Best of Ueto Aya: Single Collection
Best of Uetoaya: Single Collection is the first greatest hits album by Japanese pop singer Aya Ueto. It was released on September 20, 2006 on Flight Master.
| Best of Uetoaya: Single Collection | ||||
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| Compilation album by | ||||
| Released | September 20, 2006 | |||
| Recorded | 2002–2006 | |||
| Genre | Pop, pop rock | |||
| Length | 79:59 | |||
| Label | Flight Master | |||
| Producer | Gorō Kumagai | |||
| Aya Ueto chronology | ||||
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| Alternative cover | ||||
 Collector's Edition cover | ||||
Background
editBest of Uetoaya: Single Collection includes all of Ueto's previously released singles as well as one new song, "Shimokita Ijō Harajuku Miman", which is a cover of the Ueto-led TV drama Shimokita Sundays's theme song, originally performed by Fumiya Fujī. The album was released in three formats: "Collector's Edition" (limited to 10,000 copies), which comes with CD, DVD and an original wallet cord created in collaboration with Beams, "Premium Edition", which comes with CD and a DVD featuring a selection of ten music videos, and the CD-only "Standard Edition". The "Collector's Edition" sold out on the first day of release.
Chart performance
editBest of Uetoaya: Single Collection peaked at #2 on the Oricon Daily Albums Chart and debuted at #5 on the Weekly Albums Chart with 28,213 copies sold, becoming Ueto's first Top 10 entry in over two years and a half.[1][2] The "Collector's Edition" sold out on the first day of release.[3] The album charted for a total of eight weeks and sold over 48,000 copies.[4][5]
Track listing
edit| No. | Title | Lyrics | Music | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Pureness" | T2ya | T2ya | 4:03 |
| 2. | "Kizuna" | T2ya | T2ya | 4:55 |
| 3. | "Hello" | T2ya | T2ya | 4:43 |
| 4. | "Message" | Yūho Iwasato | H∧L | 4:20 |
| 5. | "Personal" | T2ya | T2ya | 4:38 |
| 6. | "Kanshō" | Pipeline Project | Pipeline Project | 4:43 |
| 7. | "Mermaid" | Pipeline Project | Pipeline Project | 3:52 |
| 8. | "Binetsu" | Hiromasa Ijichi | Miki Watabe | 4:02 |
| 9. | "Ai no Tame ni." | Tetsurō Oda | Oda | 5:04 |
| 10. | "Kaze" | Yoshiko Miura | Oda | 3:06 |
| 11. | "Okuru Kotoba" | Tetsuya Takeda | Kazuomi Chiba | 4:30 |
| 12. | "Afuresō na Ai, Daite" | Miura | Oda | 4:50 |
| 13. | "Namida wo Fuite (O.S.C. Mix)" | Tadashi Hirosawa | Sin | 3:10 |
| 14. | "Usotsuki" | Nori, Oda | Oda | 4:38 |
| 15. | "Yume no Chikara" | Toshihiko Takamizawa | Takamizawa | 4:44 |
| 16. | "Kaze wo Ukete" | Ryoji | Ryoji | 5:04 |
| 17. | "Egao no Mama de" | Ryoji | Ryoji | 5:13 |
| 18. | "Shimokita Ijō Harajuku Miman" (下北以上 原宿未満 After Shimokita, Before Harajuku) | Fumiya Fujī | Fujī | 3:46 |
| Total length: | 79:59 | |||
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Pureness" (Music Clip) | |
| 2. | "Hello" (Music Clip) | |
| 3. | "Message" (Music Clip) | |
| 4. | "Kanshō" (Music Clip) | |
| 5. | "Binetsu" (Music Clip) | |
| 6. | "Ai no Tame ni." (Music Clip) | |
| 7. | "Afuresō na Ai, Daite" (Music Clip) | |
| 8. | "Yume no Chikara" (Music Clip) | |
| 9. | "Egao no Mama de" (Music Clip) | |
| 10. | "Shimokita Ijō Harajuku Miman" (Music Clip) | |
| 11. | "Ueto Aya Discography" |
Charts and sales
edit| Chart (2006) | Peak position |
Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Japan Oricon Daily Albums Chart[1] | 2 | 48,073[5] |
| Japan Oricon Weekly Albums Chart[4] | 5 | |
| Japan Oricon Monthly Albums Chart[6] | 19 | |
| Japan SoundScan Albums Chart[7] | 14 | |
| Taiwan Five Music J-pop/K-pop Chart[8] | 9 | |
| Taiwan G-Music J-pop Chart[9] | 4 |
References
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- ^ a b Oricon. "上戸彩のCDアルバムランキング、上戸彩のプロフィールならオリコン芸能人事典-ORICON STYLE". Oricon (in Japanese). Oricon. Retrieved 2011-01-26.
- ^ a b Oricon (2011-01-21). "ポニーキャニオン＠売上データ補完スレ - 売上スレ避難所＠JBBS掲示板" (in Japanese). JBBS Live Door. Archived from the original on 2012-03-09. Retrieved 2011-01-26.
- ^ Oricon (2006-12-01). "오리콘 앨범차트 - 2006년 10월자 - kuzurenai의 일본어매일듣기 - 신제주통역외국어학원[일본어학원]" (in Korean). Yahoo! Korea Blogs. Retrieved 2011-01-26.
- ^ SoundScan. "週刊 CDソフト TOP20" (in Japanese). Retrieved 2011-01-21.
- ^ Five Music. "Five Music - 五大唱片(5大唱片) -五大金榜" (in Chinese). Retrieved 2011-01-26.
- ^ (in Chinese) 2006年 第39週 G-Music. "G-Music 風雲榜 (東洋榜)". Archived from the original on 2009-09-17. Retrieved 2011-01-26.