One Sexy Zone
{{short description|2012 debut studio album by Sexy Zone}}
{{Infobox album
| name = One Sexy Zone
| type = studio
| artist = Sexy Zone
| cover = Sexy Zone - One Sexy Zone.jpg
| alt =
| caption = Regular Edition cover
| released = {{Start date|2012|11|14}}
| recorded =
| venue =
| studio =
| genre =
| length = {{Duration|m=70|s=03}}
| language = Japanese
| label = Pony Canyon
| producer =
| prev_title =
| prev_year =
| next_title = Sexy Second
| next_year = 2014
| misc = {{Singles
| name = One Sexy Zone
| type = studio
| single1 = Sexy Zone
| single1date = November 16, 2011
| single2 = Lady Diamond
| single2date = April 11, 2012
| single3 = Sexy Summer ni Yuki ga Furu
| single3date = October 3, 2012
}}
}}
One Sexy Zone (stylized as one Sexy Zone) is the debut studio album by Japanese idol group Sexy Zone. It was released on November 14, 2012, through Pony Canyon. The record was preceded by three singles: "Sexy Zone", "Lady Diamond", and "Sexy Summer ni Yuki ga Furu".
One Sexy Zone was released in four editions: Regular Edition, Limited Edition, Lawson-HMV Limited Edition, and Sexy Zone Shop Limited Edition. It ranked number one on the Oricon Singles Chart, where the quintet set the record for the youngest male group to top the chart with an average age of 15.4 years. The album also charted at number three on the Billboard Japan Top Album Sales chart. It was certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of Japan (RIAJ), denoting shipments of 100,000 units.
Release and promotion
One Sexy Zone was released on November 14, 2012, in four editions: Regular Edition; Limited Edition with bonus DVD content that includes a special video of Sexy Zone in Las Vegas; Lawson-HMV Limited Edition with bonus DVD content that includes behind-the-scenes of the album jacket photoshoot and the music videos for the previously released singles "Sexy Zone", "Lady Diamond", and "Sexy Summer ni Yuki ga Furu"; and Sexy Zone Shop Limited Edition.{{cite web|script-title=ja:Sexy Zone、1stアルバム初回盤にインタビューDVD＆写真集|url=https://natalie.mu/music/news/78134|website=Natalie|publisher=Natasha, Inc|accessdate=November 13, 2018|language=Japanese|date=October 12, 2012}}
Sexy Zone embarked on the New Year Arena Concert 2013 on January 2 and 3 at Osaka-jō Hall and January 4 to 6 at the Yokohama Arena.{{cite web|script-title=ja:Sexy Zone、待望のファースト・アルバム『one Sexy Zone』発売! 新春コンも|url=https://tower.jp/article/news/2012/10/12/n01|website=Tower Records Online|publisher=Tower Records Japan|accessdate=November 13, 2018|language=Japanese|date=October 12, 2012}}
Commercial performance
On the issue dated November 26, 2012, One Sexy Zone debuted at number one on Japan's national weekly Oricon Albums Chart, selling 86,451 copies in its first week.{{cite web|script-title=ja:オリコン週間 アルバムランキング 2012年11月12日～2012年11月18日|url=https://www.oricon.co.jp/rank/ja/w/2012-11-26/|website=Oricon Style|publisher=Oricon|accessdate=November 13, 2018|language=Japanese|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20121126093927/https://www.oricon.co.jp/rank/ja/w/2012-11-26/|archivedate=November 26, 2012}} With an average age of 15.4 years, Sexy Zone became the youngest male group to top the chart. The record was previously held by w-inds. when its album w-inds.: 1st Message (2001) ranked number one 10 years and 11 months prior; the average age of the group was 16.3 years.{{cite web|script-title=ja:【オリコン】Sexy Zone、最年少記録3冠 平均年齢「15.4歳」でアルバム首位|url=https://www.oricon.co.jp/news/2018884/full/|website=Oricon Style|publisher=Oricon|accessdate=November 13, 2018|language=Japanese|date=November 22, 2011}} On the Billboard Japan Top Album chart, the album debuted at number three.{{cite web|title=Billboard Japan Hot 100|url=http://www.billboard-japan.com/charts/detail?a=hot100&year=2012&month=10&day=8|website=Billboard Japan|publisher=Hankyu Hanshin Holdings|accessdate=November 13, 2018|language=Japanese}}
One Sexy Zone was certified gold at the end of the month by the Recording Industry Association of Japan for shipments exceeding 100,000 units.{{cite web|url=http://www.riaj.or.jp/riaj/open/open-record!file?fid=344|title=The Record|publisher=Recording Industry Association of Japan|date=January 2013|accessdate=November 13, 2018|language=Japanese|page=14|format=PDF}} According to Oricon's year-end report, the album sold 95,421 copies domestically and ranked number 71 on its list of best-selling albums.{{cite web|script-title=ja:年間ランキング特集『ミリオン8作！AKB48とMr.Childrenが2012年音楽シーンを牽引』8ページ目|url=https://www.oricon.co.jp/music/special/2012/musicrank1220/index07.html|website=Oricon Style|publisher=Oricon|accessdate=November 13, 2018|language=Japanese|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20121224011556/https://www.oricon.co.jp/music/special/2012/musicrank1220/index07.html|archivedate=December 24, 2012}} It also ranked at number 91 on the Billboard Japan Top Albums Sales Year End chart.{{cite web|title=Billboard Japan Top Albums Sales Year End|url=http://www.billboard-japan.com/charts/detail?a=albums_year&year=2012|website=Billboard Japan|publisher=Hankyu Hanshin Holdings|accessdate=November 13, 2018|language=Japanese}}
