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A Best 2 -White-
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- 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
- evolution
- Greatful days
- independent
- Humming 7/4
- UNITE!
- Real me
- my name's WOMEN
- ourselves
- INSPIRE
- STEP you
- July 1st
- fairyland
- Voyage
- Moments
- A Song is born
- DVD1 "A BEST Clips -WHITE-" Tracklist
- evolution
- Greatful days
- Humming 7/4
- UNITE! (promotional clip)
- Real me
- my name's WOMEN
- ourselves
- INSPIRE
- STEP you
- fairyland
- Voyage
- Moments
- H (TV-CM)
- DVD2 "ayumi hamasaki BEST of COUNTDOWN LIVE 2006-2007 A" Tracklist
- Not yet
- ourselves
- Fly high
- Beautiful Fighters
- NEVER EVER
- A Song for XX
- No way to say
- Free & Easy
- evolution
- flower garden
- until that Day...
- AUDIENCE
- Boys & Girls
encore - Trauma
- independent
- Humming 7/4
- 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.
Credits
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- Produced by max matsuura
- Mastered by Brian "Big Bass" Gardner at Bernie Grundman Mastering, Hollywood, CA
- A&R: Kentaro Furusawa (avex trax)
- A&R Direction: Hidetomo Yoneda (avex trax)
- Artist Management: Kouji Hashimoto, Tadashi Urakami (avex entertainment inc.)
- Artist Brand Management: Hideki Endo (avex entertainment inc.)
- Visual Producer: Kiyoshi 'Utsumizm' Utsumi (avex group)
- Making Off-shot Producer: Kazuki 'Mr' Okabe (avex entertainment inc.)
- Media Promotion: Takeshi Mori & All Media Division Promotion Room Staff (avex entertainment inc.)
- Media Promotion Supervisor: Akira Akutsu (avex entertainment inc.)
- Sales Promotion: Jun Yogi, Taishi Nomura & All AMC Staff (avex marketing communications inc.)
- DVD Authoring: Yohei Sato (avex network inc.)
- Contents Coordination: Shunsuke Abe (avex network inc.)
- Web Designer: Yukiko Ito (avex network inc.)
- A&R Desk: Miki Endo (avex entertainment inc.)
- A&R Supervisor: Hiroshi Ishimori, Takashi Okuda (avex trax)
- A&R Executive Supervisor: Jun Harada (avex trax)
- Advisory Producers: Motohiro Abe (avex entertainment inc.), Yoshihisa Nagata (avex live creative inc.)
- General Producers: Shinji Hayashi, Takashi Araki, Ryuhei Chiba (avex group)
- Art Direction & Design: Shinichi Hara
- Art Design: Takuma Noriage (momoya)
- Creative Coordination: Naoki Ueda (avex marketing communications inc.)
- CG Treatment: Makoto Harikae, Hiroko Tanaka, Hiroki Yura (amana)
- Quality Control: Shuichi Takahashi, Toshiyuki Suzuki (avex marketing communications inc.)
- Photographer: Kazuyoshi Shimomura (AVGVST)
- Assistant Photographer: Satoko Mitomi
- Stylist: Kei 'Okei' Ito (ab fab)
- Assistant Stylist: Yuko Honda (ab fab)
- Costume Creator: Akira Noda (Workaholik)
- Nail Artist: Kanako 'Bancho' Miura (Three Peace)
- Assistant Nail Artist: Shingo 'Minazo' Sano
- Hair: Mika Momose (ISM)
- Assistant Hair: So 'Otochan' Tsuchie (ISM)
- Make Up: Jin 'Gori' Kiyota (Rond.)
- Assistant Make Up: Shoichi 'Sho' Nakamura
- Stand in: Takami 'Poroko' Desaki
- Support: Keizo Kuroda, Kazuhisa Kurumizawa (Three Peace), Kazuyoshi Takahashi, Satomi Masubuchi, Kayoko Kishishita, Hiroyuki Kuramoto (ZACC), Takehide Fumimori, Miki Kakinuma, Koji Matsumoto, Stanly Izumi Kim, Luis Hernandez, Ward Sexton, Katsutaka 'Numacchi' Numakura (Office Lift), Jun Yoshida (ISM)
- Special Thanks: Junichi 'nonchan' Kamitoku, Mikajohn, Tetsuya 'Hige' Hirakawa, Natsuki, Furu, Yossy, Ryuji, Naokun, Yusuke, Kotaro, Turico, Tomomi, Kyoko, Ai, Ryo, Keiko, Jin, Kumako, Keiichi, my family & my honey, all of you who participated this album... and you❤
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 Rank | Sales |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| - | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 475,284 |
| 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 101,894 |
| 2 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 46,634 |
| 6 | 12 | 11 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 22,667 |
| 8 | 18 | 16 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 15 | 14,168 |
| 12 | 19 | 18 | 17 | 18 | 15 | 17 | 17 | 8,783 |
| 15 | - | 19 | 20 | 19 | 16 | 17 | 21 | 6,276 |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 29 | 4,775 |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 46 | 4,129 |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 39 | 4,130 |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 54 | 2,314 |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 56 | 2,105 |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 101 | 1,878 |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 89 | 1,779 |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 113 | 1,502 |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 109 | 1,367 |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 125 | 1,240 |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 142 | 1,488 |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 151 | 1,196 |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 139 | 1,250 |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 116 | 1,551 |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 156 | 1,251 |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 159 | 1,046 |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 145 | 1,148 |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 143 | 1,262 |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 184 | 1,022 |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 217 | 856 |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 243 | 744 |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 223 | 748 |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 247 | 753 |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 284 | 747 |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | out for one week | |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 290 | 595 |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | out for ten weeks | |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 232 | 919 |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | out for one week | |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 164 | 2,619 |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 150 | 1,023 |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 229 | 696 |
- Total Reported Sales: 721,839
- Sales in 2007: 717,501 (#5 album of the year)
- Sales in 2008: 4,338
- 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 | |
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 | Week 18 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Position | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 11 | 8 | 12 | 16 | 13 | - | - | 16 |
| Percentage | 24.66% | 12.31% | 13.15% | 9.9% | 7.43% | 4.78% | 1.98% | 2.46% | 1.3% | 1.2% | 1.09% | 1.16% | 0.86% | 0.79% | 0.57% | - | - | 0.37% |
External Links
- Oricon Profile: CD+2DVD | CD Only
- A BEST 2 Official Website (Archive/Japanese)
- "A BEST 2 -WHITE-" TRACK LIST LIVE
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