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2007 studio album by Avril Lavigne

The Best Damn Matter
Studio anthology past Avril Lavigne
Released	eleven Apr 2007 (2007-04-11)
Recorded	August 2006 – January 2007
Genre	Pop punk bubblegum pop
Length	40:38
Label	RCA
Producer	Rob Cavallo Dr. Luke Butch Walker Deryck Whibley
Avril Lavigne chronology
Under My Skin (2004) The Best Damn Thing (2007) Goodbye Lullaby (2011)
Singles from The All-time Damn Matter
"Girlfriend" Released: 27 Feb 2007 "When You're Gone" Released: 19 June 2007 "Hot" Released: ii Oct 2007 "The Best Damn Affair" Released: 21 June 2008

The Best Damn Affair is the third studio album by Canadian singer Avril Lavigne. It was released on eleven April 2007, by RCA Records. The album represents a musical departure from her earlier studio anthology Under My Skin (2004), which incorporates more than elements of postal service-grunge music. The Best Damn Thing is seen by critics equally Lavigne'south most commercial endeavor. The anthology was noted as her beginning endeavour to feature a wide range of producers, including Matt Beckley, Rob Cavallo, Dr. Luke and Lavigne herself, who was credited as the executive producer.

Upon its release, The Best Damn Thing received generally positive reviews from music critics, who praised Lavigne'due south transition from grungey alternative rock music to more pop-punk and bubblegum popular^{[1] [2] [iii] [4] [5]} music, with it being catchy and very radio-friendly. However, the master criticism of the album was the lyrical content, which some found too rough or brutal. The album debuted at number one on the U.s.a. Billboard 200 with first-week sales of 289,000 copies. The album as well debuted atop the charts in Austria, Canada, the United Kingdom and many other countries. Culling Press listed it as ane of the albums that all-time represented the popular-punk scene in 2007.^[6]

The Best Damn Thing had sold 9 million copies worldwide as of 2018, it was Lavigne's third acknowledged album.^[seven] Four singles were released from the album. Its lead unmarried "Girlfriend" peaked at number 1 on the US Billboard Hot 100, making it Lavigne's nigh successful chart unmarried to date. The single as well reached number one in twelve other countries beyond the world including Commonwealth of australia, Canada and Japan, making it 1 of the best-selling singles of 2007 worldwide. The second and 3rd single of the album, "When You lot're Gone" and "Hot" were moderate hits worldwide, with the former reaching number 24 on the U.s.a. Billboard Hot 100. Final single "The Best Damn Matter" reached the lower end of the charts. To promote the album, Lavigne performed at many Television receiver shows and award ceremonies, including the 2007 Teen Choice Awards and the 2007 MTV Europe Music Awards, also as a musical guest on Sabbatum Night Live. Furthermore, Lavigne embarked on a concert tour, entitled The All-time Damn World Tour, starting on eight March 2008, and ending on half dozen October 2008. Footage from the concert at the Air Canada Centre in Toronto were recorded and released on a DVD titled The All-time Damn Tour: Alive in Toronto.

Background and development [edit]

Post-obit the release of her second album Under My Skin (2004) and a world bout, Lavigne began recording textile for her tertiary anthology. While writing material, Lavigne was approached past Fox Entertainment Group to write a song for the soundtrack to the 2006 fantasy-take chances motion picture Eragon.^[8] Lavigne wrote the power ballad "Keep Holding On" for the picture and stated her intentions to include information technology on her ain anthology, although she maintained that the vocal was not indicative of the sound of her next anthology.^{[ citation needed ]} In belatedly 2006, Lavigne alleged in a blog post that she wanted to record more upbeat music, citing the material on her upcoming album as "fast, fun, young, bratty, aggressive, confident, cocky in a playful way ... all the skilful stuff".^[9]

In an interview with MTV, Lavigne discussed how the writing procedure for The All-time Damn Thing was straightforward, equally she opted to write about fictional experiences that she felt were more widely relatable.^[9] She intended to have fun when recording the anthology, commenting, "Some of the songs I wrote didn't even hateful that much to me. It'southward not similar some personal thing I'm going through. They're only songs".^[9] Many of the sessions involved ordering accept-out and drinking alcohol, with songs such every bit "Girlfriend" and "I Tin can Do Better" being written while inebriated.^[nine]

