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SWEET 19 BLUES
Studio album by Namie Amuro
Released	July 22, 1996
Recorded	Artworks Studio, Baybridge Studio, Heart Beat Recording Studio, Image Recording Inc., Paradise Studio Komazawa, Prime-Mix Studio, Onkio Haus, Record Plant Studios, Sound Chamber, tk sequence 1102st, tk sequence 1103st, tk sequence 1104st, Woodstock Karuizawa Recording Studio
Genre	Pop, R&B, Dance
Length	66:46
Label	avex trax
Producer(s)	Tetsuya Komuro, Cozy Kubo
Namie Amuro chronology
DANCE TRACKS VOL.1 (1995)	SWEET 19 BLUES (1996)	Concentration 20 (1997)

SWEET 19 BLUES is Namie Amuro's first original studio album under the avex trax label and her first with producer, Tetsuya Komuro. For a brief period in 1996, the album became the biggest selling album of Japanese music history before being outsold by Ayumi Hamasaki and her own producer. The success of the album helped Amuro accomplish feats never realized by a solo female artist. Amuro along with her landmark album, changed the landscape of Japanese pop music influencing everything from music style to performance and even fashion. Some of the effects of this phenomenon can still be felt within today's Japanese music industry.

Contents 1 Overview 2 Track listing 3 Personnel 4 Production 5 Charts

The liner notes included in the album are not clear on who wrote what particular song. As it is presented in the CD booklet, all songs are attributed to Tetsuya Komuro, Cozy Kubo, Akio Togashi, Takahiro Maeda and Randy Waldman as it makes no other distinction otherwise.

1. "watch your step!!" – 0:04
2. "motion" – 0:50
3. "LET'S DO THE MOTION" – 4:07
4. "PRIVATE" – 5:36
5. "Interlude ~ Ocean way" – 1:05
6. "Don't wanna cry (Eighteen's Summer Mix)" – 5:40
7. "Rainy DANCE"
8. "Chase the Chance (CC Mix)" – 3:42
9. "Interlude ~ Joy" – 1:19
10. "I'll JUMP" – 5:19
11. "Interlude ~ Scratch Voices" – 0:04
12. "i was a fool" – 4:36
13. "present" – 4:35
14. "Interlude ~ Don't wanna cry Symphonic Style" – 1:23
15. "You're my sunshine (Hollywood Mix) – 5:42
16. "Body Feels EXIT (Latin House Mix) – 8:51
17. "'77~" – 1:45
18. "SWEET 19 BLUES" – 5:38
19. "...soon nineteen" – 1:52

• Namie Amuro - vocals, background vocals
• m.c. AT - vocals
• Sheila E. - backing vocals, percussion
• Joey Johnson - backing vocals
• Lynn Mabry - background vocals
• Ricky Nelson - background vocals
• Tracy Whitney - background vocals
• Valerie Williams - background vocals
• Kinbara Chieko - strings
• Cozy Kubo - keyboard, synthesizer
• Tetsuya Komuro - backing vocals, keyboard, synthesizer
• Kazuhiro Matsuo - guitar
• Tatsuya Murayama - strings
• Raphael Padilla - percussions
• Michael Paulo - saxophone
• Neil Stubenhaus - bass guitar
• Michael Thompson - guitar

• Producers - Tetsuya Komuro, Cozy Kubo
• Mixing - Keith "KC" Cohen
• Vocal Direction - Akihiko Shimizu
• Photography - Itaru Hirama
• Art Direction - Tycoon Graphics

Album - Oricon Sales Chart (Japan)

Release	Chart	Peak Position	Sales Total	Chart Run
22 July 1996	Oricon Daily Albums Chart	1
22 July 1996	Oricon Weekly Albums Chart	1	3,359,420	42 weeks
22 July 1996	Oricon Yearly Albums Chart	2

Singles - Oricon Sales Chart (Japan)

Release	Single	Chart	Peak Position
25 October 1995	"Body Feels EXIT"	Oricon Daily Singles Chart	?
25 October 1995	"Body Feels EXIT"	Oricon Weekly Singles Chart	3
04 December 1995	"Chase the Chance"	Oricon Daily Singles Chart	1
04 December 1995	"Chase the Chance"	Oricon Weekly Singles Chart	1
13 March 1996	"Don't wanna cry"	Oricon Daily Singles Chart	1
13 March 1996	"Don't wanna cry"	Oricon Weekly Singles Chart	1
05 June 1996	"You're my sunshine"	Oricon Daily Singles Chart	1
05 June 1996	"You're my sunshine"	Oricon Weekly Singles Chart	1
21 August 1996	"SWEET 19 BLUES"	Oricon Daily Singles Chart	?
21 August 1996	"SWEET 19 BLUES"	Oricon Weekly Singles Chart	2

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Albums
Dance Tracks Vol. 1 | Sweet 19 Blues | Concentration 20 | 181920 | Genius 2000 | Break the Rules | Love Enhanced Single Collection | Style | Queen of Hip-Pop
Singles
Body Feels Exit | Chase the Chance | Don't Wanna Cry | You're My Sunshine | Sweet 19 Blues | A Walk in the Park | Can You Celebrate? | How to Be a Girl | Dreaming I was Dreaming | Can You Celebrate? (Maxi Single) | I Have Never Seen | Respect the Power of Love | Toi et Moi | Something 'bout the Kiss | Love 2000 | Never End | Please Smile Again | Think of Me / No More Tears | Say the Word | lovin' it | I Will | Wishing on the Same Star | Shine More | Put 'Em Up | So Crazy / Come | Alarm | All for You | Girl Talk / The Speed Star | Want Me, Want Me | White Light / Violet Sauce | Can't Sleep, Can't Eat, I'm Sick / 人魚 | Baby Don't Cry | Funky Town
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