Unlocked (Meisa Kuroki album)

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Unlocked
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Studio album by
ReleasedFebruary 15, 2012
Recorded2011
Genre
Length59:53
Label Gr8! Records
Meisa Kuroki chronology
Magazine
(2011)
Unlocked
(2012)
Singles from Unlocked
  1. "One More Drama"
    Released: April 13, 2011
  2. "Wired Life"
    Released: August 31, 2011
  3. "Woman's Worth / Breeze Out"
    Released: December 7, 2011

Unlocked is the second studio album by the Japanese singer, model and actress Meisa Kuroki. It was released on February 15, 2012 [1] in 3 different editions: 2 limited CD+DVD editions (Type A comes with Music videos and Making-of [2] and Type B with the live concert "The Magazine Show" [3] ) and a Regular edition. [4] Limited editions comes with a 40-pages photobook.

Contents

Singles

The album has three singles. The first single of the album is the song "One More Drama", released on April 13, 2011. The single reached #18 in Oricon's Weekly chart with a total of more than 5,000 copies sold. [5]

The second single is the song "Wired Life", released on August 31, 2011. The single reached #12 in Oricon's Weekly chart and sold more than 15,000 copies. [6] At the date, is her most successful single. The song was chosen as ending theme song for the anime Ao no Exorcist . [7]

The third and last single is the double A-side "Woman's Worth / Breeze Out", released on December 7, 2011. It is the first double A-side single of Meisa Kuroki's singer career. It peaked #47 in Oricon's Weekly chart with around 3,000 copies sold. [8] At the date, is her lowest selling single.

Track listing

All editions tracklist [4]
No.TitleLength
1."Hit the Road"3:49
2."Shake it Off"4:13
3."Wired Life"4:41
4."One More Drama"4:00
5."Take Me Away"4:28
6."Flash Light"4:05
7."Woman's Worth"4:18
8."Breeze Out"4:04
9."Last Code"4:48
10."Happy To Be Me"4:47
11."Parade"4:14
12."S.O.S -Watashi Sagasanai de Kudasai-" (S.O.S-ワタシサガサナイデクダサイ-)4:08
13."Upgrade U!"3:42
14."Aimai de Zeitaku na Yokubou" (曖昧で贅沢な欲望)4:46
Total length:59:53
DVD (Type A) [2]
No.TitleLength
1."One More Drama" (Music video) 
2."One More Drama" (Music video - Special Making of) 
3."Wired Life" (Music video) 
4."Wired Life" (Music video - Special Making of) 
5."Woman's Worth" (Music video) 
6."Woman's Worth" (Music video - Special Making of) 
7."Breeze Out" (Music video) 
8."Breeze Out" (Music video - Special Making of) 
DVD (Type B: The Magazine Show) [3]
No.TitleLength
1."Loveholic" 
2."Switch" 
3."Tour Documentary Osaka" 
4."Criminal" 
5."Are Ya Ready?" 
6."Tour Documentary Nagoya" 
7."Wired Life" 
8."Woman's Worth" 
9."5-Five-" 
10."One More Drama" 
11."Tour Documentary Tokyo" 
12."Upgrade U!" 
13."Tour Documentary Fukuoka" 

Charts

Oricon

Released Oricon ChartPeakDebut salesSales total
February 15, 2012Daily Albums Chart75,8627,001
Weekly Albums Chart18

Other charts

ChartPeak
position
Billboard Japan Top Albums [9] 22

Release history

CountryDateFormatLabel
Japan [1] February 15, 2012 CD, Digital download Gr8! Records

Sources

  1. 1 2 "UNLOCKED 黒木メイサのプロフィールならオリコン芸能人事典-ORICON STYLE" (in Japanese). Oricon . Retrieved 2012-02-15.
  2. 1 2 "黒木メイサ、待望の2ndアルバム! UNLOCKED【初回生産限定盤/Type-A】" (in Japanese). Sony Music Entertainment Japan . Retrieved 2012-02-15.
  3. 1 2 "黒木メイサ、待望の2ndアルバム! UNLOCKED【初回生産限定盤/Type-B】" (in Japanese). Sony Music Entertainment Japan . Retrieved 2012-02-15.
  4. 1 2 "黒木メイサ、待望の2ndアルバム! UNLOCKED(通常盤)【初回限定仕様】" (in Japanese). Sony Music Entertainment Japan . Retrieved 2012-02-15.
  5. "2011年04月11日~2011年04月17日のCDシングル週間ランキング (Oricon's Weekly chart for April 25th)" (in Japanese). Oricon . Retrieved 2012-02-15.
  6. "2011年08月29日~2011年09月04日のCDシングル週間ランキング (Oricon's Weekly chart for September 12th)" (in Japanese). Oricon . Retrieved 2012-02-15.
  7. 黒木メイサ、初のアニメテーマ曲書き下ろし (in Japanese). Oricon. 2011-06-04. Retrieved 2011-09-09.
  8. "2011年12月05日~2011年12月11日のCDシングル週間ランキング (Oricon's Weekly chart for December 19th)" (in Japanese). Oricon . Retrieved 2012-02-15.
  9. "Top Albums / JAPAN Charts / Billboard JAPAN" (in Japanese). Billboard. Archived from the original on 2011-03-27. Retrieved 2012-02-25.

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