Papillon (Hitomi Shimatani album)
2001 debut studio album by Hitomi Shimatani
Papillon is the first studio album from Japanese singer Hitomi Shimatani. It was released on June 27, 2001, and hit #7 on the Oricon Albums Chart. Since then, it was last recorded as having sold around 147,030 copies.
The title track is a Japanese-language cover of "Doesn't Really Matter", a hit single by American singer Janet Jackson.
Track listing
パピヨン:Papillon (Papiyon)
Fantasista
市場に行こう (Ichiba ni Ikou, Let's Go to the Market)
Last Shooting Star
His rhythm
解放区 (album version) (Kaihouku, Free Zone)
Motto...
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