Party Queen

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Party Queen
Studio album by Ayumi Hamasaki
Released	March 21, 2012 (2012-03-21)
Recorded	2011–2012
Genre	J-pop pop rock dance-pop electronica
Length	53:04
Label	Avex Trax
Producer	Max Matsuura
Ayumi Hamasaki chronology
Five (2011) Party Queen (2012) A Summer Best (2012)
Singles from Party Queen
"How Beautiful You Are" Released: February 8, 2012 (digital release)

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AllMusic	[1]

Party Queen is the thirteenth full-length studio album by Japanese singer-songwriter Ayumi Hamasaki. The album was released digitally on March 14, 2012 and physically on March 21, 2012 through Avex Trax. Primarily a pop album, Party Queen is made up mostly of dance songs and ballads. As with all of Hamasaki's albums, she wrote all of the lyrics. Composition was handled by a team of composers, as with many of her albums. Party Queen featured music videos and songs recorded in London and was her second album to do so.

Party Queen became Hamasaki's first album to feature no physical singles; however, "How Beautiful You Are" was released digitally as the album's lead single. As it lacked a physical release, "How Beautiful You Are" was ineligible to chart on the Oricon singles chart, but it did chart at number fifty-two on Billboard's Japan Hot 100, and number three on the RIAJ Digital Track Chart. The song was certified Gold by the Recording Industry Association of Japan for digital sales exceeding 100,000.

Party Queen received mixed reviews from music critics. Commercially, the album became her second to miss the Oricon's top position, debuting at number two in Japan with first-week sales of 97,691 copies, the lowest of her career at that time. It sold around 150,000 copies in Japan by the end of its chart run and received Gold certification.