& (song)

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“&”
“&” cover
Single by Ayumi Hamasaki
from the album Memorial address
B-side theme of a-nation '03
Released July 9, 2003
Format JPN CD Single
USA Digital Single [1]
Genre J-pop
Length 34:34
Label Avex Trax
Writer(s) Ayumi Hamasaki
Ayumi Hamasaki singles chronology
"Voyage"
(2002)
"&"
(2003)
"forgiveness"
(2003)

"&" is the 29th single released by Ayumi Hamasaki and her 16th number 1 single. It came out on July 9, 2003. "&" was a triple A-side single and also featured the theme to A-Nation 2003, which Ayu sang. "&" also featured the three songs "ourselves", "Greatful Days", "Hanabi ~episode II~.

The single debuted at the number one spot for the daily, weekly and monthly Japanese charts and went on to sell almost 600,000 copies. It is her last single to sell over 500,000 copies.

The songs Hanabi ~episode II~ and theme of a-nation '03 were composed by Ayumi under the nickname CREA.

Contents

[edit] Track listing

  1. ourselves – 4:33
  2. Greatful Days
  3. Hanabi ~episode II~ – 4:54
  4. theme of a-nation '03 – 6:15
  5. ourselves (Instrumental) – 4:33
  6. Greatful Days (Instrumental)
  7. Hanabi ~episode II~ (Instrumental) – 4:54

[edit] Chart positions

Chart (2003) Peak position First week Sales total Chart run
Oricon Daily Singles Chart #1
Oricon Weekly Singles Chart #1 287,002 592,000 16
Oricon Monthly Singles Chart #8
  • Total Sales : 592,000 (Japan)
  • Total Sales : 690,000 (Avex)

[edit] External links

[edit] References

  1. ^ http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewArtist?id=73951471