Follow Me Up

Follow Me Up (stylized as FOLLOW ME UP) is the ninth studio album by Japanese singer Maaya Sakamoto. It was released on September 30, 2015, through FlyingDog.[1] The limited edition came with a DVD including the music videos for the singles "Hajimari no Umi", "Be Mine!", "Replica" and "Shiawase ni Tsuite Watashi ga Shitte Iru Itsutsu no Hōhō".[2]

Follow Me Up
Studio album by
Maaya Sakamoto
ReleasedSeptember 30, 2015 (2015-09-30)
Recorded2013–15
Genre
Length72:03
LabelFlyingDog
Producer
Maaya Sakamoto chronology
Singer-songwriter
(2013)		 Follow Me Up
(2015)		 Live Tour 2015-2016 "Follow Me Up" Final at Nakano Sun Plaza
(2016)
Singles from Follow Me Up
  1. "Hajimari no Umi"
    Released: July 31, 2013
  2. "Saved."
    Released: February 5, 2014
  3. "Be Mine!"
    Released: February 5, 2014
  4. "Replica"
    Released: August 20, 2014
  5. "Shiawase ni Tsuite Watashi ga Shitte Iru Itsutsu no Hōhō"
    Released: January 28, 2015
  6. "Kore Kara"
    Released: April 1, 2015

Commercial performance

Follow Me Up entered the daily Oricon Albums Chart at number 5.[3] It moved up two spots to number 3 the following day, selling 6,000 copies.[4] The album stayed at number 3 on its third day on the chart, selling 2,000 copies.[5] Follow Me Up debuted at number 4 on the weekly Oricon Albums Chart, with 15,000 copies sold in its first week, marking Sakamoto's fifth consecutive studio album to debut within the top ten.[6] The album charted for twelve weeks, selling a reported total of 22,000 copies.[7]

Track listing
Follow Me Up CD
No.TitleWriter(s)Arranger(s)Length
1."Follow Me"
  • Zentarō Watanabe
  • M. Sakamoto
5:08
2."Be Mine!"
  • The Band Apart
  • Ryō Eguchi
  • Tōru Ishitsuka
4:02
3."Sanagi" (さなぎ, "Pupa")
  • Kitagawa
  • Yōji Makino
4:24
4."Saved."
  • Shōko Suzuki
  • Ryūji Yamamoto
5:18
5."Tokyo Samui" (東京寒い, "Tokyo Cold")
  • Cornelius
5:03
6."Arco" (アルコ, Aruko)
  • Kanno
5:40
7."Shiawase ni Tsuite Watashi ga Shitte Iru Itsutsu no Hōhō"
  • Faber
4:40
8."Hajimari no Umi"
  • Taeko Onuki
  • Toshiyuki Mori
3:57
9."Kore Kara"
  • M. Sakamoto
  • Shin Kōno
  • M. Sakamoto
5:16
10."Waiting for the Rain"
  • Faber
  • Martin Persson
4:24
11."Road Movie" (ロードムービー, Rōdo Mūbī)
  • Iwasato
  • Caoli Cano
  • Watanabe
  • Cano
5:24
12."That Is to Say"
  • H-Wonder
4:53
13."Replica"
  • Uchisawa
  • Ishitsuka
4:00
14."Kasuka na Melody" (かすかなメロディ, Kasuka na Merodi, "Faint Melody")
  • S. Sakamoto
  • Yu Sakai
  • Kōno
4:40
15."Iris" (アイリス, Airisu)
  • M. Sakamoto
  • Suzuki
  • Takuo Yamamoto
  • M. Sakamoto
5:07
Total length:72:03
Limite Edition DVD: Maaya Sakamoto Music Video Collection[8]
No.TitleDirector(s)Length
1."Hajimari no Umi" (Music Video)Shintarō Ehara4:13
2."Be Mine!" (Music Video)Ehara4:04
3."Replica" (Music Video)Ehara4:00
4."Shiawase ni Tsuite Watashi ga Shitte Iru Itsutsu no Hōhō" (Music Video)Ehara4:49
Total length:17:06

Charts
Chart (2015) Peak
position		 Sales
Japan Daily Albums (Oricon)[3] 3 22,000[7]
Japan Weekly Albums (Oricon)[9] 4
Japan Hot Albums (Billboard)[10] 6
Japan Top Albums Sales (Billboard)[11] 3

References
  1. "坂本真綾、9月にアルバム「FOLLOW ME UP」年越し含む全国ツアーも". Natalie. July 6, 2015. Retrieved February 9, 2018.
  2. "坂本真綾20周年アルバム詳細判明、"20人のための1曲だけライブ"も". Natalie. July 23, 2015. Retrieved February 9, 2018.
  3. "【日榜单】2015/09/30付". Retrieved February 9, 2018.
  4. "【日榜单】2015/10/01". Retrieved February 9, 2018.
  5. "【日榜单】2015/10/02付". Retrieved February 9, 2018.
  6. "【周榜单】2015/10/12付". Retrieved February 9, 2018.
  7. "オリコンランキング情報サービス「you大樹」" [Oricon Ranking Information Service 'You Taiju']. Oricon. Retrieved February 9, 2018.
  8. "坂本　真綾 9thアルバム　FOLLOW ME UP【初回限定盤】 FlyingDog". JVC Kenwood Victor Entertainment. Retrieved February 9, 2018.
  9. "FOLLOW ME UP 坂本真綾". Oricon. Retrieved February 9, 2018.
  10. "Billboard Japan Hot Albums". Billboard. Retrieved February 9, 2018.
  11. "Billboard Japan Top Albums Sales". Billboard. Retrieved February 9, 2018.
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