Best of Uetoaya: Single Collection

Best of Uetoaya: Single Collection
Compilation album by Aya Ueto
Released September 20, 2006
Recorded 2002-2006
Genre Pop, pop rock
Length 79:59
Label Flight Master
Producer Gorō Kumagai
Aya Ueto chronology

License
(2006)		 Best of Uetoaya: Single Collection
(2006)		 Happy Magic: Smile Project
(2009)
Alternative cover
Collector's Edition cover

Best of Uetoaya: Single Collection is the first greatest hits album by Japanese pop singer Aya Ueto. It was released on September 20, 2006 on Flight Master.

Background

Best of Uetoaya: Single Collection includes all of Ueto's previously released singles as well as one new song, "Shimokita Ijō Harajuku Miman", which is a cover of the Ueto-led TV drama Shimokita Sundays's theme song, originally performed by Fumiya Fujī. The album was released in three formats: "Collector's Edition" (limited to 10,000 copies), which comes with CD, DVD and an original wallet cord created in collaboration with Beams, "Premium Edition", which comes with CD and a DVD featuring a selection of ten music videos, and the CD-only "Standard Edition". The "Collector's Edition" sold out on the first day of release.

Chart performance

Best of Uetoaya: Single Collection peaked at #2 on the Oricon Daily Albums Chart and debuted at #5 on the Weekly Albums Chart with 28,213 copies sold, becoming Ueto's first Top 10 entry in over two years and a half.[1][2] The "Collector's Edition" sold out on the first day of release.[3] The album charted for a total of eight weeks and sold over 48,000 copies.[4][5]

Track listing

CD
No. TitleLyricsMusic Length
1. "Pureness"  T2yaT2ya 4:03
2. "Kizuna"  T2yaT2ya 4:55
3. "Hello"  T2yaT2ya 4:43
4. "Message"  Yūho IwasatoH∧L 4:20
5. "Personal"  T2yaT2ya 4:38
6. "Kanshō"  Pipeline ProjectPipeline Project 4:43
7. "Mermaid"  Pipeline ProjectPipeline Project 3:52
8. "Binetsu"  Hiromasa IjichiMiki Watabe 4:02
9. "Ai no Tame ni."  Tetsurō OdaOda 5:04
10. "Kaze"  Yoshiko MiuraOda 3:06
11. "Okuru Kotoba"  Tetsuya TakedaKazuomi Chiba 4:30
12. "Afuresō na Ai, Daite"  MiuraOda 4:50
13. "Namida wo Fuite (O.S.C. Mix)"  Tadashi HirosawaSin 3:10
14. "Usotsuki"  Nori, OdaOda 4:38
15. "Yume no Chikara"  Toshihiko TakamizawaTakamizawa 4:44
16. "Kaze wo Ukete"  RyojiRyoji 5:04
17. "Egao no Mama de"  RyojiRyoji 5:13
18. "Shimokita Ijō Harajuku Miman" (下北以上 原宿未満 After Shimokita, Before Harajuku)Fumiya FujīFujī 3:46
Total length:
 79:59

Charts and sales

Chart (2006) Peak
position		 Sales
Japan Oricon Daily Albums Chart[1] 2 48,073[5]
Japan Oricon Weekly Albums Chart[4] 5
Japan Oricon Monthly Albums Chart[6] 19
Japan SoundScan Albums Chart[7] 14
Taiwan Five Music J-pop/K-pop Chart[8] 9
Taiwan G-Music J-pop Chart[9] 4

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Oricon (2006-03-07). ３/７付デイリーアルバムチャートチェック：うっきーのチャートチェック (in Japanese). Star-Blog. Retrieved 2011-01-26.
  2. ↑ Oricon (2006-09-26). "今週の注目チャートトピック一覧！ ニュース-ORICON STYLE-" (in Japanese). Oricon. Retrieved 2011-01-26.
  3. ↑ Sports Hochi (2006-09-22). "上戸彩、限定ベスト即日完売！！ - いきもの応援係 - Yahoo!ブログ" (in Japanese). Yahoo! Japan Blogs. Retrieved 2011-01-26.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Oricon. "上戸彩のCDアルバムランキング、上戸彩のプロフィールならオリコン芸能人事典-ORICON STYLE". Oricon (in Japanese). Oricon. Retrieved 2011-01-26.
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 Oricon (2011-01-21). "ポニーキャニオン＠売上データ補完スレ - 売上スレ避難所＠JBBS掲示板" (in Japanese). JBBS Live Door. Retrieved 2011-01-26.
  6. ↑ Oricon (2006-12-01). "오리콘 앨범차트 - 2006년 10월자 - kuzurenai의 일본어매일듣기 - 신제주통역외국어학원[일본어학원]" (in Korean). Yahoo! Korea Blogs. Retrieved 2011-01-26.
  7. ↑ SoundScan. "週刊 CDソフト TOP20" (in Japanese). Retrieved 2011-01-21.
  8. ↑ Five Music. "Five Music - 五大唱片(5大唱片) -五大金榜" (in Chinese). Retrieved 2011-01-26.
  9. ↑ (Chinese) 2006年 第39週 G-Music. "G-Music 風雲榜 (東洋榜)". Retrieved 2011-01-26.