Composition [edit]

Music and lyrics [edit]

The songs were described as sounding like Toni Basil cheerleading for Glimmer-182,^[10] with Lavigne praised for her power to combine bubblegum popular melodies with punk stone riffs.^[11] Lavigne described the record as "fast, fun, young, bratty, rock, aggressive, confident, cocky in a playful way...all the good stuff". Many of the songs on the album did not have a deep meaning to Lavigne, with her stating "It's not like some personal matter I'1000 going through. They're just songs."^[12] It was produced by Dr. Luke, Butch Walker,^[xiii] Lavigne herself, and Lavigne'due south husband at the time, Sum 41 singer Deryck Whibley. Travis Barker of Blink 182 and +44, recorded some of the drums for the album as did Josh Freese when Lavigne and her party could not achieve Dave Grohl.^{[ citation needed ]}

Songs [edit]

A total of twelve songs are featured on the album. The opener and lead single, "Girlfriend", was written by Avril Lavigne and Lukasz "Dr. Luke" Gottwald, who likewise produced the song. "Girlfriend" is a moderately fast pop punk,^{[fourteen] [15]} vocal at 152 beats per infinitesimal, performed in the fundamental of D major. Lavigne'due south vocal range spans from A3 to D5.^[xvi] "Girlfriend" is available in vii other languages, the only difference from the English version beingness the chorus translated into Spanish, Portuguese, Standard mandarin, Japanese, Italian, German and French. The song was compared to the song "I Wanna Exist Your Beau", in which chants the similar verses, just was resulted in a lawsuit in mid 2007, accusing her of plagiarism. "I Can Practice Ameliorate" was compared to the cheerleader anthem "Mickey".^[four]

The songs "Runaway" and "Solitary" were compared to each other.^[4] "When You're Gone" is a power ballad with a piano and synth introduction. "Everything Back But You" was compared to "99 Red Balloons" and Sum 41.^[4] The songs "One of Those Girls" and "Contagious" were highlighted for their chugging metal guitars [One of Those Girls] and overlapping vocal lines [Contagious].^[4]

Plagiarism allegations [edit]

On 25 May 2007, songwriters James Gangwer and Tommy Dunbar sued Lavigne, her co-songwriter Lukasz Gottwald, Almo Music, and RCA Records, challenge that "Girlfriend" contains lyrics plagiarized from their song "I Wanna Be Your Boyfriend", originally performed by The Rubinoos and released past Beserkley Records in 1978.^{[17] [18]} In January 2008, a confidential settlement was reached with Gangwer and Dunbar retracting their claims of plagiarism.^[19]

In June 2007, Canadian singer-songwriter Chantal Kreviazuk, with whom Lavigne co-wrote the majority of her second album, Under My Skin, spoke to Performing Songwriter magazine about Lavigne's songwriting ability and ethics. Kreviazuk claimed that the vocal "Contagious" was based on a rails she had sent to Lavigne in 2005.^{[twenty] [21]} On 6 July 2007, Lavigne denied the accusation in an open letter on her website. She also threatened legal action against Kreviazuk for her allegations,^{[21] [22]} and Kreviazuk ultimately made a full public apology and retracted the statements.^[23]

Music critics also noted very close similarities between the introductions of "I Don't Have to Try" and Peaches' 2003 song "I'm the Kinda".^[24]

Promotion and release [edit]

Promotional releases [edit]

On xviii February 2007, clips of "Everything Back But You", "I Can Do Better" and "When You're Gone" were released on AOL Music.^[25] The runway "Alone" (the B-side of "Girlfriend") was made bachelor for download on the iTunes Store in New Zealand and Commonwealth of australia on 29 March. The whole album fabricated its radio debut on Ottawa radio station HOT 89.9 at 6:00 pm on fourteen April 2007.

Days before the release of The Best Damn Thing Lavigne was full in promotion around North America doing live performances on shows including Sabbatum Night Live, Late Show with David Letterman, The Ellen DeGeneres Show, Total Request Live, The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, and Live with Regis and Kelly.

On 11 September 2007, Lavigne appeared on the season finale of Canadian Idol 2007 and performed "Hot" and "When Yous're Gone". On the show, Lavigne fabricated announcement regarding her tour in support of the album.

