Best Ai
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Best Ai is Ai
's second compilation album, released on September 16, 2009. The album was released in three editions: limited CD+DVD, CD only and "Arienai Price" (low-priced) editions. Best Ai debuted at #2 on the daily Oricon
albums chart but switched back and forth between #1 and #2 several times during its release week. The album went on to debut atop the weekly albums chart with 81,663 copies sold, beating the second-place holder Takeshi Tsuruno
's Tsuruno Oto by merely 1,332 units and becoming her first number-one album.
The album is certified Platinum for shipment of 250,000 copies.
AI (singer)
Ai , born November 2, 1981 as , is a Japanese R&B singer and rapper. She is currently under EMI Music Japan.-Early life:...
's second compilation album, released on September 16, 2009. The album was released in three editions: limited CD+DVD, CD only and "Arienai Price" (low-priced) editions. Best Ai debuted at #2 on the daily Oricon
Oricon
, established in 1999, is the holding company at the head of a Japanese corporate group that supplies statistics and information on music and the music industry in Japan. It started as , which was founded by Sōkō Koike in November 1967 and became known for its music charts. Oricon Inc...
albums chart but switched back and forth between #1 and #2 several times during its release week. The album went on to debut atop the weekly albums chart with 81,663 copies sold, beating the second-place holder Takeshi Tsuruno
Takeshi Tsuruno
is a Japanese actor, tarento, and musician, originally from Moji-ku, Kitakyūshū, Fukuoka Prefecture. He is known for his roles as Shin Asuka/Ultraman Dyna in Ultraman Dyna and as the leader of the musical units and...
's Tsuruno Oto by merely 1,332 units and becoming her first number-one album.
The album is certified Platinum for shipment of 250,000 copies.
Track listing
Charts, certifications and procession
| Chart (2009) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| Japan Billboard Billboard (magazine) Billboard is a weekly American magazine devoted to the music industry, and is one of the oldest trade magazines in the world. It maintains several internationally recognized music charts that track the most popular songs and albums in various categories on a weekly basis... Top Albums |
1 |
| Japan Oricon Oricon , established in 1999, is the holding company at the head of a Japanese corporate group that supplies statistics and information on music and the music industry in Japan. It started as , which was founded by Sōkō Koike in November 1967 and became known for its music charts. Oricon Inc... Daily Albums Chart |
1 |
| Japan Oricon Weekly Albums Chart | 1 |
| Japan Oricon Monthly Albums Chart | 5 |
| Japan Oricon Yearly Albums Chart | 32 |
| Japan SoundScan Albums Chart (CD+DVD) | 2 |
| Japan SoundScan Albums Chart (CD-only) | 4 |
| Taiwan G-Music J-Pop Chart | 18 |
| Taiwan Five Music J-pop/K-pop Chart | 14 |
| Country | Provider | Sales | Certification Music recording sales certification Music recording sales certification is a system of certifying that a music recording has shipped or sold a certain number of copies, where the threshold quantity varies by type and by nation or territory .Almost all countries follow variations of the RIAA certification categories,... (sales thresholds) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Japan | RIAJ Recording Industry Association of Japan The Recording Industry Association of Japan is an industry trade group composed of Japanese corporations involved the music industry... |
238,452+ | Platinum |