A Best 2 -Black-

CD+2DVD

CD only

Artist

Hamasaki Ayumi

Album

A BEST 2 -BLACK-

Released

2007.02.28 (Japan)

2007.03.07 (Hong Kong)

2007.03.09 (Taiwan)

2007.03.14 (Singapore)

2007.03.12 (Overseas version)

2007.03.15 (Korea)

2007.04.?? (Malaysia)

Catalog Number

AVCD-23263 (CD+2DVD), AVCD-23264 (CD only)

Price

¥4,700 (CD+2DVD), ¥3,059 (CD only)

CD Tracklist

1. Dearest
2. CAROLS
3. No way to say
4. HANABI
5. walking proud
6. Free & Easy
7. Endless sorrow
8. Because of You
9. About You
10. GAME
11. is this LOVE?
12. HANABI ~episode II~
13. NEVER EVER
14. HEAVEN
15. part of Me
16. Memorial address (Hidden Track)

DVD ~BEST Video Clip -BLACK- Collection~ Tracklist

1. Dearest
2. CAROLS
3. No way to say
4. walking proud
5. Free & Easy
6. Endless sorrow
7. Because of You
8. About You
9. GAME
10. is this LOVE?
11. HANABI ~episode II~
12. NEVER EVER (Promotional clip)
13. HEAVEN
14. part of Me
15. H (TV-CM)

DVD 2 tracklist

1. BEST of COUNTDOWN LIVE 2006-2007 A (Documentary)

Information

"A BEST 2" is the third "best of" compilation by Hamasaki Ayumi. It was released in two versions; BLACK and WHITE. The BLACK version contains painful and dark songs selected from everything since her 20th single evolution (2001) up to her 38th single Bold & Delicious / Pride (2005) plus one new song that was used in a Panasonic commercial promoting Lumix cameras. The first press of the album included a special black case. All tracks except "part of Me" 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 of 696,728 copies in 2007, the album became the #7 album of the year. To date, A BEST 2 sold a combine total of 1,423,317 copies.

Charts

A BEST 2 -BLACK- debuted at #1 in Oricon Charts (Japan) but the other days A BEST 2 -WHITE- was preffered. 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 -BLACK- outsold the weekly #3 for a large of 437,037 copies and ended being #2 weekly while A BEST 2 -WHITE- was #1 weekly. 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 Chart	Week Rank	Sales	Total Sales	Total A BEST 2 Sales
-	1	2	2	2	2	2	1	2	470,057	470,057	945,341
2	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	3	97,354	567,411	1,144,589
3	9	9	7	7	7	7	3	7	44,239	611,650	1,235,462
7	15	13	8	8	9	9	4	10	21,349	632,999	1,279,478
9	19	18	14	14	14	11	5	16	13,265	646,264	1,306,911
13	20	20	18	19	19	19	6	18	8,339	654,603	1,324,033
17	-	-	-	20	-	20	7	23	5,739	660,342	1,336,048
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	30	4,337	664,679	1,345,160
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9	49	3,866	668,545	1,353,155
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	10	43	3,722	672,267	1,361,007
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	11	57	2,217	674,484	1,365,538
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	12	60	2,086	676,570	1,369,729
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	13	113	1,713	678,283	1,373,320
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	14	102	1,514	679,797	1,376,613
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	15	127	1,329	681,126	1,379,444
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	16	124	1,268	682,394	1,382,079
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	17	134	1,191	683,585	1,384,510
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	18	144	1,478	685,063	1,387,476
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	19	162	1,114	686,177	1,389,786
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	20	141	1,196	687,373	1,392,232
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	21	135	1,318	688,691	1,395,101
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	22	171	1,167	689,858	1,397,519
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	23	177	948	690,806	1,399,513
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	24	196	926	691,732	1,401,587
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	25	168	1,044	692,776	1,403,893
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	26	186	1,010	693,786	1,405,325
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	27	240	795	694,581	1,407,576
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	28	245	740	695,321	1,409,060
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	29	235	712	696,033	1,410,520
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	30	266	695	696,728	1,411,968
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	31	235	913	697,641	1,413,990
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	32	277	950	698,591	1,414,940
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	33	no chart due to new year
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	34	167	2,593	701,184	1,421,304
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	35	159	990	702,174	1,423,317
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	36	219	721	702,895	1,424,734

• Sales in 2007: 698,591 (#7 album of the year)
• Sales in 2008: 4,304

Charts Positions

Country	Chart	Weeks
		1	2	3	4
All	Global Chart	2	13	-	-
Hong Kong	Japanese Chart	2	5	x	x
	Global Chart	34	-	-	-
	Asian Chart	8	16
Taiwan	Global Chart	3	4	5	7
	Japanese Chart	2	1	2	2

External Links

• A BEST 2 Official Website
• Oricon Profile