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'''''A Song for XX''''' is Ayumi Hamasaki's first full-length album. It was officially released on January 1st 1999, but was advertised as being released on December 26th, 1998, which is when stores had it.
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; Artist
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: [[Hamasaki Ayumi]]
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; Album
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: A Song for ××
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; Released
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: 1999.01.01
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; Catalog Number
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: AVCD-11691
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; Price
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: ¥3,059
  
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Hamasaki's first album displays a more youthful, innocent sound than any of her future releases. The focus is not on slick production, beats, or sounds here, but mostly on the lyrics and melodies. The unusually personal nature of the lyrics on songs such as "POWDER SNOW" helped put this album at the top of the Oricon chart, even though none of its singles accomplished that feat.
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# [[Prologue (Hamasaki Ayumi)|Prologue]]
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# [[A Song for XX (song)|A Song for ××]]
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# [[Hana (Hamasaki Ayumi)|Hana]]
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# [[Friend (Hamasaki Ayumi)|FRIEND]]
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# [[Friend II (Hamasaki Ayumi)|FRIEND II]]
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# [[Poker Face|poker face]]
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# [[Wishing|Wishing]]
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# [[You (Hamasaki Ayumi)|YOU]]
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# [[As If...|As if...]]
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# [[Powder Snow (Hamasaki Ayumi)|POWDER SNOW]]
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# [[Trust (Hamasaki Ayumi)|Trust]]
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# [[Depend on You|Depend on you]]
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# [[Signal (Hamasaki Ayumi)|SIGNAL]]
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# [[From Your Letter|from your letter]]
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# [[For My Dear...]]
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# [[Present (Hamasaki Ayumi)|Present]]
  
