Best Fiction
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Best Fiction is Namie Amuro
's third best-of compilation under the Avex Trax
label. The album includes 15 tracks selected from singles released between 2002 and 2008, in addition to two new songs: "Sexy Girl" and "Do Me More", which were both be used to promote the album. The album was also release in two formats, a CD-only version and a CD+DVD combination on July 30, 2008.
Best Fiction has been certified 'Million' by RIAJ for shipment of one million copies. It had the highest first week album sales in 2008, until it was surpassed by Exile's Ballad Best. It was the second highest selling album of 2008 Oricon Yearly Album Chart, behind Exile's Exile Love. Oricon counts those sales from December of last year. This is Amuro's highest selling release since 181920. She is also the first female solo singer since 1979 to have an album occupy the number-one spot on the Oricon Chart
for 6 weeks in a row. Best Fiction is the 149th Best-selling album of all time in Japan. It was also the 38th best selling album in the world in 2008.
series "Otome no Punch" on its FAQ
.
ed Amuro on top of a classic automobile
. Amuro commented that the image was chosen because it reflected the album's title.
six-part series, "Otome no Punch." The second new song, "Do Me More", was used in a second series of commercials for Vidal Sassoon
following the first campaign with Amuro's single "60s 70s 80s
". "Do Me More" features an interpolation
of "Thunder and Blazes
." Both songs leaked in full onto the internet on July 1.
Sales Chart (Japan
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Namie Amuro
is a Japanese R&B and pop singer, entertainer, and former actress who at the height of her popularity was referred to as the "Teen Queen" and the title "Queen of Japanese Pop Music". Born in Naha, Okinawa, Amuro debuted at the age of 14 as an idol in the girl group Super Monkey's...
's third best-of compilation under the Avex Trax
Avex Trax
, listed in the Tokyo Stock Exchange as 7860 and abbreviated as AGHD, is the holding company for a group of entertainment-related subsidiaries based in Japan...
label. The album includes 15 tracks selected from singles released between 2002 and 2008, in addition to two new songs: "Sexy Girl" and "Do Me More", which were both be used to promote the album. The album was also release in two formats, a CD-only version and a CD+DVD combination on July 30, 2008.
Best Fiction has been certified 'Million' by RIAJ for shipment of one million copies. It had the highest first week album sales in 2008, until it was surpassed by Exile's Ballad Best. It was the second highest selling album of 2008 Oricon Yearly Album Chart, behind Exile's Exile Love. Oricon counts those sales from December of last year. This is Amuro's highest selling release since 181920. She is also the first female solo singer since 1979 to have an album occupy the number-one spot on the Oricon Chart
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...
for 6 weeks in a row. Best Fiction is the 149th Best-selling album of all time in Japan. It was also the 38th best selling album in the world in 2008.
Album title
The title for the best-of compilation was first revealed on the website for NHKNHK
NHK is Japan's national public broadcasting organization. NHK, which has always identified itself to its audiences by the English pronunciation of its initials, is a publicly owned corporation funded by viewers' payments of a television license fee....
series "Otome no Punch" on its FAQ
FAQ
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Album artwork
Best Fictions front cover depicts a stylized, heavily airbrushAirbrush
An airbrush is a small, air-operated tool that sprays various media including ink and dye, but most often paint by a process of nebulization. Spray guns developed from the airbrush and are still considered a type of airbrush.-History:...
ed Amuro on top of a classic automobile
Classic car
A classic car is an older car; the exact meaning is variable. The Classic Car Club of America maintains that a car must be between 20 and 40 years old to be a classic, while cars over 45 years fall into the Antique Class.- Classic Car Club of America :...
. Amuro commented that the image was chosen because it reflected the album's title.
