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	Week Rank	Sales	Total Sales	Total A BEST 2 Sales
-	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	475,284	475,284	945,341
1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	101,894	577,178	1,144,589
2	8	8	6	6	6	6	3	6	46,634	623,812	1,235,462
6	12	11	7	7	8	8	4	9	22,667	646,479	1,279,478
8	18	16	13	12	12	10	5	15	14,168	660,647	1,306,911
12	19	18	17	18	15	17	6	17	8,783	669,430	1,324,033
15	-	19	20	19	16	17	7	21	6,276	675,706	1,336,048
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	29	4,775	680,481	1,345,160
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9	46	4,129	684,610	1,353,155
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	10	39	4,130	688,740	1,361,007
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	11	54	2,314	691,054	1,365,538
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	12	56	2,105	693,159	1,369,729
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	13	101	1,878	695,037	1,373,320
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	14	89	1,779	696,816	1,376,613
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	15	113	1,502	698,318	1,379,444
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	16	109	1,367	699,685	1,382,079
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	17	125	1,240	700,925	1,384,510
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	18	142	1,448	702,413	1,387,476
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	19	151	1,196	703,609	1,389,786
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	20	139	1,250	704,859	1,392,232
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	21	116	1,551	706,410	1,395,101
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	22	156	1,251	707,661	1,397,519
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	23	159	1,046	708,707	1,399,513
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	24	145	1,148	709,855	1,401,587
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	25	143	1,262	711,117	1,403,893
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	26	184	1,022	712,139	1,405,325
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	27	217	856	712,995	1,407,576
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	28	243	744	713,739	1,409,060
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	29	223	748	714,487	1,410,520
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	30	247	753	715,240	1,411,968
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	31	284	747	715,987	1,412,715
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	32	out of the top 300
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	33
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	34	290	595	716,582	1,413,874
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	35	out of the top 300
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	36
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	37
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	38
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	39
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	40
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	41
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	42	-	919	717,501	1,415,142
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	43	no chart due to new year
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	44	-	2,619	720,120	1,421,304
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	45	-	1,023	721,143	1,423,317

• Sales in 2007: 717,501 (#5 album of the year)
• Sales in 2008: 3,642

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

External Links

• A BEST 2 Official Website
• Oricon Profile