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| Name = A BEST
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: A BEST
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: 2001.03.28
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| Released = 28 March 2001
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: AVCD-11950
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| Genre = [[Pop]]
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| Length = 1:16:03
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: ¥3,059
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| Label = [[avex trax]]
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; Tracklist
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| Last Release = ''[[Duty]]'' <br /> (2000)
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# [[A Song for XX (song)|A Song for ×× (New Vocal & Mix)]]
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| This Release = '''A BEST''' <br /> (2001)
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# [[Trust (Hamasaki Ayumi)|Trust (New Vocal & Mix)]]
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| Next Release = ''[[I am...]]'' (2002)
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# [[Depend on You|Depend on you (New Vocal & Mix)]]
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| Category = 2001 Albums
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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]]
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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|Far away]]
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# [[Seasons|SEASONS]]
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# [[Surreal|SURREAL]]
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# [[M]]
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# [[Who...]]
  
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'''''A BEST''''' is Ayumi Hamasaki's first best-of compilation album, released in March 2001.
 
  
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After three albums, it was time, according to producer Max Matsuura, for Hamasaki to release her best-of compilation. Knowing that this usually meant the end of a pop singer's career, Hamasaki fought against the release. Eventually, the tracks for this compilation were hand-chosen by the singer and, as a form of rebellion against the label and as a gift to her fans, she re-recorded vocals on four tracks. The cover of the album shows Hamasaki shedding a tear.
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"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 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 anounced 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 first pressing of the album came in a slipcase with that cover. One of six random jacket photos would be on the cover of the CD booklet itself, only visible after the purchaser opened the case.
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==Charts & Sales==
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Hamasaki chose favorites such as "A Song for XX" and "Who..." rather than putting only hit singles on the album. Although the album was released after the "NEVER EVER" single, the most recent single it covers is "M."
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The songs "A Song for XX," "Trust," and "Depend on you" are listed on the CD case as having a "new vocal & mix", however, "End roll" also received this treatment, and "Boys & Girls" has a new mix.
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! rowspan="2" width="70" | Country
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Aside from the new versions listed above, "A BEST" uses the album versions & mixes of all songs when applicable.
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! colspan="2" | 2006 Weeks
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! colspan="2" | 2007 Weeks
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<small>01</small>
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<small>02</small>
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<small>11</small>
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<small>12</small>
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| Japan
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| Worldwide
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| 2
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| 1
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| -
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| -
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| Japan
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| All Music
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| 1
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| 327
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| Japan
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| Greatest Hits Best Sellers
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| 30
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| Japan
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| 135
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| Japan
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A DVD-Audio version of this album was planned for 2003 but scrapped.
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; Detailed Weekly Sales
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A BEST charted at #2 on the Oricon charts on its first week selling 2,874,870 copies but on its 2nd week it charted on '''#1''' on the weekly charts.
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In total it sold 4,295,353 copies being the 6th best selling Japanese album of all times.
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[[Oricon|Oricon Chart (Japan)]]
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On 2007 after 6 years from the album's release A BEST charted again for a couple of weeks.
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==Track Listing==
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|align="left"|A Song for XX (New Vocal & Mix)
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|align="left"|04:47
 
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!align="left"|Music: Yasuhiko Hoshino/Arrangement: Akimitsu Honma
 
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|align="left"|Trust (New Vocal & Mix)
 
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|align="left"|04:49
 
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!align="left"|Music: Takashi Kimura/Arrangement: Takashi Kimura, Akimitsu Honma
 
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|align="left"|Depend on you (New Vocal & Mix)
 
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|align="left"|04:18
 
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!align="left"|Music: Kazuhito Kikuchi/Arrangement: Takashi Kimura, Takashi Morio
 
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|align="left"|LOVE ~Destiny~
 
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|align="left"|04:55
 
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!align="left"|Music: TSUNKU/Arrangement: Shingo Kobayashi, Yasuaki Maejima
 
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|align="left"|TO BE
 
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|align="left"|05:20
 
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!align="left"|Music: D.A.I/Arrangement: Naoto Suzuki, D.A.I
 
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|align="left"|Boys & Girls (New Mix)
 
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!align="left"|Music: D.A.I/Arrangement: Naoto Suzuki, D.A.I
 
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|align="left"|Trauma
 
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!align="left"|Music: D.A.I/Arrangement: Naoto Suzuki, D.A.I
 
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|align="left"|04:42
 
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!align="left"|Music: D.A.I/Arrangement: Naoto Suzuki, D.A.I
 
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|align="left"|appears
 
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|align="left"|05:39
 
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!align="left"|Music: Kazuhito Kikuchi/Arrangement: HΛL
 
 
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|align="left"|Fly high
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|align="left"|04:08
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!align="left"|Music: D.A.I/Arrangement: HΛL
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|align="left"|vogue
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| align="center" | 2,874,870
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!align="left"|Music: Kazuhito Kikuchi/Arrangement: Naoto Suzuki, Kazuhito Kikuchi
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| align="center" | 240,950
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| align="center" | 130,390
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| align="center" | 103,250
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| align="center" | 89,550
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| align="center" | 37,020
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| align="center" | 30,890
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| align="center" | 24,260
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| align="center" | 20,140
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!align="left"|Music: Kazuhito Kikuchi, D.A.I/Arrangement: HΛL
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|align="left"|SEASONS
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|align="left"|04:26
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!align="left"|Music: D.A.I/Arrangement: Naoto Suzuki
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|align="left"|14.
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|align="left"|SURREAL
 
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|align="left"|04:43
 
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!align="left"|Music: Kazuhito Kikuchi/Arrangement: HΛL
 
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|align="left"|15.
 
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|align="left"|M
 
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|align="left"|04:29
 
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!align="left"|Music: CREA/Arrangement: HΛL
 
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|align="left"|Who...
 
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!align="left"|Music: Kazuhito Kikuchi/Arrangement: Naoto Suzuki
 
 
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| align="center" | 18,370
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| align="center" | 14,960
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| align="center" | 13,840
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| align="center" | 12,570
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| align="center" | 10,840
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| align="center" | 11,630
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| align="center" | 9,530
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| align="center" | 8,030
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| align="center" | 7,500
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| align="center" | 8,060
 
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==Internal Links==
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* '''Total Sales Reported:''' 4,295,353
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*[[Hamasaki Ayumi]]
 
  
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==External Links==
 
==External Links==
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*[http://ayumi.primenova.com Divine Ayu]
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*[http://www.oricon.co.jp/music/release/d/435016/1/ Oricon Profile]
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[[Category:2001 Albums]]
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[[Category:Best Album]]
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[[Category:2001 Oricon Top 100 Albums]]
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[[Category:2001 Number 1 Albums]]

Revision as of 03:41, 15 June 2009

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...


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 anounced 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-.

Charts & Sales

Charts Positions
Country Chart 2006 Weeks 2007 Weeks

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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

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