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==Track Listing==
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''A Song for ××'' is the debut studio album recorded by [[Hamasaki Ayumi]]. Though the street release was New Year's Day, the album was sold in stores starting in mid-December. The tracks "[[A Song for XX (song)|A Song for ××]]" and "[[Hana (Hamasaki Ayumi)|Hana]]" were used as radio singles to promote the album. The album reached #1 on the [[Oricon]] charts and stayed on the charts for a total of 107 weeks. In 1999 the album became the #16 album of the year. The album is also the #138 best selling album in Japan.
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The "××" in the title is silent and is a reference to Hamasaki's estranged father, whom she never knew. [[A Song for XX (song)|The song itself]] is about Hamasaki's move from Fukuoka to Tokyo.
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!align="left"|Credits
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[[File:‎ A_SONG_FOR_XX_Promo.jpg|thumb|250px|''A Song for ××'' promotional poster]]
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==Oricon Chart Positions==
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|align="left"|1.
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{| border="1" cellpadding="2" style="margin: 1em; border: 1px #aaa solid; border-collapse: collapse;"
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|align="left"|Prologue
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|align="left"|01:25
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!Mon||Tue||Wed||Thu||Fri||Sat||Sun||Week Rank||Sales
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!align="left"|Music/Arrangement: Yasuhiko Hoshino
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||- ||-  ||-  ||-  ||-  ||-  ||-  ||rowspan="2"|1||rowspan="2"|548,210
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|align="left"|2.
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|- align="center"
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|align="left"|A Song for XX
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||- ||-  ||-  ||-  ||-  ||-  ||- 
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|align="left"|04:45
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!align="left"|Music/Arrangement: Yasuhiko Hoshino
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||- ||-  ||-  ||-  ||-  ||-  ||-  ||1        ||169,570
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|- align="center"
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|align="left"|3.
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||- ||-  ||-  ||-  ||-  ||-  ||-  ||2        ||126,160
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|align="left"|Hana
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|- align="center"
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|align="left"|04:08
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||- ||-  ||-  ||-  ||-  ||-  ||- ||1        ||103,800
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!align="left"|Music/Arrangement: Yasuhiko Hoshino
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|- align="center"
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||- ||-  ||-  ||-  ||-  ||-  ||-  ||1       ||86,320
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|align="left"|4.
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|- align="center"
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|align="left"|FRIEND
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||- ||-  ||-  ||-  ||-  ||-  ||-  ||2        ||44,490
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|align="left"|04:12
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|- align="center"
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!align="left"|Music: Yasuhiko Hoshino/Arrangement: Akimitsu Honma
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||- ||-  ||-  ||-  ||-  ||-  ||-  ||4        ||36,040
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|- align="center"
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|align="left"|5.
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||- ||-  ||-  ||-  ||-  ||-  ||- ||8        ||28,550
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|align="left"|FRIEND II
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|align="left"|04:00
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||- ||-  ||-  ||-  ||-  ||-  ||-  ||18        ||19,600
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!align="left"|Music: Mitsuru Igarashi/Arrangement: Akimitsu Honma
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||- ||-  ||-  ||-  ||-  ||-  ||-  ||21        ||18,150
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|align="left"|6.
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|- align="center"
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|align="left"|poker face
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||- ||-  ||-  ||-  ||-  ||-  ||-  ||28      ||14,350
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|align="left"|04:42
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!align="left"|Music: Yasuhiko Hoshino/Arrangement: Akimitsu Honma
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||- ||-  ||-  ||-  ||-  ||-  ||- ||40      ||8,320
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|- align="center"
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|align="left"|7.
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||- ||-  ||-  ||-  ||-  ||-  ||-  ||43        || 8,260
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|align="left"|Wishing
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|align="left"|04:29
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||- ||-  ||-  ||-  ||-  ||-  ||-  ||51        ||6,680
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!align="left"|Music: Hideaki Kuwabara/Arrangement: Akimitsu Honma
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||- ||-  ||-  ||-  ||-  ||-  ||-  ||52        || 4,960
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|align="left"|8.
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|- align="center"
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|align="left"|YOU
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||- ||-  ||-  ||-  ||-  ||-  ||- ||41        ||5,630
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|align="left"|04:46
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|- align="center"
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!align="left"|Music: Yasuhiko Hoshino/Arrangement: Akimitsu Honma
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||- ||-  ||-  ||-  ||-  ||-  ||-  ||62        ||5,360
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|- align="center"
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|align="left"|9.
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||- ||-  ||-  ||-  ||-  ||-  ||-  ||58        ||4,650
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|align="left"|As if...
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|- align="center"
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|align="left"|05:36
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||- ||-  ||-  ||-  ||-  ||-  ||-  ||45        ||4,480
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!align="left"|Music: Kazuhito Kikuchi/Arrangement: Akimitsu Honma
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|- align="center"
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||- ||-  ||-  ||-  ||-  ||-  ||- ||37        || 5,110
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|align="left"|10.
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|- align="center"
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|align="left"|POWDER SNOW
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||- ||-  ||-  ||-  ||-  ||-  ||-  ||54        ||3,870
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|align="left"|05:27
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!align="left"|Music: Hideaki Kuwabara/Arrangement: Akimitsu Honma
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||- ||-  ||-  ||-  ||-  ||-  ||-  ||55        || 5,260
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|- align="center"
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|align="left"|11.
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||- ||-  ||-  ||-  ||-  ||-  ||-  ||62        ||4,270
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|align="left"|Trust
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|align="left"|04:49
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||- ||-  ||-  ||-  ||-  ||-  ||- ||51        || 5,710
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!align="left"|Music: Takashi Kimura/Arrangement: Takashi Kimura, Akimitsu Honma
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|- align="center"
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||- ||-  ||-  ||-  ||-  ||-  ||-  ||56        ||4,350
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|align="left"|12.
