Yellow Dancer

Yellow Dancer is the fourth studio album by Japanese singer-songwriter Gen Hoshino. It was released on 2 December 2015 in Japan on Speedstar Records. It reached the first place on the Oricon music charts[1] and was certified platinum by Recording Industry Association of Japan.[2]

Yellow Dancer
Studio album by
Gen Hoshino
Released2 December 2015 (2015-12-02)
GenreJ-pop
Length56:27
LabelSpeedstar
Gen Hoshino chronology
Stranger
(2013)		 Yellow Dancer
(2015)		 Pop Virus
(2018)
Singles from Yellow Dancer
  1. "Jigoku de Naze Warui"
    Released: 2 October 2013
  2. "Crazy Crazy / Sakura no Mori"
    Released: 11 June 2014
  3. "Sun"
    Released: 27 May 2015

The album was promoted by three singles – "Jigoku de Naze Warui", serving as the title song for the Sion Sono movie Why Don't You Play in Hell?,[3] double A-sided "Crazy Crazy" / "Sakura no Mori",[4] and "Sun" (theme song for the dorama Kokoro ga Pokitto ne).[5] All charted in the top 5 on the Oricon. The 2013 single "Gag", used as the theme song for the Saint Young Men anime film starring Hoshino as Buddha, didn't make the album.

Track listing

All lyrics are written by Gen Hoshino; all music is composed by Gen Hoshino

No.TitleLength
1."Toki yo" (時よ "Time!")4:15
2."Week End"4:30
3."Sun"4:01
4."Miss You"4:55
5."Soul"3:49
6."Kuchizuke" (口づけ "Kiss")3:49
7."Jigoku de Naze Warui" (地獄でなぜ悪い "Why is it bad in hell?")3:41
8."Nerd Strut (Instrumental)"1:20
9."Sakura no Mori" (桜の森 "Cherry blossom forest")5:10
10."Crazy Crazy"3:34
11."Snow Men"4:34
12."Down Town"3:51
13."Yoru" (夜 "Night")4:11
14."Friend Ship"4:42

Charts and sales

References
  1. "YELLOW DANCER – 星野源". oricon.co.jp. Retrieved 18 February 2017.
  2. "一般社団法人 日本レコード協会". riaj.or.jp. Retrieved 18 February 2017.
  3. "地獄でなぜ悪い – 星野源". oricon.co.jp. Retrieved 18 February 2017.
  4. "Crazy Crazy/桜の森 – 星野源". oricon.co.jp. Retrieved 18 February 2017.
  5. "SUN – 星野源". oricon.co.jp. Retrieved 18 February 2017.
  6. "Billboard Japan Hot Albums 2015/12/14 付け" (in Japanese). Billboard Japan. 14 December 2015. Retrieved 19 January 2019.
  7. "Billboard Japan Top Albums Sales 2015/12/14 付け" (in Japanese). Billboard Japan. 14 December 2015. Retrieved 19 January 2019.
  8. "Yellow Dancer (初回限定盤A)" (in Japanese). Oricon News. Retrieved 19 January 2019.
  9. "G-Music Charts – Week January 20, 2017 to February 2, 2017" (in Chinese). Archived from the original on 5 February 2017.
  10. "オリコン年間 アルバムランキング 2015年度 21～30位" (in Japanese). Oricon News. Retrieved 19 January 2019.
  11. "Billboard Japan Hot Albums 2016" (in Japanese). Billboard Japan. Retrieved 19 January 2018.
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  13. "オリコン年間 アルバムランキング 2016年度 31～40位" (in Japanese). Oricon News. Retrieved 19 January 2019.
  14. "Billboard Japan Hot Albums 2017" (in Japanese). Billboard Japan. Retrieved 19 January 2018.
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  17. "オリコン年間 アルバムランキング 2017年度 91～100位" (in Japanese). Oricon News. Retrieved 19 January 2019.
  18. "年間デジタルアルバムランキング 1位～25位" (in Japanese). Oricon News. Retrieved 19 January 2019.
  19. "G-Music 2017 Annual Sales Chart" (in Chinese). Archived from the original on 28 August 2018.
  20. "Billboard Japan Top Download Albums 2018" (in Japanese). Billboard Japan. Retrieved 19 January 2018.
  21. "ゴールドディスク認定" (in Japanese). RIAJ. Retrieved 8 April 2018.
  22. "オリコンランキング情報サービス「you大樹」" [Oricon Ranking Information Service 'You Big Tree']. Oricon (in Japanese). Retrieved 30 September 2014.
  23. "有料音楽配信認定" (in Japanese). RIAJ. Retrieved 8 April 2018.
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