Koda Kumi Driving Hit's 7 | ||||
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Released | April 5, 2017 | |||
Recorded | 2004–2017 (vocals), 2017 (melodies) | |||
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Label | Rhythm Zone | |||
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Koda Kumi Driving Hit's 7 is the ninth remix album by Japanese singer-songwriter Kumi Koda. The album was released April 5, 2017. [1] It debuted in the top ten on the Oricon Albums Charts at number 9. [2]
Keeping instep with her prior Driving Hit's albums, the remixes were performed in drum and bass and house style. [3] The album also became her first remix album to not have a "Sunset in Ibiza" remix for a song, whereas House Nation did not take part in the album's production. [4]
The album was released a month after her studio album W Face, and harbored remixes of some of the songs from W Face ~outside~. Remixes on the album also included "Cutie Honey", "Koi no Tsubomi" and "Ai no Uta", among others. [5]
Chart (2017) | Peak position |
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Japanese Oricon Daily Albums Chart [2] | 9 |
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