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[[Image:on my way.jpg|200px|thumb|on my way Photobook]]
| Name = (miss)understood
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[[Image:off my day.jpg|200px|thumb|off my day Photobook]]
| Type = Album
 
| Artist = [[Hamasaki Ayumi]]
 
| Cover = missunderstood_CDDVD.jpg
 
| Background = red
 
| Released = 1 January 2006
 
| Genre = Pop
 
| Length = 1:06:27
 
| Label = [[avex trax]]
 
| Last Release = ''[[MY STORY]]'' <br /> (2004)
 
| This Release = '''(miss)understood''' <br /> (2006)
 
| Next Release = ''[[Secret]]'' (2006)
 
| Category = 2006 Albums
 
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'''''(miss)understood''''' is [[Ayumi Hamasaki]]'s 7th full-length studio album, released on New Year's Day 2006 (although many retail stores broke street date by releasing the day after Christmas 2005).  
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; Artist
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: [[Hamasaki Ayumi]]
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; Album
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: (miss)understood
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; Released
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: 2006.01.01
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; Catalog Number
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: AVCD-17837/B <small>(CD+DVD)</small>
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: AVCD-17838 <small>(CD Only)</small>
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; Price
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: ¥3,990 <small>(CD+DVD)</small>
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: ¥3,150 <small>(CD Only)</small>
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; CD Tracklist
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# [[Bold & Delicious]]
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# [[Step You|STEP you]]
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# [[Ladies Night]]
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# [[Is This Love|is this LOVE?]]
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# [[(Miss)understood (song)|(miss)understood]]
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# [[Alterna|alterna]]
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# [[In the Corner]]
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# [[Tasking|tasking]]
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# [[Criminal|criminal]]
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# [[Pride (Hamasaki Ayumi)|Pride]]
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# [[Will (Hamasaki Ayumi)|Will]]
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# [[Heaven (Hamasaki Ayumi)|HEAVEN]]
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# [[Are You Wake Up|Are You Wake Up?]]
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# [[Fairyland|fairyland]]
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# [[Beautiful Day|Beautiful Day]]
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# [[Rainy Day|rainy day]]
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; DVD Tracklist
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# [[Step You|STEP you]] ([[PV]])
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# [[Is This Love|is this LOVE?]] ([[PV]])
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# [[Fairyland|fairyland]] ([[PV]])
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# [[Alterna|alterna]] ([[PV]])
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# [[Heaven (Hamasaki Ayumi)|HEAVEN]] ([[PV]])
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# [[Bold & Delicious]] ([[PV]])
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# [[Pride (Hamasaki Ayumi)|Pride]] ([[PV]])
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# [[Rainy Day|rainy day]] ([[PV]])
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# [[Ladies Night]] ([[PV]])
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# [[Bold & Delicious|Bold & Delicious -SIDE STORY- -Album Ver.-]] ([[PV]])
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# [[Step You|STEP you]] (Making Clip)
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# [[Is This Love|is this LOVE?]] (Making Clip)
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# [[Fairyland|fairyland]] (Making Clip)
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# [[Alterna|alterna]] (Making Clip)
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# [[Heaven (Hamasaki Ayumi)|HEAVEN]] (Making Clip)
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# [[Pride (Hamasaki Ayumi)|Pride]] (Making Clip)
  
This album features 6 tracks which their composition was written by GEO of pop group Sweetbox.
 
The tracks are "Bold & Delicious", "Pride", "rainy day" ("Every Step" in Sweetbox's version), "Ladies Night", "Beautiful Day" ("Beautiful Girl" in Sweetbox's version) and "In The Corner". Their album, "Addicted", was released later and featured the original english versions of most of his contributions to "(miss)understood". A demo version of Sweetbox's "In The Corner" was released on the album "Raw Treasures".
 
Ayumi wrote her own lyrics for those songs versions on (miss)understood.
 
  
The initial pressings of the album included two photobooks—one for the CD version (entitled off my day), and another for the CD+DVD version (entitled on my way).
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; Information
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(miss)understood is Hamasaki Ayumi's seventh album. There are two versions of this album; a CD only and a CD+DVD version, each with a different cover. The first press bonus for both CD only and CD+DVD is a 70-page full-color photobook - "on my way" for the CD+DVD edition and "off my day" for CD only. This album reached #1 on the [[Oricon]] charts; as for Taiwan, it reached #1 and charted for 5 weeks. As this album sold 877,433 copies in 2006, it became the #8 album of the year in Japan; as for Taiwan it became the #7 album of the year. (miss)understood was certified a million selling album by RIAJ for shipping 1,030,000 copies.
  
