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

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