A Complete: All Singles

A Complete: All Singles

Cover to the standard edition of the album
Greatest hits album by Ayumi Hamasaki
Released September 10, 2008 (Japan)
September 19, 2008 (Hong Kong & Taiwan)
Recorded 2008 (re-mastered songs from 1998-2008 period)
Genre Pop, rock, electronica, synthpop
Label Avex Trax
Producer Max Matsuura
Ayumi Hamasaki chronology
Guilty
(2008)		 A Complete: All Singles
(2008)		 Next Level
(2009)
Alternative cover
3CD+DVD Cover

A Complete: All Singles is a greatest hits album released by Ayumi Hamasaki on September 10, 2008 to commemorate her tenth anniversary with Avex. The first press of the album came in a special box along with a forty-eight-page photobook that includes previously-unreleased alternate single covers. The album, released in 3CD and 3CD+DVD formats, includes the first tracks from all the singles she has released since 1998.[fn 1][1] According to Oricon's yearly chart, A Complete is the eighth highest selling album of 2008 and the third highest selling 2008 album by a female artist, behind Namie Amuro's Best Fiction and Utada Hikaru's Heart Station. In Taiwan, A Complete became the year's highest selling Japanese album.

Contents

Information

A Complete includes all of Hamasaki's A-side single tracks since her first single "Poker Face" up to "Mirrorcle World". Many tracks on the album have been remastered such as "M", "Audience", "Poker Face", and "To Be". Shortly after the release of A Complete Hamasaki announced that the Taiwanese version will include a Chinese version of "Who...".[2] The album sold 538,876 copies by the end of the first week, debuting at #1 making it Hamasaki's first release to sell over 500,000 copies since My Story except (Miss)understood's combined first and second week sales due to Oricon's 51 week rule. A Complete debuted at #7 in Taiwan in its first official week of release and climbed to #2 in its second week, with 7.61% off all album and single sales.[3] However, A Complete maintained the top position on Taiwan's G-MUSIC chart with over 50.74% of all Japanese albums and singles sale in Taiwan. It remained top on Taiwan's Japanese Pop Chart for 5 weeks.[4][5]

Promotion

Hamasaki was scheduled to appear in magazines Sweet, Bea's Up, Vivi and Beatfreak to promote the album.[6] Additionally, she held a promotional campaign in which those who ordered the album online received a gift.[7]

Track listing

All tracks are single remixes except songs which were recut singles, which are original album mixes.

CD1 Track list

  1. Poker Face
  2. You
  3. Trust
  4. For My Dear...
  5. Depend on You
  6. Whatever (version M)
  7. Love: Destiny
  8. To Be
  9. Boys & Girls
  10. Monochrome
  11. Appears (Album Version)
  12. Kanariya (Album Version)
  13. Fly High (Album Version)
  14. Vogue
  15. Far Away

CD2 Track list

  1. Seasons
  2. Surreal
  3. Audience (Dave Ford Mix)
  4. M
  5. Evolution
  6. Never Ever
  7. Endless Sorrow
  8. Unite!
  9. Dearest
  10. Daybreak (album version)
  11. Free & Easy
  12. Independent
  13. Voyage
  14. Ourselves
  15. Forgiveness

CD3 Track list

  1. No Way to Say
  2. Moments
  3. Inspire
  4. Carols
  5. Step You
  6. Fairyland
  7. Heaven
  8. Bold & Delicious
  9. Startin'
  10. Blue Bird
  11. Glitter
  12. Talkin' 2 Myself
  13. Mirrorcle World
  14. Who... (10th Anniversary version) (Bonus Track)1

1The China, Malaysia, Hong Kong and Taiwan releases of "A Complete ~All Singles~" feature a Chinese sung version of "Who... (10th Anniversary Edition)".

DVD Track list

  1. Real Me
  2. Poker Face
  3. Depend on You
  4. To Be
  5. You
  6. Dolls
  7. A Song for ××
  8. Surreal
  9. Evolution
  10. Rainbow
  1. Evolution
  2. Hanabi
  3. Voyage
  1. Forgiveness
  2. Boys & Girls
  1. Game
  2. Moments
  3. Greatful Days [sic]
  1. Fairyland
  2. Is This Love?
  1. Unite!
  2. A Song for ××
  1. Until That Day...
  2. July 1
  3. Boys & Girls

Release history

Region Date Format Catalogue Number
Japan September 10, 2008 (2008-09-10) 3CD+DVD
  • Initial pressing limited edition:

SPECIAL PHOTOBOOK (40P)

 AVCD-23673/B
3CD AVCD-23676
Hong Kong
Taiwan
China November 1, 2008 (2008-11-01) 3CD+DVD
  • Initial pressing:

SPECIAL PHOTOBOOK (40P)
South Korea
Singapore

Charts

Oricon Sales Chart (Japan)
Release Chart Peak position First Week Sales Sales total Chart run
September 10, 2008 Oricon Daily Albums Chart 1
Oricon Weekly Albums Chart 1 538,876 852,259 38 weeks
Oricon Monthly Albums Chart 1
Oricon Yearly Albums Chart 8

