Friends III
| Friends III | ||||
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| Released | December 8, 2021 | |||
| Recorded | 2021 | |||
| Genre | Soft rock | |||
| Length | 24:57 | |||
| Label | Vermillion | |||
| Producer | Tak Matsumoto | |||
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Friends III is the sixth mini-album by the Japanese rock duo B'z. It was released on December 8, 2021. It's a concept album and is a sequel to their previous mini-album, Friends II, released in 1996.
The mini-album came in three editions: a standard edition, a first press edition with a DVD featuring a re-recording of their song "Itsuka no Merry Christmas" from their fourth mini-album, Friends, and a special Live Friends box featuring the standard edition with a glass, which was only available to those who purchased live tickets and was only sold through B'z Club-Gym.
The mini-album debuted at number one on both the Oricon weekly albums chart and on the Billboard Japan Hot Albums chart.