The DVD version included all PVs that were made for her 2005 releases (excluding my name's WOMEN)—STEP you, is this LOVE?, fairyland, alterna, HEAVEN, Bold & Delicious, and Pride. There was an alternative PV for Bold & Delicious (called the “Side story") released as well. Two new PVs were also included—Ladies Night and Rainy Day made their debut on the disc. Behind-the-scenes clips for STEP you, is this LOVE?, fairyland, alterna, HEAVEN, and Pride are also included.
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Six tracks from this album are in fact covers of demo songs that came from [[Sweetbox]]'s album [[Addicted (Sweetbox)|Addicted]], which was released in Japan three months later on March 1st, 2006. Hamasaki wrote her own lyrics for those songs versions on (miss)understood. These tracks are:
  
It was recognized by the RIAJ as one of The Best 10 Albums of the Year for 2006 and by the IFPI as #4 on the list of top 10 selling albums in Japan of 2006.
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* [[Bold & Delicious]]
(miss)understood charted at '''#1''' on the Oricon charts on its first week (2 combined weeks) with 654,000 copies sold. In total it sold 877,433 copies.
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* [[Ladies Night]]
(miss)understood was certified a million selling album by RIAJ for shipping 1,030,000 copies.
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* [[In the Corner]] (originally from Sweetbox's [[Raw Treasures V.1]] album)
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* [[Pride (Hamasaki Ayumi)|Pride]]
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* [[Beautiful Day]] (originally ''Beautiful Girl'')
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* [[Rainy Day|rainy day]] (originally ''Every Step'')
  
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==Oricon Chart Positions==
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{| style="margin: 1em; border: 1px #aaa solid; border-collapse: collapse" border="1" cellpadding="2"
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|- style="background: #efefef"
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! Week
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! Week Rank
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! Sales
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! Total Sales
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|- align="center"
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| 1+2
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| 1
 +
| 654,000
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| 654,000
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|- align="center"
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| 3
 +
| 2
 +
| 82,731
 +
| 736,731
 +
|- align="center"
 +
| 4
 +
| 4
 +
| 38,861
 +
| 775,592
 +
|- align="center"
 +
| 5
 +
| 8
 +
| 25,885
 +
| 801,477
 +
|- align="center"
 +
| 6
 +
| 11
 +
| 15,855
 +
| 817,332
 +
|- align="center"
 +
| 7
 +
| 16
 +
| 10,710
 +
| 828,042
 +
|- align="center"
 +
| 8
 +
| 24
 +
| 7,974
 +
| 836,016
 +
|- align="center"
 +
| 9
 +
| 45
 +
| 5,733
 +
| 841,749
 +
|- align="center"
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| 10
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| 53
 +
| 4,442
 +
| 846,191
 +
|- align="center"
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| 11
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| 56
 +
| 4,194
 +
| 850,385
 +
|- align="center"
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| 12
 +
| -
 +
| 3,425
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| 853,810
 +
|- align="center"
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| 13
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| -
 +
| 2,964
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| 856,774
 +
|- align="center"
 +
| 14
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| -
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| 2,329
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| 859,103
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|- align="center"
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| 15
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| -
 +
| 1,506
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| 860,609
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|- align="center"
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| 16
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| -
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| 1,290
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| 861,899
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|- align="center"
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| 17
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| -
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| 1,431
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| 863,330
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|- align="center"
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| 18
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| -
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| 1,448
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| 864,778
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|- align="center"
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| 19
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| -
 +
| 954
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| 865,732
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|- align="center"
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| 20
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| -
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| 847
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| 866,579
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|- align="center"
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| 21
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| -
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| 902
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| 867,481
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|- align="center"
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| 22
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| -
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| 689
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| 868,170
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|- align="center"
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| 23
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| -
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| 766
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| 868,936
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|- align="center"
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| 24
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| -
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| 916
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| 869,852
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|- align="center"
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| 25
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| -
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| 1,025
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| 870,877
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|- align="center"
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| 26
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| -
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| 1,042
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| 871,919
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|- align="center"
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| 27
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| -
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| 851
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| 872,770
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|- align="center"
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| 28
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| -
 +
| 679
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| 873,449
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|- align="center"
 +
| 29
 +
| -
 +
| 736
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| 874,185
 +
|- align="center"
 +
| 30
 +
| -
 +
| 785
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| 874,970
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|}
  
