| Past<Future | ||||
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| Released | December 16, 2009 | |||
| Recorded | 2008–2009 | |||
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| Length | 49:07 | |||
| Label | Avex Trax | |||
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| Singles from Past<Future | ||||
Past<Future is the ninth studio album by Japanese pop singer Namie Amuro. It was released on December 16, 2009, through Avex Trax. This was her first original album to be released in two and a half years. The record came after the release of her blockbuster greatest hits album Best Fiction (2008), which sold over a million copies. Unlike her previous studio albums, Queen of Hip-Pop (2005) and Play (2007), Past<Future features a more electropop and synth-pop sound that was prevalent in the Western music charts at the time.
Past<Future received positive reviews from music critics, with praise being directed towards its production value and sounds. Commercially, the album was a success in Japan, hitting the top spot on the Oricon Albums Chart, and has since been certified double platinum by the Recording Industry Association of Japan (RIAJ) for over 500,000 copies sold nationwide. The album reached number one on Taiwan's G-Music's J-pop Chart. It also reached number one on South Korea's Hanteo weekly and monthly albums charts. Past<Future was Amuro's best-selling original album since Genius 2000 (2000), which sold over 800,000 copies.
The only physical single to be released from the album is the double A-side single "Wild/Dr.." The single was a commercial success, becoming Amuro's eleventh chart-topper on the Oricon Singles Chart, as well as "Wild" being her second chart-topper on the Billboard Japan Hot 100. The album additionally features the promotional singles "Fast Car," "My Love" and "Copy That," with the latter two appearing in "Premium Vidal Sassoon" commercials in which she starred in. Amuro promoted Past<Future by embarking on the Namie Amuro Past Future Tour 2010 hall tour, which ran from April to December 2010.