Singles
Two new original songs included on the album have been released for promotion. Unlike all previous songs included on the album neither has gotten a separate physical release. The first of the two new songs, "Sexy Girl" was used as the theme song for NHKNHK
NHK is Japan's national public broadcasting organization. NHK, which has always identified itself to its audiences by the English pronunciation of its initials, is a publicly owned corporation funded by viewers' payments of a television license fee....
six-part series, "Otome no Punch." The second new song, "Do Me More", was used in a second series of commercials for Vidal Sassoon
Vidal Sassoon
Vidal Sassoon, CBE is a widely recognised British hairdresser, credited with creating a simple geometric, "Bauhaus-inspired" hair style, also called the bob...
following the first campaign with Amuro's single "60s 70s 80s
60s 70s 80s
"60s 70s 80s" is Namie Amuro's 33rd solo single under the Avex Trax label. It was released in CD and CD&DVD formats on March 12, 2008, 11 months since her previous single "Funky Town", and nearly 9 months after her successful album "Play"...
". "Do Me More" features an interpolation
Interpolation (music)
Interpolation in music refers to an abrupt change in musical elements from the main theme.-In classical music:In music and musical composition, especially 20th century and later, interpolation is an abrupt change of elements, with continuation of the first idea...
of "Thunder and Blazes
Entrance of the Gladiators
"Entrance of the Gladiators" or "Entry of the Gladiators" is a military march composed in 1897 by the Czech composer Julius Fučík...
." Both songs leaked in full onto the internet on July 1.
CD
| # | Nao'ymt | 5:16 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2. | "Wishing on the Same Star Wishing on the Same Star "Wishing on the Same Star" is Namie Amuro's 21st solo single under the Avex Trax label. Released on September 11, 2002, the song was meant to be her last before a hiatus that would have seen her transplanting herself from Tokyo, Japan to New York for the purposes of artist development... " |
Diane Warren, kenko-p | 4:55 |
| 3. | "Shine More Shine more "Shine More" is Namie Amuro's 22nd solo single under the Avex Trax label following her stint with R&B project, Suite Chic. Although she has released R&B music in the past, this single marks her transition from a pop artist to an R&B artist.- Track listing :... " |
Paul Taylor, Scott Nickoley, Sandra Pires, H.U.B | 3:38 |
| 4. | "Put 'Em Up Put 'Em Up "Put 'Em Up" is Namie Amuro's 23rd solo single under the Avex Trax label. Produced by Dallas Austin, "Put 'Em Up" was meant for release in 2000 but was shelved until 2003... " |
Dallas Austin, Jasper Cameron, Michico | 4:04 |
| 5. | "So Crazy" | Full Force, Jennifer "JJ" Johnson, Michico, Tiger | 4:33 |
| 6. | "Alarm" | Jusme, Monk | 4:10 |
| 7. | "All for You All for You (Namie Amuro song) "All for You" is a song by Japanese recording artist Namie Amuro, released on July 22, 2004 under Avex Trax. The song was the first of three consecutive singles to sell over 100,000 copies. "All for You" has been certified gold for shipments of over 100,000 by the Recording Industry Association of... " |
Natsumi Watanabe, Ryoki Matsumoto | 5:58 |
| 8. | "Girl Talk" | T.Kura, Michico | 4:22 |
| 9. | "Want Me, Want Me WANT ME, WANT ME "Want Me, Want Me" is Namie Amuro's 28th solo single under the Avex Trax label. It was released in two formats CD and CD&DVD on April 6, 2005. The CD format contained a B-side track and its instrumental while the CD&DVD format had no B-side but came with the music video. It was the last retailed... " |
Michico, Sugi-V | 3:11 |