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* '''Total Copies Sold:''' 877,433 (Japan)
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* '''Total Copies Sold:''' 1,800,000 (Asia)
  
==Track Listing==
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==United World Charts Positions==
===CD===
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|- style="background: #efefef"
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!align="left"|Track Name
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! Week 1
!align="left"|Length
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! Week 2
!align="left"|Credits
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! Week 3
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|- align="center"
|align="left"|1.
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| Position
|align="left"|Bold & Delicious
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|align="left"|04:41
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| 14
!align="left"|Music: GEO of SWEETBOX/Arrangement: CMJK
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| 37
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|align="left"|2.
 
|align="left"|STEP you
 
|align="left"|04:24
 
!align="left"|Music:Kazuhiro Hara/Arrangement: CMJK
 
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|align="left"|3.
 
|align="left"|Ladies Night
 
|align="left"|04:30
 
!align="left"|Music: GEO of SWEETBOX/Arrangement: CMJK
 
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|align="left"|4.
 
|align="left"|is this LOVE?
 
|align="left"|04:51
 
!align="left"|Music: Miki Watanabe/Arrangement: HΛL
 
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|align="left"|5.
 
|align="left"|(miss)understood
 
|align="left"|04:02
 
!align="left"|Music: Tetsuya Yukumi/Arrangement: tasuku
 
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|align="left"|6.
 
|align="left"|alterna (album mix)
 
|align="left"|05:28
 
!align="left"|Music: Shintaro Hagiwara, Sosaku Sasaki/Arrangement: CMJK
 
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|align="left"|7.
 
|align="left"|In The Corner
 
|align="left"|03:22
 
!align="left"|Music: GEO of SWEETBOX/Arrangement: tasuku
 
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|align="left"|8.
 
|align="left"|tasking
 
|align="left"|01:26
 
!align="left"|Music/Arrangement: tasuku
 
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|align="left"|9.
 
|align="left"|criminal
 
|align="left"|5:13
 
!align="left"|Music/Arrangement: Kazuhiro Hara
 
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|align="left"|10.
 
|align="left"|Pride
 
|align="left"|04:10
 
!align="left"|Music: GEO of SWEETBOX/Arrangement: CMJK
 
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|align="left"|11.
 
|align="left"|Will
 
|align="left"|04:07
 
!align="left"|Music: CREA, D.A.I/Arrangement: tasuku
 
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|align="left"|12.
 
|align="left"|HEAVEN
 
|align="left"|04:19
 
!align="left"|Music: Kazuhito Kikuchi/Arrangement: Yuta Nakano & KZB
 
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|align="left"|13.
 
|align="left"|Are You Wake Up?
 
|align="left"|02:05
 
!align="left"|Music/Arrangement: CMJK
 
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|align="left"|14.
 
|align="left"|fairyland
 
|align="left"|05:17
 
!align="left"|Music: tasuku/Arrangement: HΛL
 
|-
 
|align="left"|15.
 
|align="left"|Beautiful Day
 
|align="left"|04:34
 
!align="left"|Music: GEO of SWEETBOX/Arrangement: tasuku
 
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|align="left"|16.
 
|align="left"|rainy day
 
|align="left"|04:02
 
!align="left"|Music: GEO of SWEETBOX/Arrangement: Yuta Nakano
 
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===DVD===
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==External Links==
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*[http://www.oricon.co.jp/music/release/d/628542/1/ Oricon Profile]
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!align="left"|Track Name
 
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|align="left"|1.
 
|align="left"|STEP you (video clip)
 
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|align="left"|2.
 
|align="left"|is this LOVE? (video clip)
 
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|align="left"|3.
 
|align="left"|fairyland (video clip)
 
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|align="left"|4.
 
|align="left"|alterna (video clip)
 
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|align="left"|5.
 
|align="left"|HEAVEN (video clip)
 
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|align="left"|6.
 
|align="left"|Bold & Delicious (video clip)
 
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|align="left"|7.
 
|align="left"|Pride (video clip)
 
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|align="left"|8.
 
|align="left"|rainy day (video clip)
 
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|align="left"|9.
 
|align="left"|Ladies Night (video clip)
 
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|align="left"|10.
 
|align="left"|Bold & Delicious -SIDE STORY- (album ver.)
 
