Life Is Going On and On

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Life Is Going On and On
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Studio album by
ReleasedDecember 26, 2018 (2018-12-26)
Genre
Length49:24
Label Ariola Japan
Producer
Misia chronology
Misia Soul Jazz Session
(2017)
Life Is Going On and On
(2018)
Misia Soul Jazz Best 2020
(2020)
Singles from Life Is Going On and On
  1. "Super Rainbow"
    Released: July 22, 2016
  2. "Kimi no Soba ni Iru yo"
    Released: November 29, 2017
  3. "Ai no Katachi"
    Released: August 22, 2018

Life Is Going On and On is the thirteenth studio album by Japanese singer Misia. It was released on December 26, 2018, through Ariola Japan. [1]

Contents

Commercial performance

Life Is Going On and On entered the Oricon Albums Chart at number 5. [2] It peaked on the daily chart at number 3 on January 13, 2019. [3] The album debuted at number 6 on the weekly Oricon Albums Chart, with sales of 16,000 copies, [4] and reached its peak rank of number 5 the following week, selling 11,000 copies. [5] The album also charted on the newly minted Oricon Combined Albums Chart, where it also peaked at number 5 on its second charting week. [6] The album has currently spent four weeks within the top twenty and sold a combined (physical albums and downloads) total of 44,000 copies. [7]

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."Ai no Katachi" (featuring Hide Greeeen)4:22
2."Kimi no Soba ni Iru yo"
  • Ichi
3:59
3."Interlude"
  • Sakoshin
  • Sakoshin
0:25
4."Sparks!!"
  • Misia
  • Kiyoshi
  • Sakoshin
  • Sakoshin
3:25
5."Kuruzo Thrilling" (Album Version) (来るぞスリリングKuruzo Suriringu, "It's Coming, Thrilling")
  • Kiyoshi
  • Kenji Hayashida
5:16
6."Lady Funky"
  • Kuroda
4:40
7."Koibito Shikaku" (featuring Toshinori Yonekura) (恋人失格, "No Longer Lovers")
  • Kuroda
3:31
8."Kawariyuku Kono Machi de" (変わりゆく この街で, "In This Ever-changing Town")
  • Misia
  • Hideya Kojima
  • Kuroda
3:40
9."Loved"
  • Yonekura
  • Kuroda
4:56
10."Serendipity"
  • Misia
  • Toshiaki Matsumoto
  • Kuroda
3:56
11."Amazing Life"
  • Misia
  • Hidekazu Uchiike
5:54
12."Super Rainbow"
  • Hiroshi Matsui
5:16
Total length:49:24

Charts

Chart (2018–19)Peak
position
Japan Daily Albums (Oricon) [3] 3
Japan Weekly Albums (Oricon) [5] 5
Japan Weekly Combined Albums (Oricon) [6] 5
Japan Weekly Digital Albums (Oricon) [8] 6
Japan Monthly Albums (Oricon) [9] 8
Japan Hot Albums ( Billboard ) [10] 6
Japan Top Albums Sales ( Billboard ) [11] 6
Japan Top Download Albums ( Billboard ) [12] 10
Japan Weekly Albums (RecoChoku) [13] 2

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