Winter of Love

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Winter of Love
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Compilation album by
Kumi Koda
Released20 January 2016 (2016-01-20)
Recorded2004–15
Genre
Length79:31
Label Rhythm Zone
Producer
  • Jun Abe
  • Her0ism
  • H-wonder
  • Masaki Iehara
  • Daisuke "D.I" Imai
  • Shinjiroh Inoue
  • Daisuke Kahara
  • Susan Markle
  • Reo Nishikawa
  • Sizk
  • Tomoji Sogawa
  • Naohisa Taniguchi
  • Matthew Tishler
  • Tohru Watanabe
Kumi Koda chronology
Summer of Love
(2015)		Winter of Love
(2016)		 W Face: Inside/Outside
(2017)

Winter of Love is Japanese singer Kumi Koda's seventh compilation album, released under Rhythm Zone. It was issued in CD, CD+DVD/Blu-ray and CD+Fan Club DVD editions. [1] The album features some of Kumi's top selling ballads, as well as two new songs. The track On And On was used as primary promotional song. The music video for On And On was the first music video strictly made for mobile phones. [2] Kumi premiered the music video during a live broadcast on her official LINE account on 19 January 2016. [3] It was released worldwide the following day. The full video kept the cellphone aesthetic, but was rendered to fit full screen. [4]

Contents

Commercial performance

WINTER of LOVE debuted at #1 on the Oricon Daily Albums chart and entered the Oricon Weekly Albums chart #2. [5] The album also debuted at #1 on the Recochoku Weekly Albums chart. [6]

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."On and On"
  • Kumi Koda
  • Ylva Dimberg
  • Ollipop
  • Daniel Caesar
  • Ludwig Lindell
 3:35
2."Kiseki"
  • Koda Kumi
  • Kosuke Morimoto
Reo Nishikawa4:59
3."Hands"
  • Koda Kumi
  • Katsumi Ohnishi
 H-wonder 3:14
4."Promise"
  • Koda Kumi
  • Daisuke "D.I" Imai
Imai4:49
5."You"
  • Koda Kumi
  • Yoko Kuzuya
Tohru Watanabe4:48
6."Yume no Uta"
  • Koda Kumi
  • Hiroo Yamaguchi
Watanabe4:50
7."Unmei"
  • Koda Kumi
  • Hirofumi Hibino
Masaki Iehara4:24
8."Aishou"
  • Koda Kumi
  • Reika Yuuki
Iehara3:52
9."Ai no Uta"
  • Koda Kumi
  • Morimoto
Tomoji Sogawa4:50
10."Moon Crying"
  • Koda Kumi
  • Miwa Furuse
  • H-wonder
  • Jun Abe
5:43
11."Stay with Me"
  • Koda
  • Kazuto Narumi
Daisuke Kahara4:52
12."Suki de, Suki de, Suki de."
  • Koda Kumi
  • Katsuhiko Sugiyama
Shinjiroh Inoue4:59
13."Anata Dake ga"
  • Koda Kumi
  • Markie
  • Sizk
Sizk5:11
14."Ai o Tomenaide"
  • Koda Kumi
  • Naohisa Taniguchi
Taniguchi5:27
15."Koishikute"
Iehara5:13
16."Dance in the Rain"
Her0ism3:20
17."No Me Without You"
4:05
Total length:79:31
DVD: Music Video
No.TitleDirector(s)Length
1."Kiseki"Takashi Tadokoro 
2."hands"Ippei Morita 
3."Promise"Takashi Tadokoro 
4."you"Shigeaki Kubo 
5."Yume no Uta"Kensuke Kawamura 
6."Unmei"Tomoo Noda 
7."Aishou"Tomoo Noda 
8."Ai no Uta"Tomoo Noda 
9."Moon Crying"Takashi Tadokoro 
10."stay with me"Takashi Tadokoro 
11."Suki de, Suki de, Suki de."Tomoo Noda 
12."Anata Dake ga"Tomoo Noda 
13."Ai wo Tomenaide"Ryuuji Seki 
14."Koishikute"Ryuuji Seki 
15."Dance In The Rain"YKBX 
16."On And On"Kei Ohta 
17."NO ME WITHOUT YOU"Ryuuji Seki 
18."The Making of On And On"  
19."The Making of NO ME WITHOUT YOU"  
DVD: a-nation 2015.08.02 ~Koda Kumi 15th Anniversary Premium Live~
No.TitleLength
1."Introduction" 
2."STEP INTO MY WORLD" 
3."Universe" 
4."Bling Bling Bling feat. AK-69" 
5."DJ HASEBE Part" 
6."Teaser feat. Clench & Blistah" 
7."Candy feat. Mr. Blistah" 
8."Hot Stuff feat. KM-MARKIT" 
9."Poppin' love cocktail feat. TEEBA" 
10."HURRICANE" 
11."MONEY IN MY BAG" 
12."IS THIS TRAP?" 
13."WALK OF MY LIFE" 
14."Once Again" 
15."V.I.P feat. T-PAIN" 
16."Ima Sugu Hoshii feat. ZEEBRA / DJ HASEBE" 
17."EX TAPE" 
18."one feat. LIZA" 
19."Lick me♥" 
20."Lady Go!
  • Encore"
 
21."It's all Love!" 
22."LALALALALA" 

Charts

Chart (2016)Peak
position
Japan Hot Albums ( Billboard ) [7] 5
Japan Top Albums Sales ( Billboard ) [8] 2
Japan Daily Albums (Oricon)1
Japan Weekly Albums (Oricon) [5] 2
Japan Monthly Albums (Oricon) [5] 15
Japan Weekly Albums (Mora)29
Japan Weekly Albums (Recochoku) [6] 1

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