9 (Alice Nine album)

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9
Studio album by Alice Nine
Released	February 22, 2012
Recorded	2011–2012
Genre	Alternative rock progressive rock
Length	55:04
Label	Tokuma Japan Communications
Producer	Alice Nine
Alice Nine chronology
Gemini (2011) 9 (2012) Supernova (2014)
Singles from 9
"Blue Flame:" Released: August 6, 2011 "Heart of Gold:" Released: September 7, 2011 "Niji no Yuki (虹の雪)" Released: December 21, 2011

9 is the fifth studio album by Japanese visual kei rock band Alice Nine. The album was officially released on February 22, 2012.^[1]

9 was released in two formats: a limited edition with an exclusive DVD and a regular edition. The DVD included with the limited edition of the album features a music video for "すべてへ", as well as a multi-angle version of the music video focusing on one of the five members of the band and a making-of documentary for the music video. The album was preceded by three singles: "Blue Flame", released in August 2011, and "Heart of Gold", released in September 2011 and finally Niji no Yuki on 21 December 2011.

After the release, the band embarked on four tours of Japan entitled Alice Nine "Court of '9'" #1-4.^[2] So far^[when?] they have completed the first two of these tours with relative success in all areas of Japan, managing to sell out in many medium-to-large venues nationwide.