wow the new cover is beautiful I LOVE Mika's image ^^ Did she get a new tattoo?

love love love the cover. i didn't at first, but i like the sort of stripped down look... it's a nice change and really shows her versatility... she can look beautiful all done up, with flawless make up, amazing costumes and very styled hair, but she can also look so beautiful with a bare face, in a white tank top and messy flowing hair. absolutely gorgeous <333

also love the track list since i haven't been buy any of the singles... can't wait to hear the new tracks too!

OMG Stringgssss in Koe

I love stringss
I'm hyped now :D

LIFE is such a great way to start the album. It starts slowly and then gets into the beat.

That cover looks beautiful. She is versatile. She's had it short, long, in braids, in a scarf, wavy, straight, with and without bangs. I like how she braided her bangs out of the way in this shot.

Oh Is the CD and CD+DVD cover going to be the same? I'm so used to seeing two covers for the albums nowadays and she had two for YES so I was hoping it was coming.

totally love the cover~ so serene and peaceful..and no photoshopping :lech

not sure because I know for the CD + DVD of YES , what you see on the net's the slipcase

not sure for VOICE's case

NINKI for ORION:

#07 37.90 中岛美嘉 ORION

Well i'm not surprised at its position because the album is also going to be out in the same month plus the only contents in it that's not going to be in the album are the instrumentals =\

ick that's not really good

but kinda expected since the album will be releasing in a matter of a few weeks so people would rather wait a while to get VOICE instead of ORION

I did a drawing of Mika in the fanwork thread, chek it out :D


Only 30k?

That's just sad... I wish it would sell much higher.

Even YES sold 200k+

^ Mika's not really strong when comes to single sales . Even the sales of the singles that make the cut in VOICE , only LIFE cross the 100K where the rest were duds

I wouldn't be surprised if VOICE can't sell as well as YES :(

& oh ya before I forget she will be performing at MUSIC STATION next Fri :

2008.11.14

• 青山テルマ (Aoyama Thelma)
• 加藤ミリヤ (Kato Miliyah)
• ゴスペラーズ VS 常田真太郎（from スキマスイッチ） (The Gospellers VS Tokita Shintarou (from Sukima Switch))
• SPEED
• 土屋アンナ (Tsuchiya Anna)
• 中島美嘉 (Nakashima Mika)

too bad she wouldn't be doing FOCUS :(

poor mika..
actually she musnt release ORION IMO

Are you kidding me ? XDD Of course VOICE will do better than YES..
Just with the simple fact that LIFE is in VOICE will help the sales, and better ORION is promoting the album so well so far! I won't be surprised if ORION gets the same digital sales as LIFE.
The album is #14 on HMV pre-orders top 200, 4th on Neowing CD top sellers. orion is #75 on HMV pre-orders charts, not bad at all.

YES has no good seller single, except Mienai Hoshi with almost 60k (not much). This album was more experimental than Mika's past albums (gospel, soul and reggae are not really popular styles of music in Japan music industry)
I really hope that album will outsell YES' sales O_o

If ORION sells 30k I'll be happy. Physical sales are not that important nowadays and the song is doing more than well digitaly, so I don't really complain =3

I wouldn't complain about the sales as long as the music is good.
But higher sales means more frequent appearance and more music. Plus who wouldn't want our beloved Mika to be loaded ?

So is FOCUS the 1st B-side that Mika made a video for ?

^ nop, she did PVs for some b-sides : BLACK&BLUE, FAKE, VENUS IN THE DARK, I LOVE YOU, HEAVEN ON EARTH ^^

Mika was beautiful in Ryusei no kizuna's 4th episode <3!! I really want to see her more than in one only scene T_T

ah I totally forgot that she made PVs for BLACK & BLUE & I LOVE YOU T_T

thanks a lot for telling me

I LOVE YOU PV is very pretty, I love it :D

:yes

erm has the CD only cover of VOICE been released already ?

I don't think there'll be 2 covers, I think the cover we already have is going to be the cover for both versions:shrug