A Best 2 -Black-

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.

1 Album Information
2 Secret track
3 CD track listing
4 DVD Track listing
5 Charts
- 5.1 Featured Singles
6 References

[edit] 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. Previously released tracks were also remastered. 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".

[edit] Secret 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.

[edit] CD track listing

Dearest (from I am...)
Carols (from My Story)
No way to say (from Memorial Address)
HANABI (Fireworks, HANABI^?) (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)
Hanabi ~Episode II~ (Fireworks ~Episode II~, Hanabi ~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)

[edit] 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)

[edit] Charts

Oricon Sales Chart (Japan)

Release	Chart	Peak Position	First Week Sales	Sales Total	Chart Run
28 February 2007	Oricon Daily Albums Chart	#1
28 February 2007	Oricon Weekly Albums Chart	#2	470,057	699,407	35
28 February 2007	Oricon Monthly Albums Chart	#3
28 February 2007	Oricon Yearly Albums Chart	#7

[edit] Featured Singles

Date	Title	Peak position	Chart Run	Sales
September 27 2001	"Dearest"	#1	16 weeks	750,420
September 29 2004	"Carols"	#1	14 weeks	309,128
November 6 2003	"No Way to Say"	#1	12 weeks	371,171
July 24 2002	"H"	#1	24 weeks	1,016,000
April 24 2002	"Free & Easy"	#1	9 weeks	486,520
May 16 2001	"Endless Sorrow"	#1	11 weeks	768,510
July 28 2005	"Inspire c/w GAME"	#1	15 weeks	329,145
April 20 2005	"STEP you / is this LOVE?"	#1	19 weeks	345,340
March 7 2001	"NEVER EVER"	#1	12 weeks	756,980
September 14 2005	"HEAVEN"	#1	14 weeks	326,694
July 9 2003	"&"	#1	16 weeks	591,481