LOVEppears
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CD1
- "Introduction" - 1:09
Words: Ayumi HamasakiAyumi Hamasakiis 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: HALHal (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 - "Fly HighFly 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 HamasakiAyumi Hamasakiis 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: DAIDai Nagaois 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 - "TraumaA (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 HamasakiAyumi Hamasakiis 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 - "And Then" – 4:12
Words: Ayumi HamasakiAyumi Hamasakiis 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 - "Immature [Album Version]" – 4:44
Words: Ayumi HamasakiAyumi Hamasakiis 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 KikuchiKazuhito KikuchiKazuhito 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 - "Boys & GirlsBoys & 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 HamasakiAyumi Hamasakiis 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 - "To BeTo 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 HamasakiAyumi Hamasakiis 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 - "End RollA (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 HamasakiAyumi Hamasakiis 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 - "P.S II" – 4:48
Words: Ayumi HamasakiAyumi Hamasakiis 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 - "WhateverWhatever (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 HamasakiAyumi Hamasakiis 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 - "Too LateA (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 HamasakiAyumi Hamasakiis 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 - "AppearsAppears"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 HamasakiAyumi Hamasakiis 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 - "MonochromeA (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 HamasakiAyumi Hamasakiis 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 - "Interlude" – 0:55
Music: Naoto Suzuki
Arrangement: Naoto Suzuki
Keyboards: Naoto Suzuki
Programming: Naoto Suzuki
Mixed by Dave Way - "Love: Refrain" – 5:20
Words: Ayumi HamasakiAyumi Hamasakiis 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 - "Who..." – 5:35
Words: Ayumi HamasakiAyumi Hamasakiis 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 - "KanariyaKanariya"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 HamasakiAyumi Hamasakiis 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
- Ayu's Euro Mega-Mix (Y&Co. Mix) – 9:48
Remixed by Akira "BOSS" Yokota & Tetsuya "REMOCON" Tamura - Ayu's House Mega-Mix (N.S House Mix) – 9:58
Remixed by Shoji Ueda - A Song for ×× (Millennium Mix) – 4:46
Piano: Akimitsu Honma
Keyboards: Akimitsu Honma
Guitar: Naoki Hayashibe
Programming: Hiroshi Kitashiro
Mixed by Dave Way - Powder Snow (Acoustic Orchestra Version) – 5:03
Keyboards: Akimitsu Honma
Programming: Takahiro Iida
Mixed by Atsushi Hattori - Friend II (Make My Mad Mix) – 4:31
Remixed by HAL
Release history
Region | Date | Format | Catalogue Number |
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Japan | 2CD | AVCD-11740 | |
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Hong Kong | |||
China | 2000
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CD | AVTCD-95292
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Charts
Oricon Sales Chart (Japan)Release | Chart | Peak position | First Week Sales | Sales total | Chart run |
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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 |
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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