Stray Sheep
Stray Sheep (stylized in all caps) is the fifth album by Kenshi Yonezu, released on August 5, 2020. The name of the album was inspired by the New Testament. The song "Kanden" has been used as the theme song of the comedy TV series MIU404. The album sold over 879,000 copies in its first week, debuting atop the Oricon Albums Chart. It was the top selling album of 2020 in Japan according to both Billboard Japan and Oricon. The latter calculated that the album had sold 1,970,930 copies in Japan by the end of 2020, summarizing CDs, vinyls, downloads, and streaming equivalents.
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Released | August 5, 2020 | |||
Genre | J-pop | |||
Length | 59:26 | |||
Label | Sony Japan | |||
Producer | Kenshi Yonezu | |||
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According to the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI), Stray Sheep was the world's third-best-selling album of 2020, with 2.54 million sales worldwide.