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CD1

  1. "Introduction" - 1:09
    Words: Ayumi Hamasaki
    Ayumi Hamasaki
    is a Japanese singer-songwriter, record producer, model, lyricist, and actress. Also called "Ayu" by her fans, Hamasaki has been dubbed the "Empress of Pop" because of her popularity and widespread influence in Japan and throughout Asia. Born and raised in Fukuoka, she moved to Tokyo at fourteen to...


    Music: HAL
    Hal (group)
    Hal is a Japanese pop band formed in 1996. They have worked with several Japanese pop and rock stars and also have won two Japan Record Awards for their musical arrangements for singer Ayumi Hamasaki .They habitually write their name as HΛL, replacing the Latin "A" with the Greek "Λ" or Lambda.Hal...


    Arrangement: HAL
    Keyboards: HAL
    Guitar: Naoyo Akimoto
    Programming: HAL
    Mixed by Dave Way
  2. "Fly High
    Fly High
    "Fly High" is the thirteenth single released by Ayumi Hamasaki, released on February 9, 2000, making it her first single of 2000. The song was already featured on Loveppears, Fly High peaked at the number three position on the Oricon charts. Like Hamasaki's two previous singles, Appears and...

    "
    – 4:06
    Words: Ayumi Hamasaki
    Ayumi Hamasaki
    is a Japanese singer-songwriter, record producer, model, lyricist, and actress. Also called "Ayu" by her fans, Hamasaki has been dubbed the "Empress of Pop" because of her popularity and widespread influence in Japan and throughout Asia. Born and raised in Fukuoka, she moved to Tokyo at fourteen to...


    Music: DAI
    Dai Nagao
    is a Japanese composer, musician and producer. He was a member and composer of the popular musical group Do As Infinity from its founding until it disbanded in September 2005, although they have since reformed....


    Arrangement: HAL
    Keyboards: HAL
    Guitar: Naoyo Akimoto
    Programming: HAL
    Mixed by Dave Way
  3. "Trauma
    A (song)
    "A" is Ayumi Hamasaki's tenth single, released on August 11, 1999. Hamasaki's best-selling single as well Japan's 57th best-selling single of all time, "A," is unique among Hamasaki's singles, as it is her only single with quadruple A-sides...

    "
    – 4:17
    Words: Ayumi Hamasaki
    Ayumi Hamasaki
    is a Japanese singer-songwriter, record producer, model, lyricist, and actress. Also called "Ayu" by her fans, Hamasaki has been dubbed the "Empress of Pop" because of her popularity and widespread influence in Japan and throughout Asia. Born and raised in Fukuoka, she moved to Tokyo at fourteen to...


    Music: DAI
    Arrangement: Naoto Suzuki & DAI
    Keyboards: Naoto Suzuki
    Guitar: Jun Kajiwara
    Programming: Takahiro Iida
    Additional Programming: Tatsuhiko Fuyuno
    Mixed by Steve Churchyard
  4. "And Then" – 4:12
    Words: Ayumi Hamasaki
    Ayumi Hamasaki
    is a Japanese singer-songwriter, record producer, model, lyricist, and actress. Also called "Ayu" by her fans, Hamasaki has been dubbed the "Empress of Pop" because of her popularity and widespread influence in Japan and throughout Asia. Born and raised in Fukuoka, she moved to Tokyo at fourteen to...


    Music: Yasuhiko Hoshino
    Arrangement: Keisuke Kikuchi
    Keyboards: Naoto Suzuki
    Guitar: Hidetoshi suzuki
    Programming: Takahiro Iida
    Additional Programming: Tatsuhiko Fuyuno
    Mixed by Dave Way
  5. "Immature [Album Version]" – 4:44
    Words: Ayumi Hamasaki
    Ayumi Hamasaki
    is a Japanese singer-songwriter, record producer, model, lyricist, and actress. Also called "Ayu" by her fans, Hamasaki has been dubbed the "Empress of Pop" because of her popularity and widespread influence in Japan and throughout Asia. Born and raised in Fukuoka, she moved to Tokyo at fourteen to...


    Music: Kazuhito Kikuchi
    Kazuhito Kikuchi
    Kazuhito Kikuchi is a Japanese composer. From 2001 to 2005 he was a member of the J-pop duo Breath.He has been one of the main song composers for Ayumi Hamasaki and has also written songs for Kumi Koda, Every Little Thing, Ami Suzuki and others. He won the Best Composer Award at the Japan Record...


