Request (Juju album)

Request is a cover album by Japanese recording artist Juju, released on September 29, 2010.^[1] The album features recordings of famous songs by Japanese female vocalists, mostly from the late 1990s.

Request
Studio album by Juju
Released	September 29, 2010 (2010-09-29)
Recorded	2010
Genre	J-pop
Length	1:01:04
Label	Sony
Juju chronology
Juju (2010) Request (2010) You (2011)
Singles from Request
"Last Kiss" Released: February 24, 2010 "Hello, Again (Mukashi Kara Aru Basho)" Released: July 28, 2010

Conception

The album was originally titled Juju Sings Beautiful Woman.^[2] After the album's announcement on August 4, a questionnaire was put up on Juju's website, asking fans which songs they wanted to hear Juju cover.^[2] Despite this, four songs had already been chosen for the album, "Gips," "Hello, Again (Mukashi Kara Aru Basho)," "Last Kiss" and "Time Goes By."^[2]

The album is Juju's second disc of covers, after the She Sings... second disc of her previous album Juju, which featured primarily covers of Western songs in English.^[3]

Promotion

"Last Kiss" was originally released in February 2010, as one of the A-side tracks of the four A-side single "Sakura Ame/Ready for Love/S.H.E./Last Kiss."^[4]

A cover of My Little Lover's "Hello, Again (Mukashi Kara Aru Basho)" sung by Juju was announced as a song used in an adverstising campaign for the Sony Alpha digital camera on June 4.^[5] The song was released digitally on June 16 as a ringtone and on June 23 as a full-length cellphone download,^[6][7] where it was extremely successful digitally, reaching #1 on the RIAJ Digital Track Chart.^[8] Due to this popularity, it was released as a physical single a month later, where it reached #15 on Oricon's physical charts.^[9]

Track listing

No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Arranger(s)	Length
1.	"Hello, Again (Mukashi Kara Aru Basho)" (My Little Lover cover)	KATE (Takeshi Kobayashi)	Kenji Fujii, Takeshi Kobayashi	Akihisa Matsuura	5:15
2.	"Tsutsumikomu Yō ni..." (Misia cover)	Satoshi Shimano	S. Shimano	Chokkaku	5:15
3.	"Time Goes By" (Every Little Thing cover)	Mitsuru Igarashi	M. Igarashi	Seiji Kameda	5:25
4.	"Gips" (Ringo Shiina cover)	R. Shiina	R. Shiina	Masanori Shimada	5:38
5.	"There Will Be Love There (Ai no Aru Basho)" (The Brilliant Green cover)	Tomoko Kawase	Shunsaku Okuda	Masayuki Sakamoto	4:36
6.	"Don't Wanna Cry" (Namie Amuro cover)	Takahiro Maeda	Tetsuya Komuro	Jin Nakamura	5:35
7.	"Lover Soul" (Judy and Mary cover)	Yuki	Takuya	Seiji Kameda	4:12
8.	"White Love" (Speed cover)	Hiromasa Ijichi	H. Ijichi	Hiroshi Nakamura	6:54
9.	"Suki" (Dreams Come True cover)	Miwa Yoshida	M. Yoshida	Akihisa Matsuura	3:41
10.	"Will" (Mika Nakashima cover)	Yasushi Akimoto	Daisuke Kawaguchi	Satoshi Takebe	5:43
11.	"Last Kiss" (Bonnie Pink cover)	Bonnie Pink	Bonnie Pink	Seiji Kameda	4:23
12.	"First Love" (Hikaru Utada cover)	H. Utada	H. Utada	Akihisa Matsuura	4:27
Total length:					1:01:04

Chart rankings

Chart (2010)	Peak position
Oricon daily albums[10]	1
Oricon weekly albums[11]	1
Oricon yearly album chart[12]	13

Reported sales and certifications

Chart	Amount
Oricon physical sales[13]	469,000
RIAJ shipping certification[14]	Double platinum (500,000+)

Promotional tracks

Many songs from the album were released prior to the physical release digitally, or through other means such as a physical CD or radio airplay.

Date	Title	Format	Chart positions			Oricon sales [15]
			Oricon Singles Charts [16]	Billboard Japan Hot 100 [17]	RIAJ digital tracks [18]
February 24, 2010 (2010-02-24)[4]	"Last Kiss"	CD single, digital download	20	—	—	7,700
June 16, 2010 (2010-06-16)[6]	"Hello, Again (Mukashi Kara Aru Basho)"	Ringtone	15	19	1 23*	23,000
June 23, 2010 (2010-06-23)[7]		Full-length cellphone download
July 14, 2010 (2010-07-14)[19]		Ringtone (Ballad Ver.)
July 21, 2010 (2010-07-21)[19]		Full-length cellphone download (Ballad Ver.)
July 28, 2010 (2010-07-28)[1]		CD single, PC download
September 8, 2010 (2010-09-08)[20]	"First Love"	Ringtone	—	—	5	—
September 15, 2010 (2010-09-15)[21]		Full-length cellphone download
	"Tsutsumikomu Yō ni..."	Ringtone	—	78	30	—
September 20, 2010 (2010-09-20)[22]	"Time Goes By"	Ringtone	—	—	25	—
September 22, 2010 (2010-09-22)[23]	"There Will Be Love There (Ai no Aru Basho)"	Ringtone	—	43	21	—
September 26, 2010 (2010-09-26)[24]	"Will"	Ringtone	—	—	76	—
September 29, 2010 (2010-09-29)[25]	"Gips"	Ringtone	—	—	98	—

*Ballad Version

Release history

Region	Date	Format
Japan	September 29, 2010 (2010-09-29)[1]	CD, digital download
Taiwan	October 1, 2010 (2010-10-01)[26]	CD
Hong Kong	October 5, 2010 (2010-10-05)[27]	CD
Japan	October 16, 2010 (2010-10-16)[28]	Rental CD