12, Smart Explained
| 12, Smart |
| Type: | Album |
| Artist: | Morning Musume |
| Cover: | 12, Smart (Morning Musume album - cover art).jpg |
| Released: | October 12, 2011 |
| Recorded: | 2011 |
| Label: | Zetima |
| Producer: | Tsunku |
| Prev Title: | Fantasy! Jūichi |
| Prev Year: | 2010 |
| Next Title: | 13 Colorful Character |
| Next Year: | 2012 |
is the twelfth studio album by Japanese girl group Morning Musume.
Overview
It is the last album to feature Ai Takahashi, Risa Niigaki, and Aika Mitsui and the first to feature the ninth-generation members Mizuki Fukumura, Erina Ikuta, Riho Sayashi, and Kanon Suzuki.
Personnel
- Kaoru Okubo - Keyboard and Programming (1,2,3,4,8,11)
- Ai Takahashi - Chorus (1,2,3,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12)
- Risa Niigaki - Chorus (1,6)
- Koji Kamada - Guitar (2,7,8,12), Electric Guitar and Air Guitar (5)
- U.M.E.D.Y - Rap (3)
- Sayumi Michishige - Chorus (4)
- Shōichirō Hirata - Programming (5,7)
- Tsunku - Chorus (5,12)
- AKIRA - Programming (6)
- Shunsuke Suzuki - Programming and Guitar (9)
- Takao Toshiyuki - Drums (9)
- Yuusuke Itagaki - Programming and Guitar (10)
- Masanori Takumi - Programming, Guitar and Bass (12)
Charts
| Chart (2011) | Peak
position | Weeks
on chart | Sales |
|---|
First
week | Total |
|---|
| Oricon Weekly Albums Chart | 8 | 4 | 11,389 | 13,889 |
| Billboard Japan Top Albums[1] | 8< | --2011/10/24 8, 2011/10/31 60--> | 2 | | | |
|---|
External links
- 12, Smart at the official Hello! Project discography
Notes and References
- Web site: Top Albums｜JAPAN Charts｜Billboard JAPAN (2011/10/24) . Hanshin Contents Link Corporation & Prometheus Global Media, LLC . 2012-02-19 . ja . https://web.archive.org/web/20120526022649/http://www.billboard-japan.com/system/jp_charts/top_albums/page:17 . 2012-05-26 . dead .