    Arrangement: HAL
    Keyboards: HAL
    Guitar: Naoya Akimoto
    Programming: HAL
    Mixed by Dave Way
  6. "Boys & Girls
    Boys & Girls (Ayumi Hamasaki song)
    "Boys & Girls" is a song by Ayumi Hamasaki, released as her ninth single, on July 14, 1999. In addition to being Hamasaki's first Maxi single, it was also her first certified million-seller. In its first week of release on the Oricon, it ranked at number two as Ami Suzuki's "Be Together" debuted at...

    "
    – 3:54
    Words: Ayumi Hamasaki
    Ayumi Hamasaki
    is a Japanese singer-songwriter, record producer, model, lyricist, and actress. Also called "Ayu" by her fans, Hamasaki has been dubbed the "Empress of Pop" because of her popularity and widespread influence in Japan and throughout Asia. Born and raised in Fukuoka, she moved to Tokyo at fourteen to...


    Music: DAI
    Arrangement: Naoto Suzuki & DAI
    Keyboards: Naoto Suzuki
    Guitar: Hidetoshi Suzuki
    Programming: Takahiro Iida
    Mixed by Dave Ford
  7. "To Be
    To Be
    "To Be" is the eighth single by Ayumi Hamasaki, released on May 12, 1999.- Information :"To Be" was released less than a month after her first number one single, "Love ." Hamasaki's first song to be composed by Do as Infinity composer DAI, "To Be" was unable to reach the top position on the Oricon,...

    "
    – 5:18
    Words: Ayumi Hamasaki
    Ayumi Hamasaki
    is a Japanese singer-songwriter, record producer, model, lyricist, and actress. Also called "Ayu" by her fans, Hamasaki has been dubbed the "Empress of Pop" because of her popularity and widespread influence in Japan and throughout Asia. Born and raised in Fukuoka, she moved to Tokyo at fourteen to...


    Music: DAI
    Arrangement: Naoto Suzuki & DAI
    Keyboards: Naoto Suzuki
    Guitar: Masayoshi Furukawa
    Programming: Takahiro Iida
    Mixed by Dave Ford
  8. "End Roll
    A (song)
    "A" is Ayumi Hamasaki's tenth single, released on August 11, 1999. Hamasaki's best-selling single as well Japan's 57th best-selling single of all time, "A," is unique among Hamasaki's singles, as it is her only single with quadruple A-sides...

    "
    – 4:49
    Words: Ayumi Hamasaki
    Ayumi Hamasaki
    is a Japanese singer-songwriter, record producer, model, lyricist, and actress. Also called "Ayu" by her fans, Hamasaki has been dubbed the "Empress of Pop" because of her popularity and widespread influence in Japan and throughout Asia. Born and raised in Fukuoka, she moved to Tokyo at fourteen to...


    Music: DAI
    Arrangement: Naoto Suzuki & DAI
    Keyboards: Naoto Suzuki
    Guitar: Naoki Hayashibe
    Programming: Takahiro Iida
    Mixed by Steve Churchyard
  9. "P.S II" – 4:48
    Words: Ayumi Hamasaki
    Ayumi Hamasaki
    is a Japanese singer-songwriter, record producer, model, lyricist, and actress. Also called "Ayu" by her fans, Hamasaki has been dubbed the "Empress of Pop" because of her popularity and widespread influence in Japan and throughout Asia. Born and raised in Fukuoka, she moved to Tokyo at fourteen to...


    Music: Hideaki Kuwabara
    Arrangement: Akimitsu Honma
    Keyboards: HAL
    Programming: HAL
    Mixed by Dave Way
  10. "Whatever
    Whatever (Ayumi Hamasaki song)
    "Whatever" is the sixth song performed by Japanese singer-songwriter Ayumi Hamasaki, for her album Loveppears . The song was written by Hamsaki herself, composed by Kazuhito Kikuchi and produced by Max Matsuura....

    " "Dub's 1999 Remix"
    – 7:20
    Words: Ayumi Hamasaki
    Ayumi Hamasaki
    is a Japanese singer-songwriter, record producer, model, lyricist, and actress. Also called "Ayu" by her fans, Hamasaki has been dubbed the "Empress of Pop" because of her popularity and widespread influence in Japan and throughout Asia. Born and raised in Fukuoka, she moved to Tokyo at fourteen to...


    Music: Kazuhito Kikuchi
    Arrangement: Izumi "DMX" Miyazaki
    Programming: Izumi "DMX" Miyazaki
    Mixed by Izumi "DMX" Miyazaki
  11. "Too Late
    A (song)
    "A" is Ayumi Hamasaki's tenth single, released on August 11, 1999. Hamasaki's best-selling single as well Japan's 57th best-selling single of all time, "A," is unique among Hamasaki's singles, as it is her only single with quadruple A-sides...

