| Chara the Best Baby Baby Baby XXX | ||||
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| Greatest hits album by Chara | ||||
| Released | October 10, 1995 | |||
| Recorded | 1991-1995 | |||
| Genre | J-pop Synthpop Alternative pop | |||
| Length | 72:40 | |||
| Label | Sony Music Japan | |||
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| Singles from Baby Baby Baby XXX | ||||
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Chara the Best Baby Baby Baby XXX(チャラ・ザ・ベスト・ベイビー・ベイビー・ベイビーChara za Besuto Beibī Beibī Beibī) is the first best album of Chara, which was released on October 10, 1995. [2] It features material from her first four studio albums, Sweet, Soul Kiss, Violet Blue and Happy Toy; as well as some new material. It debuted at #5 on the Japanese Oricon album charts, and charted in the top 200 for 13 weeks. [3] It eventually sold 190,000 copies.
Miwa Watabiki, better known by her stage name Chara, is a Japanese singer, actress and video jockey. She debuted in 1991 with the single Heaven. She is most well known for her song "Swallowtail Butterfly ", the theme song for the 1996 Shunji Iwai film Swallowtail Butterfly, her 1997 hit single "Yasashii Kimochi", and her collaboration with Judy and Mary vocalist Yuki, "Ai no Hi Mittsu Orange". Chara later formed a band with Yuki, called Mean Machine.
Sweet is the debut studio album by Chara, which was released on November 11, 1991. It debuted at #64 on the Japanese Oricon album charts, and charted in the top 200 for two weeks. It eventually sold 11,000 copies, making it Chara's least sold album.
Soul Kiss is the second studio album by Chara, which was released on September 1, 1992. It debuted at #14 on the Japanese Oricon album charts, and charted in the top 200 for seven weeks. It eventually sold 65,000 copies.
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Two singles were released prior to the album. Tiny Tiny Tiny , an original single, was released in July, and reached #62 on the Oricon singles charts. A few weeks before the album, a remix EP called The Singles Re-Mixed was released.
Oricon Inc., established in 1999, is the holding company at the head of a Japanese corporate group that supplies statistics and information on music and the music industry in Japan. It started as Original Confidence Inc., which was founded by Sōkō Koike in November 1967 and became known for its music charts. Oricon Inc. was originally set up as a subsidiary of Original Confidence and took over the latter’s Oricon record charts in April 2002.
The album does not feature all of Chara's singles released up until this point. No Toy (Re-Mix) , Ōki na Jishin ga Kitatte (大きな地震がきたってEven If There's a Great Earthquake), Mujintō ni Watashi o Motte Itte... (無人島に私をもっていって・・・Take Me to a Deserted Island...) and Gifted Child are left out entirely. From Charlotte no Okurimono/Private Beach (シャーロットの贈り物Charlotte's Web), only Charlotte no Okurimono is featured, however it is featured as the remixed version from The Singles Re-Mixed .
The album appears to be named because of her songs Baby Baby (featured on Happy Toy ) and Soul Kiss xxx, however neither songs are on this collection. Soul Kiss xxx is the only album title track not present.
Happy Toy is the fourth studio album by Chara, which was released on October 10, 1994. It debuted at #4 on the Japanese Oricon album charts, and charted in the top 200 for 7 weeks. It eventually sold 145,000 copies.
