Forgiveness

CD Art

Artist

Hamasaki Ayumi

Single

forgiveness

Released

2003.08.20

Catalog Number

AVCD-30503

Price

¥1,050

Tracklist

1. forgiveness
2. ourselves "Kentaro Takizawa Remix"
3. HANABI ~episode II~ "HΛL'S MIX 2003"
4. forgiveness -Instrumental-

Information

"forgiveness" is Hamasaki Ayumi's 30th single. forgiveness was used as the theme song for the dorama Kougen he Irasshai. This single reached #1 on the Oricon charts and charted for 12 weeks. It sold 222,194 copies, becoming the #36 single of 2003.

Live Performances

• [2003.08.16] CDTV
• [2003.08.22[ AX Music TV
• [2003.08.23] POP JAM
• [2003.08.29] MUSIC STATION
• [2003.08.31] a-nation '03
• [2003.09.06] ayu ready? #047
• [2003.09.13] ayu ready? #048
• [2003.10.09~31] A MUSEUM ~30th single collection live~
• [2011.05.07~10.19] ayumi hamasaki ~POWER of MUSIC~ 2011 A
• [2014.12.29~31] ayumi hamasaki COUNTDOWN LIVE 2014-2015 A Cirque de Minuit
• [2015.04.11~07.05] ayumi hamasaki ARENA TOUR 2015 A Cirque de Minuit ~Mayonaka no Circus~

Song Information

Lyrics

Hamasaki Ayumi

Music

CREA and D・A・I

Arrangement

CMJK

Other Information

Original mix

Programming: CMJK

Piano: Kusama Shinichi

Acoustic Guitar: Kajiwara Jun

Strings: Gen Ittetsu Group

Harp: Asakawa Tomoyuki

B.G. Vocal: Hirotani Junko, Kido Yasuhiro, Nishina Kaori

Mixed by Matsumoto Yasuo

Arranged by Shingo Kobayashi ver.

Arrangement: Kobayashi Shingo

Strings: Gen Ittetsu Strings

Mixed by Hattori Atsushi

Music Video

PV Shot

The music video for "forgiveness" was directed by Okoyama Yoshiya. It shows Hamasaki being awaken by a fairy. It also shows Hamasaki in a castle in the middle of the ocean, as a fairy surrounded by fairies, while singing the song. She raises up to the sky as if she were flying, with the moon behind her.

Credits

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Promotional Poster

• A&R + Directed by Yasuyuki Tomita (avex trax)

• Mastered by Shigeo Miyamoto at FLAIR

• A&R Coordination: Kentaro Furusawa (avex trax)
• A&R Chief: Nobuhito Ikehata (avex trax)

• Executive Supervisor: Daisuke Shimokawa, Katsuro Oshita (avex trax)

• Artist Management: Yuka Kikuchi, Junichi Kamitoku, Kouji Hashimoto (avex inc.)

• Media Operation: avex Media room & Promotion room, 2nd A&R/Promotion Dept. Akira Akutsu, Koki Sato & avex inc. Advertisement Division

• Sales Promotion: Taishi Nomura, Kazuo Kosugi, Tomoaki Sato & All avex distribution Staff

• Advisory Producers: Motohiro Abe (avex inc.), Ryuzo Shoji (to max inc.), Yoshihisa Nagata (prime direction inc.)

• General Producer: Shinji Hayashi (avex trax), Ryuhei Chiba (avex inc.)

• Executive Producer: Masato 'max' Matsuura (avex inc.)

• Specially Coordinated by Tom Yoda (avex group)

• Art Direction: Shinichi Hara

• Creative direction, Image photography and computer generated environment: Me Company.
• Photography assistant: Gregor McGregor
• Coordination: Takahisa Iwayoshi, Ayako Takada (Interlink Planning)
• Design: Shigeru Kasai (RICE)
• Creative Coordination: Naoki Ueda (avex trax)
• CG Treatment: Makoto Harikae, Hiroko Tanaka (amana)
• Quality Control: Shuichi Takahashi (avex trax)

• Stylist: Hideo 'Kokomi' Suzue (H)
• Assistant Stylist: Tomoko 'Yukinko' Takahashi (H)
• Costume Creator: Akira Noda (Workaholic)
• Costume Thanks: Boutique Salon coco
• Hair & Make up: Keizo Kuroda (THREE PEACE)
• Assistant Hair & Make up: Yoshinori 'Barber' Ito (THREE PEACE)
• Nail Artist: Kanako 'Bancho' Miura
• Stand In: Atsuko 'Minori' Kubota

Oricon Chart Positions

Week #	Week Rank	Sales	Total Sales
1	1	132,092	132,092
2	5	46,480	178,572
3	8	18,149	196,721
4	19	9,233	205,954
5	23	5,414	211,368
6	45	3,474	214,842
7	48	2,272	217,114
8	x	x	x
9	x	x	221,553
10	120	829	220,724
11	142	620	221,344
12	122	850	222,194

Total Reported Sales: 222,194

Disambiguation

The following are the different versions of this song released throughout Hamasaki Ayumi's discography, listed chronologically.

forgiveness

Found on the Memorial address mini-album as track #7. This is the standard version of the song.

forgiveness -Instrumental-

Found on the "forgiveness" single as track #4. This is the standard version without the main vocals.

forgiveness (Arranged by Shingo Kobayashi)

Found on the ayu-mi-x 7 -version Acoustic Orchestra- remix album as track #12. It has an orchestral arrangement by Kobayashi Shingo.

forgiveness - ayumi hamasaki ~POWER of MUSIC~ 2011 A ver.

Found on the ayumi hamasaki ~POWER of MUSIC~ 2011 A LIMITED EDITION live album as track #1. This is the live recording of her performance on the ayumi hamasaki ~POWER of MUSIC~ 2011 A tour.

External Links

• Oricon Profile
• ayu's Official YouTube Channel: MUSIC VIDEO | "Original Mix" | "Instrumental" ver. | "Acapella" ver.