Hello World (Scandal album)

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Hello World
Scandal hello.jpg
Studio album by
ReleasedDecember 3, 2014 (2014-12-03)
Genre
Length53:28
LanguageJapanese
Label Epic Records Japan
JPU (UK, EU)
Producer Scandal
Scandal chronology
Standard
(2013)
Hello World
(2014)
Yellow
(2016)
Singles from Hello World
  1. "Runners High"
    Released: February 12, 2014
  2. "Departure"
    Released: April 23, 2014
  3. "Yoake no Ryuuseigun"
    Released: July 16, 2014
  4. "Image"
    Released: November 19, 2014

Hello World is the sixth studio album by Japanese pop rock band, Scandal. The album was released on December 3, 2014 in Japan by Epic [1] and being distributed in Europe through JPU Records. [2] [3] Hello World debuted at #3 on the Oricon chart, selling over 35,000 copies in its first week. [4] It also reached the top spot of the Canadian iTunes Store's World Music Chart. [5]

Contents

Track listing

No.TitleLyricsMusicArrangementLength
1."Image"MamiMamiKeita Kawaguchi4:26
2."Your Song"SCANDALSCANDALKawaguchi3:43
3."Love in Action"MamiMamiKawaguchi3:22
4."Departure"MamiMami Seiji Kameda 4:40
5."Graduation" (Haruna solo)HarunaHarunaAtsushi4:23
6."Yoake no Ryuuseigun" (夜明けの流星群; A Meteor Shower at Dawn) Tomomi, Hidenori TanakaTanakaKameda4:41
7."Onegai Navigation" (お願いナビゲーション; Navigation Please) Rina MamiMami3:00
8."Runners High"HarunaYuichi TajikaYu Odakura3:55
9."Hon wo Yomu" (本を読む; Read a Book, Mami solo)MamiMamiMami3:34
10."Kan Beer" (缶ビール; Canned Beer, Tomomi solo)TomomiTomomiKawaguchi4:01
11."Winter Story"RinaMami, RinaSatori Shiraishi3:41
12."Oyasumi" (おやすみ; Goodnight, Rina solo)RinaRinaKawaguchi4:38
13."Place of Life" (feat. Tetsuya Komuro)Tetsuya Komuro, SCANDALKomuroKawaguchi5:14
European CD Edition bonus tracks
No.TitleLyricsMusicLength
14."Rainy"RinaSCANDAL3:51
15."Nai Nai Night 2014" (ないないNight 2014; No No Night 2014)TomomiTomomi2:45
Total length:59:44
DVD Edition
No.TitleLength
1."Scandal Talking about "Hello World""51:25

Charts

Album
CountryChartPeak
position
Japan Oricon Daily Album Chart [6] 2
Oricon Weekly Album Chart3
Oricon Monthly Album Chart [7] 10
Oricon Yearly Album Chart153
SoundScan Album Chart (CD+DVD) [8] 4
SoundScan Album Chart (CD+T-shirt) [8] 11
Billboard Japan Top Albums [9] 4
South-Korea Gaon International Album Chart [10] 32
Canada iTunes Store Top Albums (World Music) [11] 1
Singles
SongChartPeak
position
Runners High
Oricon 5
Billboard Japan Hot 100 [12] 76
Departure
Oricon5
Billboard Japan Hot 100 [13] 3
Yoake no Ryuuseigun
Oricon [14] 5
Billboard Japan Hot 1003
RTHK J-pop Chart (Hong Kong) [15] 1
Image
Oricon14
Billboard Japan Hot 10014
RTHK J-pop Chart (Hong Kong) [16] 1

Personnel

Scandal
Contributing musicians
Post-production
Packaging
Epic Records Japan Staff
Kitty Entertainment Ltd. Staff
Sony Music Group Staff
JPU Records Staff

References

  1. "SonyMusicShop". SonyMusicShop.jp. Retrieved 23 May 2023.
  2. "In Conversation With Scandal by Colin McQuistan". May 2015.
  3. HELLO WORLD Listing at JPU Records (in English)
  4. 週間 CDアルバムランキング 2014年12月15日付(2014年12月01日~2014年12月07日) oricon.co.jp, retrieved August 23, 2015. (in Japanese)
  5. "SCANDAL Say HELLO WORLD". Neo : 18. 2014-12-24.
  6. "デイリー CDアルバムランキング 2014年12月02日付". Oricon (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 2014-12-03. Retrieved 2015-08-17.
  7. "月間 CDアルバムランキング2014年12月度". Oricon (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 2015-01-17. Retrieved 2015-08-17.
  8. 1 2 "週間 CDソフト TOP20". Phileweb (in Japanese). Retrieved 2015-08-17.
  9. "Billboard Japan Top Albums│Charts│Billboard JAPAN". Archived from the original on 12 December 2014.
  10. "2014년 50주차 Album Chart". Gaon Music Chart (in Korean). Retrieved 2015-08-17.
  11. "SCANDAL Say HELLO WORLD". Neo : 18. 2014-12-24.
  12. "Billboard Japan Hot 100│Charts│Billboard JAPAN". www.billboard-japan.com. Archived from the original on 19 February 2014. Retrieved 12 January 2022.
  13. "Billboard Japan Hot 100│Charts│Billboard JAPAN". www.billboard-japan.com. Archived from the original on 1 May 2014. Retrieved 12 January 2022.
  14. "Cdシングル 週間ランキング-音楽ランキング". www.oricon.co.jp. Archived from the original on 23 July 2014. Retrieved 12 January 2022.
  15. "Archived copy". programme.rthk.hk. Archived from the original on 1 June 2015. Retrieved 12 January 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  16. "Archived copy". programme.rthk.hk. Archived from the original on 12 January 2015. Retrieved 12 January 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)