:J Album
{{Infobox album
| name = J Album
| type = Studio Album
| artist = KinKi Kids
| cover = J Album cover.jpg
| alt =
| released = {{start date|2009|12|09}}
| recorded =
| venue =
| studio =
| genre = Pop
| length = 49:24 (Limited edition)
54:30 (Regular edition)
| label = Johnny's Entertainment
JECN-212/3 (Limited edition)
JECN-214 (Regular edition)
| producer =
| prev_title = Phi
| prev_year = 2007
| next_title = K Album
| next_year = 2011
| misc = {{Singles
| name = J Album
| type = studio
| single1 = Secret Code
| single1date = August 27, 2008
| single2 = Yakusoku
| single2date = January 28, 2009
| single3 = Swan Song
| single3date = October 28, 2009
}}
}}
J Album is the eleventh studio album released by Japanese duo KinKi Kids on December 9, 2009. The album was certified gold by the RIAJ for 100,000 copies shipped to stores in Japan.{{cite web | script-title=ja:ゴールド等認定作品一覧 2010年1月 |trans-title=Works Receiving Certifications List (Gold, etc) (January 2010) | url=http://www.riaj.or.jp/data/others/gold/201001.html | work=RIAJ |language=Japanese | date=February 10, 2010 | accessdate=February 13, 2014}}
Commercial performance
J Album debuted at number-one with the sales of around 72,000 copies on the Japanese Oricon daily charts.{{cite web|url=http://www.oricon.co.jp/news/rankmusic/71494/full/|title=KinKi Kids、2年ぶりのアルバムが初日首位獲得|language=Japanese|publisher=Oricon|date=2009-12-10|accessdate=2009-12-14}} It maintained its number-one spot with the sales of around 170,000 copies on the Japanese Oricon weekly charts.{{cite web|url=http://www.news24.jp/entertainment/news/169432.html |title=GReeeeNが初ミリオン達成、容姿非公開で史上初の記録 |language=Japanese |date=2009-12-15 |accessdate=2009-12-15 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20091218185314/http://www.news24.jp/entertainment/news/169432.html |archivedate=2009-12-18 }}
Track listing
{{track listing
| headline = CD
| title1 = Swan Song
| lyrics1 = Takashi Matsumoto
| music1 = {{nihongo|Kōhei Segawa|瀬川浩平}}
| length1 = 4:24
| title2 = Hōseki o Chiribamete
| lyrics2 = {{nihongo|Yōji Kubota|久保田洋司}}
| music2 = {{nihongo|Kenji Hayashida|林田健司}}
| length2 = 3:46
| title3 = Ashioto
| lyrics3 = {{nihongo|Yasushi Akimoto|秋元康}}
| music3 = Yamazo
| length3 = 5:06
| title4 = Yakusoku
| lyrics4 = {{nihongo|Asari Shingo|浅利進吾}}
| music4 = {{nihongo|Yūsuke Katō|加藤裕介}}
| length4 = 4:16
| title5 = Tsubasa: Little Wing
| lyrics5 = Satomi
| music5 = {{nihongo|Testurō Oda|織田哲郎}}
| length5 = 5:11
| title6 = Walk On...
| lyrics6 = Gajin
| music6 = {{nihongo|Morihiro Suzuki|鈴木盛広}}
| length6 = 3:56
| title7 = Secret Code
| lyrics7 = Satomi
| music7 = {{nihongo|Nittoku Inoue|井上日徳}}
| length7 = 4:17
| title8 = Yūutsu to Niji
| lyrics8 = {{nihongo|Murano Chokkyū|村野直球}}
| music8 = {{nihongo|Narumi Kazuto|成海カズト}}
| length8 = 4:35
| title9 = I Will
| lyrics9 = ma-saya
| music9 = Quadraphonic
| length9 = 4:09
| title10 = Missing
| lyrics10 = {{nihongo|Mika Arata|新美香}}
| music10 = Anna Engh/Fredrik "Figge" Bostrom
| length10 = 3:54
| title11 = Kaze no Sonnet
| lyrics11 = {{nihongo|Shin'ichi Asada|浅田信一}}
| music11 = {{nihongo|Daichi|大智}}
| length11 = 5:03
| title12 = Ai ni Tsuite
| note12 = Regular edition only
| lyrics12 = {{nihongo|Kuririn Benimatsu|紅茉來鈴}}
| music12 = {{nihongo|Kazuki Ogiwara|萩原和樹}}
| length12 =
|}}
Charts
=Weekly charts=
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| class="wikitable sortable"
!Chart (2009) !Peak |
| Japan Oricon Daily Album Chart
|align="center"|1 |
| Japan Oricon Weekly Album Chart
|align="center"|1 |
| Japan Oricon Yearly Album Chart{{cite web|url=http://contents.oricon.co.jp/music/special/091218_01_04.html|title=2009 Oricon Yearly Album Ranking|language=Japanese|publisher=Oricon|accessdate=2010-03-08}}
|align="center"|49 |
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=Sales and certifications=
| class="wikitable" border="1" |
| Country
! Provider ! Sales ! Certification |
|---|
| Japan
| RIAJ |
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References
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External links
- [http://www.oricon.co.jp/music/release/d/850213/1/ J Album Information] at Oricon Style
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