Luv Songs

Luv Songs
Studio album by Che'Nelle
Released	20 July 2011
Genre	Soul, R&B
Length	58:00
Label	EMI Music Japan
Che'Nelle chronology
Feel Good (2010) Luv Songs (2011) Believe (2012)

Luv Songs (ラブ・ソングス) is the third studio album of R&B/dancehall singer Che'Nelle. Luv Songs is Che'Nelle's second Japan-only album and first cover album. The album peaked at number 3 on the Oricon albums chart, charted for 88 consecutive weeks and spent 107 weeks in total on the chart.^[1] In 2013, it was re-released as "ラヴ・ソングス　スペシャル・エディション (Luv Songs -Special Edition-)" with four additional versions of "ベイビー・アイラブユー (Baby I Love U)".^[2] It is Che'Nelle's highest selling album to date.

Track list

CD
No.	Title	Original Artist	Length
1.	"ベイビー・アイラブユー (Baby I Love U)" (English Version)	TEE	5:25
2.	"SUNSHINE GIRL"	moumoon	3:43
3.	"For You"	lecca	3:15
4.	"ソー・シック (So Sick)"	Ne-Yo	3:10
5.	"SAKURA"	Ikimonogakari	4:32
6.	"Everything"	MISIA	6:12
7.	"ガラス越しに消えた夏 (Garasugoshi ni Kieta Natsu; Summer Gone Through The Glass)"	Suzuki Masayuki	3:57
8.	"Missing"	Kubota Toshinobu	4:23
9.	"すべてをあなたに (Subete wo Anata ni) (Saving All My Love for You) All To You"	Whitney Houston	4:02
10.	"ラヴィン・ユー (Lovin' You)"	Minnie Riperton	3:24
11.	"ウィズアウト・ユー　〜さよなら夏の日 (Without You ~Sayonara Natsu no hi; Without You ~Goodbye Summer Days)"	Debbie Gibson	4:26
12.	"上を向いて歩こう (Sukiyaki / Ue o Muite Arukô; Looking Up While Walking)"	Kyû Sakamoto	4:17
13.	"Missing [Bonus Track]" (Japanese Version)	Kubota Toshinobu	4:24
Total length:			58:00

Oricon chart

Released	Oricon Chart	Peak	Debut Sales	Sales Total	Chart Run
20 July 2011	Weekly Album Chart (1st week of release - debut)[3]	7	10,170	354,869+	107 weeks
	Weekly Album Chart (9th week of release)[4]	3	14,100
	Monthly Album Chart (5th month of release)[5]	9	54,616
	Yearly Album Chart (2011)[6][7]	31	208,439
	Half-Year Album Chart (2012)[8][9]	43	75,566
	Yearly Album Chart (2012)	49	128,856
	Yearly Album Chart (2013)	340	17,574

• Oricon yearly chart (2011) ended on 12 December 2011. Further sales of the last 3 weeks in December aren't included in the yearly chart ranking of 2011.
• Oricon yearly chart (2012) ended on 10 December 2012. Further sales of the last 3 weeks in December aren't included in the yearly chart ranking of 2012.
• Oricon yearly chart (2013) ended on 10 December 2013. Further sales of the last 3 weeks in December aren't included in the yearly chart ranking of 2013.

Oricon chart - Sales 2011

Week No.	Date	Week Rank	Sales
1	18 July – 24 July	7	10,170
2	25 July – 31 July	11	12,716
3	1 Aug – 7 Aug	8	13,015
4	8 Aug – 14 Aug	12	14,196
5	15 Aug – 21 Aug	6	14,780
6	22 Aug – 28 Aug	8	12,625
7	29 Aug - 4 Sept	7	11,500
8	5 Sept - 11 Sept	7	13,402
9	12 Sept - 18 Sept	3	14,100
10	19 Sept - 25 Sept	7	11,897
11	26 Sept - 2 Oct	11	8,912
12	3 Oct – 9 Oct	16	7,463
13	10 Oct – 16 Oct	19	6,333
14	17 Oct – 23 Oct	20	5,143
15	24 Oct – 30 Oct	18	4,788
16	31 Oct – 6 Nov	15	5,156
17	7 Nov – 13 Nov	4	12,380
18	14 Nov – 20 Nov	10	8,944
19	21 Nov – 27 Nov	19	8,333
20	28 Nov – 4 Dec	20	6,504
21	5 Dec – 11 Dec	20	6,082
22	12 Dec – 18 Dec	20	5,354
23	19 Dec – 25 Dec	28	5,383
24	26 Dec – 1 Jan	24	4,606

