A Ballads
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- Artist
- Hamasaki Ayumi
- Album
- A BALLADS
- Released
- 2003.03.12 (Japan)
- 2003.03.21 (Taiwan)
- Catalog Code
- AVCD-17278
- Price
- ¥ 3,150
- Tracklist
- RAINBOW
- appears "HAL's Progress"
- Key ~eternal tie ver.~
- YOU "northern breeze"
- TO BE "2003 ReBirth Mix"
- HANABI
- M "HAL's Progress"
- Dearest
- Dolls
- SEASONS "2003 ReBirth Mix"
- Voyage
- A Song for XX "030213 Session take #2"
- Who... "Across the Universe"
- Sotsugyou Shashin (卒業写真; Graduation Photo)
- Information
A BALLADS is the second "best of" album released by Hamasaki Ayumi, with all of the songs being ballads or re-recorded into ballad form. The limited edition comes with four different random covers. It peaked #1 on the Oricon charts and sold 924,902 units in 2003. In 2006, According RIAJ, this album passed the 1,000,000 mark; selling a total of 1,040,998 copies.
Weekly Oricon Ranks & Charts
| Week | Week Rank | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | #1 | 561,127 |
| 2 | #3 | 129,241 |
| 3 | #5 | 71,053 |
| 4 | #4 | 38,427 |
| 5 | #4 | 22,316 |
| 6 | #6 | 15,730 |
| 7 | #16 | 11,627 |
- Total Sales: 1,041,000 (Japan)
- Total Sales: 2,000,000 (Asia)
Covers
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| Hamasaki Ayumi (edit) | 
| |
| Singles: 00 | 01 | 02 | 03 | 04 | 05 | 06 | 07 | | 08 | 09 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 |14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 | 35 | 36 | 37 | 38 | 39 | 40 | 41 | 42 | 43 | ||
| Digital Singles: Together When... | ||
| Albums: A Song for XX | LOVEppears | Duty | I am... | RAINBOW | MY STORY | (miss)understood | Secret | GUILTY | ||
| Compilation Albums: A BEST | A BALLADS | A BEST 2 -BLACK- | A BEST 2 -WHITE- | ||
| Mini-Albums: Nothing from Nothing | Memorial address | ||
| Concert DVDs: 01 | 02 | 03 | 04 | 05 | 06 | 07 | 08 | 09 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | ||
| Remix Albums: 01 | 02 | 03 | 04 | 05 | 06 | 07 | 08 | 09 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 |
