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{{Distinguish|I Am the Best}}
{{Infobox Album | <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject_Albums -->
{{Infobox album|
| Name = "愛 am Best"<br><small>"AI am Best"
| name = "愛 am Best"<br><small>"AI am Best"</small>
| Type = [[Compilation album]]
| Artist = [[Ai Otsuka]]
| type = greatest
| Cover = Ai am Best.JPG
| artist = [[Ai Otsuka]]
| cover = Ai am Best.JPG
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| Released = [[March 28]], [[2007]] (CD+DVD)<br>[[September 26]], [[2007]] (CD)
| Format = CD+DVD and CD
| alt =
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| released = 28 March 2007 (CD+DVD)<br>26 September 2007 (CD)
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| Recorded = 2007
| Genre = [[J-pop]]
| recorded = 2007
| Length = 66:05
| venue =
| studio =
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| Label = [[AVEX Records|Avex Trax]]<br><small>AVCD-23271 ([[Japan]], CD+DVD)<br>AVCD-23406 ([[Japan]], CD)</small>
| Producer = Ai Otsuka
| genre = [[J-pop]]
| Reviews =
| length = 66:05
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| label = [[AVEX Records|Avex Trax]]<br><small>AVCD-23271 ([[Japan]], CD+DVD)<br>AVCD-23406 ([[Japan]], CD)</small>
| Last album = "[[Love Cook]]"<br />(2005)
| producer = Ai Otsuka
| This album = "''AI'' am BEST"<br />(2007)
| Next album = "[[Love Piece]]"<br />(2007)
| prev_title = [[Love Cook]]
| prev_year = 2005
| next_title = [[Love Piece]]
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| next_year = 2007
}}
}}


"'''''Ai'' am Best'''" (愛 am Best) is the first '[[Best of]]' compilation album since [[Ai Otsuka]]'s music career started. The album contains 13 pre-2006 tracks with the respective music video for each. "Ai am Best" is set to be released on the [[March 28]], [[2007]]. The title of the album is a [[pun]] on her first name, Ai, which is pronounced like the English word "I".
"'''''Ai'' am Best'''" (愛 am Best) is the first "[[best of]]" compilation [[album]] by [[Ai Otsuka]]. The album contains 13 pre-2006 tracks with the respective music video for each. "Ai am Best" was released on March 28, 2007. The title of the album is a [[pun]] on her first name, Ai, which is pronounced like the English word "I".


'''Formats:'''<br />
DVD Tracklist:
CD+DVD and CD.
⚫
The respective PVs for each of the songs listed for the CD Tracklist

'''DVD Track list:'''<br />
⚫
The respective PVs for each of the songs listed for the CD Track list
(The Music Clip for Track 13 「Love Music」 is the most recently filmed)
(The Music Clip for Track 13 「Love Music」 is the most recently filmed)


First Pressing comes in a blister case and bundled with <愛ハンコ>, a specially made carved stamp.
First Pressing comes in a blister case and bundled with <愛ハンコ>, a specially made carved stamp.


The album debuted at the number one spot on the [[Oricon]] charts and sold more than 60,000 copies on its first day--six times more than the second place album of the day. By the second day of release, it had already sold over 100,000 copies.
The album debuted at the number one spot on the [[Oricon]] charts and sold more than 60,000 copies on its first day—six times more than the second place album of the day. By the second day of release, it had already sold over 100,000 copies.


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"''Ai'' am Best" was re-released in a CD version limited press on 26 September 2007.<ref>[http://www.cdjapan.co.jp/detailview.html?KEY=AVCD-23406 Ai Otsuka / Ai am Best [Limited Pressing&#93;<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>
During its debut week, it hit number one on the [[United World Chart]]s.

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"''Ai'' am Best" will be re-released in a CD version limited press on [[September 26]], [[2007]]. <ref>[http://www.cdjapan.co.jp/detailview.html?KEY=AVCD-23406 Ai Otsuka / Ai am Best [Limited Pressing&#93;<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>


==Secret track==
==Secret track==
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There is a [[secret track]] at the end of the last track "Love Music". Tracks 14 though 98 are silent and are about 5 seconds each. Track 99 contains an old unreleased song, "Babashi".

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There is a [[secret track]] at the end of the last track "LOVE MUSIC". Tracks 14 though 98 are silent and are about 5 seconds each. Track 99 contains an old unreleased song, "BABASHI".


