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 Rank	Sales
-	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	470,057
2	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	97,534
3	9	9	7	7	7	7	7	44,239
7	15	13	8	8	9	9	10	21,349
9	19	18	14	14	14	11	16	13,265
13	20	20	18	19	19	19	18	8,339
17	-	-	-	20	-	20	23	5,739
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	30	4,337
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	49	3,866
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	43	3,722
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	60	2,217
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	57	2,086
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	113	1,713
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	102	1,514
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	127	1,329
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	124	1,268
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	134	1,191
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	144	1,478
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	162	1,114
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	141	1,196
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	135	1,318
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	171	1,167
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	177	948
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	196	926
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	168	1,044
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	186	1,010
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	240	795
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	245	740
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	235	712
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	266	695
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	out for thirteen weeks
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	235	913
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	277	950
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	167	2,593
-	-	-	-	-	-	-
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	159	990
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	219	721

• 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

G-Music Japanese Chart Positions

	Week 1	Week 2	Week 3	Week 4	Week 5	Week 6	Week 7	Week 8	Week 9	Week 10	Week 11	Week 12	Week 13	Week 14	Week 15	Week 16	Week 17
Position	2	1	2	2	2	2	4	7	9	11	12	12	15	15	15	-	14
Percentage	23.81%	13%	11.95%	8.94%	7%	5.36%	2.28%	2.38%	1.22%	1.07%	1.06%	1.03%	0.62%	0.87%	0.51%	-	0.56%

External Links

• A BEST 2 Official Website
• Oricon Profile