Track listing
{{Track listing
| headline = Regular, Lawson-HMV Limited, Sexy Zone Shop Limited Editions{{cite AV media notes|others=Sexy Zone|script-title=ja:One Sexy Zone＜通常盤＞|year=2012|publisher=Pony Canyon|id=PCCA-05013|type=liner notes}}{{cite AV media notes|others=Sexy Zone|script-title=ja:One Sexy Zone＜ローソン･HMV限定盤＞|year=2012|publisher=Pony Canyon|id=BRCA-00018|type=liner notes}}{{cite AV media notes|others=Sexy Zone|script-title=ja:One Sexy Zone＜Sexy Zone SHOP限定盤＞|year=2012|publisher=Pony Canyon|id=BRCA-00019|type=liner notes}}
| extra_column = Arrangement
| total_length = 70:03
| title1 = Kanzen My Way
| note1 = 完全マイウェイ
| lyrics1 = Zopp
| music1 = Tomotaka Osumi
| extra1 = Suzuki "Daichi" Hideyuki
| length1 = 4:10
| title2 = Silver Moon
| lyrics2 = Jōya Uenaka
| music2 = Susumu Kawaguchi, Christofer Erixon, Joakim Bjornberg
| extra2 = Makoto Ikuta
| length2 = 4:13
| title3 = Lady Diamond
| note3 = Lady ダイヤモンド
| lyrics3 = Gorō Matsui
| music3 = Kōji Makaino
| extra3 = Motoki Funayama
| length3 = 4:53
| title4 = If You Wanna Dance
| lyrics4 = Shusui, Anders Dannvik
| music4 = Shusui, Anders Dannvik
| extra4 = Hiroyuki Nakanishi
| length4 = 3:53
| title5 = Rouge
| note5 = Fuma Kikuchi solo
| lyrics5 = Kelly
| music5 = Steven Lee, Drew Ryan Scott
| extra5 = Yoshimasa Kawabata
| length5 = 4:23
| title6 = Game
| lyrics6 = Kelly
| music6 = Takuya Watanabe
| extra6 = mia
| length6 = 4:51
| title7 = Kimi to... Milky Way
| note7 = 君と･･･ Milky Way
| lyrics7 = Gorō Matsui
| music7 = Steven Lee
| extra7 = Tomoki Ishizuka
| length7 = 4:26
| title8 = Sexy Zone
| lyrics8 = Satomi
| music8 = Kōji Makaino
| extra8 = Chokkaku
| length8 = 5:06
| title9 = Don't Stop Sexy Boyz!
| note9 = by Sexy Boyz
| lyrics9 = Genie Chuo
| music9 = Andreas Carlsson, Samuel Waermö
| extra9 = Eiji Kawai
| length9 = 3:36
| title10 = Kimi o Hanasanai Kimi o Hanarenai
| note10 = きみを離さない きみを離れない
| lyrics10 = Shori Sato
| music10 = Yosuke Okamura
| extra10 = Magokoro Ikuta
| length10 = 4:33
| title11 = We Can Be One
| lyrics11 = Satomi
| music11 = Carl Utbult, Chris Meyer, Arrow
| extra11 = Carl Utbult
| length11 = 4:48
| title12 = Teleportation
| note12 = Kento Nakajima solo
| lyrics12 = Meg.Me
| music12 = Steven Lee, Drew Ryan Scott
| extra12 = Eiji Kawai
| length12 = 4:03
| title13 = Sexy Summer ni Yuki ga Furu
| note13 = Sexy Summer に雪が降る
| lyrics13 = Yoshiko Miura
| music13 = Janne Hyoty, Martin Grano
| extra13 = Suzuki "Daichi" Hideyuki
| length13 = 4:27
| title14 = Suki Sugite
| note14 = スキすぎて
| lyrics14 = Ami
| music14 = Takeshi Isozaki
| extra14 = Teppei Shimizu
| length14 = 3:47
| title15 = Kyō wa Arigatō
| note15 = 今日はありがとう
| lyrics15 = Yoshiko Miura
| music15 = Takuya Harada, Samuli Laiho, Pessi Levanto
| extra15 = Yasumasa Satō
| length15 = 5:00
| title16 = Yūki 100%
| note16 = 勇気100%} (bonus track
| lyrics16 = Gorō Matsui
| music16 = Kōji Makaino
| extra16 = Kōji Makaino
| length16 = 3:54
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{{Track listing
| headline = Limited Edition{{cite AV media notes|others=Sexy Zone|script-title=ja:One Sexy Zone＜初回限定盤＞|year=2012|publisher=Pony Canyon|id=PCCA-05012|type=liner notes}}
| extra_column = Arrangement
| total_length = 71:35
| title16 = Namae no Nai Omoi
| note16 = 名前のない想い) (bonus track
| lyrics16 = Daisuke Mori
| music16 = Daisuke Mori
| extra16 = Daisuke Mori
| length16 = 5:26
}}
{{Track listing
| headline = Limited Edition — {{nobold|bonus DVD content}}
| total_length =
| title1 = Special Video in Las Vegas
| length1 =
}}
{{Track listing
| headline = Lawson-HMV Limited Edition — {{nobold|bonus DVD content}}
| total_length =
| title1 = 1st Album Jacket Shooting Making & Singles Music Clip Collection
| note1 = "Sexy Zone", "Lady Diamond", "Sexy Summer ni Yuki ga Furu"
| length1 =
}}
Charts
=Weekly=
| class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable" style="text-align:center;" border="1"
! scope="col"|Chart (2012) ! scope="col"|Peak |
| scope="row"|Billboard Japan Top Albums Sales
| 3 |
|---|
| scope="row"|Oricon Singles Chart
| 1 |
=Year-end=
References
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