A Best 2 -Black-
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- 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 Code
- AVCD-23263 (CD+2DVD) ; AVCD-23264 (CD only)
- Price
- ¥ 4,700 (CD+2DVD) ; ¥ 3,059 (CD only)
- CD Tracklist
- Dearest
- CAROLS
- No way to say
- HANABI
- walking proud
- Free & Easy
- Endless sorrow
- Because of You
- About You
- GAME
- is this LOVE?
- HANABI ~episode II~
- NEVER EVER
- HEAVEN
- part of Me
- Memorial address (Hidden Track)
- DVD ~BEST Video Clip -BLACK- Collection~ Tracklist
- Dearest
- CAROLS
- No way to say
- walking proud
- Free & Easy
- Endless sorrow
- Because of You
- About You
- GAME
- is this LOVE?
- HANABI ~episode II~
- NEVER EVER (Promotional clip)
- HEAVEN
- part of Me
- H (TV-CM)
- DVD 2 tracklist
- 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 others days A BEST 2 -WHITE- was preferred. 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. 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 Chart | Week Rank | Sales | Total Sales | Total A BEST 2 Sales |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| - | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 470,057 | 470,057 | 945,341 |
| 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 97,354 | 567,411 | 1,144,589 |
| 3 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 44,239 | 611,650 | 1,235,462 |
| 7 | 15 | 13 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 10 | 21,349 | 632,999 | 1,279,478 |
| 9 | 19 | 18 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 11 | 5 | 16 | 13,265 | 646,264 | 1,306,911 |
| 13 | 20 | 20 | 18 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 6 | 18 | 8,339 | 654,603 | 1,324,033 |
| 17 | - | - | - | 20 | - | 20 | 7 | 23 | 5,739 | 660,342 | 1,336,048 |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 8 | 30 | 4,337 | 664,679 | 1,345,160 |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 9 | 49 | 3,866 | 668,545 | 1,353,155 |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 10 | 43 | 3,722 | 672,267 | 1,361,007 |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 11 | 57 | 2,217 | 674,484 | 1,365,538 |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 12 | 60 | 2,086 | 676,570 | 1,369,729 |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 13 | 113 | 1,713 | 678,283 | 1,373,320 |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 14 | 102 | 1,514 | 679,797 | 1,376,613 |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 15 | 127 | 1,329 | 681,126 | 1,379,444 |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 16 | 124 | 1,268 | 682,394 | 1,382,079 |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 17 | 134 | 1,191 | 683,585 | 1,384,510 |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 18 | 144 | 1,478 | 685,063 | 1,387,476 |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 19 | 162 | 1,114 | 686,177 | 1,389,786 |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 20 | 141 | 1,196 | 687,373 | 1,392,232 |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 21 | 135 | 1,318 | 688,691 | 1,395,101 |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 22 | 171 | 1,167 | 689,858 | 1,397,519 |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 23 | 177 | 948 | 690,806 | 1,399,513 |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 24 | 196 | 926 | 691,732 | 1,401,587 |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 25 | 168 | 1,044 | 692,776 | 1,403,893 |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 26 | 186 | 1,010 | 693,786 | 1,405,325 |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 27 | 240 | 795 | 694,581 | 1,407,576 |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 28 | 245 | 740 | 695,321 | 1,409,060 |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 29 | 235 | 712 | 696,033 | 1,410,520 |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 30 | 266 | 695 | 696,728 | 1,411,968 |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 31 | 235 | 913 | 697,641 | 1,413,990 |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 32 | 277 | 950 | 698,591 | 1,414,940 |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 33 | no chart due to new year | |||
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 34 | 167 | 2,593 | 701,184 | 1,421,304 |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 35 | 159 | 990 | 702,174 | 1,423,317 |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 36 | 219 | 721 | 702,895 | 1,424,734 |
- 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 | |
External Links
- A BEST 2 Official Site
- Ayumi's Official Site (In English, Japanese and Chinese)
- Oricon Profile
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