title: Friends III
text: # Friends III
  
  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.
  
  ## Background
  
  During the COVID-19 pandemic, guitarist Tak Matsumoto went back and forth between Japan and the United States. During a mandatory isolation after returning to Japan, he decided to make one song a day. The songs produced matched up to the style of the past Friends mini-albums, which led Matsumoto to propose producing a third entry into the series, to which vocalist Koshi Inaba agreed.
  
  ## Track listing
  
  All lyrics are written by Koshi Inaba; all music is composed by Tak Matsumoto.
  
  Limited Edition DVD
  
  ## Charts
  
  | Chart (2021) | Peak position |
  | - | - |
  | Japanese Albums (Oricon) | 1 |
  | Japanese Hot Albums (Billboard Japan) | 1 |
  
  ## Certifications
  
  | Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
  | - | - | - |
  | Japan (RIAJ) | Gold | $100,000^^$ |
  | $^^$ Shipments figures based on certification alone. |||
  