Checkmate! (album)

Checkmate!
A woman wearing a corset and leather boots stands on a chessboard, and is surrounded to her left and right by chess pieces proportionally larger than her.
CD only edition cover
Compilation album by
Namie Amuro
ReleasedApril 27, 2011 (2011-04-27)
Recorded2003–2011
Genre
Length58:04
Language
  • Japanese
  • English
LabelAvex Trax
Producer
  • Takashi Kasuga (exec.)
  • Shinji Hayashi (exec.)
  • Shintaro Higuchi
  • Hisahiko Iida
  • Rui Maeda
Namie Amuro chronology
Past<Future
(2009) 		Checkmate!
(2011) 		Uncontrolled
(2012)
Singles from Checkmate!
  1. "Wonder Woman"
    Released: March 9, 2011 (2011-03-09)
  2. "Make It Happen"
    Released: April 20, 2011 (2011-04-20)
  3. "#1"
    Released: April 27, 2011 (2011-04-27)
  4. "Unusual"
    Released: May 4, 2011 (2011-05-04)

Checkmate! is a collaboration album by Japanese singer Namie Amuro, featuring a collection of her collaborations with other musicians released between 2003 and 2011, as well as four new collaborations.[1] The album was released on April 27, 2011, about one month after its original release date, due to 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami.[2][3]

Two songs were released as digital downloads prior to the album, "Wonder Woman" in early March prior to the album's postponement, as well as "Make It Happen" on April 20, a week before the album's release.

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference Tsutaya was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ エイベックス発売延期商品の新リリース日が決定 [New release dates for postponed Avex releases]. Natalie.mu (in Japanese). April 6, 2011. Retrieved April 27, 2011.
  3. ^ "[CD] [CD] Best Collaboration Album「Checkmate!」 [CD+DVD] / 安室奈美恵". Neowing (in Japanese). Retrieved April 26, 2011.