Best: Third Universe/Universe

Best: Third Universe
Compilation album by Kumi Koda
Released February 3, 2010
Recorded 2006-2008 (Japan)
Genre Pop, R&B, pop rock, Dance
Length 68:02 (CD)
77:38 (DVD)
Label Rhythm Zone
Producer Kumi Koda
Kumi Koda chronology
Koda Kumi Driving Hit's
(2009)		 Best: Third Universe/Universe
(2010)		 Koda Kumi Driving Hit's 2
(2010)
2CD Cover
2CD+DVD Cover
Universe
Studio album by Kumi Koda
Released February 3, 2010
Recorded 2009-2010 (Japan)
Genre Pop, R&B, pop rock, Dance
Length 61:21
Label Rhythm Zone
Producer Kumi Koda
Kumi Koda chronology
Koda Kumi Driving Hit's
(2009)		 Best: Third Universe/Universe
(2010)		 Koda Kumi Driving Hit's 2
(2010)
Singles from Universe
  1. "It's All Love!"
    Released: March 31, 2009
  2. "3 Splash"
    Released: July 8, 2009
  3. "Alive/Physical Thing"
    Released: September 16, 2009
  4. "Can We Go Back"
    Released: January 20, 2010

Best: Third Universe is Kumi Koda's fifth greatest hits album, following Best: Bounce & Lovers and Out Works & Collaboration Best. The covers resemble those of Best: Second Session, and Koda can be seen looking through the booklet for that album on the 2CD & 2CD+DVD edition cover. The album contains songs from both single and album releases stretching from "Koi no Tsubomi (恋のつぼみ Love Bud?)" to "Trick". Four of the A-side songs released during that time did not make it onto the best album: "Juicy" from the "4 Hot Wave" single, "Cherry Girl" from "Cherry Girl/Unmei" single, "Unmei (運命 Fate?)" from the "Cherry Girl/Unmei" single and "Aishō (愛証 Love Proof?)" from the "But/Aishō" single.

Universe is the eighth studio album by Koda, collecting songs from previous singles following her seventh album Trick. Two a-side tracks did not make it onto the studio album "Hashire! (走れ Run!?)" from the "3 Splash" single and "Faraway" from "It's All Love!".

These albums were released in three editions, CD+Ringtone (only containing the greatest hits album Best: Third Universe and a serial number card access to download ringtones of all the songs from her 8th studio album Universe, available only in Japan), 2CD (containing both the greatest hits and the 8th studio album) and 2CD+DVD (containing both albums and a DVD with the music videos for the songs on both albums). The album shifted 222,000 units within its first week, becoming the #1 album on the Oricon weekly charts.

Contents

Tracklist

Best Third: Universe
No. Title Length
1. "Koi no Tsubomi" (from Black Cherry) 4:06
2. "I'll Be There" (from Black Cherry) 4:15
3. "Ningyo Hime" (from Black Cherry) 4:25
4. "With Your Smile" (from Black Cherry) 4:15
5. "Yume no Uta" (from Black Cherry) 4:43
6. "But" (from Kingdom) 3:37
7. "Freaky" (from Kingdom) 3:18
8. "Girls" (from Freaky) 4:37
9. "Ai no Uta" (from Kingdom) 4:51
10. "Last Angel" (featuring Tohoshinki) (from Kingdom) 3:48
11. "Anytime" (from Kingdom) 4:09
12. "Moon Crying" (from Trick) 5:43
13. "That Ain't Cool" (featuring Fergie) (from Trick) 3:30
14. "Lady Go!" (from Driving Hit's) 4:02
15. "Taboo" (from Trick) 3:50
16. "Stay with Me" (from Trick) 4:53
Universe
No. Title Lyrics Music Length
1. "Step Into My World"   Sty Sty 2:59
2. "Can We Go Back"   Kumi Koda, Adam Watts, Andy Dodd, Shanna Crooks Andy Dodd, Adam Watts 3:23
3. "Superstar"   Koda, Figge, Johan Lindman Figge 3:19
4. "You're So Beautiful"   Koda, Johan Fransson, Tim Larsson, Tobias Lundgren Tim Larsson 3:40
5. "Lick Me"   Koda Yoo 3:28
6. "Work It Out!"   Koda, Dana Calitri, Nina Ossoff, Tommy Henriksen Tommy Henriksen 3:46
7. "No Way"   Koda U-Key Zone 5:39
8. "Stay"   Koda Markie 4:10
9. "Comes Up"   Koda, Yuuki Yuuki 3:53
10. "Physical Thing"   Koda, Hugo Lira, Ian-Paolo Lira, Negin, Nosheen, Thomas Gustafsson Hugo Lira, Thomas Gustafsson, Ian-Paolo Lira 2:55
11. "Ecstasy"   Hum Hum 3:26
12. "Universe"   Hiro Hiro 3:33
13. "It's All Love!" (Kumi Koda x Misono) Koda, Misono Kenichi Maeyamada 4:55
14. "Alive"   Koda G.F. Handel, Taro Iwashiro 3:41
15. "Moon Crying" (Live Version in Taiwan, First Press Track Only) Koda Miwa Furuse 7:47
DVD
No. Title Length
1. "Koi no Tsubomi"   4:07
2. "Ningyo Hime"   4:40
3. "Yume no Uta"   5:06
4. "But"   3:53
5. "Freaky"   3:42
6. "Ai no Uta"   4:40
7. "Last Angel" (featuring Tohoshinki) 4:11
8. "Anytime"   4:14
9. "Moon Crying"   6:31
10. "Taboo"   4:09
11. "Stay with Me"   5:09
12. "It's All Love!" (Kumi Koda x Misono) 5:02
13. "Lick Me"   3:39
14. "Ecstasy"   3:35
15. "Physical Thing"   3:09
16. "Can We Go Back"   4:37
17. "Superstar"   3:25
18. "You're So Beautiful"   3:49

Oricon Charts (Japan)

Singles

Date Title Peak position Weeks Sales
March 31, 2009 "It's All Love" 1 8 weeks 99,429
July 8, 2009 "3 Splash" 2 12 weeks 92,822
September 16, 2009 "Alive / Physical Thing" 1 3 weeks 44,745
January 20, 2010 "Can We Go Back" 2 3 weeks 36,565

Album

Release Oricon Singles Chart Peak Position First Week Sales (copies) Sales Total (copies) Chart Run
February 3, 2010 Daily Chart 1 76,056 372,000 29+ weeks
Weekly Chart 1 221,887
Monthly Chart 4 366,980
Yearly Chart (2010) 18[1] 371,590

External links

References

  1. ^ "アルバム 年間ランキング-ORICON STYLE ランキング" (in Japanese). Oricon. December 20, 2010. Archived from the original on December 20, 2010. http://www.webcitation.org/5v6zwRQHp. Retrieved December 20, 2010. 
Preceded by
Whistle by HY		 Oricon weekly number-one album
February 15, 2010		 Succeeded by
Funky Monkey Babys Best by Funky Monkey Babys
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