# Request (Juju album)

Request is a cover album by Japanese recording artist Juju, released on September 29, 2010. The album features recordings of famous songs by Japanese female vocalists, mostly from the late 1990s.

## Conception

The album was originally titled Juju Sings Beautiful Woman. After the album's announcement on August 4, a questionnaire was put up on Juju's website, asking fans which songs they wanted to hear Juju cover. Despite this, four songs had already been chosen for the album, "Gips," "Hello, Again (Mukashi Kara Aru Basho)," "Last Kiss" and "Time Goes By."
The album is Juju's second disc of covers, after the She Sings... second disc of her previous album Juju, which featured primarily covers of Western songs in English.

## Promotion

"Last Kiss" was originally released in February 2010, as one of the A-side tracks of the four A-side single "Sakura Ame/Ready for Love/S.H.E./Last Kiss."
A cover of My Little Lover's "Hello, Again (Mukashi Kara Aru Basho)" sung by Juju was announced as a song used in an adverstising campaign for the Sony Alpha digital camera on June 4. The song was released digitally on June 16 as a ringtone and on June 23 as a full-length cellphone download, where it was extremely successful digitally, reaching #1 on the RIAJ Digital Track Chart. Due to this popularity, it was released as a physical single a month later, where it reached #15 on Oricon's physical charts.

## Chart rankings

| Chart (2010) | Peak position |
| Oricon daily albums | 1 |
| Oricon weekly albums | 1 |
| Oricon yearly album chart | 13 |

### Reported sales and certifications

| Chart | Amount |
| Oricon physical sales | 469,000 |
| RIAJ shipping certification | Double platinum (500,000+) |

### Promotional tracks

Many songs from the album were released prior to the physical release digitally, or through other means such as a physical CD or radio airplay.
| Date | Title | Format | Chart positions | Chart positions | Chart positions | Oricon sales |
| Date | Title | Format | Oricon Singles Charts | Billboard Japan Hot 100 | RIAJ digital tracks | Oricon sales |
| February 24, 2010 (2010-02-24) | "Last Kiss" | CD single, digital download | 20 | — | — | 7,700 |
| June 16, 2010 (2010-06-16) | "Hello, Again (Mukashi Kara Aru Basho)" | Ringtone | 15 | 19 | 1 23* | 23,000 |
| June 23, 2010 (2010-06-23) | "Hello, Again (Mukashi Kara Aru Basho)" | Full-length cellphone download | 15 | 19 | 1 23* | 23,000 |
| July 14, 2010 (2010-07-14) | "Hello, Again (Mukashi Kara Aru Basho)" | Ringtone (Ballad Ver.) | 15 | 19 | 1 23* | 23,000 |
| July 21, 2010 (2010-07-21) | "Hello, Again (Mukashi Kara Aru Basho)" | Full-length cellphone download (Ballad Ver.) | 15 | 19 | 1 23* | 23,000 |
| July 28, 2010 (2010-07-28) | "Hello, Again (Mukashi Kara Aru Basho)" | CD single, PC download | 15 | 19 | 1 23* | 23,000 |
| September 8, 2010 (2010-09-08) | "First Love" | Ringtone | — | — | 5 | — |
| September 15, 2010 (2010-09-15) | "First Love" | Full-length cellphone download | — | — | 5 | — |
| September 15, 2010 (2010-09-15) | "Tsutsumikomu Yō ni..." | Ringtone | — | 78 | 30 | — |
| September 20, 2010 (2010-09-20) | "Time Goes By" | Ringtone | — | — | 25 | — |
| September 22, 2010 (2010-09-22) | "There Will Be Love There (Ai no Aru Basho)" | Ringtone | — | 43 | 21 | — |
| September 26, 2010 (2010-09-26) | "Will" | Ringtone | — | — | 76 | — |
| September 29, 2010 (2010-09-29) | "Gips" | Ringtone | — | — | 98 | — |
*Ballad Version

## Release history

| Region | Date | Format |
| Japan | September 29, 2010 (2010-09-29) | CD, digital download |
| Taiwan | October 1, 2010 (2010-10-01) | CD |
| Hong Kong | October 5, 2010 (2010-10-05) | CD |
| Japan | October 16, 2010 (2010-10-16) | Rental CD |