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[[File:A BEST -15th Anniversary Edition- lim.jpg|thumb|300px|Limited Edition Cover]]
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[[File:A BEST -15th Anniversary Edition- reg.jpg|thumb|300px|Regular Edition Cover]]
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; Artist
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: A BEST -15th Anniversary Edition-
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; CD Tracklist
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# [[A Song for XX (song)|A Song for ××]]
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# [[Trust (Hamasaki Ayumi)|Trust]]
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# [[Depend on You|Depend on you]]
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# [[Love ~Destiny~|LOVE ~Destiny~]]
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# [[To Be|TO BE]]
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# [[Boys & Girls]]
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# [[Trauma (Hamasaki Ayumi)|Trauma]]
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# [[End Roll (Hamasaki Ayumi)|End roll]]
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# [[Appears|appears]]
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# [[Fly High (Hamasaki Ayumi)|Fly high]]
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# [[Vogue|vogue]]
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# [[Far Away (Hamasaki Ayumi)|Far away]]
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# [[Seasons|SEASONS]]
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# [[Surreal|SURREAL]]
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# [[M]]
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; Blu-ray/DVD Tracklist
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# [[Trust (Hamasaki Ayumi)|Trust]]
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# [[Depend on You|Depend on you]]
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# [[Love ~Destiny~|LOVE ~Destiny~]]
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# [[To Be|TO BE]]
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# [[Boys & Girls]]
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# [[Fly High (Hamasaki Ayumi)|Fly high]]
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The songs "[[A Song for XX (song)|A Song for ××]]", "[[Trust (Hamasaki Ayumi)|Trust]]" and "[[Depend on You|Depend on you]]" were re-recorded for this album along with "[[End Roll (Hamasaki Ayumi)|End roll]]," which wasn't announced to be re-recorded, and "[[Boys & Girls]]," which had a new instrumental part but the voice still being the same as the older version. Though this was her best selling album, Hamasaki Ayumi opposed of it publicly, stating "it was too early for release". This album sold more than 4,300,000 copies to date. The album reached #1 on the Oricon Album Charts and charted for 48 weeks. ''A BEST'' was re-released the same day as for ''[[A Best 2 -Black-|A BEST 2 -BLACK-]]'' and ''[[A Best 2 -White-|A BEST 2 -WHITE-]]''.
 
The songs "[[A Song for XX (song)|A Song for ××]]", "[[Trust (Hamasaki Ayumi)|Trust]]" and "[[Depend on You|Depend on you]]" were re-recorded for this album along with "[[End Roll (Hamasaki Ayumi)|End roll]]," which wasn't announced to be re-recorded, and "[[Boys & Girls]]," which had a new instrumental part but the voice still being the same as the older version. Though this was her best selling album, Hamasaki Ayumi opposed of it publicly, stating "it was too early for release". This album sold more than 4,300,000 copies to date. The album reached #1 on the Oricon Album Charts and charted for 48 weeks. ''A BEST'' was re-released the same day as for ''[[A Best 2 -Black-|A BEST 2 -BLACK-]]'' and ''[[A Best 2 -White-|A BEST 2 -WHITE-]]''.
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The album was re-released as ''A BEST -15th Anniversary Edition-'' fifteen years later. It was released in two versions: a deluxe CD+DVD+Blu-ray that comes with a t-shirt, anniversary book, sumapura music, and sumapura movie, and a CD Only edition that comes with sumapura music.
  
 
==Covers==
 
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==Oricon Chart Positions==
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[[File:Hamasaki Ayumi - A BEST 15th Anniversary promo.jpg|300px|thumb|[[Hamasaki Ayumi]] promoting the album]]
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Revision as of 15:09, 28 January 2016

Album Cover
Artist
Hamasaki Ayumi
Album
A BEST
Released
2001.03.28
Catalog Code
AVCD-11950
Price
¥3,059
Tracklist
  1. A Song for ×× (New Vocal & Mix)
  2. Trust (New Vocal & Mix)
  3. Depend on you (New Vocal & Mix)
  4. LOVE ~Destiny~
  5. TO BE
  6. Boys & Girls
  7. Trauma
  8. End roll
  9. appears
  10. Fly high
  11. vogue
  12. Far away
  13. SEASONS
  14. SURREAL
  15. M
  16. Who...



