Showta Best

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Showta Best
Greatest hits album by
Showta
ReleasedJuly 6, 2016 (2016-07-06)
Recorded2006-2009
Genre J-pop
Length1:12:31
Label King Records
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Showta Best (stylized as SHOWTA. BEST) is a compilation album by Showta (currently known as Shouta Aoi). [lower-alpha 1] The album was released on July 6, 2016.

A compilation album comprises tracks, which may be previously released or unreleased, usually from several separate recordings by either one or several performers. If by one artist, then generally the tracks were not originally intended for release together as a single work, but may be collected together as a greatest hits album or box set. If from several performers, there may be a theme, topic, time period, or genre which links the tracks, or they may have been intended for release as a single work—such as a tribute album. When the tracks are by the same recording artist, the album may be referred to as a retrospective album or an anthology.

Shouta Aoi Japanese voice actor and singer

Shouta Aoi, is a Japanese singer, songwriter, actor, and voice actor. Under the stage name Showta, he debuted as a singer with the song "Negaiboshi" in 2006 and released his first studio album, Eve, in 2008. In 2009, he left his agency and began releasing music independently under the pseudonym Noboru Ryugaki.

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Background and release

Before entering voice acting under the stage name Shouta Aoi, Aoi had previously released music with King Records under the stage name Showta from 2006 to 2009. [2] After Aoi left B-green and returned to King Records in 2016, [3] King Records re-released his previous songs as a compilation album.

King Records (Japan) Japanese record label; imprint of King Record Co., Ltd

King Records Co., Ltd. is a Japanese record company founded in January 1931 as a division of the Japanese publisher Kodansha. It initially began operating as an independent entity in the 1950s. It later became part of the Otowa Group. Today, King Records is one of Japan's largest record companies which is owned by a multinational entity. The headquarters for this record label are in Tokyo.

Broccoli edible green plant in the cabbage family

Broccoli is an edible green plant in the cabbage family (Brassicas) whose large flowering head and stalk is eaten as a vegetable. The word broccoli comes from the Italian plural of broccolo, which means "the flowering crest of a cabbage", and is the diminutive form of brocco, meaning "small nail" or "sprout".

Showta Best was released on July 6, 2016. The limited version of the album included an alternate cover and a DVD containing all five music videos Aoi had released during the time he performed as Showta. [2]

Music

Showta Best compiles songs from Showta's six singles released from 2006 to 2008 and his debut album Eve . The album also included "Ekubo", a song performed for the soundtrack for Kanna-san Daiseikō Desu! the Movie, which was released as a promotional digital single. [4]

Eve is the debut studio album of Showta. The album was released on March 5, 2008.

Reception

The album debuted at #19 in the Oricon Weekly Albums Chart, charting for 5 weeks. [1] The album peaked at #21 on the Billboard Japan Top Album Sales, selling 4,799 copies. [5]

Oricon Inc., established in 1999, is the holding company at the head of a Japanese corporate group that supplies statistics and information on music and the music industry in Japan. It started as Original Confidence Inc., which was founded by Sōkō Koike in November 1967 and became known for its music charts. Oricon Inc. was originally set up as a subsidiary of Original Confidence and took over the latter’s Oricon record charts in April 2002.

<i>Billboard</i> (magazine) American music magazine

Billboard is an American entertainment media brand owned by the Billboard-Hollywood Reporter Media Group, a division of Eldridge Industries. It publishes pieces involving news, video, opinion, reviews, events, and style, and is also known for its music charts, including the Hot 100 and Billboard 200, tracking the most popular songs and albums in different genres. It also hosts events, owns a publishing firm, and operates several TV shows.

Track listing

Album
No.TitleLyricsMusicArrangementLength
1."Negaiboshi(願い星)"Masumi KawamuraHiroo YamaguchiTakao Kosai, Shingo Kobayashi4:53
2."Hotaru(ホタル)"Satomi H-Wonder Nobuyuki Shimizu4:40
3."Trans-winter (Fuyu no Mukōgawa)(Trans-winter 〜冬のむこう側〜)"Sonomi TameokaSonomi TameokaDaisuke Kahara, REO3:56
4."Fuyu no Oto(雪の音)"Masumi Kawamura Yasuo Ōtani Jun Ichikawa3:56
5."Hito Shizuku (ひとしずく)"Taiyō Morito, Juli ShonoHideya NakazakiHideya Nakazaki4:14
6."Reality"mavieMakoto SakumaU-Key3:48
7."Kimi ni, Kaze ga Fukimasu You ni(君に、風が吹きますよ)" Gorō Matsui Akimitsu HonmaCMJK4:07
8."Haru na no ni (春なのに)" Miyuki Nakajima Miyuki Nakajima Masayuki Sakamoto4:11
9."Go-gatsu Ame no Uta(五月雨のうた)"SyunaCo., Chokkyu Murano [6] Tsunetaka Danjo [6] Masayuki Sakamoto5:24
10."Gozen Ni-ji no Angel(午前2時のエンジェル)"Caoli CanoCaoli CanoSeikō Nagaoka5:04
11."Tameiki Button(ため息ボタン)" Mikio Sakai Mikio Sakai Mikio Sakai 5:05
12."Watashi no Haru ga Hajimaru(私の春がはじまる)"Ren TakayanagiKei YoshikawaKei Yoshikawa5:13
13."Yubikiri(ゆびきり)"mavie H-Wonder Takao Konishi4:45
14."Sausage(ソーセージ)"Jun IchikawaJun IchikawaJun Ichikawa3:52
15."Hikaru no Gen-chan (光のゲンちゃん)"Kenzo Saeki Akira Senju Akira Senju 4:35
16."Ekubo(えくぼ)"Yutaka ShinyaYutaka ShinyaDJ Kent, Yutaka Shinya4:48
Total length:1:12:31
Limited edition DVD
No.TitleLength
1."Negaiboshi" (MV) 
2."Trans-winter (Fuyu no Mukōgawa)" (MV) 
3."Hito Shizuku" (MV) 
4."Kimi ni, Kaze ga Fukimasu You ni" (MV) 
5."Haru na no ni" (MV) 

Charts

Chart (2015)Peak

position

Billboard Japan Top Albums Sales [5] 19
Oricon Weekly Albums Chart [1] 21

Notes

  1. ↑ Official descriptions for Shouta Aoi's discography lists his work released under the name "Showta" as separate from his current work. [1]

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