A Best 2 -White-

CD+2DVD

CD only

CD only (2nd Press)

Artist

Hamasaki Ayumi

Album

A BEST 2 -WHITE-

Released

2007.02.28 (Japan)

2007.03.09 (Taiwan)

2007.03.13 (Hong Kong)

2007.03.14 (Singapore)

2007.03.12 (Overseas version)

2007.03.15 (Korea)

2007.04.?? (Malaysia)

Catalog Number

AVCD-23265 (CD+2DVD)

AVCD-23266 (CD only)

Price

¥4,700 (CD+2DVD)

¥3,059 (CD only)

CD Tracklist

1. evolution
2. Greatful days
3. independent
4. Humming 7/4
5. UNITE!
6. Real me
7. my name's WOMEN
8. ourselves
9. INSPIRE
10. STEP you
11. July 1st
12. fairyland
13. Voyage
14. Moments
15. A Song is born

DVD ~BEST Video Clip -WHITE- Collection~ Tracklist

1. evolution
2. Greatful days
3. Humming 7/4
4. UNITE! (promotional clip)
5. Real me
6. my name's WOMEN
7. ourselves
8. INSPIRE
9. STEP you
10. fairyland
11. Voyage
12. Moments
13. H (TV-CM)

DVD 2 ~BEST of COUNTDOWN LIVE 2006-2007 A~ Tracklist

1. Not yet
2. ourselves
3. Fly high
4. Beautiful Fighters
5. NEVER EVER
6. A Song for XX
7. No way to say
8. Free & Easy
9. evolution
10. flower garden

~COUNTDOWN~

1. until that Day...
2. AUDIENCE
3. Boys & Girls

~ENCORE~

1. Trauma
2. independent
3. Humming 7/4
4. BLUE BIRD

Information

"A BEST 2" is the third "best of" compilation by Hamasaki Ayumi. It was released in two versions; BLACK and WHITE. The WHITE version contains upbeat and happy songs selected from everything since her 20th single evolution (2001) up to her 38th single Bold & Delicious / Pride (2005). The second DVD replaced the release of the COUNTDOWN LIVE DVD of the year (as it was usual). The first press of the album included a special white case. "A BEST 2 -WHITE-" topped the pre-order charts at the first week it got announced followed by "A BEST 2 -BLACK-". The first press on the album had some mistakes in the credits area, the second press is corrected, that's why the second press of the album has a different cover. All tracks 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 716,582 copies in 2007, it became the #5 album of the year. To date, A BEST 2 sold a combine total of 1,423,317 copies.

Charts

A BEST 2 -WHITE- debuted at #2 in Oricon Charts (Japan) but it reached #1 in next days. 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 -WHITE- reached #1 in Japan, #1 in Singapore, #2 in Taiwan and #28 in Hong Kong. In its first week in Taiwan Ayumi occupied a half of total J-Pop sales and 11% of total sales. Together, 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
-	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	475,284
1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	101,894
2	8	8	6	6	6	6	6	46,634
6	12	11	7	7	8	8	9	22,667
8	18	16	13	12	12	10	15	14,168
12	19	18	17	18	15	17	17	8,783
15	-	19	20	19	16	17	21	6,276
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	29	4,775
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	46	4,129
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	39	4,130
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	54	2,314
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	56	2,105
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	101	1,878
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	89	1,779
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	113	1,502
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	109	1,367
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	125	1,240
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	142	1,488
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	151	1,196
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	139	1,250
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	116	1,551
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	156	1,251
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	159	1,046
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	145	1,148
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	143	1,262
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	184	1,022
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	217	856
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	243	744
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	223	748
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	247	753
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	284	747
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	out for one week
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	290	595
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	out for ten weeks
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	232	919
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	out for one week
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	164	2,619
-	-	-	-	-	-	-
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	150	1,023
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	229	696

• Total Reported Sales: 721,839
• Sales in 2007: 717,501 (#5 album of the year)
• Sales in 2008: 4,338

Charts Positions

Country	Chart	Weeks
		1	2	3	4
All	Global Chart	1	12	-	-
Hong Kong	Japanese Chart	1	6	9	9
	Asian Chart	7	18	29	27
	Global Chart	28	-	-	-
Taiwan	Global Chart	2	5	4	6
	Japanese Chart	1	2	1	1

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	Week 18
Position	1	2	1	1	1	3	5	6	7	6	11	8	12	16	13	-	-	16
Percentage	24.66%	12.31%	13.15%	9.9%	7.43%	4.78%	1.98%	2.46%	1.3%	1.2%	1.09%	1.16%	0.86%	0.79%	0.57%	-	-	0.37%

External Links

• A BEST 2 Official Website
• Oricon Profile