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| Released | June 28, 2006 | |||
| Recorded | 2005–2006 | |||
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| Length | 59:04 | |||
| Label | Vermillion Records | |||
| Producer | Tak Matsumoto | |||
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Monster is the fifteenth studio album by the Japanese rock duo B'z, released on June 28, 2006. The album sold over 401,000 copies in its first week, an improvement from 2005's "The Circle". In total the album sold over 537,091 copies.
| Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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| Japan (RIAJ) [1] | 2× Platinum | 500,000^ |
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone. | ||
B'z is a Japanese rock duo consisting of guitarist, composer and producer Takahiro "Tak" Matsumoto and vocalist and lyricist Koshi Inaba, known for their energetic hard rock tracks and pop rock ballads. B'z is one of the best-selling music artists in the world and the best-selling in their native Japan by certifications, having released 49 consecutive No. 1 singles, 25 No. 1 albums, and 3 No. 1 EPs on the Oricon music charts, and have sold more than 100 million records worldwide.
J-pop, natively also known simply as pops, is the name for a form of popular music that entered the musical mainstream of Japan in the 1990s. Modern J-pop has its roots in traditional music of Japan, and significantly in 1960s pop and rock music. J-pop replaced kayōkyoku in the Japanese music scene.
Takahiro Matsumoto is a Japanese musician, songwriter and record producer. He is best known as the guitarist and main composer of the rock duo B'z, the best-selling music act in their native Japan by certifications. He also has a successful solo career where, in addition to winning several Japan Gold Disc Awards, he won the Grammy Award for Best Pop Instrumental Album for Take Your Pick (2010), which he made in collaboration with Larry Carlton. Matsumoto is only the fifth guitarist in the world to have his own Gibson signature model guitar.
Eleven is the eleventh studio album by the Japanese rock duo B'z, released on December 6, 2000. The album sold only 756,910 copies in its first week, becoming the first full-length studio album not to sell a million copies in its first week since Risky. However, the album managed to sell over 1,132,180 copies.
Brotherhood is the tenth studio album by the Japanese rock duo B'z, released on July 14, 1999. "Brotherhood" debuted with over 1,019,270 copies sold and sold over 1,391,850 copies. Brotherhood was the first of only two albums released by Rooms Records and distributed by BMG Japan.
Green is the twelfth studio album by the Japanese rock duo B'z, released on July 3, 2002. The album sold 800,120 copies in its first week, about 40,000 copies more than previous studio album Eleven and sold 1,131,788 copies overall.
The 7th Blues is the seventh album released by Japanese hard rock band B'z, released on March 2, 1994.
Loose is the eighth studio album by the Japanese rock duo B'z, released on November 22, 1995. The album sold 1,336,150 copies in its first week, becoming the duo's highest debut for a duo album. In total over 3,003,210 copies were sold, making it the duo's highest selling studio album.
Friends is the fourth mini-album by the Japanese rock duo B'z, released in 1992. The album sold 1,355,530 copies and reached No. 1 at Oricon. The track "Itsuka no Merry Christmas" became extremely commercially successful, being certified by the RIAJ as being downloaded 500,000+ times as a ringtone and more than 100,000 times as a full-length cellphone download, despite being released in the early 1990s and not as a single.
Friends II is the fifth mini-album by the Japanese rock duo B'z, released in 1996. The album sold 1,466,650 copies and reached No. 1 on Oricon.
B'z TV Style II Songless version is the second compilation album by the Japanese rock duo B'z. It is another karaoke compilation with instrumentals only. The album sold 109,280 copies in total, reaching #17 at Oricon.
B'z The Best "Pleasure" is the third compilation album by the Japanese rock duo B'z and released in 1998. It includes many of the group's hit singles from 1989 to 1998. With the exception of "Be There" and 'Bad Communication E.Style", all the songs are #1 hits on the Oricon charts.
B'z The Best "Treasure" is the fourth compilation album by the Japanese rock duo B'z. It includes many of their hit singles from 1990 to that date: all 14 songs are #1 hits.
B'z Live-Gym 2006 "Monster's Garage" is the sixth live VHS/DVD released by Japanese rock duo B'z. It features live footage of the Monster Live-Gym 2006, one of their famous Live Gyms. On December 22, 2010, the first two discs were re-released in Blu-ray. The Blu-ray release also contain the documentary disc but still in DVD.
Zero is the eleventh single by B'z, released on October 7, 1992, and the only one from their album Run. This song is one of B'z many number-one singles in Oricon chart, selling over 600,000 copies in its first week, although there was no tie up for the song at that moment. The single was re-released in 2003, and re-entered at #4. It sold over 1,310,000 copies according to Oricon.
B'z Live in Nanba is the seventh live VHS/DVD released by Japanese rock duo B'z, on February 20, 2008. It features live footage of their show at Namba, Osaka.
B'z The Best "Ultra Treasure" is a compilation album by the Japanese hard rock duo B'z. It was released on September 17, 2008, and it is part of their 20th anniversary celebration. The album track listing was decided by fans who voted on a poll at the B'z 20th anniversary website. The fans could vote for all but three songs that have ever been released by B'z. "Brotherhood" was voted number one.
"Tsunami" is a song by the Southern All Stars, released as their forty-fourth single on January 26, 2000.
B'z Live-Gym Pleasure 2013 Endless Summer -XXV BEST- is the twenty-fifth live DVD and Blu-ray released by Japanese rock duo B'z, on January 29, 2014. Two version, complete version and standard version, were released. The video sold more than 158,000 copies.
