[article] BoA’s New Album Tops Japanese Chart

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Korean iconic diva BoA has topped the Japanese pop chart once again with her new release, ``Made in Twenty.’’

She has set up a new record as a non-Japanese musician by putting her sixth consecutive album, including 2005’s greatest hits album, ``Best of Seoul,’’ in a row to reach the top spot on Japan’s Oricon weekly album charts, since her first album in 2002.

The SM Entertainment has confirmed that her fifth album finished on the top chart on Tuesday, becoming the sixth weekly No.1 on the Oricon homepage.

It was also topped on the daily charts on Jan. 17, also the sixth album in first place in a row, according to the entertainment.

She broke the record set by Japanese singers, Amuro Namie and Utada Hikaru, whose four consecutive albums topped the charts. Her record is the second biggest to put her albums on the top spots for more than sixth times among Japanese pop artists.

The album has been released a year after last year’s ``Outgrown,’’ which was released in Japan in February last year.

BoA’s fifth album has attracted attention from Oricon News as the most anticipated album of the year in Japan.

Her new album consists of 14 tracks including six new songs, ``Nanairono Asita ~ Brand New Beat,’’ ``Key Of Heart,’’ and ``Winter Love.’’

BoA’s New Album Tops Japanese Chart