U (NiziU album)

U is the debut studio album by Japanese girl group NiziU. It was released on November 24, 2021, through JYP Entertainment and Sony Music Entertainment Japan. The album has 12 tracks including its 5 singles released previously, the lead single “Chopstick”, and the special single “Need U” with an addition of 7 more tracks from the album’s limited edition version B.

U
Studio album by
NiziU
ReleasedNovember 24, 2021
Recorded2020-2021
GenreJ-pop
Length56:21
Language
  • Japanese
  • Korean
  • English
Label
ProducerJ. Y. Park
NiziU chronology
Make You Happy
(2020)		 U
(2021)
Singles from U
  1. "Make You Happy"
    Released: June 30, 2020
  2. "Step and a Step"
    Released: November 25, 2020
  3. "Take a Picture"
    Released: March 29, 2021
  4. "Poppin’ Shakin’"
    Released: April 7, 2021
  5. "Super Summer"
    Released: July 5, 2021
  6. "Chopstick"
    Released: November 10, 2021
  7. "Need U"
    Released: November 20, 2021

The album was released in three physical versions, one normal version and two limited edition versions, A and B.

Track listing
U track listing
No.TitleLyricsMusicArrangementLength
1."Chopstick"
Park
  • Park
  • Lee Hae-sol
2:57
2."Take a Picture"
  • Park
  • Trippy
  • Shim
  • Tim Tan
  • Muscat
Trippy3:01
3."Festa"KENTZ
  • Oliver Fernstrom
  • Jonathan Bratthall-Tideman
  • Frankie Day
Fernstrom3:37
4."Make You Happy"
  • Park
  • Matsumoto
  • Park
  • Lee
  • Park
  • Lee
3:06
5."Wonder Dream"KENTZ
  • Shim
  • Lee
Lee3:13
6."Twinkle Twinkle"Wakisaka
  • Hotsauce
  • B-rock
  • J-lin
  • Hotsauce
  • B-rock
  • J-lin
3:09
7."Poppin’ Shakin’"Safari Natsuwaka
Lee Woo-min “collapsedone”3:15
8."I Am"KENTZ
  • KENTZ
  • Junya Maesako
  • Yui Mugino
KENTZ3:36
9."Super Summer"
  • Matsumoto
  • Anna Timgren
  • Charlotte Wilson
  • Trippy
  • Timgren
  • Wilson
Trippy3:03
10."Step and a Step"
  • Park
  • Yui Kimura
  • KENTZ
Park
  • Park
  • Lee
3:21
11."9 Colors"
  • Kanata Okajima
  • Soma Genda
earattack
  • earattack
  • Larmook
3:53
12."Need U"
  • Okajima
  • Genda
  • Okajima
  • Genda
  • MEG
  • Genda
  • MEG
4:13
Total length:56:21
CD 2 track listing — Limited B edition
No.TitleLyricsMusicArrangementLength
1."Baby I’m a Star"
Park
  • Park
  • Lee Hae-sol
2:39
2."Boom Boom Boom"KM-Markit
  • KM-Markit
  • Ryuja
Ryuja3:21
3."Beyond the Rainbow" (虹の向こうへ)
  • Yuka Matsumoto
  • Hikari Mizuki
  • Lee Woo-mom "collapsedone"
  • Justin Reinstein
  • JJean
  • Lee Woo-mom "collapsedone"
  • Reinstein
3:16
4."Make You Happy" (Korean version)
  • Park
  • Matsumoto
  • Park
  • Lee
  • Park
  • Lee
3:04
5."Step and a Step" (Korean version)
  • Park
  • Kimura
  • Kentz
Park
  • Park
  • Lee
3:21
6."Take a Picture" (English version)
  • Park
  • Trippy
  • Shim
  • Tim Tan
  • Muscat
  • Hotsauce
  • B-rock
  • J-lin
3:01
7."Poppin’ Shakin’" (English version)Safari Natsuwaka
Lee Woo-min “collapsedone”3:13
DVD — Limited A edition
No.TitleLength
1."U" (Jacket Shooting Making Movie) 
2."Make You Happy" (Music Video) 
3."Step and a Step" (Music Video) 
4."Take a Picture" (Music Video) 
5."Poppin’ Shakin’" (Music Video) 
6."Chopstick" (Music Video) 
7."Need U" (Music Video) 
8."Need U" (Music Video Making Movie) 
9."Need U" (Special Interview) 

Charts
Chart performance of U
Chart (2021) Peak
position
Japan Hot Albums (Billboard Japan)[1] 1
Japanese Albums (Oricon)[2] 1

References
  1. "U". Billboard Japan. Retrieved December 1, 2021.
  2. "NiziUのアルバム作品" (in Japanese). Oricon. Retrieved December 1, 2021.
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