- My Story (Ayumi Hamasaki album)
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My Story Studio album by Ayumi Hamasaki Released December 15, 2004
(see Release history)Recorded 2004 Genre Pop rock, soft rock Length 74:18 (CD)
56:58 (DVD)Label Avex Trax Producer Max Matsuura Professional reviews The reviews parameter has been deprecated. Please move reviews into the “Reception” section of the article. See Moving reviews into article space.
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Ayumi Hamasaki chronology Memorial Address
(2003)My Story
(2004)(Miss)understood
(2006)Singles from My Story My Story is Ayumi Hamasaki's sixth full-length studio album produced by Max Matsuura. It was released on December 15, 2004.
Contents
Promotion
The album includes the three singles: "Moments", "Inspire", and "Carols". During its first release, four different limited edition covers were released for fans to choose from. There were also two versions released, the first that included the CD only and a second that included a DVD that contained music videos to some (including the singles) of the tracks from the album. For promotional purposes, Ayumi Hamasaki Arena Tour 2005 A: My Story was scheduled from January to April. During the concert tour, My Story was released again in two more formats, SACD and in DVD Audio. All of the lyrics on the album were written by Hamasaki and three of the tracks, "Wonderland", "Winding Road" and "Humming 7/4", were composed by her under the pen name "CREA". It topped the Oricon charts for several weeks (the Japanese equivalent of Billboard). It is currently certified four times platinum in Japan, and triple platinum worldwide. My Story is Hamasaki's last album to sell over a million units. My Story is also the 222nd best selling album in Japan to date.[1]
Since the single "Moments", her singles have been released in at least two versions, CD and CD+DVD format. "Carols" featured four versions of the single: CD, CD+DVD, SACD, and DVD Audio.
Tracklisting
All lyrics written by Ayumi Hamasaki.
CD No. Title Music Arranger(s) Length 1. "Catcher in the Light" CMJK CMJK 2:44 2. "About You" Kazuhito Kikuchi tasuku 3:58 3. "Game" Bounceback HΛL 4:11 4. "My Name's Women" Bounceback HΛL 5:38 5. "Wonderland" (instrumental) Crea Crea 1:34 6. "Liar" Raita Ikemoto CMJK+Takahiro Izutani 4:58 7. "Hope or Pain" Tetsuya Yukumi CMJK 4:19 8. "Happy Ending" Tetsuya Yukumi CMJK 4:42 9. "Moments" Tetsuya Yukumi Hikari 5:29 10. "Walking Proud" Tetsuya Yukumi Hikari 5:14 11. "Carols" Tomoya Kinoshita CMJK 5:29 12. "Kaleidoscope" (instrumental) HΛL HΛL 1:49 13. "Inspire" Tetsuya Yukumi HΛL 4:31 14. "Honey" Tetsuya Yukumi HΛL 5:10 15. "Replace" Kazuhito Kikuchi HΛL 5:05 16. "Winding Road" Crea Hikari 5:02 17. "Humming 7/4" Crea Kotaro Kubota 4:25 DVD No. Title Director Length 1. "Moments" (Video Clip) Tetsuo Inoue 5:38 2. "Inspire" (Video Clip) Tetsuo Inoue 5:37 3. "Game" (Video Clip) Hideaki Sunaga 4:23 4. "Carols" (Video Clip) Masashi Muto 6:15 5. "About You" (Video Clip) Hideaki Sunaga 4:02 6. "Walking Proud" (Video Clip) Ken Sueda 5:41 7. "Humming 7/4" (Video Clip) Wataru Takeishi 4:40 8. "Moments" (Making Off-Shot) Tetsuo Inoue 5:33 9. "Inspire" (Making Off-Shot) Tetsuo Inoue 5:01 10. "Game" (Making Off-Shot) Hideaki Sunaga 4:19 11. "Carols" (Making Off-Shot) Masashi Muto 5:49 Total length:56:58 My Story Classical
My Story Classical is a compilation with classical versions of the songs from Ayumi Hamasaki's album My Story. My Story Classical was released on March 24, 2005. Most of the tracks were recorded with the Lamoureux Orchestra of France.
Release history
Region Date Format Catalogue Number Japan December 15, 2004 CD+DVD AVCD-17610/B CD AVCD-17611 SACD AVGD-17676 DVD Audio AVAD-91300 Taiwan December 17, 2004 Hong Kong December 30, 2004 China February 6, 2005 CD+DVD CD AVTCD-95793C - AVJCD-10220C
- SCD-771
South Korea August 4, 2005 Oricon charts
Album
Release Chart Peak position First Week sales Sales total Chart run December 15, 2004 Oricon Daily Albums Chart 1 574,321 1,132,444 43 weeks Oricon Weekly Albums Chart 1 Oricon Monthly Albums Chart 1 Oricon Yearly Albums Chart 7 - Total Sales : 1,132,444 (Japan)
Singles
Date Title Peak position Weeks Sales March 21, 2004 "Moments" 1 21 weeks 302,923 July 8, 2004 "Inspire" 1 15 weeks 329,145 September 29, 2004 "Carols" 1 14 weeks 309,128 - Total Single Sales: 941,196
- Total Album and Single Sales: 2,073,640
References
Studio albums A Song for ×× · Loveppears · Duty · I Am... · Rainbow · My Story · (Miss)understood · Secret · Guilty · Next Level · Rock 'n' Roll Circus · Love SongsEPs Compilations Remixes Ayu-mi-x · Ayu-ro Mix · Ayu-mi-x II Jpn · Ayu-mi-x II US+EU · Ayu-mi-x II Orch. · Ayu-mi-x II Mix · Ayu-mi-x III Mix · Ayu-mi-x III Orch. · Ayu-ro Mix 2 · Ayu Trance · Ayu-mi-x 4 Mix · Ayu-mi-x 4 Orch. · Ayu Trance 2 · Ayu-mi-x 5 Mix · Ayu Trance 3 · Ayu-ro Mix 3 · My Story Classical · Ayu-mi-x 6: Gold · Ayu-mi-x 6: Silver · Ayu-mi-x 7 Version House · Ayu-mi-x 7 Version Acoustic Orchestra · Ayu-mi-x 7 Presents Ayu Trance 4 · Ayu-mi-x 7 Presents Ayu-ro Mix 4 · Ayu-mi-x 7 Limited Complete Box SetConcert Tours 2000 Tour (Vol.1 · Vol.2) · 2001 Dome Tour · 2002 Arena Tour · 2002 Statium Tour · Limited TA Live Tour · 2003-4 Arena Tour · My Story Tour · (Miss)understood Tour · Tour of Secret · 10th Aniversary Tour · Next Level Tour · Rock’n'Roll Circus Tour FinalCountdown 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 AgainDVDs A Film for ×× · A Clips · A Clips Vol.2 · Ayumi Hamasaki Complete Live Box A · Complete Clip Box · Distance Love · Tsuki ni ShizumuFilmography Twins Teacher · Battle Spirits Ryūko no Ken · Sumomo mo Momo · Miseinen · Like Grains of Sand · Gakko IISee also Categories:- Ayumi Hamasaki albums
- 2004 albums
- Albums released in Super Audio
- Albums released on DVD-Audio
- Avex Group albums
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