Stray Sheep

Stray Sheep
Studio album by
Kenshi Yonezu
ReleasedAugust 5, 2020 (2020-08-05)
GenreJ-pop
Length59:26
LabelSony Japan
ProducerKenshi Yonezu
Kenshi Yonezu chronology
Bootleg
(2017) 		Stray Sheep
(2020) 		Lost Corner
(2024)
Singles from Stray Sheep
  1. "Lemon"
    Released: March 14, 2018
  2. "Flamingo/Teenage Riot"
    Released: October 31, 2018
  3. "Spirits of the Sea"
    Released: June 3, 2019
  4. "Uma to Shika"
    Released: September 11, 2019
  5. "Paprika"
    Released: February 3, 2020
  6. "Kanden"
    Released: July 6, 2020

Stray Sheep (stylized in all caps) is the fifth album by Kenshi Yonezu, released on August 5, 2020.[1][2][3] The song "Kanden" has been used as the theme song of the comedy TV series MIU404.[4] The album sold over 879,000 copies in its first week, debuting atop the Oricon Albums Chart.[5] It was the top selling album of 2020 in Japan according to both Billboard Japan[6] and Oricon. The latter calculated that the album had sold 1,970,930 copies in Japan by the end of 2020, summarizing CDs, vinyls, downloads, and streaming equivalents.[7]

According to the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI), Stray Sheep was the world's third-best-selling album of 2020, with 2.54 million sales worldwide.[8]

  1. ^ "米津玄師、ニュー・アルバム『STRAY SHEEP』トラックリスト公開。". Tower Records.
  2. ^ "米津玄師の新アルバム『STRAY SHEEP』Lemon、パプリカなど新曲9曲を含む全15曲収録". www.fashion-press.net (in Japanese). Retrieved 2024-08-22.
  3. ^ "３年かけて磨き上げた傷だらけの宝石". Natalie.mu. 性懲りもなく迷ってるなという感じですね。だからアルバムのタイトルも「STRAY SHEEP」になった。
  4. ^ "米津玄師の新曲"感電"が主題歌の綾野剛＆星野源W主演ドラマ『MIU404』第1話を観た！". Yahoo.co.jp.
  5. ^ "オリコン週間 アルバムランキング 2020年08月03日～2020年08月09日". Oricon. Archived from the original on August 14, 2020. Retrieved August 14, 2020.
  6. ^ "YOASOBI Tops Billboard Japan's 2020 Year-End Charts With Song Not Released on CD". Billboard. December 3, 2020. Retrieved December 10, 2020.
  7. ^ "[Oricon Annual Ranking 2020] Arashi wins the top spot for the ninth time in total". Oricon. December 28, 2020. Retrieved December 28, 2020.
  8. ^ "IFPI Global Top 10 Album Sales Chart 2020". IFPI. Archived from the original on August 14, 2021. Retrieved 2022-01-20.