Yoake Mae

Yoake Mae
Studio album by Chara
Released	March 19, 2003
Recorded	2002-2003
Genre	Downtempo, ambient pop, alternative pop
Length	59:51
Label	Sony Music Japan
Producer	Chara
Chara chronology
Madrigal (2001) Yoake Mae (2003) A Scenery Like Me (2004)
Singles from Yoake Mae
"Hatsukoi" Released: October 9, 2002 "Mieru wa" Released: February 8, 2003

Yoake Mae (夜明けまえ Before the Dawn) is the ninth studio album by Chara, which was released on March 19, 2003.^[1] It debuted at #17 on the Japanese Oricon album charts, and charted in the top 300 for 5 weeks.^[2] It eventually sold 47,000 copies.

The entire album was produced and written by Chara. It was her last original album release on Sony.

Two singles were released from the album: Hatsukoi (初恋 First Love) and Mieru wa (みえるわ I Can See!).

Track listing

All songs written and composed by Chara, unless otherwise noted. 

No.	Title	Music	Length
1.	"Beautiful Day"		4:14
2.	"Mieru wa (みえるわ I Can See!)"		5:01
3.	"Sweetie (スウィーティー)"		4:07
4.	"Hatsukoi (初恋 First Love)"		4:41
5.	"Shinpi no Ie (神秘の家 House of Mystery)"		3:24
6.	"Utsukushii Machi (うつくしい街 Beautiful Town)"		3:24
7.	"Heart ni Hi o Tsukete (ハートの火をつけて A Fire Burns in My Heart)"		5:10
8.	"Hello (ハロー)"		6:17
9.	"Ocean (オーシャン)"		4:27
10.	"Kokoro ni Konai (心にこない Doesn't Come to My Heart)"		5:37
11.	"Beautiful Scarlet"		4:56
12.	"I Wanna Freely Love You"	Chara, Toru Yamazaki	7:49

Singles

Date	Title	Peak position	Weeks	Sales
October 9, 2002	"Hatsukoi"	16 (Oricon)	3	12,410
February 8, 2003	"Mieru wa"	71 (Oricon)	2	2,844

Japan Sales Rankings

Release	Chart	Peak Position	First Week Sales	Sales Total	Chart Run
March 19, 2003	Oricon Daily Albums Chart
	Oricon Weekly Albums Chart	17	19,742	46,812	5 weeks
	Oricon Yearly Albums Chart

Chart	Peak position	First Week Sales
Soundscan Album Top 20[3]	17	22,382

References

1. "Sony Music Online Japan : 夜明けまえ". Retrieved 2009-10-29.
2. "夜明けまえ/Chara". Retrieved 2009-10-27.
3. 週間CDソフトTOP 20 アルバム総合 ランキングTOP20 2003年3月16日～2003年3月22日 調査分