A Best 2 -Black-

Infobox Album |
Name = A Best 2 -Black-
Type = greatest
Artist = Ayumi Hamasaki


Released = flagicon|Japan February 28 2007
flagicon|Taiwan March 9 2007
flagicon|Hong Kong March 13, 2007
flagicon|Singapore March 14, 2007
flagicon|South Korea March 15, 2007
Recorded = 2001-2007
Genre = J-pop
Length = 77:27
Label = Avex Trax
Producer = Max Matsuura
Reviews =
*HMV rating|5|5 [http://www.hmv.co.jp/product/detail/2510667 link]
Last album = "Secret"
(2006)
This album = "A Best 2 (-White-/-Black-)"
(2007)
Next album = "Guilty" (2008)
Misc = Extra album cover
Upper caption = Alternate Cover
Background = darkseagreen

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Lower caption = CD-only Cover

"A BEST 2 -BLACK-" is one of two CDs in the greatest hits anthology "A Best 2" by Japanese pop singer-songwriter Ayumi Hamasaki. It was released on February 28, 2007 in Japan along with its counterpart A Best 2 -White-. The album debuted at #1 in Japan on its first day and took #2 in the weekly chart as well as in several countries throughout Asia and #2 on the United World Chart. A BEST 2 -BLACK- was ranked #4 on CDJapan's Top 100 album of 2007. [ [http://www.cdjapan.co.jp/special/charts/2007_jpop_cd.html 2007 TOP100 Charts ] ]

Album information

"A Best 2 -Black-" is one of two greatest hits albums by Ayumi Hamasaki known collectively as A Best 2. It was released on February 28, 2007 along with its counterpart "A Best 2 -White-". Both sets were released in 1CD+2DVD versions with limited version covers for each album's color. Both albums feature songs released between the singles "evolution" and "Bold & Delicious/Pride." No songs off her latest album "Secret" are featured on either album. "A Best 2 -Black-" includes "dark" songs with "painful/heartbroken" lyrics while "A Best 2 -White-" is the opposite, containing "light" songs with "bright/cheerful/upbeat" lyrics. "A Best 2 -Black-" includes a previously unreleased track, "part of Me" (featured in a new Panasonic CM) and its accompanying music video. The 1st DVD includes all PVs for the songs off the album while the 2nd DVD includes a documentary which chronicles her concert, "Best of Countdown Live 2006-2007 A".

ecret track

There is a secret track at the end of the last track, "part of Me". The song is the previously-released "Memorial address", which is from her 2003 mini-album of the same name.

CD track listing

#Dearest (from "I am...")
#Carols (from "My Story")
#No way to say (from "Memorial Address")
#nihongo|HANABI|Fireworks (from "RAINBOW)")
#walking proud (from "My Story")
#Free & Easy (from "RAINBOW)")
#Endless sorrow (from "I am...")
#Because of You (from "Memorial Address")
#About You (from "My Story")
#Game (from "My Story")
#is this Love? (from "(miss)understood")
#nihongo|Hanabi ~Episode II~ |Fireworks ~Episode II~ (from "Memorial Address")
#Never Ever (from "I am...")
#Heaven (from "(miss)understood")
#part of Me (previously unreleased)
#Memorial Address ~take 2 version~ [Secret Track] (from "Memorial Address")

DVD track listing

1st DVD - Promotional Videos

# "Dearest"
# "Carols"
# "No way to say"
# "walking proud"
# "Free & Easy"
# "Endless sorrow"
# "Because of You"
# "About You"
# "Game"
# "is this Love?"
# "Hanabi ～episode II～"
# "Never Ever" [promotional clip]
# "Heaven"
# "part of Me"
# "H" [TV-CM]

2nd DVD - Best of CountDown Live 2006-2007
#BEST of CountDown Live 2006-2007 (Behind the Scenes) (90 minutes)

Charts

Oricon Sales Chart (Japan)

Total Single Sales : 6,051,389

References

* [http://avexnet.or.jp/ayu/en/news/070205-r.html Information about A BEST 2 in Ayumi Hamasaki's website]
* [http://www.abest2.com A BEST 2 Promotional Site]
* [http://www.mediatraffic.de/albums-week11-2007.htm United World Chart]
* [http://www.hmv.com.hk/charts/top_40_new.asp?subm=chart HMV Hong Kong Asian Chart]
* [http://www.hmv.com.hk/charts/japanese.asp?subm=chart HMV Hong Kong Japanese Chart]
* [http://www.g-music.com.tw/GMusicBillboard3.aspx g-music charts]
* [http://www.miak.or.kr/stat/pop-200703.htm Korea montly charts]