Party Queen is the thirteenth full-length studio album released by Hamasaki Ayumi. The album was released in six versions : A CD+DVD+DVD edition, containing the music videos, their making clips and the last Countdown Live (presented in seperated CD and DVD cases for the first press, and a 4-discs CD case for the regular edition) ; a CD+DVD edition, containing the music videos and their making clips ; a CD Only edition ; a "SPECIAL LIMITED BOX SET" containing the CD+DVD+DVD edition of the album, the DVD edition of her "ayumi hamasaki ~POWER of MUSIC~ 2011 A LIMITED EDITION" tour, 2 half-pint glasses and 2 cork coasters ; a "SPECIAL LIMITED BOX SET" containing the CD+DVD+DVD edition of the album, the Blu-ray edition of her "ayumi hamasaki ~POWER of MUSIC~ 2011 A LIMITED EDITION" tour, 2 half-pint glasses and 2 cork coasters; and a limited PLAYBUTTON edition containing the fourteen original tracks. The album charted at #2 on the weekly Oricon chart, her second album to do so, since GUILTY back in 2008. It was unable to sell more than 100,000 copies in it's first week.
The album is certified Gold for shipment of 100,000 copies.