The Ai am Best DVD contains a secret hidden track which requires a code to unlock:
The Ai am Best DVD contains a secret hidden track which requires a code to unlock:
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== Track listing ==
== Track listing ==
CD Track Lists:
CD Track Lists:
# {{nihongo|[[Momo no Hanabira]]|桃ノ花ビラ||Peach Flower Petals}}
# {{nihongo|[[Momo no hanabira]]|桃ノ花ビラ||Peach Flower Petals}}
# {{nihongo|[[Sakuranbo]]|さくらんぼ||Cherry}}
# {{nihongo|[[Sakuranbo]]|さくらんぼ||Cherry}}
# {{nihongo|[[Amaenbo]]|甘えんぼ||Spoiled child}}
# {{nihongo|[[Amaenbo]]|甘えんぼ||Spoiled child}}
# [[Happy Days (song)|Happy Days]]
# [[Happy Days (Ai Otsuka song)|Happy Days]]
# {{nihongo|[[Kingyo Hanabi]]|金魚花火||Goldfish Fireworks}}
# {{nihongo|[[Kingyo Hanabi]]|金魚花火||Goldfish Fireworks}}
# {{nihongo|[[Daisuki da yo.]]|大好きだよ。||I love you.}}
# {{nihongo|[[Daisuki da yo.]]|大好きだよ。||I love you.}}
# {{nihongo|[[Kuroge Wagyu Joshio Tan Yaki 680 Yen|Kuroge Wagyū Joshio Tan Yaki 680 Yen]]|黒毛和牛上塩タン焼680円||Salty Grilled Tongue of Black Japanese Beef 680 Yen}}
# {{nihongo|[[Kuroge Wagyu Joshio Tan Yaki 680 Yen|Kuroge Wagyū Joshio Tan Yaki 680 Yen]]|黒毛和牛上塩タン焼680円||Salty Grilled Tongue of Black Japanese Beef 680 Yen}}
# Cherish
# Cherish
# [[SMILY/Biidama|Smily]]
# [[Smily / Biidama|Smily]]
# {{nihongo|[[SMILY/Biidama|Biidama]]|ビー玉Marble}}
# {{nihongo|[[Smily / Biidama|Biidama]]|ビー玉||Marble}}
# {{nihongo|[[Neko ni Fuusen]]|ネコに風船||A Cat's Balloon}}
# {{nihongo|[[Neko ni Fūsen]]|ネコに風船||A Cat & A Balloon}}
# {{nihongo|[[Planetarium (song)|Puranetariamu]]|プラネタリウム||Planetarium}}
# {{nihongo|[[Planetarium (Ai Otsuka song)|Puranetariumu]]|プラネタリウム||Planetarium}}
# Love Music
# Love Music


CD Hidden/Bonus Track Lists:
CD Hidden/Bonus Track Lists:
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:—- 15...97
:—- 15...97
:98. <Silent>
:98. <Silent>
:99. {{nihongo|Babashi no Theme|Babashiのテーマ||BABASHI's Theme}}
:99. {{nihongo|Babashi no Theme|Babashiのテーマ||Babashi's Theme}}


DVD Track Lists:
DVD Track Lists:
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#ビー玉 Music Clip
#ビー玉 Music Clip
#ネコに風船 Music Clip
#ネコに風船 Music Clip
#プラネタリウム Music Clip
#プラネタリウム Music Clip
#Love Music Music Clip
#Love Music Music Clip


DVD Hidden/Bonus Track Lists:
DVD Hidden/Bonus Track Lists:
:14. Best Of Babashi
:14. Best of Babashi


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==Oricon sales charts (Japan)==
<br />
<br />

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===Oricon sales charts (Japan)===
{| class="wikitable" width="700px"
{| class="wikitable" width="700px"
!align="left"|Release
!Release
!align="left"|Chart
!Chart
!align="left"|Peak Position
!Peak position
!align="left"|Debut Sales
!Debut sales
!align="left"|Sales Total
!Sales total
!align="left"|Chart Run
|-
|-
|align="left"|March 28, 2007
|rowspan="4"|March 28, 2007
|align="left"|Oricon Daily Albums Chart
|Oricon Daily Albums Chart
|align="left"|'''#1'''
|align="center"|1
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|
|align="left"|
|
|align="left"|
|align="left"|
|-
|-
|Oricon Weekly Albums Chart
|align="left"|March 28, 2007
|align="left"|Oricon Weekly Albums Chart
|align="center"|1
|350,045
|align="left"|'''#1'''
|727,192
|align="left"|350,045
|align="left"|727,192
|align="left"|44 weeks
|-
|-
|Oricon Monthly Albums Chart
|align="left"|March 28, 2007
|align="left"|Oricon Monthly Albums Chart
|align="center"|1
|
|align="left"|'''#1'''
|
|align="left"|
|align="left"|
|align="left"|
|-
|-
|Oricon Yearly Albums Chart
|align="left"|March 28, 2007
|align="left"|Oricon Yearly Albums Chart
|align="center"|6
|
|align="left"|#6
|
|align="left"|
|align="left"|
|align="left"|
|}
|}

===United World Chart (International)===
{| class="wikitable"
!align="left"|Week
!align="left"|01
!align="left"|02
!align="left"|03
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|-
!align="left"|Position
|align="center"|'''1'''
|align="center"|'''10'''
|align="center"|
|} [http://www.mediatraffic.de/albums-week16-2007.htm]

