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!).
All tracks are written by Chara, unless otherwise noted
| Title | Music |
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| 1. | "Beautiful Day" | | 4:14 |
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| 2. | "Mieru wa (みえるわ, I Can See!)" | | 5:01 |
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| 3. | "Sweetie (スウィーティー)" | | 4:07 |
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| 4. | "Hatsukoi (初恋, First Love)" | | 4:41 |
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| 5. | "Shinpi no Ie (神秘の家, House of Mystery)" | | 3:24 |
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| 6. | "Utsukushii Machi (うつくしい街, Beautiful Town)" | | 3:24 |
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| 7. | "Heart ni Hi o Tsukete (ハートの火をつけて, A Fire Burns in My Heart)" | | 5:10 |
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| 8. | "Hello (ハロー)" | | 6:17 |
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| 9. | "Ocean (オーシャン)" | | 4:27 |
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| 10. | "Kokoro ni Konai (心にこない, Doesn't Come to My Heart)" | | 5:37 |
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| 11. | "Beautiful Scarlet" | | 4:56 |
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| 12. | "I Wanna Freely Love You" | Chara, Toru Yamazaki | 7:49 |
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| Date
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Title
|
Peak position
|
Weeks
|
Sales
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| October 9, 2002
|
"Hatsukoi"
|
16 (Oricon)
|
3
|
12,410
|
| February 8, 2003
|
"Mieru wa"
|
71 (Oricon)
|
2
|
2,844
|
Japan sales rankings
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| Release
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Chart
|
Peak position
|
First week sales
|
Sales total
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| March 19, 2003
|
Oricon Weekly Albums Chart
|
17
|
19,742
|
46,812
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| Soundscan Album Top 20[3]
|
17
|
22,382
|
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