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Friends is the fourth mini-album by the Japanese rock duo B'z, released in 1992. The album sold 1,355,530 copies and reached No. 1 at Oricon.[1] The track "Itsuka no Merry Christmas" became extremely commercially successful, being certified by the RIAJ as being downloaded 500,000+ times as a ringtone and more than 100,000 times as a full-length cellphone download, despite being released in the early 1990s and not as a single.[2]
Track listing
- Prologue - Friends 1:48
- Scene 1 - Itsuka no Merry Christmas (いつかのメリークリスマス) - 5:03
- Scene 2 - Boku no Tsumi (僕の罪) - 4:19
- Love is... - 1:26
- Scene 3 - Koi ja Naku Naru Hi (恋じゃなくなる日) - 4:51
- Scene 4 - Seasons - 1:14
- Scene 5 - Dōshitemo Kimi o Ushinaitakunai (どうしても君を失いたくない) - 6:07
- Itsuka no Merry Christmas (Reprise) (いつかのメリークリスマス (Reprise)) - 1:23
Certifications
| Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
|---|---|---|
| Japan (RIAJ)[3] | 2× Million | 2,000,000^ |
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^ Shipments figures based on certification alone. | ||
References
- ^ B'z、さらなる記録更新へ！ニューアルバムリリース決定！
- ^ レコード協会調べ 2月度有料音楽配信認定 ＜略称：2月度認定＞. RIAJ (in Japanese). February 20, 2011. Retrieved February 21, 2011.
- ^ "Japanese album certifications – B'z – Friends" (in Japanese). Recording Industry Association of Japan. Retrieved August 24, 2021. Select 1999年8月 on the drop-down menu
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