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|align="left"|11.
 
|align="left"|STEP you (making clip)
 
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|align="left"|12.
 
|align="left"|is this LOVE? (making clip)
 
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|align="left"|13.
 
|align="left"|fairyland (making clip)
 
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|align="left"|14.
 
|align="left"|alterna (making clip)
 
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|align="left"|15.
 
|align="left"|HEAVEN (making clip)
 
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|align="left"|16.
 
|align="left"|Pride (making clip)
 
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==Internal Links==
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{{Hamasaki Ayumi}}
*[[Hamasaki Ayumi]]
 
*[[(miss)understood/Artwork Gallery]]
 
  
{{Hamasaki_Ayumi}}
 
 
[[Category:J-Pop (releases)]]
 
[[Category:J-Pop (releases)]]
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[[Category:2006 Albums]]
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[[Category:2006 Number 1 Albums]]
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[[Category:2006 Oricon Top 100 Albums]]
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[[Category:World Chart Number 1]]
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[[Category:World Charts]]

Revision as of 23:13, 21 July 2009

CD+DVD
CD only
on my way Photobook
off my day Photobook
Artist
Hamasaki Ayumi
Album
(miss)understood
Released
2006.01.01
Catalog Number
AVCD-17837/B (CD+DVD)
AVCD-17838 (CD Only)
Price
¥3,990 (CD+DVD)
¥3,150 (CD Only)
CD Tracklist
  1. Bold & Delicious
  2. STEP you
  3. Ladies Night
  4. is this LOVE?
  5. (miss)understood
  6. alterna
  7. In the Corner
  8. tasking
  9. criminal
  10. Pride
  11. Will
  12. HEAVEN
  13. Are You Wake Up?
  14. fairyland
  15. Beautiful Day
  16. rainy day
DVD Tracklist
  1. STEP you (PV)
  2. is this LOVE? (PV)
  3. fairyland (PV)
  4. alterna (PV)
  5. HEAVEN (PV)
  6. Bold & Delicious (PV)
  7. Pride (PV)
  8. rainy day (PV)
  9. Ladies Night (PV)
  10. Bold & Delicious -SIDE STORY- -Album Ver.- (PV)
  11. STEP you (Making Clip)
  12. is this LOVE? (Making Clip)
  13. fairyland (Making Clip)
  14. alterna (Making Clip)
  15. HEAVEN (Making Clip)
  16. Pride (Making Clip)


Information

(miss)understood is Hamasaki Ayumi's seventh album. There are two versions of this album; a CD only and a CD+DVD version, each with a different cover. The first press bonus for both CD only and CD+DVD is a 70-page full-color photobook - "on my way" for the CD+DVD edition and "off my day" for CD only. This album reached #1 on the Oricon charts; as for Taiwan, it reached #1 and charted for 5 weeks. As this album sold 877,433 copies in 2006, it became the #8 album of the year in Japan; as for Taiwan it became the #7 album of the year. (miss)understood was certified a million selling album by RIAJ for shipping 1,030,000 copies.

Six tracks from this album are in fact covers of demo songs that came from Sweetbox's album Addicted, which was released in Japan three months later on March 1st, 2006. Hamasaki wrote her own lyrics for those songs versions on (miss)understood. These tracks are:

Oricon Chart Positions

Week Week Rank Sales Total Sales
1+2 1 654,000 654,000
3 2 82,731 736,731
4 4 38,861 775,592
5 8 25,885 801,477
6 11 15,855 817,332
7 16 10,710 828,042
8 24 7,974 836,016
9 45 5,733 841,749
10 53 4,442 846,191
11 56 4,194 850,385
12 - 3,425 853,810
13 - 2,964 856,774
14 - 2,329 859,103
15 - 1,506 860,609
16 - 1,290 861,899
17 - 1,431 863,330
18 - 1,448 864,778
19 - 954 865,732
20 - 847 866,579
21 - 902 867,481
22 - 689 868,170
23 - 766 868,936
24 - 916 869,852
25 - 1,025 870,877
26 - 1,042 871,919
27 - 851 872,770
28 - 679 873,449
29 - 736 874,185
30 - 785 874,970
  • Total Copies Sold: 877,433 (Japan)
  • Total Copies Sold: 1,800,000 (Asia)

United World Charts Positions

Week 1 Week 2 Week 3
Position 1 14 37

External Links