A One

A One is the sixteenth full-length studio album recorded by Japanese singer Ayumi Hamasaki. It was released on April 8, 2015 (exactly 17 years after her debut) by Avex Trax. It reached #4 on the Oricon charts.

A One
Studio album by
Ayumi Hamasaki
ReleasedApril 8, 2015 (2015-04-08)
Recorded2014-2015; Record Plant Recording Studios, LA, Prime Sound Studio Form, Avex Studio, Avex Studio Azabu, Victor Studio, Bunkamura Studio, LAB Recorders, Sony Music Studios Tokyo[1]
Genre
Length56:27
Label
Producer
Ayumi Hamasaki chronology
Love Classics
(2015)		 A One
(2015)		 Sixxxxxx
(2015)
Singles from A One
  1. "Movin' On Without You"
    Released: December 9, 2014[2]
  2. "Zutto.../Last Minute/Walk"
    Released: December 24, 2014

Background and promotion

On December 24, 2014, Hamasaki released a triple A-side single "Zutto.../Last Minute/Walk". The single consisted of a "winter ballad trilogy" that included three songs composed by Kunio Tago, Tetsuya Yukumi, Tetsuya Komuro. In February 2015, Hamasaki announced through her official website that she was going to release a new album on April 8, 2015, which marked the 17th anniversary since the release of her debut single, "Poker Face".[3]

In March 2015, Hamasaki went to Singapore, where she sang her new song "The Gift" in collaboration with singer-songwriter JJ Lin.

Upon release, it entered the Oricon album chart at number 4 for the week of April 20.[4]

Track listing

All lyrics are written by Ayumi Hamasaki; except for track 12 written by Hikaru Utada[1].

CD
No.TitleMusicArranger(s)/ProducerLength
1."A Bell"Yuta NakanoNakano1:10
2."Warning"Kazuhiro HaraTasuku4:06
3."No Future"Tetsuya KomuroNakano5:53
4."Anything for You"KomuroNakano7:01
5."Last Minute"Tetsuya YukumiNakano4:23
6."Zutto..."Kunio TagoNakano4:49
7."Out of Control"YukumiTasuku4:47
8."Story"YukumiNakano5:17
9."The Gift" (feat. JJ Lin)JJ LinShingo Kobayashi3:53
10."The Show Must Go On"KomuroTasuku5:55
11."Walk"KomuroNakano5:02
12."Movin' on Without You (surprise bonus track)"Hikaru UtadaYohanne Simon (RedOne Production)4:11
13."Tell All" (2015 Mix) (TeamAyu ver. Bonus track)NakanoNakano 
DVD/Blu-ray
No.TitleDirector(s)Length
1."Zutto..." (Video Clip)Masashi Muto 
2."Last Minute" (Video Clip)Muto 
3."The Gift" (Video Clip)Hideaki Sunaga 
4."Warning" (Video Clip)A Crew 
5."Zutto..." (Making Clip)Keisuke Onodera 
6."Last Minute" (Making Clip)Onodera 
7."The Gift" (Making Clip)Onodera 
8."Warning" (Making Clip)Onodera 

Personnel

Credits for A One adapted from liner notes.[1]

  • Mastered by - Shigeo Minamoto
  • Recorded by Naoki Yamada, Yuichi Nagayama, Hiroshi Sato, Hideaki Jinbu
  • Second Engineers: Yujiro Yonetsu, Yutaro Wada, Atsushi Ohta, Junichi Shinohara, Motohiro Noguchi
  • Composer Management - Tomonori Takeda, Tadayoshi Matsuzaka, Yuki Iwabuchi, Kohji Satoh
  • Engineer Management - Rieko Furukawa
  • Studio Coordination in LA - Mai Takamizawa
  • Studio Setup Assistant - Noriko Yajima
  • Players and Studio Coordination - Yoji Sugiyama
  • Track 9 Support - Alvin Goh, Shinji Miyazaki (Avex Taiwan Inc.), Tomoko Kabeya (Avex Group Holdings Inc.)
  • Track 12 Support - Hidenobu Okita, Nozomu Kaji (Universal Music)
  • Director - Hidetomo "Kome" Yoneda
  • A&R - Jiro Nakagiri
  • General Supervisor - Shintaro Higuchi, Hiroaki Ito
  • Executive Supervisor - Shinji Hayashi, Shigekazu Takeuchi, Ryuhei Chiba
  • Photographer - Akinori Ito
  • Art Direction & Design - Takuma Noriage

Charts
Chart Peak position Debut sales Total sales
Oricon Daily Chart 3 20,025 52,816 (17 weeks)
Oricon Weekly Chart 4 34,692

References
  1. A One (liner notes). Ayumi Hamasaki. Avex Trax. 2015.CS1 maint: others (link)
  2. https://itunes.apple.com/jp/album/movin-on-without-you-single/id940399398
  3. "DISCOGRAPHY - ayumi hamasaki（浜崎あゆみ） official website". avex.jp.
  4. "A ONE 浜崎あゆみ" (in Japanese). Oricon. Retrieved April 16, 2015.
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