| 10. | "White Light" | Nao'ymt | 5:17 |
| 11. | "Can't Sleep, Can't Eat, I'm Sick" | T.Kura, Michico | 3:48 |
| 12. | "Baby Don't Cry Baby Don't Cry (Namie Amuro song) "Baby Don't Cry" is a song by Japanese recording artist Namie Amuro, released on January 24, 2007 under Avex Trax, eight months after her last single "Can't Sleep, Can't Eat, I'm Sick/Ningyo".-Overview:... " |
Nao'ymt | 5:20 |
| 13. | "Funky Town Funky Town (Namie Amuro song) "Funky Town" is Namie Amuro's 32nd solo single under the Avex Trax label. It was be released in CD and CD&DVD formats on April 4, 2007, three months after the release of her previous single "Baby Don't Cry".... " |
T.Kura, Michico, L.L. Brothers | 3:49 |
| 14. | "New Look 60s 70s 80s "60s 70s 80s" is Namie Amuro's 33rd solo single under the Avex Trax label. It was released in CD and CD&DVD formats on March 12, 2008, 11 months since her previous single "Funky Town", and nearly 9 months after her successful album "Play"... " |
Michico, T.Kura, Brian Holland, Eddie Holland | 3:58 |
| 15. | "Rock Steady 60s 70s 80s "60s 70s 80s" is Namie Amuro's 33rd solo single under the Avex Trax label. It was released in CD and CD&DVD formats on March 12, 2008, 11 months since her previous single "Funky Town", and nearly 9 months after her successful album "Play"... " |
Michico, Muro, Aretha Franklin | 3:29 |
| 16. | "What a Feeling 60s 70s 80s "60s 70s 80s" is Namie Amuro's 33rd solo single under the Avex Trax label. It was released in CD and CD&DVD formats on March 12, 2008, 11 months since her previous single "Funky Town", and nearly 9 months after her successful album "Play"... " |
Michico, Shinichi Osawa, Keith Forsey, Irene Cara, Giorgio Moroder | 3:48 |
| 17. | "Sexy Girl" | Ryosuke Imai, Usk Trak | 4:39 |
DVD: Music Videos
| # | Yusuke Tanaka | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 2. | "Wishing on the Same Star Wishing on the Same Star "Wishing on the Same Star" is Namie Amuro's 21st solo single under the Avex Trax label. Released on September 11, 2002, the song was meant to be her last before a hiatus that would have seen her transplanting herself from Tokyo, Japan to New York for the purposes of artist development... " |
Masashi Muto | |
| 3. | "Shine More Shine more "Shine More" is Namie Amuro's 22nd solo single under the Avex Trax label following her stint with R&B project, Suite Chic. Although she has released R&B music in the past, this single marks her transition from a pop artist to an R&B artist.- Track listing :... " |
Ugichin | |
| 4. | "Put 'Em Up Put 'Em Up "Put 'Em Up" is Namie Amuro's 23rd solo single under the Avex Trax label. Produced by Dallas Austin, "Put 'Em Up" was meant for release in 2000 but was shelved until 2003... " |
Ugichin | |
| 5. | "So Crazy" | Masashi Muto | |
| 6. | "Alarm" | Ugichin | |
| 7. | "All for You All for You (Namie Amuro song) "All for You" is a song by Japanese recording artist Namie Amuro, released on July 22, 2004 under Avex Trax. The song was the first of three consecutive singles to sell over 100,000 copies. "All for You" has been certified gold for shipments of over 100,000 by the Recording Industry Association of... " |
Masashi Muto | |
| 8. | "Girl Talk" | Ugichin | |
| 9. | "Want Me, Want Me WANT ME, WANT ME "Want Me, Want Me" is Namie Amuro's 28th solo single under the Avex Trax label. It was released in two formats CD and CD&DVD on April 6, 2005. The CD format contained a B-side track and its instrumental while the CD&DVD format had no B-side but came with the music video. It was the last retailed... " |
Masashi Muto | |
| 10. | "White Light" | Masashi Muto | |
| 11. | "Can't Sleep, Can't Eat, I'm Sick" | Masashi Muto | |
