The album will be out this New Years Eve. Jan. 1st. But in other news
Ayu's newest single debuts at #1 on the Oricon WEEKLY Chart. She is officially the female artist with the most #1 singles, tying with Seiko Matsuda. She also shares the second place for the artist with the most #1 singles of ALL TIME with Seiko M. "B&D/Pride" sold approx. 84,000 copies (holy crap! a new low!?).
Including this single, Ayu is also the female artist with the MOST copies of singles sold, with 19,610,000 copies.
Also...
- This is Ayu's 13th consecutive #1 single (starting with "Free & Easy").
- Ayu also retains the honor of being the female artist with the most top ten singles (36 singles, including this one).
So, Ayu has achieved three record: female artist with the most #1 singles, female artist with the most top ten singles, female artist with the most copies of singles sold!
CONGRATS!
http://www.oricon.co.jp/news/ranking/3920/