The Showcase (album)

The Showcase
Studio album by
Lead
ReleasedJune 8, 2016
Recorded2012–2016
GenreHip hop, pop, R&B, dance
LabelPony Canyon
Lead chronology
Now or Never
(2012) 		The Showcase
(2016) 		Milestone
(2018)
Singles from The Showcase
  1. "Still"
    Released: December 12, 2012
  2. "Upturn"
    Released: June 19, 2013
  3. "Green Days"
    Released: September 18, 2013
  4. "Sakura"
    Released: February 26, 2014
  5. "Omoide Breaker"
    Released: September 17, 2014
  6. "My One"
    Released: March 4, 2015
  7. "Yakusoku"
    Released: November 25, 2015

The Showcase is the seventh studio album by the Japanese hip-hop group Lead on June 8, 2016, four years after their last album Now or Never. The album became their highest ranking album since their debut, peaking at #2 on the Oricon charts and remaining on the charts for five weeks. The album consisted of seven preceding singles, the first being "Still" in December 2012 and the last being "Yakusoku", released three years later on November 25, 2015.

The album was released in four different editions, each carrying different material. It came as a standard CD, a limited edition CD, a CD+DVD combination and a CD rendition that came with a booklet. To promote The Showcase, the group held both pre-release concerts and release concerts. The pre-release lives were held from April 24, 2016 to May 21, 2016, and the release lives were held between June 7, 2016 to July 10, 2016.

It was their first album released as a trio, whereas lead vocalist, Hiroki Nakadoi, resigned from the group due to feelings of inadequacy after they released their twentieth single Still.