    "
    – 4:24
    Words: Ayumi Hamasaki
    Ayumi Hamasaki
    is a Japanese singer-songwriter, record producer, model, lyricist, and actress. Also called "Ayu" by her fans, Hamasaki has been dubbed the "Empress of Pop" because of her popularity and widespread influence in Japan and throughout Asia. Born and raised in Fukuoka, she moved to Tokyo at fourteen to...


    Music: DAI
    Arrangement: Naoto Suzuki & DAI
    Keyboards: Naoto Suzuki
    Guitar: Hidetoshi Suzuki
    Programming: Takahiro Iida
    Additional Programming: Tatsuhiko Fuyuno
    Mixed by Dave Way
  12. "Appears
    Appears
    "Appears" is the eleventh single released by Ayumi Hamasaki on November 10, 1999, along with her second album, Loveppears. "Appears" is Hamasaki's only song that has been the title track of one of her studio albums as well as the A-side of one of her singles...

    [Album Version]"
    – 5:27
    Words: Ayumi Hamasaki
    Ayumi Hamasaki
    is a Japanese singer-songwriter, record producer, model, lyricist, and actress. Also called "Ayu" by her fans, Hamasaki has been dubbed the "Empress of Pop" because of her popularity and widespread influence in Japan and throughout Asia. Born and raised in Fukuoka, she moved to Tokyo at fourteen to...


    Music: Kazuhito Kikuchi
    Arrangement: HAL
    Keyboards: HAL
    Guitar: Naoya Akimoto
    Programming: HAL
    Mixed by Dave Way
  13. "Monochrome
    A (song)
    "A" is Ayumi Hamasaki's tenth single, released on August 11, 1999. Hamasaki's best-selling single as well Japan's 57th best-selling single of all time, "A," is unique among Hamasaki's singles, as it is her only single with quadruple A-sides...

    "
    – 4:21
    Words: Ayumi Hamasaki
    Ayumi Hamasaki
    is a Japanese singer-songwriter, record producer, model, lyricist, and actress. Also called "Ayu" by her fans, Hamasaki has been dubbed the "Empress of Pop" because of her popularity and widespread influence in Japan and throughout Asia. Born and raised in Fukuoka, she moved to Tokyo at fourteen to...


    Music: DAI
    Arrangement: Naoto Suzuki & DAI
    Keyboards: Naoto Suzuki
    Guitar: Naoki Hayashibe
    Programming: Takahiro Iida
    Mixed by Dave Way
  14. "Interlude" – 0:55
    Music: Naoto Suzuki
    Arrangement: Naoto Suzuki
    Keyboards: Naoto Suzuki
    Programming: Naoto Suzuki
    Mixed by Dave Way
  15. "Love: Refrain" – 5:20
    Words: Ayumi Hamasaki
    Ayumi Hamasaki
    is a Japanese singer-songwriter, record producer, model, lyricist, and actress. Also called "Ayu" by her fans, Hamasaki has been dubbed the "Empress of Pop" because of her popularity and widespread influence in Japan and throughout Asia. Born and raised in Fukuoka, she moved to Tokyo at fourteen to...


    Music: Tsunku
    Arrangement: Naoto Suzuki
    Keyboards: Naoto Suzuki
    Guitar: Naoki Hayashibe
    Programming: Takahiro Iida
    Mixed by Dave Way
  16. "Who..." – 5:35
    Words: Ayumi Hamasaki
    Ayumi Hamasaki
    is a Japanese singer-songwriter, record producer, model, lyricist, and actress. Also called "Ayu" by her fans, Hamasaki has been dubbed the "Empress of Pop" because of her popularity and widespread influence in Japan and throughout Asia. Born and raised in Fukuoka, she moved to Tokyo at fourteen to...


    Music: Kazuhito Kikuchi
    Arrangement: Naoto Suzuki
    Keyboards: Naoto Suzuki
    Guitar: Naoki Hayashibe
    Programming: Takahiro Iida
    Mixed by Dave Way
  17. "Kanariya
    Kanariya
    "Kanariya" is the twelfth single by Ayumi Hamasaki, as well as her last single of 1999, released on December 8, 1999. It was a hidden track on her Loveppears album. The song features an uncredited male backup vocalist singing in English. "Kanariya" reached #1 on the Oricon chart and became the...

    "
    - 3.52
    Words: Ayumi Hamasaki
    Ayumi Hamasaki
    is a Japanese singer-songwriter, record producer, model, lyricist, and actress. Also called "Ayu" by her fans, Hamasaki has been dubbed the "Empress of Pop" because of her popularity and widespread influence in Japan and throughout Asia. Born and raised in Fukuoka, she moved to Tokyo at fourteen to...