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|- align="center"
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|align="left"|Depend on you
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||- ||-  ||-  ||-  ||-  ||-  ||-  ||67        ||4,480
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|align="left"|04:21
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|- align="center"
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!align="left"|Music: Kazuhito Kikuchi/Arrangement: Akimitsu Honma, Takashi Morio
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||- ||-  ||-  ||-  ||-  ||-  ||-  ||76        ||4,800
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|- align="center"
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|align="left"|13.
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||- ||-  ||-  ||-  ||-  ||-  ||- ||88        || 3,730
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|align="left"|SIGNAL
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|- align="center"
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|align="left"|04:26
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||- ||-  ||-  ||-  ||-  ||-  ||-  ||53        ||5,050
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!align="left"|Music: Hideaki Kuwabara/Arrangement: Akimitsu Honma
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|- align="center"
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|-
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||- ||-  ||-  ||-  ||-  ||-  ||-  ||55        ||5,920
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|align="left"|14.
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|- align="center"
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|align="left"|from your letter
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||- ||-  ||-  ||-  ||-  ||-  ||-  ||51        || 6,450
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|align="left"|04:39
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|- align="center"
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!align="left"|Music/Arrangement: Akio Togashi
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||- ||-  ||-  ||-  ||-  ||-  ||- ||50        ||6,920
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|- align="center"
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|align="left"|15.
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||- ||-  ||-  ||-  ||-  ||-  ||-  ||26        ||11,930
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|align="left"|For My Dear...
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|- align="center"
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|align="left"|04:33
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||- ||-  ||-  ||-  ||-  ||-  ||-  ||28        ||11,210
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!align="left"|Music/Arrangement: Yasuhiko Hoshino
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|- align="center"
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||- ||-  ||-  ||-  ||-  ||-  ||-  ||39        ||8,810
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|align="left"|16.
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|- align="center"
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|align="left"|Present
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||- ||-  ||-  ||-  ||-  ||-  ||- ||19        ||13,260
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|align="left"|04:31
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|- align="center"
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!align="left"|Music/Arrangement: Yasuhiko Hoshino
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||- ||-  ||-  ||-  ||-  ||-  ||-  ||37        ||9,700
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|- align="center"
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||- ||-  ||-  ||-  ||-  ||-  ||-  ||26        ||8,600
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|- align="center"
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||- ||-  ||-  ||-  ||-  ||-  ||-  ||36       ||7,770
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|- align="center"
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||- ||-  ||-  ||-  ||-  ||-  ||- ||56        ||4,830
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|- align="center"
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||- ||-  ||-  ||-  ||-  ||-  ||-  ||54        ||4,640
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|- align="center"
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||- ||-  ||-  ||-  ||-  ||-  ||-  ||61        ||3,620
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|- align="center"
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||- ||-  ||-  ||-  ||-  ||-  ||-  ||76        ||3,000
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|- align="center"
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||- ||-  ||-  ||-  ||-  ||-  ||- ||93        ||2,460
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|- align="center"
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||- ||-  ||-  ||-  ||-  ||-  ||-  ||93        ||2,410
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|- align="center"
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||- ||-  ||-  ||-  ||-  ||-  ||-  ||56        ||4,330
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|- align="center"
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||- ||-  ||-  ||-  ||-  ||-  ||-  ||77        || 2,860
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|- align="center"
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||- ||-  ||-  ||-  ||-  ||-  ||-  ||colspan="2"|<small>out for five weeks
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|- align="center"
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||- ||-  ||-  ||-  ||-  ||-  ||-  ||rowspan="2"|63||rowspan="2"|8,460
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|- align="center"
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||- ||-  ||-  ||-  ||-  ||-  ||- 
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|- align="center"
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||- ||-  ||-  ||-  ||-  ||-  ||-  ||66      ||3,090
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|- align="center"
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||- ||-  ||-  ||-  ||-  ||-  ||-  ||82        ||2,520
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|- align="center"
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||- ||-  ||-  ||-  ||-  ||-  ||-  ||colspan="2"|<small>out for twenty weeks
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|- align="center"
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||- ||-  ||-  ||-  ||-  ||-  ||-  ||76        ||3,150
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|- align="center"
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||- ||-  ||-  ||-  ||-  ||-  ||-  ||colspan="2"|<small>out for eight weeks
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|- align="center"
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||- ||-  ||-  ||-  ||-  ||-  ||-  ||82        ||2,970
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|- align="center"
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||- ||-  ||-  ||-  ||-  ||-  ||-  ||colspan="2"|<small>out for one week
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|- align="center"
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||- ||-  ||-  ||-  ||-  ||-  ||-  ||76        ||2,980
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|- align="center"
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||- ||-  ||-  ||-  ||-  ||-  ||-  ||colspan="2"|<small>out for four weeks
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|- align="center"
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||- ||-  ||-  ||-  ||-  ||-  ||- ||96        ||2,300
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|- align="center"
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||- ||-  ||-  ||-  ||-  ||-  ||-  ||81        ||2,880
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|- align="center"
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||- ||-  ||-  ||-  ||-  ||-  ||-  ||97        ||2,610
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|- align="center"
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||- ||-  ||-  ||-  ||-  ||-  ||-  ||colspan="2"|<small>out for eight weeks
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|- align="center"
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||- ||-  ||-  ||-  ||-  ||-  ||- ||rowspan="2"|100||rowspan="2"|6,830
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|- align="center"
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||- ||-  ||-  ||-  ||-  ||-  ||- 
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|- align="center"
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||- ||-  ||-  ||-  ||-  ||-  ||-  ||99        ||2,640
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|- align="center"
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||- ||-  ||-  ||-  ||-  ||-  ||- ||89        ||2,550
 
