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Acid Black Cherry

{{Short description|Japanese solo musical project}}

{{Infobox musical artist

| name = Acid Black Cherry

| image =

| caption =

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| alias = ABC

| origin = Hirakata, Osaka

| genre = {{hlist|Pop rock|alternative rock|progressive rock|hard rock}}

| years_active = 2007–2017 (on hiatus)

| label = Motorod

| website = [http://www.acidblackcherry.com/ Official Site]

| current_members = Yasu

}}

Acid Black Cherry (abbreviated as ABC) is the solo project of the former lead vocalist of Janne Da Arc, Yasu. The group was formed after Janne Da Arc announced their indefinite hiatus.

Information

Acid Black Cherry is the solo project of Yasunori Hayashi, best known by his stage name "yasu", the former vocalist of Janne Da Arc, formed after Janne Da Arc's hiatus announcement.

After performing several lives throughout fifteen locations nationwide beginning in May 2007, Acid Black Cherry debuted on July 18, 2007 with their single Spell Magic (stylized as SPELL MAGIC). Since their debut, the group has released nineteen singles, five studio albums and four cover albums, all of which peaked in the top five on the Oricon charts.{{cite web|url=https://www.oricon.co.jp/prof/28021/rank/album/|title=Acid Black Cherryのランキング|work=Oricon|accessdate=September 27, 2018}}

In 2011, ABC held their FREE LIVE 2011 in commemoration of their fourth anniversary in three locations around Osaka, a temporary parking lot at Chubu Centrair International Airport, an outdoor venue at the Maishima Arena and the Fuji-Q Highland Conifer Forest.{{cite web|url=http://www.acidblackcherry.com/live/live_list.html|title=Acid Black Cherry LIVE HISTORY|work=Acid Black Cherry|accessdate=September 27, 2018}} While planned to only house a total of 40,000 people, the total number of entries exceeded 160,000.{{cite web|url=http://www.musicjapanplus.jp/news/2/10145/acid-black-cherry-to-air-40000-people-scale-free-performance-live/|title=Acid Black Cherry To Air 40,000 People Scale Free Performance Live!|work=musicJAPANplus|date=July 12, 2011|accessdate=September 27, 2018}}

Their third studio album, 2012 (stylized as 『2012』), released on March 21, 2012, became their first album to reach the number-one spot on the Oricon Albums Charts, selling over 200,000 copies.{{cite web|url=https://www.oricon.co.jp/prof/28021/products/955479/1/|title=『2012』(MUSIC CLIP盤) / Acid Black Cherry / ORICON NEWS|work=Oricon|accessdate=September 27, 2018}} They would again take the number-one position five years later with their fifth studio album Acid BLOOD Cherry, released on June 21, 2017.{{cite web|url=https://www.oricon.co.jp/prof/28021/products/1232227/1/|title=Acid BLOOD Cherry(DVD付) / ORICON NEWS|work=Oricon|accessdate=October 5, 2018}} Their fifteenth single Yes (イエス) had won first in the annual 2012 USEN Yearly Ranking{{cite web|url=http://www.tokyohive.com/article/2012/12/2012-usen-yearly-ranking-revealed|title="2010 USEN Yearly Ranking" revealed|work=Tokyo Hive|date=December 7, 2012|accessdate=October 5, 2012}} and, as of October 5, 2018, the YouTube play count exceeds 17 million.{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Un44YMjAmvg |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211212/Un44YMjAmvg| archive-date=2021-12-12 |url-status=live|title=Acid Black Cherry 「イエス」PV |work=Acid Black Cherry Official YouTube|date=April 5, 2012|accessdate=October 5, 2018}}{{cbignore}} It was suspected it was this song that helped give Acid Black Cherry more notoriety.

Discography

=Albums=

==Studio albums==

class="wikitable"

! rowspan="1"| Year

! rowspan="1"| Album Information

! colspan="1"| Oricon
Albums
Charts
{{cite web | title=Acid Black Cherryのアルバム作品|url=https://www.oricon.co.jp/prof/28021/products/album/|work=Oricon|accessdate=September 27, 2018}}

! colspan="1"| Reported
sales

align="center"|2008

|BLACKLIST

{{smalldiv|

  • Released: February 20, 2008
  • Label: motored
  • Formats: CD, CD+DVD (Type A), CD+DVD (Type B)

