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| Released | June 24, 1998 | |||
| Recorded | 1997–1998 | |||
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| Genre | R&B, pop | |||
| Length | 69:57 | |||
| Label | Arista Japan | |||
| Producer | Haruo Yoda, Hiroto Tanigawa | |||
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Mother Father Brother Sister is the debut studio album by Japanese singer and songwriter Misia, released on June 24, 1998, by Arista Japan. It was produced by Haruo Yoda and Hiroto Tanigawa and recorded between 1997 and 1998. Mother Father Brother Sister is commonly noted as being one of the first mainstream Japanese pop albums to incorporate elements of African-American music such as soul music, gospel, and contemporary R&B.
Mother Father Brother Sister was positively reviewed by music critics, who praised Misia's vocal performance and the record's compositions. Commercially, the record found massive success in Japan, reaching number one on the Oricon Albums Chart and earning a double million certification by the Recording Industry Association of Japan (RIAJ) for selling over two million copies nationwide. The album is the seventh best-selling debut album of all time in Japan, and the country's 38th best-selling album overall. It won the Best Album Award at the 40th Japan Record Awards at the end of the same year.
Mother Father Brother Sister spawned two singles, "Tsutsumikomu Yō ni..." and "Hi no Ataru Basho." Both the singles performed well in Japan, with the former becoming one of Misia's signature songs. The album is retrospectively seen as paving the way for bringing R&B into the Japanese mainstream, and is seen as one of the most important debut albums in the history of the Japanese music industry.