Memorial Address

Album Cover

Album Cover (CD+DVD)

Artist

Hamasaki Ayumi

Mini-Album

Memorial address

Released

2003.12.17

Catalog Number

AVCD-17410/B (CD+DVD)

AVCD-17411 (CD Only)

Price

¥3,465 (CD+DVD)

¥2,100 (CD Only)

CD Tracklist

1. ANGEL'S SONG
2. Greatful days
3. Because of You
4. ourselves
5. HANABI ~episode II~
6. No way to say (Original Mix)
7. forgiveness
8. Memorial address (take 2 version) (Bonus Track)

DVD Tracklist

1. ANGEL'S SONG (PV)
2. Greatful days (PV)
3. Because of You (PV)
4. ourselves (PV)
5. HANABI ~episode II~ (PV)
6. No way to say (PV)
7. forgiveness (PV)
8. Special Digest from A museum ~30th collection live~

Information

"Memorial address" is Hamasaki Ayumi's first mini-album (2nd overall). It is available in two formats, CD or CD+DVD package, which was a first for Hamasaki at that time. Of the album's 8 tracks, only three of them are new material to the album: ANGEL'S SONG, Because of You and Memorial address.

"Memorial address" reached #1 on the Oricon charts selling 524,028 copies on its first week. It sold 1,059,534 copies in 2004, becoming the #4 album of the year. It charted for 48 weeks and sold a total of 1,062,288. It is currently the best-selling mini-album by a Japanese female singer, having sold over a million copies in Japan.

The melody of the title track, "Memorial address", was composed by Yukumi Tetsuya of the independent band LOVER SOUND TRACK, originally used in their song "kumo". Since this song, Hamasaki has used Yukumi's composing talents extensively; he composed a good portion of songs on Hamasaki's 2004 album, "MY STORY". The song was certified Gold in 2013 by RIAJ for selling over 100,000 legal downloads.

Oricon Chart Positions

Mon	Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri	Sat	Sun	Week Rank	Sales
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	524,028
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	306,521
-	-	-	-	-	-	-
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	63,471
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	36,190
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	24,121
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	16	17,520
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	22	11,479
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	25	9,993
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	36	6,899
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	49	5,537
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	65	3,662
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	64	3,718
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	77	3,256
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	104	2,658
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	90	2,934
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	76	2,793
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	63	2,711
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	101	2,037
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	100	2,476
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	124	1,781
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	134	1,392
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	165	1,142
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	196	1,132
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	168	1,177
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	181	1,088
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	187	1,052
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	282	941
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	198	1,294
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	238	983
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	226	1,023
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	231	1,190
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	144	1,635
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	135	1,601
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	169	1,379
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	156	1,421
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	253	971
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	247	871
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	236	888
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	244	779
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	out for one week
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	256	894
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	292	655
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	249	885
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	274	747
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	out for two weeks
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	298	609
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	out for four weeks
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	225	1,042
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	289	1,712
-	-	-	-	-	-	-

• Total Sales Reported: 1,062,288

External Links

• Oricon Profile CD+DVD | CD Only