A Best
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International version

A Best was later re-released in other countries outside Japan, including Singapore
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, the Philippines
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 and Korea
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. The international version did not have new vocal mixes and had a slightly different cover art to the standard Japanese version.

Credits & Personnel

  1. "A Song for ××" (new vocal and mix)
    Keyboards: Akimitsu Honma
    Guitar: Naoki Hayashibe
    Programming: Hiroshi Kitashiro
  2. "Trust
    Trust (Ayumi Hamasaki song)
    "Trust" is the third single released by Ayumi Hamasaki on August 5, 1998. It was her first single to enter the Top Ten of the Oricon weekly charts.-Track listing:# "Trust"# "Trust" # "Powder Snow"...

    " (new vocal and mix)
    Keyboards: Akimitsu Honma
    Guitar: Naoki Hayashibe
    Programming: Takahiro Iida
  3. "Depend on You
    Depend on You
    "Depend on You" is the fifth single released by Ayumi Hamasaki on December 9, 1998. The single contains a b-side, "Two of Us," which was never released on an album. Both songs were featured in the PlayStation RPG "Thousand Arms."-Re-release:...

    " (new vocal & mix)
    Keyboards: Akimitsu Honma
    Guitar: Naoki Hayashibe
    Programming: Takahiro Iida
  4. "Love:Destiny"
    keyboards: Shingo Kobayashi
    Guitar: Jun Kajiwara
    Programming: Naoki Suzuki
  5. "To Be
    To Be
    "To Be" is the eighth single by Ayumi Hamasaki, released on May 12, 1999.- Information :"To Be" was released less than a month after her first number one single, "Love ." Hamasaki's first song to be composed by Do as Infinity composer DAI, "To Be" was unable to reach the top position on the Oricon,...

    "Keyboards: Naoto Suzuki
    Guitar: Masayoshi Furukawa
    Programming: Takahiro Iida
  6. "Boys & Girls
    Boys & Girls (Ayumi Hamasaki song)
    "Boys & Girls" is a song by Ayumi Hamasaki, released as her ninth single, on July 14, 1999. In addition to being Hamasaki's first Maxi single, it was also her first certified million-seller. In its first week of release on the Oricon, it ranked at number two as Ami Suzuki's "Be Together" debuted at...

    "
    Keyboards: Naoto Suzuki
    Guitar: Hidetoshi Suzuki
    Programming: Takahiro Iida
  7. "Trauma
    A (song)
    "A" is Ayumi Hamasaki's tenth single, released on August 11, 1999. Hamasaki's best-selling single as well Japan's 57th best-selling single of all time, "A," is unique among Hamasaki's singles, as it is her only single with quadruple A-sides...

    "
    Keyboards: Naoto Suzuki
    Guitar: Jun Kajiwara
    Programming: Takahiro Iida
  8. "End roll
    A (song)
    "A" is Ayumi Hamasaki's tenth single, released on August 11, 1999. Hamasaki's best-selling single as well Japan's 57th best-selling single of all time, "A," is unique among Hamasaki's singles, as it is her only single with quadruple A-sides...

    "
    Keyboards: Naoto Suzuki
    Guitar: Naoki Hayashibe
    Bass: Naoto Suzuki
    Programming: Takahiro Iida
  9. "Appears
    Appears
    "Appears" is the eleventh single released by Ayumi Hamasaki on November 10, 1999, along with her second album, Loveppears. "Appears" is Hamasaki's only song that has been the title track of one of her studio albums as well as the A-side of one of her singles...

    "
    Keyboards: HAL
    Guitar: Naoya Akimoto
    Programming: HAL
  10. "Fly High
    Fly High
    "Fly High" is the thirteenth single released by Ayumi Hamasaki, released on February 9, 2000, making it her first single of 2000. The song was already featured on Loveppears, Fly High peaked at the number three position on the Oricon charts. Like Hamasaki's two previous singles, Appears and...

    "
    Keyboards: HAL
    Guitar: Naoya Akimoto
    Programming: HAL
  11. "Vogue
    Vogue (Ayumi Hamasaki song)
    "Vogue" is the fourteenth single released by Ayumi Hamasaki on April 26, 2000. It was Hamasaki's first song to feature on her first Kose Visee commercial. Although it did not reach the #1 position on the Oricon charts, the single was very successful, selling over 350,000 copies in its first week...

    "
    Keyboards: Naoto Suzuki
    Guitar: Naoki Hayashibe
    Programming: Takahiro Iida
  12. "Far Away
    Far Away (Ayumi Hamasaki song)
    "Far Away" is the fifteenth single released by Ayumi Hamasaki on May 17, 2000.- Track listing :# "Far Away"# "Far Away" # "Far Away" # "Appears" # "Far Away"...

    "
    Keyboards: HAL
    Guitar: Naoya Akimoto
    B.G. Vocal: Junko Hirotani
    Programming: HAL
  13. "Seasons"
    Keyboards: Naoto Suzuki
    Guitar: Naoki Hayashibe
    B.G. Vocal: Junko Hirotani
    Programming: Takahiro Iida
  14. "Surreal
    Surreal (song)
    "Surreal" is the seventeenth single by Ayumi Hamasaki, released on September 27, 2000. September also saw the release of her third full-length album Duty. Duty, like her previous studio albums, topped the charts and went on to sell over two million copies...

    "
    Keyboards: HAL
    Guitar: Naoya Akimoto
    Programming: HAL
  15. "M
    M (song)
    "M" is a song written by Japanese singer Ayumi Hamasaki from her album I Am... . The lead single from the album and Hamasaki's nineteenth overall, "M" marked Hamasaki's increased creative control over her music, as it was the first song she composed, under the pseudonym "CREA".The single is to date...

    "
    Keyboards: HAL
    Guitar: Naoya Akimoto
    Programming: HAL
  16. "Who...
    "Keyboards: Naoto Suzuki
    Guitar: Naoki Hayashibe
    Programming: Takahiro Iida

Release history

Region Date Format Catalogue Number
Japan CD AVCD-11950
Taiwan
Hong Kong
China 2001
  • Initial pressing
CD AVTCD-95461
  • SCD-555
  • Cassette
  • Second Press
  • CD

    Charts

    Oricon Sales Chart (Japan)
    Release Chart Peak position First Week Sales Sales total Chart run
    March 28, 2001 Oricon Daily Albums Chart 1
    Oricon Weekly Albums Chart 1 2,874,870 4,301,353 52
    Oricon Yearly Albums Chart 2

    • Total Sales: 4,301,353 (Japan)

    Featured singles

    Date Title Peak position Chart Run Sales
    August 5, 1998 "Trust" 9 10 weeks 181,820
    December 9, 1998 "Depend on You" 6 8 weeks 131,460
    April 14, 1999 Love: Destiny" 1 26 weeks 650,790
    May 12, 1999 "To Be" 4 15 weeks 571,110
    July 17, 1999 "Boys & Girls" 1 16 weeks 1,037,950
    August 11, 1999 "A" 1 17 weeks 1,670,000
    November 10, 1999 "Appears" 2 3 weeks 290,550
    February 9, 2000 "Fly High" 3 4 weeks 299,540
    April 26, 2000 "Vogue" 3 17 weeks 767,660
    May 17, 2000 "Far Away"" 2 13 weeks 510,460
    June 7, 2000 "Seasons"" 1 20 weeks 1,367,400
    September 27, 2000 "Surreal" 1 10 weeks 417,210
    December 13, 2000 "M" 1 17 weeks 1,319,070


    Total Single Sales: 9,215,020
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