Follow Me Up

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Follow Me Up
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Studio album by
Maaya Sakamoto
ReleasedSeptember 30, 2015 (2015-09-30)
Recorded2013–15
Genre
Length72:03
Label FlyingDog
Producer
Maaya Sakamoto chronology
Singer-songwriter
(2013)		Follow Me Up
(2015)		 Live Tour 2015-2016 "Follow Me Up" Final at Nakano Sun Plaza
(2016)
Singles from Follow Me Up
  1. "Hajimari no Umi"
    Released: July 31, 2013
  2. "Saved."
    Released: February 5, 2014
  3. "Be Mine!"
    Released: February 5, 2014
  4. "Replica"
    Released: August 20, 2014
  5. "Shiawase ni Tsuite Watashi ga Shitte Iru Itsutsu no Hōhō"
    Released: January 28, 2015
  6. "Kore Kara"
    Released: April 1, 2015

Follow Me Up (stylized as FOLLOW ME UP) is the ninth studio album by Japanese singer Maaya Sakamoto. It was released on September 30, 2015, through FlyingDog. [1] The limited edition came with a DVD including the music videos for the singles "Hajimari no Umi", "Be Mine!", "Replica" and "Shiawase ni Tsuite Watashi ga Shitte Iru Itsutsu no Hōhō". [2]

Contents

Commercial performance

Follow Me Up entered the daily Oricon Albums Chart at number 5. [3] It moved up two spots to number 3 the following day, selling 6,000 copies. [4] The album stayed at number 3 on its third day on the chart, selling 2,000 copies. [5] Follow Me Up debuted at number 4 on the weekly Oricon Albums Chart, with 15,000 copies sold in its first week, marking Sakamoto's fifth consecutive studio album to debut within the top ten. [6] The album charted for twelve weeks, selling a reported total of 22,000 copies. [7]

Track listing

Follow Me Up CD
No.TitleWriter(s)Arranger(s)Length
1."Follow Me"
5:08
2."Be Mine!"
  • The Band Apart
  • Ryō Eguchi
  • Tōru Ishitsuka
4:02
3."Sanagi" (さなぎ, "Pupa")
  • Kitagawa
  • Yōji Makino
4:24
4."Saved."
  • Shōko Suzuki
  • Ryūji Yamamoto
5:18
5."Tokyo Samui" (東京寒い, "Tokyo Cold")
  • Cornelius
5:03
6."Arco" (アルコ, Aruko)
  • Kanno
5:40
7."Shiawase ni Tsuite Watashi ga Shitte Iru Itsutsu no Hōhō"
  • Faber
4:40
8."Hajimari no Umi"
  • Toshiyuki Mori
3:57
9."Kore Kara"
  • M. Sakamoto
  • Shin Kōno
  • M. Sakamoto
5:16
10."Waiting for the Rain"
  • Faber
  • Martin Persson
4:24
11."Road Movie" (ロードムービー, Rōdo Mūbī)
  • Iwasato
  • Caoli Cano
  • Watanabe
  • Cano
5:24
12."That Is to Say"
  • H-Wonder
4:53
13."Replica"
  • Uchisawa
  • Ishitsuka
4:00
14."Kasuka na Melody" (かすかなメロディ, Kasuka na Merodi, "Faint Melody")
  • S. Sakamoto
  • Yu Sakai
  • Kōno
4:40
15."Iris" (アイリス, Airisu)
  • M. Sakamoto
  • Suzuki
  • Takuo Yamamoto
  • M. Sakamoto
5:07
Total length:72:03
Limited Edition DVD: Maaya Sakamoto Music Video Collection [8]
No.TitleDirector(s)Length
1."Hajimari no Umi" (Music Video)Shintarō Ehara4:13
2."Be Mine!" (Music Video)Ehara4:04
3."Replica" (Music Video)Ehara4:00
4."Shiawase ni Tsuite Watashi ga Shitte Iru Itsutsu no Hōhō" (Music Video)Ehara4:49
Total length:17:06

Charts

Chart (2015)Peak
position		Sales
Japan Daily Albums (Oricon) [3] 322,000 [7]
Japan Weekly Albums (Oricon) [9] 4
Japan Hot Albums ( Billboard ) [10] 6
Japan Top Albums Sales ( Billboard ) [11] 3

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