Diva (Akina Nakamori album)

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Diva
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Studio album by
Akina Nakamori
Released26 August 2009
Recorded2009
StudioWest Side
Warner Music Recording
Studio At the Palms
Genre Electro, Rock
Length38:09
Language Japanese
Label Universal Music Japan
Producer Bna Productions
Rodney Alejandro
Matthew Tishler
Jennifer Karr
Akina Nakamori chronology
Folk Song 2: Utahime Aishouka
(2009)		Diva
(2009)		 All Time Best: Original
(2014)
Singles from Diva
  1. "Diva Single Version"
    Released: 23 September 2009

Diva (stylized as DIVA) is the twenty third studio album by Japanese singer Akina Nakamori and final studio album to be released during the 2000s. It was released on 26 August 2009 under the Universal Music Japan label. The album includes music producers from the United States.

Contents

The album includes Akina's original written songs "Heartbreak" (under her pseudonym Miran:Miran). [1]

It's the Nakamori's first studio album to be released in both regular ad limited editions. Limited edition includes remixed versions of Diva and Heartache. The original version of Heartache is included only in the single Diva Single Version. [2]

After the album release, Akina suspended her music activities from 2010 until 2014.

Promotion

Singles

It consists of one previously released single. [3] [4]

"Diva Single Version" is the forty seventh single. It was released one month after the album release, on 23 September 2009 under Universal Music Japan. It was her only single to be released in that year and first single to be released in 3 years. [5] The album version of the single was included in the compilation album All Time Best: Originals in 2014. The original version is unreleased as of 2020.

The single debuted at number 50 on Oricon Single Weekly Charts. [6]

Chart performance

The album reached number 29 on the Oricon Album Weekly Chart charted for the 3 consecutive weeks with the sales of 6,900 copies. [7]

Track listing

All tracks are arranged by Satoshi Takebe.

No.TitleLyricsMusicArrangerLength
1."Give Take"Ryohei MatsufujiPhilippe-Marc Anquetil, Chris Lee-Joe, Jasmine Denham 3:47
2."Diva"Ryohei MatsufujiAnquetil, Lee-Joe, Emma Rohan 3:21
3."thinking of you"Yutaka ShinyaShinyaShinya4:13
4."Reverse"Ryohei MatsufujiPhilip Hochstrate, Tom Howe, Denise Saneinia 3:40
5."Aenakute (逢えなくて)"MatsufujiShinyaShinya5:03
6."X lady"MatsufujiRoxanne Smith, Rick Smith, Anna-Maria La Spina  3:31
7."HEARTBREAK"Matsufuji, Miran:Miran Matthew Tishler, Deanna Dellacioppa, Rodney Alejandro, Jenny Karr 3:33
8."with"ShinyaShinyaShinya3:06
9."Akaneiro no Kaze (茜色の風)"ShinyaShinyaShinya4:17
10."Going home"ADYAShinyaShinya3:38
Total length:38:09

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References

  1. ↑ Note: It's not cover of 1988's Heartbreak from studio album Femme Fatale
  2. ↑ "中森明菜 / ディーバ [CD] [アルバム] - CDJournal.com". 音楽出版社. Retrieved 2011-02-22.
  3. ↑ "JBOOK:DIVA:中森明菜:CD". 文教堂 . Retrieved 2011-03-13.
  4. ↑ "中森明菜 UNIVERSAL MUSIC OFFICIAL WEBSITE". biography. ユニバーサルミュージック. Archived from the original on 2011-07-22. Retrieved 2012-04-04.
  5. ↑ "中森明菜 / ディーバ シングルヴァージョン [CD] [シングル] - CDJournal.com". 音楽出版社. Retrieved 2012-04-01.
  6. ↑ "DIVA Single Version 中森明菜のプロフィールならオリコン芸能人事典-ORICON STYLE". オリコン . Retrieved 2011-09-19.
  7. ↑ "CDアルバム 週間ランキング-ORICON STYLE ランキング". オリコン. Retrieved 2012-04-01.
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