlimited . [5] "New Era" was used as the opening theme of anime series Yashahime: Princess Half-Demon . [6] The album features a mix of rock, hip-hop, R&B, pop, and EDM. The "rough stone edition" includes 15 songs, including SixTones' original pre-debut songs previously performed live. [1]

Track listing

1ST track listing
No.TitleLyricsMusicArrangementLength
1."ST"Sorari MatsubaraKengo MinamidaKengo Minamida4:45
2."Navigator"Seiji Takagi
  • Seiji Takagi
  • Kokei Takafumi
  • Kokei Takafumi
  • Daisuke Madowaki
4:05
3."Special Order"Atsushi ShimabaraAlbin NordqvistAlbin Nordqvist3:06
4."New Era"
  • Page Grace
  • Dr. Loui
  • Naoki Itai
  • Naoki Itai
  • MEG
  • Naoki Itai
  • MEG
3:52
5."Curtain Call"Ryo'LEFTY'Miyata
  • Mattias Olofsson
  • Anders Dannvik
  • Ryo'LEFTY'Miyata
Ryo'LEFTY'Miyata3:42
6."Dance All Night"Komei Kobayashi
  • Jan Baars
  • Rajan Muse
  • Ronnie Icon
  • Susumu Kawaguchi
  • Jan Baars
  • Rajan Muse
4:16
7."S.I.X"Toru Ishikawa
  • Toru Ishikawa
  • Joe Ogawa
Joe Ogawa3:30
8."Coffee & Cream"
  • Tsugumi
  • Tomoko Ida
  • Tsugumi
  • Tomoko Ida
  • Tsugumi
  • Tomoko Ida
3:39
9."Imitation Rain" Yoshiki YoshikiYoshiki5:17
10."Lifetime"Komei Kobayashi
  • Christoffer Semelius
  • Jimmy Claeson
Christoffer Semelius4:21


Rough stone edition exclusive
No.TitleLyricsMusicArrangementLength
11."Kono Hoshi no Hikari" (この星のHIKARI)Susumi KawaguchiSusumi Kawaguchi
  • Susumi Kawaguchi
  • Dele Ladimeji
4:06
12."Be Crazy"ma-sayaSteven Lee
  • Steven Lee
  • Shuko Tateyama
3:24
13.""Laugh" In the Life"GakuGakuGaku3:41
14."Rollin'"YockeYockeYocke4:27
15."Ram-Pam-Pam"Onigashima
  • Scott Russell Stoddart
  • Warren David Meyers
  • Mark Angelico Thomson
Scott Russell Stoddart3:42
Tone Colors edition exclusive
No.TitleLyricsMusicArrangementLength
11."Extra VIP" (Jesse & Juri Tanaka duet song)
Willie Weeks 3:05
12."My Hometown" (Kochi Yugo & Shintaro Morimoto duet song)Shinkō Ogura
Carlos K.3:38
13."Tte Anata" (ってあなた, Taiga Kyomoto & Hokuto Matsumura duet song)Yūsuke SaekiYūsuke SaekiYūsuke Saeki4:53


Regular edition exclusive
No.TitleLyricsMusicArrangementLength
11."Uyamuya" (うやむや)Kōdai Iwatsubo
  • Kōdai Iwatsubo
  • Seiji Iwasaki
  • Kōdai Iwatsubo
  • Seiji Iwasaki
3:34
12."Mad Love"Onigashima
  • Takuya Harada
  • Christoffer Semelius
  • Jimmy Claeson
Christoffer Semelius3:18
13."Telephone" (1ST version)Onigashima
Jason Parris4:29

Charts

Chart performance for 1ST
Chart (2021)Peak
position
Japanese Albums (Oricon) [7] 1
Japanese Combined Albums (Oricon) [8] 1
Japanese Hot Albums ( Billboard Japan ) [9] 1

Certifications

Certifications for 1ST
RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Japan (RIAJ) [10] 2× Platinum500,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

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