    Music: Yasuhiko Hoshino
    Arrangement: CPM-Marvin

CD2

  1. Ayu's Euro Mega-Mix (Y&Co. Mix) – 9:48
    Remixed by Akira "BOSS" Yokota & Tetsuya "REMOCON" Tamura
  2. Ayu's House Mega-Mix (N.S House Mix) – 9:58
    Remixed by Shoji Ueda
  3. A Song for ×× (Millennium Mix) – 4:46
    Piano: Akimitsu Honma
    Keyboards: Akimitsu Honma
    Guitar: Naoki Hayashibe
    Programming: Hiroshi Kitashiro
    Mixed by Dave Way
  4. Powder Snow (Acoustic Orchestra Version) – 5:03
    Keyboards: Akimitsu Honma
    Programming: Takahiro Iida
    Mixed by Atsushi Hattori
  5. Friend II (Make My Mad Mix) – 4:31
    Remixed by HAL

Release history

Region Date Format Catalogue Number
Japan 2CD AVCD-11740
Taiwan
Hong Kong
China 2000
  • Initial pressing
CD AVTCD-95292
  • SCD-515
  • Cassette
  • Second Press
  • CD

    Charts

    Oricon Sales Chart (Japan)
    Release Chart Peak position First Week Sales Sales total Chart run
    November 10, 1999 Oricon Daily Albums Chart 1
    Oricon Weekly Albums Chart 1 1,201,870 2,562,130 64
    Oricon Monthly Albums Chart 1
    Oricon Yearly Albums Chart 15 (1999)
    14 (2000)

    • Total Sales: 2,562,130 (Japan)

    Singles

    Date Title Peak Position Weeks Sales
    1999-02-10 Whatever
    Whatever (Ayumi Hamasaki song)
    "Whatever" is the sixth song performed by Japanese singer-songwriter Ayumi Hamasaki, for her album Loveppears . The song was written by Hamsaki herself, composed by Kazuhito Kikuchi and produced by Max Matsuura....

    5 9 weeks 189,610
    1999-04-14 Love: Destiny 1 26 weeks 650,790
    1999-05-12 To Be
    To Be
    "To Be" is the eighth single by Ayumi Hamasaki, released on May 12, 1999.- Information :"To Be" was released less than a month after her first number one single, "Love ." Hamasaki's first song to be composed by Do as Infinity composer DAI, "To Be" was unable to reach the top position on the Oricon,...

    4 15 weeks 324,500
    1999-07-14 Boys & Girls
    Boys & Girls (Ayumi Hamasaki song)
    "Boys & Girls" is a song by Ayumi Hamasaki, released as her ninth single, on July 14, 1999. In addition to being Hamasaki's first Maxi single, it was also her first certified million-seller. In its first week of release on the Oricon, it ranked at number two as Ami Suzuki's "Be Together" debuted at...

    1 17 weeks 1,037,950
    1999-08-11 A
    A (song)
    "A" is Ayumi Hamasaki's tenth single, released on August 11, 1999. Hamasaki's best-selling single as well Japan's 57th best-selling single of all time, "A," is unique among Hamasaki's singles, as it is her only single with quadruple A-sides...

    1 18 weeks 1,670,000
    1999-11-10 Appears
    Appears
    "Appears" is the eleventh single released by Ayumi Hamasaki on November 10, 1999, along with her second album, Loveppears. "Appears" is Hamasaki's only song that has been the title track of one of her studio albums as well as the A-side of one of her singles...

     (300,000 Limited Copies)
    2 3 weeks 290,550
    1999-12-08 Kanariya
    Kanariya
    "Kanariya" is the twelfth single by Ayumi Hamasaki, as well as her last single of 1999, released on December 8, 1999. It was a hidden track on her Loveppears album. The song features an uncredited male backup vocalist singing in English. "Kanariya" reached #1 on the Oricon chart and became the...

     (300,000 Limited Copies)
    1 6 weeks 289,200
    2000-02-09 Fly High
    Fly High
    "Fly High" is the thirteenth single released by Ayumi Hamasaki, released on February 9, 2000, making it her first single of 2000. The song was already featured on Loveppears, Fly High peaked at the number three position on the Oricon charts. Like Hamasaki's two previous singles, Appears and...

    (300,000 limited Copies)
    3 4 weeks 299,540
    2001-02-28 Whatever (12 cm re-release) 28 3 weeks 28,430
    Love: Destiny c/w Love: Since 1999 (duet with Tsunku) (12 cm re-release) 20 4 weeks 39,470
    To Be (12 cm re-release) 26 3 weeks 29,070


    Total Single Sales: 4,723,940

    Total Album and Single Sales: 7,286,070
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