A Complete ~All Singles~

Infobox Album |
Name = A Complete ~All Singles~
Type = Compilation album
Artist = Ayumi Hamasaki


Released = September 10, 2008 (Japan)
September 19, 2008 (Hong Kong & Taiwan)
Recorded = 2008 (re-mastered songs from 1998-2008 period)
Genre = J-pop
Length =
Label = Avex Trax
Producer = Max Matsuura
Last album = "Guilty"
(2008)
This album = "A Complete ~All Singles~"
(2008)
Next album =
Misc = Extra album cover 2
Upper caption = Alternate covers
Type = compilation


Lower caption = 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.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.] [ [http://avexnet.or.jp/ayu/jp/news/080722.html NEWS&INFORMATION｜ayumi hamasaki(浜崎あゆみ) official website ] ]

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..." [ [http://www.ahsforum.com/forum/showthread.php?t=79762] ] . The album sold over 116,000 copies in its first day and 538,876 copies by the end of the first week, debuting at #1 making it Hamasaki's first release since her studio album "(miss)understood" to sell over 500,000 copies within the first week of release, however, (miss)understood's first week sales are the 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. [ [http://www.g-music.com.tw/GMusicBillboard0.aspx] ] 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. [ [http://www.g-music.com.tw/GMusicBillboard3.aspx] [http://www.ahsforum.com/forum/showthread.php?t=79976&page=21] ]

Promotion

Hamasaki is scheduled to appear in magazines "Sweet", "Bea's Up", "Vivi" and "Beatfreak" to promote the album. [ja icon [http://www.avexnet.or.jp/ayu/jp/schedule/#magazine SCHEDULE｜ayumi hamasaki(浜崎あゆみ) official website ] ] Additionally, she held a promotional campaign in which those who ordered the album online received a gift. [ja icon cite web | url=http://item.rakuten.co.jp/simareco/avcd-23673/ | title=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!!! |accessdate=2008-09-09|publisher=Rakuten]

Track listing

CD1 Track list

# Poker Face
# You
# Trust
# For My Dear...
# Depend on You
# Whatever
# Love ~Destiny~
# To Be
# Boys & Girls
# Monochrome
# Appears
# Kanariya
# Fly high
# Vogue
# Far Away

CD2 Track list

# Seasons
# Surreal
# Audience
# M
# Evolution
# Never Ever
# Endless Sorrow
# Unite!
# Dearest
# Daybreak
# Free & Easy
# Independent
# Voyage
# Ourselves
# Forgiveness

CD3 Track list

# No Way to Say
# Moments
# Inspire
# Carols
# Step You
# Fairyland
# Heaven
# Bold & Delicious
# Startin'
# Blue Bird
# Glitter
# Talkin' 2 Myself
# Mirrorcle World
# Who... (10th Anniversary version) "(Bonus Track)"¹¹The Asian release of "A Complete ~All Singles~" features a Chinese sung version of "Who... (10th Anniversary Edition)".

DVD Track list

* Limited TA Live Tour (ZEPP TOKYO： 2003.05.27)

# Real Me
# Poker Face
# Depend on You
# To Be
# You
# Dolls
# A Song for XX
# Surreal
# Evolution
# Rainbow

* A-nation'02 (2002.09.01)

# Evolution
# Hanabi
# Voyage

* A-nation'03 (2003.08.31)

# Forgiveness
# Boys & Girls

* A-nation'04 (2004.08.29)

# Game
# Moments
# Greatful Days

* A-nation'05 (2005.08.28)

# Fairyland
# Is This Love?

* A-nation'06 (2006.08.27)

# Unite!
# A Song for XX

* A-nation'07 (2007.08.26)

# Until that Day...
# July 1st
# Boys & Girls

Charts

;Oricon Sales Chart (Japan)

Footnotes

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