Identity is the seventh Japanese studio album (thirteenth overall) by South Korean singer BoA. It was released on February 10, 2010, nearly two years since The Face. Commercially, the album underperformed in Japan in comparison to her previous albums, becoming her first to have not sold over 100,000 copies.
Promotion The album was preceded in release by the singles "Bump Bump!," a collaboration with Verbal from the hip-hop group M-Flo, and "Mamoritai (White Wishes)." The singles peaked at number five and number two on the Oricon charts, respectively. Also, there was an official music video for "Possibility". However, it was not released as a single.
Commercial performance Identity debuted at number two on the daily Oricon albums chart with 14,023 units sold in its first day and at number four on the weekly chart with 37,606 copies sold, making it her first Japanese album that did not chart to number one, ending her streak of studio albums debuting at number one on the Oricon weekly charts. Identity also became BoA's first studio album to not sell over 100,000 copies and to not receive certification.
Track listing
Charts
Weekly charts Chart (2010) Peakposition Japanese Albums (Oricon) 4 Japanese Top Albums (Billboard Japan) 4 Taiwanese Combo Albums (G-Music) On the drop down Select 第9週 6 Taiwanese J-pop Albums (G-Music) On the drop down Select 第9週 2
Monthly charts Chart (2010) Peakposition Japanese Albums (Oricon) 7
Sales
Release history Country Date Format Label Japan February 10, 2010 CD, CD+DVD, digital download Avex Trax Hong Kong February 11, 2010 CD, CD+DVD Avex Asia South Korea February 22, 2010 CD, digital download SM Entertainment Taiwan February 26, 2010 CD, CD+DVD Avex Asia Philippines April 16, 2010 CD Universal Recordshttps://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=390373&id=214540185413&ref=ss.
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