Total Reported Sales for 2011: 223,782

Oricon chart - Sales 2012

Week No.	Date	Week Rank	Sales
25	2 Jan – 8 Jan	24	4,131
26	9 Jan – 15 Jan	29	2,888
27	16 Jan – 22 Jan	36	2,521
28	23 Jan – 29 Jan	34	3,121
29	30 Jan – 5 Feb	19	4,200
30	6 Feb – 12 Feb	26	3,729
31	13 Feb – 19 Feb	34	2,986
32	20 Feb – 26 Feb	43	2,478
33	27 Feb – 4 Mar	43	2,655
34	5 Mar – 11 Mar	34	3,024
35	12 Mar – 18 Mar	40	2,829
36	19 Mar – 25 Mar	41	3,014
37	26 Mar – 1 Apr	30	3,184
38	2 Apr – 8 Apr	29	2,854
39	9 Apr – 15 Apr	30	2,618
40	16 Apr – 22 Apr	35	2,400
41	23 Apr – 29 Apr	50	2,260
42	30 Apr – 6 May	36	2,513
43	7 May – 13 May	46	1,676
44	14 May – 20 May	50	1,470
45	21 May – 27 May	68	1,350
46	28 May – 3 June	68	1,177
47	4 June – 10 June	79	1,145
48	11 June – 17 June	73	1,198
49	18 June – 24 June	105	1,045
50	25 June – 1 July	36	3,104
51	2 July – 8 July	23	4,458
52	9 July – 15 July	24	3,853
53	16 July – 22 July	33	3,318
54	23 July – 29 July	48	2,606
55	30 July – 5 Aug	45	1,968
56	6 Aug – 12 Aug	65	1,803
57	13 Aug – 19 Aug	52	1,851
58	20 Aug – 26 Aug	63	1,776
59	27 Aug - 2 Sept	73	1,296
60	3 Sept - 9 Sept	93	1,131
61	10 Sept - 16 Sept	43	1,994
62	17 Sept - 23 Sept	37	3,423
63	24 Sept - 30 Sept	68	2,006
64	1 Oct - 7 Oct	42	1,921
65	8 Oct - 14 Oct	56	1,661
66	15 Oct - 21 Oct	36	2,508
67	22 Oct - 28 Oct	47	2,006
68	29 Oct - 4 Nov	42	1,756
69	5 Nov – 11 Nov	59	1,547
70	12 Nov – 18 Nov	70	1,332
71	19 Nov – 25 Nov	72	1,425
72	26 Nov – 2 Dec	83	1,186
73	3 Dec – 9 Dec	108	1,118
74	10 Dec – 16 Dec	120	1,024
75	17 Dec – 23 Dec	131	1,063
76	24 Dec – 30 Dec	141	1,100

Total Reported Sales for 2012: 116,700

Oricon chart - Sales 2013

Week No.	Date	Week Rank	Sales
77	31 Dec – 6 Jan	121	1,082
78	7 Jan – 13 Jan	144	700
79	14 Jan – 20 Jan	160	597
80	21 Jan – 27 Jan	181	600
81	28 Jan – 3 Feb	173	615
82	4 Feb – 10 Feb	190	508
83	11 Feb – 17 Feb	187	518
84	18 Feb – 24 Feb	194	514
85	25 Feb – 3 Mar	259	417
86	4 Mar – 10 Mar	263	448
87	11 Mar – 17 Mar	263	418
88	18 Mar – 24 Mar	275	401
out for 1 week
89	1 Apr – 7 Apr	241	391
90	8 Apr – 14 Apr	234	378
91	15 Apr – 21 Apr	261	322
out for 1 week
92	29 Apr – 5 May	188	546
93	6 May – 12 May	208	401
94	13 May – 19 May	201	385
95	20 May – 26 May	257	342
96	27 May – 2 June	296	306
out for 1 week
97	10 June – 16 June	266	315
98	17 June – 23 June	214	355
99	24 June – 30 June	276	424
100	1 July – 7 July	182	550
101	8 July – 14 July	232	374
102	15 July – 21 July	246	353
out for 2 weeks
103	5 Aug – 11 Aug	198	462
104	12 Aug – 18 Aug	148	597
105	19 Aug – 25 Aug	214	398
106	15 Aug - 1 Sept	275	364
107	2 Sept - 8 Sept	288	306

Total Reported Sales for 2013: 14,387

Week No.	Date	Week Rank	Sales
1	11 Nov – 17 Nov	231	344

Total Reported Sales for 2013: 344 (Luv Songs -Special Edition-)

Sales and Certifications

• "Luv Songs (ラブ・ソングス)" [Album]

Chart	Amount
Oricon physical sales	354,869+
RIAJ physical shipping certification[10]	Platinum (250,000+)

• "ベイビー・アイラブユー (Baby I Love U) (English Version)" [Digital Single]

Chart	Amount
RIAJ full-length cellphone downloads[11]	Double Platinum (500,000+)
RIAJ PC downloads[12]	Double Platinum (500,000+)

References

1. (Japanese) http://www.oricon.co.jp/prof/artist/425478/ranking/cd_album/
2. (Japanese) http://www.oricon.co.jp/prof/artist/425478/products/music/1040289/1/
3. (Japanese) http://www.oricon.co.jp/rank/ja/w/2011-08-01/more/2/
4. (Japanese) http://www.oricon.co.jp/rank/ja/w/2011-09-26/
5. (Japanese) http://www.oricon.co.jp/rank/ja/m/2011-11/more/2/
6. (English) http://www.tokyohive.com/2011/12/oricon-announces-full-list-for-2011-yearly-album-ranking/
7. (Japanese) http://www.oricon.co.jp/rank/ja/y/2011/more/2/
8. (Japanese) http://www.oricon.co.jp/music/special/2012/musicrank0620/index03.html#topphoto
9. (English) http://www.tokyohive.com/2012/06/oricon-reveals-first-half-rankings-for-2012/
10. (Japanese) http://www.riaj.or.jp/data/others/gold/201112.html
11. (Japanese) http://www.riaj.or.jp/data/others/chart/w121120.html
12. (Japanese) http://www.riaj.or.jp/data/others/chart/w131120.html