Best (Mika Nakashima album)
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| Greatest hits album by Mika Nakashima | ||||
| Released | 2005-12-07 | |||
| Genre | J-pop, Jazz, Pop music, Adult Contemporary, Easy Listening, Rock music | |||
| Length | 1:14:22 | |||
| Label | Sony Music Associated Records | |||
| Mika Nakashima chronology | ||||
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Best is the first Japanese compilation album and sixth overall album release by Mika Nakashima. It contains 14 songs. Two new re-recordings were made: one of her first single, 'Stars,' and the other of 'Amazing Grace (05),' the latter of which was included in a Suntory commercial for Freixnet Champagne and made as a radio-only single to promote the album in Japan.
A music video compilation, also called 'BEST,' was released in Japan and Southeast Asia in December 2005. It contains the music videos for all of Mika's first 18 singles – from 'Stars' to 'Glamorous Sky' – and the promotional videos for 'Amazing Grace (05)' and a previously unreleased live recording of the song 'Blood.'
Best debuted at #1 in the Japan Oricon 200 Album Chart when it was released, selling 480,097 copies in its first week – bettering the first-week sales of her first album, True. It was the #5 album of 2006.
Since its release, BEST has sold 1,204,996 copies. Therefore, BEST is the second best-selling album in Mika's career only to Love, outselling True by over 30,000 copies.
Track listing
| No. | Title | Lyrics | Music | Arranger(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "Amazing Grace" ('05) | John Newton | John Newton | Chie Ayado | |
| 2. | "Stars" (new vocal '05) | Yasushi Akimoto | Daisuke Kawaguchi | Keiichi Tomita | |
| 3. | "Crescent Moon" | Takashi Matsumoto | Hiroaki Ōno | Yoshito Tanaka | |
| 4. | "Will" | Yasushi Akimoto | Daisuke Kawaguchi | Keiichi Tomita | |
| 5. | "Resistance" | Yasushi Akimoto, Mika Nakashima | Seikou Nagaoka | Coldfeet | |
| 6. | "Aishiteru" (愛してる; I Love You) | H (three tight b) | H (three tight b) | shinya (three tight b) | |
| 7. | "Love Addict" | Mika Nakashima | Shinichi Osawa (Mondo Grosso) | Shinichi Osawa | |
| 8. | "Find the Way" | Mika Nakashima | Lori Fine (Coldfeet) | Ken Shima | |
| 9. | "Yuki no Hana" (雪の華; Snow flower) | Satomi | Ryouki Matsumoto | Ryouki Matsumoto | |
| 10. | "Seven" | Mika Nakashima | Lori Fine (Coldfeet) | Coldfeet | |
| 11. | "Oborozukiyo: Inori" (朧月夜～祈り; Night With a Hazy Moon ~Prayer) | Oborozukiyo Tatsuyuki Takano Inori Mika Nakashima | Oborozukiyo Teiichi Okano Inori Taro Hakase | Oborozukiyo Taro Hakase Inori Taro Hakase | |
| 12. | "Legend" | Mika Nakashima | Yasunari Okano | Coldfeet | |
| 13. | "Sakurairo Mau Koro" (桜色舞うころ; When We Dance In the Cherryblossom's Color) | Minako Kawae | Minako Kawae | Satoshi Takebe | |
| 14. | "Glamorous Sky" | Ai Yazawa | Hyde | Hyde, K.A.Z |
Charts and sales
Oricon sales charts (Japan)
| Release | Chart | Peak Position | First Week Sales | Sales Total | Chart Run |
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| December 7, 2005 | Oricon Daily Albums Chart | 1 | |||
| Oricon Weekly Albums Chart | 1 | 480,097 | 1,204,996 | 186 weeks | |
| Oricon Monthly Albums Chart | 1 | ||||
| Oricon Yearly Albums Chart | 6[1] |