Lavigne also made her debut on the worldwide fashion website Stardoll to promote "The Best Damn Affair". Here, she created her own "paperdoll" and answered questions to her fans in a quick 10-minute exercise. Her suite can exist constitute on [www.stardoll.com/en] in the Real Celebrities column. She also has a promotion column and her wearable Abbey Dawn as well features on the website, where other members tin buy her article of clothing to dress up their dolls.

Singles [edit]

"Girlfriend", the start single released from the anthology, was produced by Dr. Luke and was a global success. It reached No. 1 on the US Billboard Hot 100. The unmarried too reached number one in twelve other countries across the world including Australia, Canada and Japan. It was also the height selling song of 2007 worldwide.^[26] The accompanying music video broke YouTube records, becoming the almost watched video of all-fourth dimension by July 2008. It holds the record as the first video on YouTube to reach 100 meg views. There was also a remix of the song featuring rapper Lil Mama.

"When You're Gone" was the 2d single. Released on xix June 2007, while "Girlfriend" was still strong on the charts, the power ballad became another hit in the Britain and other countries. It peaked at No. iv on the European Hot 100, was close to reaching the top twenty on the US Billboard Hot 100 and attained tiptop twenty status in over thirteen countries.^[27] In that location is an audio-visual version of the vocal on the deluxe edition of The All-time Damn Matter that was only available on the iTunes Store.^[28]

"Hot" was the third single, released in Oct 2007. The vocal was written by Lavigne herself and Evan Taubenfeld; it showcased Lavigne at her virtually revealing. The lyrics depict Lavigne's feelings for a guy who "makes [her] feel hot".^[29] The vocal'south music video was considered her sexiest to engagement at the fourth dimension. The single was the least successful in the The states, charting only at No. 95 on the Billboard Hot 100, all the same it managed to attain the top ten in Nihon and Canada, and top 20 in Australia. A version of the song was recorded in which the chorus was replaced with lyrics in Japanese and Mandarin.

"Innocence" was the third unmarried in Italy, and MTV Italian republic made an unofficial video.^[30]

"The Best Damn Thing" was the 4th unmarried from the album. It was released on 13 June 2008, and was produced past Butch Walker. The song has a strong pop-punk vibe mixed with a teen-cheerleader theme. "Innocence" was released as a radio single for Italy and Canada, and managed to nautical chart in the latter.^[31]

Release and promotion [edit]

During all of 2007, Lavigne promoted her anthology with a Promotional Tour playing some Tv set concerts for CBC and MTV in Canada and Paris. She also played three full concerts in Mexico and places such every bit Rome, Hong Kong, Russia, and played in China for the very offset time in her career with a tape sold-out concert in Shanghai. In Europe she played at different summertime festivals. In Asia she was part of the Summer Sonic Festival in Osaka, Japan and past the finish of the year formed part of the Jingle Bell Christmas Bout.

In 2008, Lavigne embarked on The All-time Damn World Tour with 110 performances to support The All-time Damn Thing.^{[32] [33]} The bout visited Northward America from March to May then moved to Europe until July. The tour returned to North America for more performances between July and August, after which information technology travelled to Asia to conclude the tour in October. The opening human activity for the first Due north American leg of her tour was Boys Like Girls.^[32] The European leg of the tour was opened by the Jonas Brothers. Demi Lovato was the opening act for some of the dates in the second leg of the North American office of the bout.^[34] Other opening acts included Double Faced Eels and The Midway Country. The setlist included songs of the new album but also older singles from Let Go and Nether My Skin. A DVD with alive recordings of the tour was released on 9 September 2008, chosen The Best Damn Tour: Live in Toronto.

Lavigne performing in Amsterdam in 2008

Lavigne performed a small bout to promote The Best Damn Thing. Only members of her fan guild were allowed to attend the shows. She kicked off the small tour in Calgary, Alberta, and played for a oversupply of around 200. The Calgary show aired on tv on 2 April 2007, on the CBC Network. On this testify, i could encounter behind-the-scenes footage and Lavigne performing songs from The Best Damn Thing, likewise as other shows in Los Angeles, Paris and Madrid. She also held autograph signings in New York City and Hollywood afterward the anthology was released.

