All My Best (Mai Kuraki album)

All My Best
Greatest hits album by Mai Kuraki
Released September 9, 2009 (2009-09-09)
Recorded 1999-2009
Genre Pop, R&B
Length Disc 1: 71:26
Disc 2: 72:19
Label Northern Music
Producer Mai Kuraki (Executive producer), Daikō Nagato,
Mai Kuraki chronology
Touch Me!
(2009)		 All My Best
(2009)		 Future Kiss
(2010)
Alternative cover
2CD+DVD cover
Singles from All My Best
  1. "Puzzle"
    Released: April 1, 2009
  2. "Beautiful"
    Released: June 10, 2009

All My Best is the second greatest hits album by the Japanese pop and R&B singer-songwriter, Mai Kuraki. It was released on September 9, 2009, to commemorate her tenth anniversary in the music business. The album was issued in seven formats: a regular 2CD, a limited 2CD+DVD, a limited microSD, a USB flash drive, a MiniDisc, a compact cassette and an LP album.[1] The album debuted at the top of the Japanese Oricon weekly album chart with sales over 137,050.[2]

Singles

To promote the album, two singles were released: "Puzzle/Revive" and "Beautiful". On the Oricon single chart "Puzzle/Revive" entered the top 3, becoming Kuraki's first single since "Ashita e Kakeru Hashi" (明日へ架ける橋 "Bridge to Tomorrow") in 2004 to do so.[3] "Puzzle" was the ending theme song for the thirteenth Detective Conan movie Detective Conan: The Raven Chaser.[4] Unlike "Puzzle", "Revive" was not on the album.[5] "Beautiful" was used as the image song for the cosmetic company Kose's Coseport Salon Style.[6] The single ranked higher than "Puzzle/Revive" debuting at #2, which extended Kuraki's record as the only female solo artist to have all 32 of her singles in the Top 10 since her debut.[7]

Track listing

All lyrics written by Mai Kuraki, except "Never Gonna Give You Up" which was co-written with Michael Africk. 

All lyrics written by Mai Kuraki, except "Baby I Like", which was written by Yoko Black. Stone. 

Chart performance

On the release day of All My Best in Japan, the album took the number one position on the Oricon daily album chart, selling 38,000 copies.[8] On the weekly chart issue dated September 21, the album was #1 with sales a little over 137,050, becoming Kuraki's second number-one album of 2009.[2] The album also debuted at the top of the Billboard Japan Top Albums chart.[9] In Taiwan, the album achieved moderate success debuting at numbers nine and seven, on the international and J-pop charts respectively.[10][11] On the J-Pop chart, the album peaked at number five.[12] With 0.51% of sales on the Taiwanese Combo chart the album debuted at number eighteen.[12]

Charts and certifications

Chart (2009) Peak
position
Japan Billboard Top Albums[9] 1
Japan Oricon Daily album Chart[8] 1
Japan Oricon Weekly album Chart[2] 1
Japan Oricon Yearly album Chart 25
Taiwan Combo Chart[12] 5
Taiwan International Chart[10] 1
Taiwan J-Pop Chart[12] 1

Sales and certifications

Country Provider Sales Certification
Japan RIAJ 257,127[13] Platinum[14]

Preceded by
Box Emotions by Superfly		 Oricon weekly number-one album
September 21, 2009 		Succeeded by
Best Ai by Ai

Release history

Country Date Label Format Catalog
Japan September 9, 2009 Northern Music LP album VNJM-9001[15]
Cassette tape VNTM-9001[16]
MiniDisc VNYM-9001[17]
USB flash drive VNZM-9001[18]
microSD VNZM-9002[19]
2CD+DVD VNCM-9007[20]
2CD VNCM-9009[21]
Taiwan September 9, 2009 SK-Being CD SBCA-9002[22]

References

  1. ↑ "倉木麻衣が約6年ぶりにベスト盤、アナログからSDカードまで全媒体で発表". Oricon (in Japanese). August 4, 2009. Retrieved August 9, 2009.
  2. 1 2 3 倉木麻衣ベスト盤が首位獲得、シングルは堂本剛が2作連続首位. Oricon (in Japanese). September 14, 2009. Retrieved September 15, 2009.
  3. ↑ "倉木麻衣、CMタイアップ新曲がデイリー初日首位" (in Japanese). Oricon. June 11, 2009. Retrieved September 10, 2009.
  4. ↑ "倉木麻衣がニュー・シングル "PUZZLE/Revive"を4月15日にリリース決定、全国各地にて握手会イヴェントも実施中". Bounce (in Japanese). Tower Records. January 27, 2009. Retrieved September 10, 2009.
  5. ↑ "倉木麻衣、ベストアルバム『ALL MY BEST』はCD、microSDからカセットテープまで". Bounce (in Japanese). Tower Records. August 4, 2009. Retrieved September 10, 2009.
  6. ↑ "倉木麻衣、「Beautiful」発売記念イベントでプレゼントを手渡し" (in Japanese). Livedoor. June 7, 2009. Retrieved September 10, 2009.
  7. ↑ "GIRL NEXT DOORがデビュー以来初の首位獲得" (in Japanese). Oricon. June 16, 2009. Retrieved September 10, 2009.
  8. 1 2 倉木ベスト盤、今年2作目のアルバム首位なるか!?. Oricon (in Japanese). September 10, 2009. Retrieved September 10, 2009.
  9. 1 2 "Billboard Japan Top Albums". Billboard. Archived from the original on October 15, 2009. Retrieved September 23, 2009.
  10. 1 2 (Chinese) On the drop down Select 第36週 "G-Music 風雲榜 (外語榜)". G-Music. Retrieved September 15, 2009.
  11. ↑ (Chinese) On the drop down Select 第36週 "G-Music 風雲榜 (東洋榜)". G-Music. Retrieved September 15, 2009.
  12. 1 2 3 4 (Chinese) On the drop down Select 第37週 "G-Music 風雲榜 (東洋榜)". G-Music. Retrieved September 23, 2009.
  13. ↑ "Under101 売上データ保管スレ2 - 売上スレ避難所＠JBBS掲示板". Oricon. Retrieved February 6, 2010.
  14. ↑ "ゴールド等認定作品一覧　2009年9月". RIAJ. Archived from the original on 6 February 2010. Retrieved February 5, 2010.
  15. ↑ "All My Best (Vinyl Record)". YesAsia. Retrieved September 9, 2009.
  16. ↑ "All My Best (2 Cassette Tapes)". YesAsia. Retrieved September 9, 2009.
  17. ↑ "All My Best (2 Mini Disc)". YesAsia. Retrieved September 9, 2009.
  18. ↑ "All My Best (USB Memory Stick)". YesAsia. Retrieved September 9, 2009.
  19. ↑ "All My Best (microSD Memory Card)". YesAsia. Retrieved September 9, 2009.
  20. ↑ "All My Best (Album+DVD)". YesAsia. Retrieved September 9, 2009.
  21. ↑ "All My Best (Album+DVD)". YesAsia. Archived from the original on October 18, 2009. Retrieved September 9, 2009.
  22. ↑ /detail.asp?id=sbca9002 "倉木麻衣 : All My Best" Check |url= value (help) (in Chinese). Shinkong Being. Retrieved September 9, 2009.

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