{{start box}}
{{succession box
| before = ''[[Introducing Joss Stone]] by [[Joss Stone]]
| title = [[United World Chart]] [[Number-one albums on the United World Chart|number-one album]]
| years = [[April 14]] [[2007]]
| after = ''[[Can't Buy My Love]]'' by [[Yui]]
}}
{{end box}}


==References==
==References==
{{reflist|2}}
{{Reflist}}


{{Ai Otsuka singles & albums}}
{{Ai Otsuka}}
{{Authority control}}


[[Category:2007 greatest hits albums]]
[[Category:Ai Otsuka albums]]
[[Category:Ai Otsuka albums]]
[[Category:2007 video albums]]

[[ko:아이 am BEST]]
[[Category:2007 films]]
[[Category:Music video compilation albums]]
[[ja:愛 am BEST]]
[[Category:Avex Group compilation albums]]
[[Category:Avex Group video albums]]

Latest revision as of 14:01, 21 September 2024

Not to be confused with I Am the Best.
"愛 am Best"
"AI am Best"
Greatest hits album by
Ai Otsuka
Released28 March 2007 (CD+DVD)
26 September 2007 (CD)
Recorded2007
GenreJ-pop
Length66:05
LabelAvex Trax
AVCD-23271 (Japan, CD+DVD)
AVCD-23406 (Japan, CD)
ProducerAi Otsuka
Ai Otsuka chronology
Love Cook
(2005) 		"愛 am Best"
"AI am Best"
(2007) 		Love Piece
(2007)

"Ai am Best" (愛 am Best) is the first "best of" compilation album by Ai Otsuka. The album contains 13 pre-2006 tracks with the respective music video for each. "Ai am Best" was released on March 28, 2007. The title of the album is a pun on her first name, Ai, which is pronounced like the English word "I".

Formats:
CD+DVD and CD.

DVD Track list:
The respective PVs for each of the songs listed for the CD Track list (The Music Clip for Track 13 「Love Music」 is the most recently filmed)

First Pressing comes in a blister case and bundled with <愛ハンコ>, a specially made carved stamp.

The album debuted at the number one spot on the Oricon charts and sold more than 60,000 copies on its first day—six times more than the second place album of the day. By the second day of release, it had already sold over 100,000 copies.

"Ai am Best" was re-released in a CD version limited press on 26 September 2007.[1]

Secret track

[edit]

There is a secret track at the end of the last track "Love Music". Tracks 14 though 98 are silent and are about 5 seconds each. Track 99 contains an old unreleased song, "Babashi".

The Ai am Best DVD contains a secret hidden track which requires a code to unlock:

With your DVD remote arrow buttons, press "Up" 9 times, then press "Right" 9 times, then press "Down" 9 times, then press "Left" 9 times and finally press "Enter" and the hidden clip will be revealed, "Best of Babashi"

Track listing

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CD Track Lists:

  1. Momo no hanabira (桃ノ花ビラ, Peach Flower Petals)
  2. Sakuranbo (さくらんぼ, Cherry)
  3. Amaenbo (甘えんぼ, Spoiled child)
  4. Happy Days
  5. Kingyo Hanabi (金魚花火, Goldfish Fireworks)
  6. Daisuki da yo. (大好きだよ。, I love you.)
  7. Kuroge Wagyū Joshio Tan Yaki 680 Yen (黒毛和牛上塩タン焼680円, Salty Grilled Tongue of Black Japanese Beef 680 Yen)
  8. Cherish
  9. Smily
  10. Biidama (ビー玉, Marble)
  11. Neko ni Fūsen (ネコに風船, A Cat & A Balloon)
  12. Puranetariumu (プラネタリウム, Planetarium)
  13. Love Music

CD Hidden/Bonus Track Lists:

14. <Silent>
—- 15...97
98. <Silent>
99. Babashi no Theme (Babashiのテーマ, Babashi's Theme)

DVD Track Lists:

  1. 桃ノ花ビラ Music Clip
  2. さくらんぼ Music Clip
  3. 甘えんぼ Music Clip
  4. Happy Days Music Clip
  5. 金魚花火 Music Clip
  6. 大好きだよ。 Music Clip
  7. 黒毛和牛上塩タン焼680円 Music Clip
  8. Cherish Music Clip
  9. Smily Music Clip
  10. ビー玉 Music Clip
  11. ネコに風船 Music Clip
  12. プラネタリウム Music Clip
  13. Love Music Music Clip

DVD Hidden/Bonus Track Lists:

14. Best of Babashi

Oricon sales charts (Japan)

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Release Chart Peak position Debut sales Sales total
March 28, 2007 Oricon Daily Albums Chart 1
Oricon Weekly Albums Chart 1 350,045 727,192
Oricon Monthly Albums Chart 1
Oricon Yearly Albums Chart 6

References

[edit]
  1. ^ Ai Otsuka / Ai am Best [Limited Pressing]
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