The bout stirred controversy when it generated protests in Malaysia. The Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party, who led the protests, claimed "[Lavigne's performance] is considered also sexy for us" and "it's not expert for viewers in Malaysia".^[35] However, the government finally gave permission for her to perform on 29 August 2008.^[36]

Lavigne canceled the terminal viii North American concerts acute laryngitis. She also canceled her concert in Barcelona, Spain, the aforementioned 24-hour interval of the concert due to a truckers' strike.

Critical reception [edit]

Professional ratings

Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	66/100[37]
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
Entertainment Weekly	(B)[38]
The Guardian	[39]
musicOMH	[40]
The New York Times	(mixed)[41]
PopMatters	(6/ten)[42]
Robert Christgau	[43]
Rolling Stone	[44]
Slant Mag	[45]
Stylus Magazine	B[46]

The Best Damn Thing garnered generally positive reviews from music critics. Stephen Thomas Erlewine of AllMusic gave the album four.5 out of 5 stars, stating that the album "feels even more adolescent than her aggressively tricky-n-shallow debut, 'Let Become', perhaps because this is an anthology where Avril is allowed to run wild," calling it "as exuberant, irreverent, and exciting as whatever other bubblegum pop, defiantly silly and shallow, simply also deliriously hooky."^[i] Alex Macpherson of The Guardian gave the anthology 4 out of v stars, calling it "a triumphant comeback", describing it as "a high-octane blast on which she is having the time of her life."^[39] Alex Nunn of musicOMH called it "a fun, engaging tape", "an exuberantly fun anthology, one that packs more than a fair dial and puts a delightfully perky twist on the management of onetime releases 'Let Go' and Nether My Skin."^[40]

Chris Willman of Amusement Weekly and Theon Weber of Stylus Magazine gave the album a "B" rating, while Willman praised Lavigne for "providing the best darn stone & curl album teen girls are likely to hear all yr",^[38] Weber described the album as an "enormous, senseless, superficial, selfish, and cocky by the point of absurdity, but it's never incorrect."^[46] Christian Hoard of Rolling Stone praised the album for existence "totally fearless nearly targeting pop radio and rather expert in its execution."^[44] Tim O'Neil of PopMatters was positive towards its uptempo songs, calling information technology "stiff pop-punk turns", while considering the ballads "regrettable". However, O'Neil praised Lavigne for making "the brave decision to measure artistic maturity with no 1'southward yardstick only her own."^[42] In a more mixed review, Jon Pareles of The New York Times wrote that "as an anthology, 'The Best Damn Thing' is too relentless to be heard terminate to end",^[41] while Sal Cinquemani of Slant Magazine was more disquisitional of the album's unexpected move, calling it "a big step back for an artist who was just starting to grow upwards."^[45]

Accolades [edit]

Commercial performance [edit]

The Best Damn Thing became Lavigne's third anthology to achieve number one on the UK Albums Nautical chart. The Best Damn Thing debuted atop the US Billboard 200 with first-week sales of 286,000 copies, according to data compiled by Nielsen SoundScan for the nautical chart dated 5 May 2007.^[53] The Best Damn Matter became Lavigne's second album to top the Billboard 200, post-obit 2004's Under My Skin.^[53] The anthology topped the Billboard 200 for two consecutive weeks, selling 121,000 copies in its 2nd calendar week.^[54] After three months of its release the album was certified Platinum in the United States RIAA for reaching sales of one meg copies.^[55] As of September 2015, The Best Damn Thing had sold 1.7 million copies in the The states, it was certified RIAA ii×Platinum with 2 million units sold.^[56]

In Canada, the album debuted at number one with 68,000 copies sold, slightly more than Nether My Skin.^[57] In its second calendar week, there was a 62% sales driblet to around 26,000 copies. In Australia, The Best Damn Matter debuted on the ARIA Albums Chart at number two and shipped over 35,000 copies, being accredited Gilt by ARIA; it was Lavigne's kickoff album not to attain number i. It has been certified two times platinum.

In Japan, it debuted at number two. In its second week of release, later on Lavigne's Music Station performance, information technology reached the number-one spot, selling 120,000 copies. This is her second number-one anthology in Japan. In its chart run, it sold 900,000 copies and was the 3rd best selling album of the twelvemonth, and the only non-domestic anthology in the pinnacle twenty-five. In Spain, The Best Damn Thing debuted at number 9, lower than Nether My Peel, which debuted at number one. The album debuted at number one in over xx countries and sold 784,000 copies in its start week worldwide. Overall, the album charted at number one in ten countries.

