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A Best 2 -Black-
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- Artist
- Hamasaki Ayumi
- Album
- A BEST 2 -BLACK-
- Released
- 2007.02.28 (Japan)
- 2007.03.07 (Hong Kong)
- 2007.03.09 (Taiwan)
- 2007.03.14 (Singapore)
- 2007.03.12 (Overseas version)
- 2007.03.15 (Korea)
- 2007.04.?? (Malaysia)
- Catalog Number
- AVCD-23263 (CD+2DVD)
- AVCD-23264 (CD only)
- Price
- ¥4,700 (CD+2DVD)
- ¥3,059 (CD only)
- CD Tracklist
- Dearest
- CAROLS
- No way to say
- HANABI
- walking proud
- Free & Easy
- Endless sorrow
- Because of You
- About You
- GAME
- is this LOVE?
- HANABI ~episode II~
- NEVER EVER
- HEAVEN
- part of Me
- Memorial address (Hidden Track)
- DVD1 "A BEST Clips -BLACK-" Tracklist
- Dearest
- CAROLS
- No way to say
- walking proud
- Free & Easy
- Endless sorrow
- Because of You
- About You
- GAME
- is this LOVE?
- HANABI ~episode II~
- NEVER EVER (promotional clip)
- HEAVEN
- part of Me
- H (TV-CM)
- DVD2 tracklist
- Documentary Film of COUNTDOWN LIVE 2006-2007 A (90 min.)
- Information
A BEST 2 is the third "best of" compilation by Hamasaki Ayumi. It was released in two versions; BLACK and WHITE. The BLACK version contains painful and dark songs selected from everything since her 20th single "evolution" (2001) up to her 38th single "Bold & Delicious / Pride" (2005) plus one new song that was used in a Panasonic commercial promoting Lumix cameras. The first press of the album included a special black case. All tracks except "part of Me" were re-mastered by Bernie Grundman Mastering in L.A. in order to give a better sound quality to the album. Because the album sold a total of 696,728 copies in 2007, the album became the #7 album of the year. To date, A BEST 2 sold a combined total of 1,423,317 copies.
Credits
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Hamasaki Ayumi promoting the single.
- Produced by max matsuura
- Mastered by Brian "Big Bass" Gardner at Bernie Grundman Mastering, Hollywood, CA
- A&R: Kentaro Furusawa (avex trax)
- A&R Direction: Hidetomo Yoneda (avex trax)
- Artist Management: Kouji Hashimoto, Tadashi Urakami (avex entertainment inc.)
- Artist Brand Management: Hideki Endo (avex entertainment inc.)
- Visual Producer: Kiyoshi 'Utsumizm' Utsumi (avex group)
- Making Off-shot Producer: Kazuki 'Mr' Okabe (avex entertainment inc.)
- Media Promotion: Takeshi Mori & All Media Division Promotion Room Staff (avex entertainment inc.)
- Media Promotion Supervisor: Akira Akutsu (avex entertainment inc.)
- Sales Promotion: Jun Yogi, Taishi Nomura & All AMC Staff (avex marketing communications inc.)
- DVD Authoring: Yohei Sato (avex network inc.)
- Contents Coordination: Shunsuke Abe (avex network inc.)
- Web Designer: Yukiko Ito (avex network inc.)
- A&R Desk: Miki Endo (avex entertainment inc.)
- A&R Supervisor: Hiroshi Ishimori, Takashi Okuda (avex trax)
- A&R Executive Supervisor: Jun Harada (avex trax)
- Advisory Producers: Motohiro Abe (avex entertainment inc.), Yoshihisa Nagata (avex live creative inc.)
- General Producers: Shinji Hayashi, Takashi Araki, Ryuhei Chiba (avex group)
- Art Direction & Design: Shinichi Hara
- Art Design: Takuma Noriage (momoya)
- Creative Coordination: Naoki Ueda (avex marketing communications inc.)
- CG Treatment: Makoto Harikae, Hiroko Tanaka, Hiroki Yura (amana)
- Quality Control: Shuichi Takahashi, Toshiyuki Suzuki (avex marketing communications inc.)