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==Internal Links==
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* '''Total Reported Sales:''' 1,451,910
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*[[Hamasaki Ayumi]]
 
  
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*[http://ayumi.primenova.com Divine Ayu]
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[[Category:January 1999]]
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[[Category:1999 Albums]]
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[[Category:1999 Number 1 Albums]]
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[[Category:1999 Oricon Top 100 Albums]]
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[[Category:1,000,000 Plus Album Sales]]
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[[Category:Million Albums]]

Latest revision as of 20:15, 7 June 2020

Album Cover
Artist
Hamasaki Ayumi
Album
A Song for ××
Released
1999.01.01
Catalog Number
AVCD-11691
Price
¥3,059
Tracklist
  1. Prologue
  2. A Song for ××
  3. Hana
  4. FRIEND
  5. FRIEND II
  6. poker face
  7. Wishing
  8. YOU
  9. As if...
  10. POWDER SNOW
  11. Trust
  12. Depend on you
  13. SIGNAL
  14. from your letter
  15. For My Dear...
  16. Present


Information

A Song for ×× is the debut studio album recorded by Hamasaki Ayumi. Though the street release was New Year's Day, the album was sold in stores starting in mid-December. The tracks "A Song for ××" and "Hana" were used as radio singles to promote the album. The album reached #1 on the Oricon charts and stayed on the charts for a total of 107 weeks. In 1999 the album became the #16 album of the year. The album is also the #138 best selling album in Japan.

The "××" in the title is silent and is a reference to Hamasaki's estranged father, whom she never knew. The song itself is about Hamasaki's move from Fukuoka to Tokyo.

A Song for ×× promotional poster

Oricon Chart Positions

Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Sun Week Rank Sales
- - - - - - - 1 548,210
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- - - - - - - 1 169,570
- - - - - - - 2 126,160
- - - - - - - 1 103,800
- - - - - - - 1 86,320
- - - - - - - 2 44,490
- - - - - - - 4 36,040
- - - - - - - 8 28,550
- - - - - - - 18 19,600
- - - - - - - 21 18,150
- - - - - - - 28 14,350
- - - - - - - 40 8,320
- - - - - - - 43 8,260
- - - - - - - 51 6,680
- - - - - - - 52 4,960
- - - - - - - 41 5,630
- - - - - - - 62 5,360
- - - - - - - 58 4,650
- - - - - - - 45 4,480
- - - - - - - 37 5,110
- - - - - - - 54 3,870
- - - - - - - 55 5,260
- - - - - - - 62 4,270
- - - - - - - 51 5,710
- - - - - - - 56 4,350
- - - - - - - 67 4,480
- - - - - - - 76 4,800
- - - - - - - 88 3,730
- - - - - - - 53 5,050
- - - - - - - 55 5,920
- - - - - - - 51 6,450
- - - - - - - 50 6,920
- - - - - - - 26 11,930
- - - - - - - 28 11,210
- - - - - - - 39 8,810
- - - - - - - 19 13,260
- - - - - - - 37 9,700
- - - - - - - 26 8,600
- - - - - - - 36 7,770
- - - - - - - 56 4,830
- - - - - - - 54 4,640
- - - - - - - 61 3,620
- - - - - - - 76 3,000
- - - - - - - 93 2,460
- - - - - - - 93 2,410
- - - - - - - 56 4,330
- - - - - - - 77 2,860
- - - - - - - out for five weeks
- - - - - - - 63 8,460
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- - - - - - - 66 3,090
- - - - - - - 82 2,520
- - - - - - - out for twenty weeks
- - - - - - - 76 3,150
- - - - - - - out for eight weeks
- - - - - - - 82 2,970
- - - - - - - out for one week
- - - - - - - 76 2,980
- - - - - - - out for four weeks
- - - - - - - 96 2,300
- - - - - - - 81 2,880
- - - - - - - 97 2,610
- - - - - - - out for eight weeks
- - - - - - - 100 6,830
- - - - - - -
- - - - - - - 99 2,640
- - - - - - - 89 2,550
  • Total Reported Sales: 1,451,910

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