Singles

Date Title Peak position Weeks Sales in Japan
April 8, 2008 "Mirrorcle World" 1 15 weeks 193,016

Physical Sales & Rank

Chart Peak
position
Oricon Daily Albums Chart 1
Oricon Weekly Albums Chart 1
Oricon Monthly Albums Chart 1
Oricon Yearly Albums Chart 2008 8
Billboard Japan 1
HMV J-POP Chart (Japan) 1
HMV Asian Chart (Japan) 1
Billboard Japan Top Albums 1
G-Music Combo Chart[3] (Taiwan) 2
G-Music J-POP Chart[4] (Taiwan) 1
J-POP/K-POP Five Music Records (Taiwan)[8] 1
HMV Hong Kong Album Chart (Japanese)[9] 1
HMV Hong Kong Top 40 Album Chart (Asian)[10] 1
HMV Hong Kong Top 40 Album Chart (Global)[11] 2
Soundscan Albums Chart (CD+DVD)[12] 1
Soundscan Albums Chart (CD-Only)[12] 2
Monthly Hanteo Albums Chart(Korea)[13] 7
Weekly Hanteo Albums Chart(Korea)[14] 1
Daily Hanteo Albums Chart (Korea)[15] 1
Country Peak Certification Sales
Japan 1 3x Platinum 852,259

Footnotes

  1. ^ Neither "A Song Is Born" nor "Together When..." appear on the album. The former, a duet with Keiko Yamada, is not counted by Avex as part of her official discography; the latter is a digital single and is not counted among her "regular" singles.

References

  1. ^ "NEWS&INFORMATION｜ayumi hamasaki(浜崎あゆみ) official website". Avexnet.or.jp. 2008-10-09. http://avexnet.or.jp/ayu/jp/news/080722.html. Retrieved 2011-03-02. 
  2. ^ "[News] bonus track: Who... (Chinese version) for ... - Ayumi Hamasaki Sekai". Ahsforum.com. 2008-09-10. http://www.ahsforum.com/forum/showthread.php?t=79762. Retrieved 2011-03-02. 
  3. ^ a b "G-Music 風雲榜 (綜合榜)". G-music.com.tw. http://www.g-music.com.tw/GMusicBillboard0.aspx. Retrieved 2011-03-02. 
  4. ^ a b "G-Music 風雲榜 (東洋榜)". G-music.com.tw. http://www.g-music.com.tw/GMusicBillboard3.aspx. Retrieved 2011-03-02. 
  5. ^ "[Charts & Rankings] A COMPLETE ~All Singles~ Oricon 2nd Thread - Page 21 - Ayumi Hamasaki Sekai". Ahsforum.com. http://www.ahsforum.com/forum/showthread.php?t=79976&page=21. Retrieved 2011-03-02. 
  6. ^ (Japanese) SCHEDULE｜ayumi hamasaki(浜崎あゆみ) official website
  7. ^ (Japanese) "浜崎あゆみデビュー10周年を記念して、超豪華シングル・ベスト盤発売決定!!!". Rakuten. Archived from the original on 2008-07-30. http://web.archive.org/web/20080730115300/http://item.rakuten.co.jp/simareco/avcd-23673/. Retrieved 2008-09-09. 
  8. ^ "Five Music - 五大唱片(5大唱片) -五大金榜". 5music.com.tw. http://www.5music.com.tw/CDTop.asp?top=2. Retrieved 2011-03-02. 
  9. ^ "HMV Hong Kong - Canto Chart". Hmv.com.hk. http://www.hmv.com.hk/charts/japanese_ns.asp. Retrieved 2011-03-02. 
  10. ^ "HMV Hong Kong - HMV Asian Chart". Hmv.com.hk. http://www.hmv.com.hk/charts/asian.asp. Retrieved 2011-03-02. 
  11. ^ "HMV Hong Kong - HMV Overall Chart". Hmv.com.hk. http://www.hmv.com.hk/charts/default.asp. Retrieved 2011-03-02. 
  12. ^ a b [1]
  13. ^ Korean Monthly
  14. ^ Korean Weekly
  15. ^ Korean Daily
Preceded by
Best Fiction by Namie Amuro		 Oricon Weekly number-one album
A Complete: All Singles by Ayumi Hamasaki
September 8–14, 2008		 Succeeded by
B'z The Best "Ultra Treasure" by B'z
Ayumi Hamasaki
Studio albums
EPs
Compilations
A Best · A Ballads · A Best 2 (White · Black) · A Complete: All Singles
Remixes
Concert Tours
Countdown Lives
2000-2001 A · 2001-2002 A · 2002-2003 A · 2004-2005 A · 2005-2006 A · 2006-2007 A · 2007-2008 Anniversary · Premium 2008-2009 A · 2009-2010 A: Future Classics · 2010-2011 A: Do It Again
DVDs
A Film for ×× · A Clips · A Clips Vol.2 · Ayumi Hamasaki Complete Live Box A · Complete Clip Box · Distance Love · Tsuki ni Shizumu
Filmography
Twins Teacher · Battle Spirits Ryūko no Ken · Sumomo mo Momo · Miseinen · Like Grains of Sand · Gakko II
See also