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Bitter & Sweet
Studio album by Beni
Released	September 2, 2009
Recorded	2008–2009
Genre	Pop, R&B
Language	Japanese
Label	Nayutawave Records Universal Music Japan
Beni chronology
Chapter One: Complete Collection (2008) Bitter & Sweet (2009) Bitter & Sweet Release Tour Final (2010)
Alternative cover
CD+DVD Cover

Bitter & Sweet is the first album released by Beni Arashiro under her new label Universal Music Japan and her new stage name, Beni on September 2, 2009. The CD+DVD version is a limited edition with all her single PVs and two new PVs named "The Boy Is Mine", which features Tynisha Keli, and "Superstar" which are both cover songs. The vocals for the DJ Hasebe Remix of "Kiss Kiss Kiss" were recorded from one of her live performances. The song "Dakishimete", featuring Dohzi-T, was released on 19 August as an online download on Recochoku's Chaku Uta. The song debuted on the #5 place on the Chaku-Uta charts and the #2 place on the Recochoku chart. The album debuted at the #6 place on the Oricon chart. The day after it rose to the #5 place. At the end of the first week, the album ended up on the #5 spot on the weekly chart selling about 30,000 copies making it Beni's highest ranked and best selling album to date. She went on a release club tour. The tour was named Bitter&Sweet RELEASE TOUR. The tour was so successful that new tour dates were added. Bitter & Sweet has been certified Gold by RIAJ for shipment of 100,000 copies. On 28 December, it was announced that Bitter & Sweet sold over 100,000 copies.

Track listing

Charts

References

1. "BENI official website NEWS" (in Japanese). Universal Japan. 2009-07-29. Archived from the original on 2010-11-03. Retrieved 2009-07-29.
2. "Bitter&Sweet/BENI" (in Japanese). livedoor. 2009-07-28. Archived from the original on 2009-08-19. Retrieved 2009-07-28.
3. "Bitter&Sweet/BENI[DVD]" (in Japanese). Neowing. 2009-07-28. Retrieved 2009-07-28.
4. "BENI official website NEWS" (in Japanese). Universal Music Japan. 2009-08-18. Archived from the original on 2010-11-03. Retrieved 2009-08-18.
5. "Oricon ranking album daily" (in Japanese). Oricon Inc. 2009-09-15. Archived from the original on 2012-02-24. Retrieved 2009-09-15.
6. "BENI official website NEWS" (in Japanese). Universal music Japan. 2009-09-24. Archived from the original on 2010-11-03. Retrieved 2009-09-24.
7. "The 'B'log" (in Japanese). universal. 2009-09-24. Retrieved 2009-09-24.
8. ゴールド等認定作品一覧 2009年9月 (in Japanese). RIAJ. Retrieved 2009-10-14.
9. "BENI×マルイ コラボレーション決定!!" (in Japanese). Excite Music hall. Retrieved 2009-12-28.

External links

• Universal Bitter & Sweet mini-site

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