Never for Ever Never for Ever Never for Ever is the third studio album by English singer Kate Bush. Released in September 1980, it was Bush's first number 1 album and was also the first ever album by a British female solo artist to top the UK album chart, as well as being the first album by any female solo artist to enter the chart at number 1. It has since been certified Gold by the BPI. It features the UK Top 20 singles "Breathing", "Army Dreamers" and "Babooshka", the latter being one of Bush's biggest hits. Bush co-produced the album with Jon
Next Level (Ayumi Hamasaki album) Express contrasted the album's "hope[ful]" appeal to her previous records, which all dealt with "loneliness". This was particularly commended by Hiraga, who felt it was a lot more "encouraging" than anything she had done before. Commercially, the album was a success in Asia. "Next Level" debuted at number one on the daily and weekly Oricon Albums Chart in Japan, opening with 240,810 copies. This became Hamasaki's ninth number one studio album, and also became the highest first-week sales for a solo female artist that year. It descended to number two on the weekly chart for a second run, shifting 50,271