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
Compilation album by
ReleasedSeptember 20, 2006 (2006-09-20)
Recorded2002–2006
GenrePop, pop rock
Length79:59
LabelFlight Master
ProducerGorō Kumagai
Aya Ueto chronology
License
(2006)
Best of Uetoaya: Single Collection
(2006)
Happy Magic: Smile Project
(2009)
Alternative cover
Collector's Edition cover

Background

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Best 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

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Best 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

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CD
No.TitleLyricsMusicLength
1."Pureness"T2yaT2ya4:03
2."Kizuna"T2yaT2ya4:55
3."Hello"T2yaT2ya4:43
4."Message"Yūho IwasatoH∧L4:20
5."Personal"T2yaT2ya4:38
6."Kanshō"Pipeline ProjectPipeline Project4:43
7."Mermaid"Pipeline ProjectPipeline Project3:52
8."Binetsu"Hiromasa IjichiMiki Watabe4:02
9."Ai no Tame ni."Tetsurō OdaOda5:04
10."Kaze"Yoshiko MiuraOda3:06
11."Okuru Kotoba"Tetsuya TakedaKazuomi Chiba4:30
12."Afuresō na Ai, Daite"MiuraOda4:50
13."Namida wo Fuite (O.S.C. Mix)"Tadashi HirosawaSin3:10
14."Usotsuki"Nori, OdaOda4:38
15."Yume no Chikara"Toshihiko TakamizawaTakamizawa4:44
16."Kaze wo Ukete"RyojiRyoji5:04
17."Egao no Mama de"RyojiRyoji5:13
18."Shimokita Ijō Harajuku Miman" (下北以上 原宿未満 After Shimokita, Before Harajuku)Fumiya FujīFujī3:46
Total length:79:59
DVD
No.TitleLength
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

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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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  1. ^ a b Oricon (2006-03-07). 3/7付デイリーアルバムチャートチェック:うっきーのチャートチェック (in Japanese). Star-Blog. Archived from the original on 2011-09-29. Retrieved 2011-01-26.
  2. ^ Oricon (2006-09-26). "今週の注目チャートトピック一覧! ニュース-ORICON STYLE-" (in Japanese). Oricon. Retrieved 2011-01-26.
  3. ^ Sports Hochi (2006-09-22). "上戸彩、限定ベスト即日完売!! - いきもの応援係 - Yahoo!ブログ" (in Japanese). Yahoo! Japan Blogs. Retrieved 2011-01-26.
  4. ^ 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.
  5. ^ 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.
  6. ^ Oricon (2006-12-01). "오리콘 앨범차트 - 2006년 10월자 - kuzurenai의 일본어매일듣기 - 신제주통역외국어학원[일본어학원]" (in Korean). Yahoo! Korea Blogs. Retrieved 2011-01-26.
  7. ^ SoundScan. "週刊 CDソフト TOP20" (in Japanese). Retrieved 2011-01-21.
  8. ^ Five Music. "Five Music - 五大唱片(5大唱片) -五大金榜" (in Chinese). Retrieved 2011-01-26.
  9. ^ (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.