Claim: Released on 1 November 2006, First Message peaked at number one on the Weekly Charts of the Oricon Sales Chart, with debut sales of 350,580 units.
Evidence: After a year of releasing singles and music videos, the album was originally for an early September release but was pushed back to allow ayaka's single, Mikazuki, to correspond with the album release. It entered the Oricon charts at number one. The album debuted at #1 on Oricon with sales of approximately 351,000 copies.