Memorial Address

Memorial Address
EP by Ayumi Hamasaki
Released	December 17, 2003 (2003-12-17) (see Release history)
Genre	Pop
Length	38:45
Label	AVEX Trax
Producer	Max Matsuura
Ayumi Hamasaki chronology
A Ballads (2003) Memorial Address (2003) My Story (2004) Singles from Memorial Address "& (Ourselves / Greatful Days / Hanabi Episode)" Released: July 9, 2003 "Forgiveness" Released: August 20, 2003 "No Way to Say" Released: November 6, 2003

Memorial Address is an EP (labeled as a mini-album in Japan) by Japanese singer Ayumi Hamasaki. It is the best-selling mini-album by a Japanese female, selling over a million copies in Japan. It is available in 2 formats, CD or CD+DVD package. It was released on December 17, 2003. All of the songs featured on the CD tracklist (with the exception of "Memorial Address", the title track) have a corresponding music video. As of 2008, Memorial Address is the 250th best selling album in Japan.^[1]

Memorial Address also marked the release of her 30th single, "Forgiveness". A concert, called "A Museum ~30th Collection Live~", was performed live, and released on DVD later on. In 2007, Avex reported that Memorial Address sold 1,220,000 copies in Japan.

Tracklist

All lyrics written by Ayumi Hamasaki. 

CD
No.	Title	Music	Arranger(s)	Length
1.	"Angel's Song"	Tetsuya Yukumi	HΛL	4:56
2.	"Greatful Days"	Bounceback	HΛL	4:37
3.	"Because of You"	Bounceback	HΛL	5:20
4.	"Ourselves"	Bounceback	CMJK	4:31
5.	"Hanabi: Episode II" (lit. Fireworks: Episode II)	Crea+D.A.I	tasuku	4:53
6.	"No Way to Say"	Bounceback	HΛL	4:43
7.	"Forgiveness"	Crea+D.A.I	CMJK	5:49
8.	"Memorial Address" (take 2 version)	Tetsuya Yukumi	tasuku	3:56

DVD
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Angel's Song" (Video Clip)	5 : 09
2.	"Greatful Days" (Video Clip)
3.	"Because of You" (Video Clip)
4.	"Ourselves" (Video Clip)
5.	"Hanabi: Episode II" (Video Clip)
6.	"No Way to Say" (Video Clip)
7.	"Forgiveness" (Video Clip)
8.	"Special Digest from A Museum: 30th Collection Live"

Release history

Region	Date	format	Catalogue Number
Japan	December 17, 2003 (2003-12-17)	CD+DVD COPY CONTROL CD	AVCD-17410
		CD COPY CONTROL CD	AVCD-17411
Taiwan	December 19, 2003 (2003-12-19)
Hong Kong	December 23, 2003 (2003-12-23)
China	February 4, 2004 (2004-02-04)	CD+DVD COPY CONTROL CD	AVTCD-95730C SCD-736
		Cassette
	December 25, 2005 (2005-12-25)	CD	AVTCD-95730C/B SCD-786

Charts

Oricon Sales Chart (Japan)

Release	Chart	Peak position	First Week Sales	Sales total	Chart run
17 December, 2003	Oricon Daily Albums Chart	1
	Oricon Weekly Albums Chart	1	524,028	1,062,297	53 weeks
	Oricon Monthly Albums Chart	1
	Oricon Yearly Albums Chart	4

• Total Sales: 1,062,297 (Japan)
• Total Sales: 1,220,000 (Avex)
• Highest selling mini-album by a female artist.
• Only mini-album by a female artist to sell over one million units.

Singles

Date	Title	Peak position	Weeks	Sales
July 9, 2003	"&"	1	16 weeks	591,481
August 20, 2003	"forgiveness"	1	12 weeks	222,000
September 29, 2003	"No Way to Say"	1	12 weeks	371,171

Total Single Sales: 1,184,652 Total Album and Single Sales: 2,246,949

References

1. ^ 歴代アルバムランキング