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''Touch Me!'' is Japanese singer-songwriter Mai Kuraki's eighth studio album, which was released on January 21, 2009, in Japan by her record label Northern Music. The album was released in two formats; the regular single CD version and a limited CD+DVD version, whose content contained a behind the scenes look at the making of the album, as well an interview and clips from her 2008 tour. The album follows the same pattern as "One Life", in which Kuraki collaborated with new composers. Three singles were released from the album; the first, "Yume ga Saku Haru/You and Music and Dream", which debuted at number five on the Oricon single weekly chart. The second single and third single were, "Ichibyōgoto ni Love for You" and "24 Xmas Time". Both singles charted at number seven on the Oricon charts. Selling 50,250 units in its first week, the album debuted at the number-one on the Oricon album weekly chart, becoming Kuraki's first album in five years to appear at the top spot. ==Charting information== Released on January 21, 2009, in both Japan and Taiwan, the album proved to be successful in both countries. In Japan, ''Touch Me!'' debuted at number-one on the Oricon album daily chart. By the end of the charting week the album took the number-one spot on the Oricon album weekly at number-one with 50,250 units sold in its first week. This made ''Touch Me!'' Kuraki's first number-one album in five years, with this last occurring with her first best of album, ''Wish You the Best'' (2004).〔 In Taiwan, the album debuted at number-one on the J-Pop music chart, with 8.75% of the sales on the chart.〔 On the drop down Select 第3週(【引用サイトリンク】title=Touch Me! first week J-Pop chart )〕 The album stayed atop of the chart in its second and third week, with 6.55% and 4.38% of the sales, respectively.〔 On the drop down Select 第4週(【引用サイトリンク】title=Touch Me! second week J-Pop chart )〕〔 On the drop down Select 第5週(【引用サイトリンク】title=Touch Me! third week J-Pop chart )〕 In its fourth week on the chart, ''Touch Me!'' was pushed down to number three, with 2.28% of the sales. The first and second place was occupied by Korean pop boy band TVXQ's twenty-fifth Japanese-language single, "Bolero/Kiss the Baby Sky/Wasurenaide" and the Ponyo soundtrack.〔 On the drop down Select 第6週(【引用サイトリンク】title=Touch Me! fourth week J-Pop chart )〕 However, on the Combo chart the album debuted at number twelve, with 0.66% of sales.〔 On the drop down Select 第3週(【引用サイトリンク】title=Touch Me! first week Combo chart )〕 By the second week, the album dropped to nuimber twenty, selling 0.44%.〔 On the drop down Select 第4週(【引用サイトリンク】title=Touch Me! second week Combo chart )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Touch Me!」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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