First Message

First Message
Studio album by Ayaka
Released	1 November 2006
Genre	J-Pop
Length	55:47
Label	Warner Music Records
Producer	Nishio Yoshihiko, Ayaka
Ayaka chronology
First Message (2006) Sing to the Sky (2008)

First Message is the debut album from Japanese singer, Ayaka.

Overview

After a year of releasing singles and music videos, the album was originally for an early September release but was pushed back to allow ayaka's single, Mikazuki, to correspond with the album release. It entered the Oricon charts at number one. The album has also been released on iTunes in Japan and other countries, including the United States.

The album debuted at #1 on Oricon with sales of approximately 351,000 copies. This is also the highest debut sales for a female artist since Mika Nakashima's debut album, True, released nearly four years prior. By the end of 2006, the album had sold 711,299 copies and was the #13 highest selling album of the year.^[1] As of June 20, 2007, the album has sold another 337,883 units.^[2] Its total stands at 1,194,777 units sold since its release. It is expected for the album to rank in the top 30 yearly charts again in 2007, due to more than 300,000 copies in sales.

Her debut album re-entered the charts at #148 in 2009, and it peaked at #72 on 15 April 2009 Weekly Chart.

Track listing

All lyrics written by Ayaka. 

CD
No.	Title	Music	Arranger(s)	Length
1.	"Start to 0 (Love)"	Yoshihiko Nishio	L.O.E
2.	"Real Voice"	Yoshihiko Nishio	L.O.E
3.	"Sha la la"	Yoshihiko Nishio, Ayaka	L.O.E
4.	""Blue Days" (ブルーデイズ, lit. "Blue Days")"	Yoshihiko Nishio	L.O.E
5.	"I Believe"	Yoshihiko Nishio, Ayaka	L.O.E
6.	"Stay with Me"	Yoshihiko Nishio, Ayaka	L.O.E
7.	"Melody"	Yoshihiko Nishio	L.O.E
8.	""Kimi no Power to Otona no Furi" (君のパワーと大人のフリ, lit. "Your Power and an Adult's Inseparability")"	Yoshihiko Nishio, Ayaka	L.O.E
9.	""Eien no Monogatari" (永遠の物語, lit. "Eternal Story")"	Yoshihiko Nishio	L.O.E
10.	""Toki wo Modoshite" (時を戻して, lit. "Turning Back Time")"	Yoshihiko Nishio, Ayaka	Hiroshi Uesugi
11.	"1・2・3・4"	Yoshihiko Nishio	L.O.E
12.	"Story"	Yoshihiko Nishio, Ayaka	L.O.E
13.	""Lailalai" (ライラライ, lit. "Rairarai")"	Yoshihiko Nishio	L.O.E
14.	""Mikazuki" (三日月, lit. "Crescent Moon")"	Yoshihiko Nishio, Ayaka	L.O.E
15.	"message"	Ayaka	Ayaka

Charts

Oricon Sales Chart (Japan)

Release	Album chart	Peak position	Debut sales	Sales total
1 November 2006	Daily Charts	1		1,201,732
	Weekly Charts	1	350,580
	Monthly Charts	1
	Yearly Charts (2006)	13	711,000
	Yearly Charts (2007)	22	338,000
	Yearly Charts (2008)	126	-

References

1. (Japanese) 年間ヒットチャート特集『2006年 年間アルバムチャート大発表！』-ORICON STYLE ミュージック
2. (Japanese) 上半期ランキング特集『2007年 上半期アルバムランキング』-ORICON STYLE ミュージック