Co-ordinate to the IFPI, The Best Damn Thing was the 4th top-selling anthology worldwide and Sony BMG's top-selling anthology of 2007 with sales of over 5 million copies worldwide.^[58] Equally of 2018, The All-time Damn Matter has sold 9 million copies worldwide.^[59]

Track list [edit]

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(due south)	Length
1.	"Girlfriend"	Avril Lavigne Lukasz Gottwald	Dr. Luke Matt Beckley[a] Steven Wolf[a]	3:37
2.	"I Can Do Meliorate"	Lavigne Gottwald	Dr. Luke Beckley[a] Wolf[a]	iii:17
iii.	"Runaway"	Lavigne Gottwald Kara DioGuardi	Dr. Luke Beckley[a] Wolf[a]	3:48
4.	"The Best Damn Thing"	Lavigne Butch Walker	Walker	iii:10
v.	"When You're Gone"	Lavigne Walker	Walker	four:00
6.	"Everything Back but You"	Lavigne Walker	Walker	3:03
7.	"Hot"	Lavigne Evan Taubenfeld	Dr. Luke Beckley[a] Wolf[a]	3:23
8.	"Innocence"	Lavigne Taubenfeld	Rob Cavallo	iii:53
9.	"I Don't Have to Effort"	Lavigne Gottwald	Dr. Luke Beckley[a] Wolf[a]	3:17
10.	"One of Those Girls"	Lavigne Taubenfeld	Deryck Whibley	two:56
11.	"Contagious"	Lavigne Taubenfeld	Whibley	2:10
12.	"Go on Belongings On"	Lavigne Gottwald	Dr. Luke Beckley[a]	iv:00
Full length:				40:34

Digital Explicit Edition bonus rails^[threescore]

No.	Championship	Author(due south)	Producer(s)	Length
xiii.	"Girlfriend" (alive)	Lavigne Gottwald	Dr. Luke Beckley[a] Wolf[a]	iii:fourteen
Full length:				43:48

German language and Tidal bonus rail^{[61] [62]}

No.	Title	Author(due south)	Producer(south)	Length
13.	"Girlfriend" (German version)	Lavigne Gottwald	Dr. Luke Beckley[a] Wolf[a]	3:38
Total length:				44:12

iTunes Store Bonus video edition^[63]

No.	Championship	Length
thirteen.	"Avril Lavigne's Brand 5 Wishes - Episodes 8,9,ten,11" (manga series; video)	27:11
Total length:		67:45

iTunes Shop deluxe edition bonus tracks^[64]

No.	Title	Author(s)	Producer(south)	Length
xiii.	"When You're Gone" (acoustic version)	Lavigne Walker	Walker	iii:58
14.	"I Can Do Better" (acoustic version)	Lavigne Gottwald	Dr. Luke	3:39
fifteen.	"Girlfriend" (the Submarines' time warp '66 mix)	Lavigne Gottwald	Dr. Luke The Submarines[b]	3:10
Total length:				51:21

US iTunes Store / US and UK Amazon deluxe edition bonus track^{[65] [66] [67]}

No.	Title	Length
16.	"When You're Gone" (music video)

Japanese bonus runway^[68]

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(south)	Length
13.	"Alone"	Lavigne Max Martin Gottwald	Dr. Luke Beckley[a] Wolf[a]	3:14
Full length:				43:48

Japanese enhanced CD bonus track^[69]

No.	Title	Length
14.	"Girlfriend" (video)

Japanese special edition bonus tracks^[70]

No.	Championship	Length
xiv.	"Sk8er Boi" (live)	iii:44
15.	"Adia" (live)	4:11
Total length:		51:43

Special limited edition, iTunes Store expanded edition and Spotify bonus tracks^{[71] [72] [73] [74]}

No.	Championship	Writer(southward)	Producer(s)	Length
xiv.	"I Will Exist"	Lavigne Martin Gottwald	Dr. Luke Beckley[a] Wolf[a]	4:00
15.	"I Can Do Better" (acoustic)	Lavigne Gottwald	Dr. Luke	3:39
16.	"Girlfriend" (the Submarines' time warp '66 mix)	Lavigne Gottwald	Dr. Luke The Submarines[b]	three:11
17.	"Girlfriend" (Dr. Luke remix; featuring Lil Mama)	Lavigne Gottwald Niatia Kirkland	Dr. Luke	3:25
Total length:				58:03