- Photographer: Kazuyoshi Shimomura (AVGVST)
- Assistant Photographer: Satoko Mitomi
- Stylist: Kei 'Okei' Ito (ab fab)
- Assistant Stylist: Yuko Honda (ab fab)
- Costume Creator: Akira Noda (Workaholik)
- Nail Artist: Kanako 'Bancho' Miura (Three Peace)
- Assistant Nail Artist: Shingo 'Minazo' Sano
- Hair: Mika Momose (ISM)
- Assistant Hair: So 'Otochan' Tsuchie (ISM)
- Make Up: Jin 'Gori' Kiyota (Rond.)
- Assistant Make Up: Shoichi 'Sho' Nakamura
- Stand in: Takami 'Poroko' Desaki
- Support: Keizo Kuroda, Kazuhisa Kurumizawa (Three Peace), Kazuyoshi Takahashi, Satomi Masubuchi, Kayoko Kishishita, Hiroyuki Kuramoto (ZACC), Takehide Fumimori, Miki Kakinuma, Koji Matsumoto, Stanley Izumi Kim, Luis Hernandez, Ward Secton, Kasutaka 'Numatchi' Numakura (Office Lift), Jun Yoshida (ISM)
- Special Thanks: Junichi 'nonchan' Kamitoku, Mikajohn, Tetsuya 'Hige' Hirakawa, Natsuki, Furu, Yossy, Ryuji, Naokun, Yusuke, Kotaro, Turico, Tomomi, Kyoko, Ai, Ryo, Keiko, Jin, Kumako, Keiichi, my family & my honey, all of you who participated this album... and you❤
Charts
A BEST 2 -BLACK- debuted at #1 in Oricon Charts (Japan) but the other days A BEST 2 -WHITE- was preferred. This is the first time in 36 and a half years that a female artist occupied #1 and #2 in album charts. A BEST 2 -BLACK- outsold the weekly #3 for a large of 437,037 copies and ended being #2 weekly while A BEST 2 -WHITE- was #1 weekly. The A BEST 2 albums have shipped more than 2,000,000 copies in Japan alone.
- Oricon Chart Positions
| Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Sat | Sun | Week Rank | Sales |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| - | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 470,057 |
| 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 97,534 |
| 3 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 44,239 |
| 7 | 15 | 13 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 21,349 |
| 9 | 19 | 18 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 11 | 16 | 13,265 |
| 13 | 20 | 20 | 18 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 18 | 8,339 |
| 17 | - | - | - | 20 | - | 20 | 23 | 5,739 |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 30 | 4,337 |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 49 | 3,866 |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 43 | 3,722 |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 60 | 2,217 |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 57 | 2,086 |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 113 | 1,713 |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 102 | 1,514 |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 127 | 1,329 |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 124 | 1,268 |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 134 | 1,191 |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 144 | 1,478 |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 162 | 1,114 |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 141 | 1,196 |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 135 | 1,318 |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 171 | 1,167 |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 177 | 948 |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 196 | 926 |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 168 | 1,044 |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 186 | 1,010 |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 240 | 795 |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 245 | 740 |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 235 | 712 |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 266 | 695 |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | out for thirteen weeks | |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 235 | 913 |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 277 | 950 |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 167 | 2,593 |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 159 | 990 |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 219 | 721 |
- Sales in 2007: 698,591 (#7 album of the year)
- Sales in 2008: 4,304
- Charts Positions
| Country | Chart | Weeks | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 | ||
| All | Global Chart | 2 | 13 | - | - |
| Hong Kong |
Japanese Chart | 2 | 5 | x | x |
| Global Chart | 34 | - | - | - | |
| Asian Chart | 8 | 16 | |||
| Taiwan | Global Chart | 3 | 4 | 5 | 7 |
| Japanese Chart | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | |
G-Music Japanese Chart Positions
| Week 1 | Week 2 | Week 3 | Week 4 | Week 5 | Week 6 | Week 7 | Week 8 | Week 9 | Week 10 | Week 11 | Week 12 | Week 13 | Week 14 | Week 15 | Week 16 | Week 17 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Position | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 15 | 15 | 15 | - | 14 |
| Percentage | 23.81% | 13% | 11.95% | 8.94% | 7% | 5.36% | 2.28% | 2.38% | 1.22% | 1.07% | 1.06% | 1.03% | 0.62% | 0.87% | 0.51% | - | 0.56% |
External Links
- Oricon Profile: CD+2DVD | CD Only
- A BEST 2 Official Website (Archive/Japanese)
- "A BEST 2 -BLACK-" TRACK LIST LIVE
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