Hello World is the sixth studio album by Japanese pop rock band, Scandal. The album was released on December 3, 2014, in Japan by Epic and being distributed in Europe through JPU Records.HELLO WORLD Listing at JPU Records Hello World debuted at #3 on the Oricon chart, selling over 35,000 copies in its first week.週間 CDアルバムランキング 2014年12月15日付（2014年12月01日～2014年12月07日） oricon.co.jp, retrieved August 23, 2015. It also reached the top spot of the Canadian iTunes Store's World Music Chart.
Track listing
Charts AlbumCountryChartPeakpositionJapanOricon Daily Album Chart2Oricon Weekly Album Chart3Oricon Monthly Album Chart10Oricon Yearly Album Chart153SoundScan Album Chart (CD+DVD)4SoundScan Album Chart (CD+T-shirt)11Billboard Japan Top Albums4South-KoreaGaon International Album Chart32CanadaiTunes Store Top Albums (World Music)1SinglesSongChartPeakpositionRunners HighOricon5Billboard Japan Hot 10076DepartureOricon5Billboard Japan Hot 1003Yoake no RyuuseigunOricon5Billboard Japan Hot 1003RTHK J-pop Chart (Hong Kong)1ImageOricon14Billboard Japan Hot 10014RTHK J-pop Chart (Hong Kong)1
Personnel Scandal Haruna Ono — vocal, guitar (1–11, 13–15), güiró (15), lyrics (5, 8), music (5) Mami Sasazaki — vocal, guitar (1–11, 13), synth, recorder (15), lyrics (1, 3, 4, 9), music (1, 3, 4, 9, 11), arrangements (7, 9) Tomomi Ogawa — vocal, bass (1–15), lyrics (6, 10, 15), tambourine (15), music (10, 15) Rina Suzuki — vocal, drums (1–15), guitar (12), cajón (15), lyrics (7, 11, 12, 14), music (11, 12)
Contributing musicians Tetsuya Komuro — synth (13) Eisuke Taga — slide whistle (15)
Post-production Executive producer: Shunsuke Muramatsu, Satoshi Aoki (Epic Records Japan), Yūichi Orimoto (Kitty Entertainment Ltd.) Mastered by: Yūji Chinone (Sony Music Studios Tokyo) Arrangements: Keita Kawaguchi (1, 2, 10, 12, 13), Seiji Kameda (4, 6), Atsushi (5), Yū Odakura (8), Satori Shiraishi (11) Additional arrangements: Keita Kawaguchi (3, 7, 9) Mix engineer: Keita Yoko (1–3, 5, 7, 9–12), Eiji "Q" Makino (4, 6), Uni Inoue (8), Jan Fairchild (13) Instrumental technician: Bunta Mochizuki, Kōta Oda (Sound Crew)
Packaging Art direction: Yūji Takao (Kannana Graphic) Coordinarion: Kōichi Yamatani (Kannana Graphic) Design: Sayuri Kamata (Kannana Graphic) Photography: Hirohisa Nakano Styling: Kyōhei Ogawa Hair & make-up: Hirokazu Niwa, Kazuhiro Sugimoto (maroonbrand) Set design: Chihiro Matsumoto (Art Breakers)
Epic Records Japan Staff A&R director: Akito Ogawa A&R promotion: Yuriko Konya A&R producer: Sen Okada, Ikuko Yamaguchi A&R assistant: Shingo Shinkawa Media promotion: Mayuko Isebō, Akihito Muraki, Rie Ikeda, Masaki Inoue, Akiko Itō, Akira Morikawa Area promotion: Akiko Satō, Nozomi Takahama, Yūichirō Hisaizumi, Takako Yamamoto, Shōta Aoyama, Junichirō Kumahara Planning Supervisor: Ikuo Hayashi Label Administration: Kumiko Sugita, Miki Takashima, Satomi Mizusawa, Haruna Takizawa
Kitty Entertainment Ltd. Staff Sound director: Taichi Ōhira Manager: Taga Eisuke, Arisa Yamamoto Concert creative: Fumihiko Tsuchiya, Mikako Ogura Artist promotion: Ayano Takahashi, Kyōko Shioji Merchandise: Hiroshi Aihara, Erina Fujii, Hibari Sakai Special adviser: Hidenori Taga, Yoshihisa Nagata
Sony Music Group Staff Sales promotion: Hiromi Kanehira, Dai Sugamata, Chie Arai, Minami Kodama (Sony Music Marketing) Web promotion: Takuya Ishikawa, Sayaka Tsuji (Sony Music Marketing) International promotion: Ken Isayama, Akira Shiota (Sony Music Entertainment) Music publishing: Ei Ōsaka, Niina Yasui (Sony Music Publishing) Business affairs: Hitomi Takano, Momoko Hakata (Sony Music Entertainment) Products co-ordination: Chiho Sugiyama (Sony Music Communications)
JPU Records Staff Sales and Physical Distribution: Ben Farrar, Tim Chilton Marketing and promotion: Tom Smith Coordination: Tom Smith
References
External links Hello World Listing at JPU Records