Japanese special limited edition bonus tracks^[75]

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(southward)	Length
xvi.	"Girlfriend" (Japanese version)	Lavigne Gottwald	Dr. Luke Beckley[a] Wolf[a]	iii:38
17.	"Girlfriend" (Dr. Luke remix; featuring Lil Mama)	Lavigne Gottwald Niatia Kirkland	Dr. Luke	3:25
Total length:				58:30

Mainland china, Taiwan and Hong Kong special limited edition bonus tracks^{[76] [77]}

No.	Championship	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
16.	"Girlfriend" (Mandarin version)	Lavigne Gottwald	Dr. Luke Beckley[a] Wolf[a]	iii:38
17.	"Girlfriend" (Dr. Luke remix; featuring Lil Mama)	Lavigne Gottwald Niatia Kirkland	Dr. Luke	3:25
Total length:				58:xxx

Deluxe edition bonus DVD^[78]

No.	Title	Length
ane.	"The Making of The Best Damn Thing Album"
2.	"Photo Gallery"

Special limited edition bonus DVD^[71]

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Everything Back But You" (alive performance from the Orange Lounge)
2.	"Girlfriend" (live functioning from the Orange Lounge)
3.	"Hot" (live performance from the Orangish Lounge)
four.	"When You're Gone" (live performance from the Orangish Lounge)
v.	"Girlfriend" (music video)
6.	"When You're Gone" (music video)
7.	"Hot" (music video)
8.	"The Best Damn Thing" (music video)

Japanese special edition bonus DVD^[70]

No.	Title	Length
one.	"Girlfriend" (music video)
two.	"Girlfriend" (Dr. Luke remix; music video; featuring Lil Mama)
three.	"When Yous're Gone" (music video)
4.	"Hot" (music video)
v.	"The Best Damn Affair" (music video)
half dozen.	"The Making of The Best Damn Thing Album"
7.	"The Making of 'Girlfriend' Music Video"

Notes

• ^a signifies an additional producer
• ^b signifies a remixer and additional producer

Personnel [edit]

Credits adapted from The All-time Damn Matter liner notes.^[79]

• Avril Lavigne – A&R, vocals, guitar, backing vocals
• Lukasz Gottwald – production, piano, guitar, bass guitar, electronic keyboards and addictive drums on tracks 1, 2, 3, 7, 9 and 12
• Steven Wolf – drums and additional drums on tracks 1, 7 and 12
• Travis Barker – drums on tracks 2,3, 9 and the bonus track "Lone"
• Josh Freese – drums on tracks 4 and 5
• Butch Walker – production, acoustic and electric guitars, bass guitar, background vocals and percussion on tracks iv, 5 and half-dozen
• Deryck Whibley – production, electrical guitar and bass guitar on tracks 4, 10 and 11
• Dan Chase – electronic keyboards on track 4
• Kenny Aronoff – drums on runway 6
• Rob Cavallo – product on rail 8
• Matt Beckley – additional production on tracks 1, 2, 3, 7, ix, 12 and engineering on tracks 1, iii, 7, 9
• Jamie Muhoberac – electronic keyboards and piano on track 8
• Tim Pierce – guitars on track 8
• Jesse Welch - piano, bass, guitar, synthesizers and strings on track 5
• Greg Suran – guitars on rails viii
• Paul Bushnell – bass guitar on track 8
• Abe Laboriel, Jr. – drums on rails eight
• Steve Jocz – drums on tracks 10 and 11
• Chris Chaney – bass guitar on runway eleven
• David Campbell — string arrangements on runway 8
• Larry Corbett – cello on runway 12
• Cyan Wilson – viola on track 12
• Jonathan Gillespie – inspiration on track iv
• Serban Ghenea – mixing

Charts [edit]

Certifications and sales [edit]

Release history [edit]

Notes [edit]

1. ^ The regular edition peaked at number 135 on the Japanese chart, while the special edition peaked at number 1 and the Japanese limited edition peaked at number fifteen.

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