Loveppears

Loveppears (stylized as LOVEppears; pronounced as "Love Appears") is the second studio album by Japanese recording artist Ayumi Hamasaki. It was released on November 10, 1999 by Avex Trax in Japan and China Record Corporation in China. Following the success of her debut studio album A Song for ×× in January 1999, Hamasaki and Avex came to an agreement to produce and record a new album by the end of the year. Hamasaki continued writing all the songs and Max Matsuura returned as the album's primary producer.

After A Song for ×× attracted harsh reviews for its "unassuming" pop rock sound, Hamasaki recruited with new producers and composers for the album, including HΛL, Dai Nagao and Naoto Suzuki. Loveppears‍'s lyrics emphasize loneliness, sorrow and love, similar to the content from her previous album. The album reviews varied by critics, many whom complimented the musical quality and dance transition, while some criticized her vocal abilities and production values.

In its first week of release, the album entered the Oricon Albums Chart at number one with over 1.2 million units. Becoming her longest charting effort with a sixty-four week duration, Loveppears remains the fortieth highest selling Japanese album and her second highest selling effort behind Duty (September 2000). Hamasaki promoted the album by releasing eight singles: "Whatever", "Love (Destiny)", "To Be", "Boys & Girls", the extended play A, "Appears", "Kanariya" and "Fly High", all but the EP which were accompanied by a short music video. She performed several tracks from the album on several television appears in 1999 and 2000, and has performed songs on several concert tours and countdown live shows.