| 12. | "Baby Don't Cry Baby Don't Cry (Namie Amuro song) "Baby Don't Cry" is a song by Japanese recording artist Namie Amuro, released on January 24, 2007 under Avex Trax, eight months after her last single "Can't Sleep, Can't Eat, I'm Sick/Ningyo".-Overview:... " |
Masashi Muto | |
| 13. | "Funky Town Funky Town (Namie Amuro song) "Funky Town" is Namie Amuro's 32nd solo single under the Avex Trax label. It was be released in CD and CD&DVD formats on April 4, 2007, three months after the release of her previous single "Baby Don't Cry".... " |
Hidekazu Sato | |
| 14. | "New Look 60s 70s 80s "60s 70s 80s" is Namie Amuro's 33rd solo single under the Avex Trax label. It was released in CD and CD&DVD formats on March 12, 2008, 11 months since her previous single "Funky Town", and nearly 9 months after her successful album "Play"... " |
Yuichi Kodama Yuichi Kodama Kodama Yuichi is a Japanese video director. He has mainly directed music videos and ads. Remarkably, he often produces music videos and ads that are strongly connected, or "tie-up"ed, such as Perfume's "Secret Secret" and Morinaga Milk's "Eskimo Pino", or Amuro Namie's songs and Vidal sassoon's... |
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| 15. | "Rock Steady 60s 70s 80s "60s 70s 80s" is Namie Amuro's 33rd solo single under the Avex Trax label. It was released in CD and CD&DVD formats on March 12, 2008, 11 months since her previous single "Funky Town", and nearly 9 months after her successful album "Play"... " |
Yusuke Tanaka | |
| 16. | "What a Feeling 60s 70s 80s "60s 70s 80s" is Namie Amuro's 33rd solo single under the Avex Trax label. It was released in CD and CD&DVD formats on March 12, 2008, 11 months since her previous single "Funky Town", and nearly 9 months after her successful album "Play"... " |
Hidekazu Sato | |
| 17. | "Sexy Girl" | Kensuke Kawamura | |
Charts
OriconOricon
, 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...
Sales Chart (Japan
Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
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| Release | Chart | Peak Position | Debut Sales | Sales Total | Chart Run |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 30, 2008 | Oricon Daily Albums Chart | 1 | - | 1,840,088 | 83 weeks |
| Oricon Weekly Albums Chart | 1 | 681,187 | |||
| Oricon Monthly Albums Chart | 1 | - | |||
| Oricon Yearly Albums Chart (2008) | 2 | 1,447,149 | |||
| Oricon Yearly Albums Chart (2009) | 29 | 392,939 |
Physical Sales and rank
| Chart | Peak position |
|---|---|
| Oricon Daily Albums Chart | 1 |
| Oricon Weekly Albums Chart | 1 |
| Oricon Monthly Albums Chart | 1 |
| Oricon Yearly Albums Chart 2008 | 2 |
| Billboard Japan Top Albums | 1 |
| G-Music Combo Chart (Taiwan) | 1 |
| G-Music J-POP Chart (Taiwan) | 1 |
| Soundscan Albums Chart (CD+DVD) | 1 |
| Soundscan Albums Chart (CD-Only) | 1 |
| Monthly Hanteo Pop Albums Chart(Korea) | 1 |
| Weekly Hanteo Pop Albums Chart(Korea) | 1 |
| Daily Hanteo Pop Albums Chart (Korea) | 1 |
Singles - Oricon Sales Chart (Japan)
| Release | Single | Chart | Peak Position |
|---|---|---|---|
| 12 March 2008 | "60s 70s 80s" | Oricon Daily Singles Chart | 1 |
| 12 March 2008 | "60s 70s 80s" | Oricon Weekly Singles Chart | 1 |
Single Chart
| Chart | Peak Position |
|---|---|
| Billboard Japan Hot 100 | 1 (New Look) |
| Billboard Japan Hot 100 Airplay | 14 (New Look) / 19 (What a Feeling) |
| Billboard Japan Hot Singles Sales | 1 (60s 70s 80s) |
| Billboard Japan Hot 100 | 14 (Do Me More) |
| Billboard Japan Hot 100 Airplay | 9 (Do Me More) |
| Itunes Top Song Sales | 6 (Do Me More) |
| Itunes Top Song Sales | 18 (Sexy Girl) |
| Tokio Hot 100 Chart | 3 (Do Me More) |
| Tokio Hot 100 Chart | 3 (New Look) / 25 (What a Feeling) / 32 (Rock Steady) |