File:A BEST -15th Anniversary Edition- lim.jpg
Limited Edition Cover
File:A BEST -15th Anniversary Edition- reg.jpg
Regular Edition Cover
Artist
Hamasaki Ayumi
Album
A BEST -15th Anniversary Edition-
Released
2015.03.28
Catalog Number
(Limited Edition)
(Regular Edition)
Price
¥9,000 (Limited Edition)
¥2,800 (Regular Edition)
CD Tracklist
  1. A Song for ××
  2. Trust
  3. Depend on you
  4. LOVE ~Destiny~
  5. TO BE
  6. Boys & Girls
  7. Trauma
  8. End roll
  9. appears
  10. Fly high
  11. vogue
  12. Far away
  13. SEASONS
  14. SURREAL
  15. M
  16. Who...
Blu-ray/DVD Tracklist
  1. Trust
  2. Depend on you
  3. LOVE ~Destiny~
  4. TO BE
  5. Boys & Girls
  6. appears
  7. Fly high
  8. vogue ~ Far away ~ SEASONS
  9. SURREAL
  10. M


Information

A BEST is the first "best of" album released by Hamasaki Ayumi. There is some controversy surrounding this album as it has the same release date of Utada Hikaru's Distance album, thus staggering the sales of both albums. Whether avex intentionally pushed the release of this album to be at the same time as Distance remains a controversial topic. It is also rumored that the cover image, depicting Ayumi with a tear rolling down her cheek, was chosen by her as a protest to the false media reports that she and Utada are personal rivals.

The songs "A Song for ××", "Trust" and "Depend on you" were re-recorded for this album along with "End roll," which wasn't announced to be re-recorded, and "Boys & Girls," which had a new instrumental part but the voice still being the same as the older version. Though this was her best selling album, Hamasaki Ayumi opposed of it publicly, stating "it was too early for release". This album sold more than 4,300,000 copies to date. The album reached #1 on the Oricon Album Charts and charted for 48 weeks. A BEST was re-released the same day as for A BEST 2 -BLACK- and A BEST 2 -WHITE-.

The album was re-released as A BEST -15th Anniversary Edition- fifteen years later. It was released in two versions: a deluxe CD+DVD+Blu-ray that comes with a t-shirt, anniversary book, sumapura music, and sumapura movie, and a CD Only edition that comes with sumapura music.

Covers

The album came in a slipcase, with 6 different possible cover images for the booklet.

ABESTJacketA.jpg
ABESTJacketB.jpg
ABESTJacketC.jpg
ABESTJacketD.jpg
ABESTJacketE.jpg
ABESTJacketF.jpg

Oricon Chart Positions

File:Hamasaki Ayumi - A BEST 15th Anniversary promo.jpg
Hamasaki Ayumi promoting the album
  • A BEST -15th Anniversary Edition-
Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Sun Week Rank Sales
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Year Month Month Rank Sales
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Total Sales: x*

Charts & Sales

Charts Positions
Country Chart 2006 Weeks 2007 Weeks

01

02

11

12

Japan Worldwide 2 1 - -
Japan All Music - 1 327 -
Japan Greatest Hits Best Sellers 1 1 30 -
Japan J-pop Best Sellers - 1 135 -
Japan J-pop Greatest Hits 1 1 23 -
Detailed Weekly Sales

Oricon Chart (Japan)

Week 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10
Position 2 1 2 3 4 5 9 9 9 16
Sales 2,874,870 510,160 240,950 130,390 103,250 89,550 37,020 30,890 24,260 20,140
Week 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20
Position 17 16 21 23 23 21 26 34 30 31
Sales 18,370 14,960 13,840 12,570 10,840 11,630 9,530 8,030 7,500 8,060
  • Total Sales Reported: 4,295,353

A BEST was the 3rd most downloaded album in Japan in 2014, 14 years after its release.

A BEST was the 2nd most downloaded album in Japan in 2015, 15 years after its release.

External Links

  • Oricon Profile: A BEST | [ 15th Anniversary Limited Edition] | [ 15th Anniversary Regular Edition]

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