}}

|align="center"|2

|align="center"|141,000

align="center"|2009

|Q.E.D

{{smalldiv|

  • Released: August 26, 2009
  • Label: motored
  • Formats: CD, CD+DVD (Type A), CD+DVD (Type B)

}}

|align="center"|2

|align="center"|111,000

align="center"|2012

|『2012』

{{smalldiv|

  • Released: March 21, 2012
  • Label: motored
  • Formats: CD, CD+DVD (Music Clip), CD+DVD (Osaka-jo Hall Live)

}}

|align="center"|1

|align="center"|200,000

align="center"|2015

|L -el-

  • Released: February 25, 2015
  • Label: motored
  • Formats: CD, CD+DVD (LIVE Edition), CD+DVD (Documentary Edition)

|align="center"|2

|align="center"|144,000

align="center"|2017

|Acid BLOOD Cherry

  • Released: June 21, 2017
  • Label: motored
  • Formats: CD, CD+DVD

|align="center"|1

|align="center"|

==Cover albums==

class="wikitable"

! rowspan="1"| Year

! rowspan="1"| Album Information

! colspan="1"| Oricon
Albums
Charts

! colspan="1"| Reported
sales

align="center"|2008

|Recreation

{{smalldiv|

}}

|align="center"|3

|align="center"|54,000

align="center"|2010

|Recreation 2

{{smalldiv|

  • Released: June 30, 2010
  • Label: motored
  • Formats: CD, CD+DVD

}}

|align="center"|7

|align="center"|44,000

align="center"|2013

|Recreation 3

{{smalldiv|

  • Released: March 6, 2013
  • Label: motored
  • Formats: CD, CD+DVD

}}

|align="center"|3

|align="center"|77,000

align="center"|2017

|Recreation 4

{{smalldiv|

  • Released: January 25, 2017
  • Label: motored
  • Formats: CD, CD+DVD

}}

|align="center"|5

|align="center"|41,867

=Singles=

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bgcolor="#CCCCCC"

!align="left"|Single #

!align="left"|Single information{{cite web|url=https://www.oricon.co.jp/prof/28021/products/single/|title=Acid Black Cherryのシングル作品|accessdate=September 28, 2018|work=Oricon|language=Japanese}}

!align="left"|Total sales
(estimated){{cite web|url=https://ameblo.jp/boni-janne-abc/entry-12093850241.html|title=acid black cherry CD売上まとめ|work=Janne Acid Black Cherry|date=November 8, 2015|accessdate=October 5, 2018}}

align="center"|1st /
Debut Single

|align="left"| Spell Magic

  • Released: July 18, 2007
  • Oricon Top 20 Weekly Peak: #4
  • From Album: BLACKLIST

|align="center"|52,000

bgcolor="#F0F8FF"

|align="center"|2nd

|align="left"| Black Cherry

  • Released: September 26, 2007
  • Oricon Top 20 Weekly Peak: #2
  • From Album: BLACKLIST

|align="center"|57,000

align="center"|3rd

|align="left"| Aishitenai (愛してない / I don't love you)

  • Released: November 28, 2007
  • Oricon Top 20 Weekly Peak: #2
  • From Album: BLACKLIST

|align="center"|55,000

bgcolor="#F0F8FF"

|align="center"|4th

|align="left"| Fuyu no Maboroshi (冬の幻 / Winter Phantom)

  • Released: January 16, 2008
  • Oricon Top 20 Weekly Peak: #2
  • From Album: BLACKLIST

|align="center"|56,000

align="center"|5th

|align="left"| 20+∞Century Boys

  • Released: August 26, 2008
  • Oricon Top 20 Weekly Peak: #4
  • From Album: Q.E.D

|align="center"|61,000

bgcolor="#F0F8FF"

|align="center"|6th

|align="left"| Jigsaw (ジグソー)

  • Released: November 19, 2008
  • Oricon Top 20 Weekly Peak: #3
  • From Album: Q.E.D

|align="center"|56,000

align="center"|7th

|align="left"| Nemuri Hime (眠り姫 / Sleeping Princess)

  • Released: February 18, 2009
  • Oricon Top 20 Weekly Peak: #2
  • From Album: Q.E.D

|align="center"|61,000

bgcolor="#F0F8FF"

|align="center"|8th

|align="left"| Yasashii Uso (優しい嘘 / Kind Lie)

