Checkmate! (album)

Checkmate! is a collaboration album by Japanese singer Namie Amuro, featuring a collection of her collaborations with other musicians released between 2003 and 2011, as well as four new collaborations. The album was released on April 27, 2011, about one month after its original release date, due to 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami.

Checkmate!
CD only edition cover
Compilation album by
Namie Amuro
ReleasedApril 27, 2011 (2011-04-27)
Recorded2003–2011
Genre
Length58:04
Language
  • Japanese
  • English
LabelAvex Trax
Producer
  • Takashi Kasuga (exec.)
  • Shinji Hayashi (exec.)
  • Shintaro Higuchi
  • Hisahiko Iida
  • Rui Maeda
Namie Amuro chronology
Past<Future
(2009)		 Checkmate!
(2011)		 Uncontrolled
(2012)
Singles from Checkmate!
  1. "Wonder Woman"
    Released: March 9, 2011 (2011-03-09)
  2. "Make It Happen"
    Released: April 20, 2011 (2011-04-20)
  3. "#1"
    Released: April 27, 2011 (2011-04-27)
  4. "Unusual"
    Released: May 4, 2011 (2011-05-04)

Two songs were released as digital downloads prior to the album, "Wonder Woman" in early March prior to the album's postponement, as well as "Make It Happen" on April 20, a week before the album's release.

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