Union (Chara album) (original) (raw)

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Union (ユニオン, Yunion) is the 11th studio album by Chara, which was released on February 28, 2007. It debuted at #4 on the Japanese Oricon album charts, and charted in the top 300 for 8 weeks. Union was her first album with Universal Music, after releasing music with Sony since 1991. It was released in two versions: a limited edition CD+DVD version, as well as a regular CD Only version. The DVD featured the music videos for the three singles, "Sekai", and . Sekai, released 5+1⁄2 months before the album, was Chara's first release under Universal. It was used in commercials for the NTT docomo service "NEC N702is" cellphone. The second single, , was created in collaboration with Shibuya-kei DJ Tomoyuki Tanaka (i.e. Fantastic Plastic Machine) and The Brilliant Green guitarist Ryo Matsui. Tanaka produced the song, while Matsui wrote the music. , the third single preceding the album's release by a month, was a minor hit for Chara. It was used in cosmetics commercials for their T'estimo eye-makeup range, featuring Chara as a spokesperson in the commercials. It was a collaboration between Chara and music producer Seiji Kameda, bassist for the band Tokyo Jihen. It managed to reach #13 on Oricon's single charts. The final track of the album, Niji o Wataru Heiwa ga Kita (虹をわたる平和がきた, The Rainbow-Crossing Peace Has Come), was used as the theme song for the Japanese film Freesia (フリージア). (en)
『UNION』（ユニオン）は、2007年2月28日にユニバーサルシグマ / A&Mから発売されたCHARAの10枚目のオリジナル・アルバム。規格品番：UMCK-9162（初回限定盤）／UMCK-1222（通常盤）。 (ja)

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『UNION』（ユニオン）は、2007年2月28日にユニバーサルシグマ / A&Mから発売されたCHARAの10枚目のオリジナル・アルバム。規格品番：UMCK-9162（初回限定盤）／UMCK-1222（通常盤）。 (ja)
Union (ユニオン, Yunion) is the 11th studio album by Chara, which was released on February 28, 2007. It debuted at #4 on the Japanese Oricon album charts, and charted in the top 300 for 8 weeks. Union was her first album with Universal Music, after releasing music with Sony since 1991. It was released in two versions: a limited edition CD+DVD version, as well as a regular CD Only version. The DVD featured the music videos for the three singles, "Sekai", and . (en)

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