  • Released: July 29, 2009
  • Oricon Top 20 Weekly Peak: #4
  • From Album: Q.E.D

|align="center"|49,000

align="center"|9th

|align="left"| Re:birth

  • Released: August 18, 2010
  • Oricon Top 20 Weekly Peak: #2
  • From Album: 『2012』

|align="center"|65,000

bgcolor="#F0F8FF"

|align="center"|10th

|align="left"| Shoujo no Inori III (少女の祈り / Girl's Prayer)

  • Released: June 8, 2011
  • Oricon Top 20 Weekly Peak: #4
  • From Album: 『2012』

|align="center"|50,000

align="center"|11th

|align="left"| Pistol (ピストル)

  • Released: September 21, 2011
  • Oricon Top 20 Weekly Peak: #3
  • From Album: 『2012』

|align="center"|65,000

bgcolor="#F0F8FF"

|align="center"|12th

|align="left"| Shangri-la (シャングリラ)

  • Released: October 19, 2011
  • Oricon Top 20 Weekly Peak: #5
  • From Album: 『2012』

|align="center"|68,000

align="center"|13th

|align="left"| Chou (蝶 / Butterfly)

  • Release Date: November 16, 2011
  • Oricon Top 20 Weekly Peak: #3
  • From Album: 『2012』

|align="center"|67,000

bgcolor="#F0F8FF"

|align="center"|14th

|align="left"| Crisis

  • Release Date: December 21, 2011
  • Oricon Top 20 Weekly Peak: #3
  • From Album: 『2012』

|align="center"|67,000

align="center"|15th

|align="left"| Yes (イエス)

  • Release Date: January 18, 2012
  • Oricon Top 20 Weekly Peak: #3
  • From Album: 『2012』

|align="center"|74,000

bgcolor="#F0F8FF"

|align="center"|16th

|align="left"| Greed Greed Greed

  • Release Date: August 7, 2013
  • Oricon Top 20 Weekly Peak: #4
  • From Album:L -el-

|align="center"|81,000

align="center"|17th

|align="left"| Kuro Neko ~Adult Black Cat~ (黒猫)

  • Release Date: November 20, 2013
  • Oricon Top 20 Weekly Peak: #3
  • From Album:L -el-

|align="center"|83,000

bgcolor="#F0F8FF"

|align="center"|18th

|align="left"| Kimi ga Inai, Ano Hi Kara... (君がいない、あの日から... / You're not here, from that day)

  • Release Date: March 11, 2014
  • Oricon Top 20 Weekly Peak: #2
  • From Album:L -el-

|align="center"|74,000

align="center"|19th

|align="left"| Incubus

  • Release Date: October 22, 2014
  • Oricon Top 20 Weekly Peak: #2
  • From Album:L -el-

|align="center"|72,000

DVD/Blu-ray

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!Release Date

!Title

!Product Number

!Peak Position

!Chart Run

1st

|August 27, 2008

| Acid Black Cherry 2008 tour "BLACK LIST"

|AVBD-32111 (DVD)

|2

|10

2nd

|March 24, 2010

| Acid Black Cherry 2009 tour “Q.E.D.”

|AVBD-32158 (DVD)
AVXD-32209 (Blu-ray)

|5

|9

3rd

|January 26, 2011

| 2010 Live “Re:birth” ～Live at OSAKA-JO HALL～

|AVBD-32177/8 (DVD)

|64

|2

4th

|January 26, 2011

| 2010 Live “Re:birth” ～Live at YOKOHAMA ARENA & OSAKA-JO HALL～

|AVBD-32171 (DVD)

|5

|5

5th

|October 17, 2012

| Acid Black Cherry TOUR 『2012』

|AVBD-32205 (DVD)
AVXD-32212 (Blu-ray)

|2

|16

6th

|July 17, 2013

| Acid Black Cherry 5th Anniversary Live “Erect”

|AVBD-32224 (DVD)
AVXD-32226 (Blu-ray)

|1

|14

7th

|February 17, 2016

| 2015 livehouse tour S -esu-

|AVBD-32247 (DVD)
AVXD-32248 (Blu-ray)

|3

|8

8th

|March 16, 2016

| 2015 arena tour L -el-

|AVBD-32249/50 (DVD)
AVXD-32251 (Blu-ray)

|3

|11

9th

|March 22, 2017

| 10th Anniversary Live History -BEST-

|AVBD-32265/8 (DVD)
AVXD-32269 (Blu-ray)

|4

|15

Other

References

{{reflist}}

External links

  • [http://www.acidblackcherry.com/ Official website]
  • [http://acidblackcherry.net/ Official Avex page]

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