All My Best is the second greatest hits album by Japanese pop and R&B singer-songwriter, Mai Kuraki. It was released on September 9, 2009, to commemorate her tenth anniversary in the music business. The album was issued in seven formats: a regular 2CD, a limited 2CD+DVD, a limited microSD, a USB flash drive, a MiniDisc, a compact cassette and an LP album. The album debuted at the top of the Japanese Oricon weekly album chart with sales over 137,050.
Singles To promote the album, two singles were released: "Puzzle/Revive" and "Beautiful". On the Oricon single chart "Puzzle/Revive" entered the top 3, becoming Kuraki's first single since in 2004 to do so. "Puzzle" was the ending theme song for the thirteenth Detective Conan movie Detective Conan: The Raven Chaser. Unlike "Puzzle", "Revive" was not on the album. "Beautiful" was used as the image song for the cosmetic company Kose's Coseport Salon Style. The single ranked higher than "Puzzle/Revive" debuting at No. 2, which extended Kuraki's record as the only female solo artist to have all 32 of her singles in the Top 10 since her debut.
Commercial performance On the release day of All My Best in Japan, the album took the number one position on the Oricon daily album chart, selling 38,000 copies. On the weekly chart issue dated September 21, the album was No. 1 with sales a little over 137,050, becoming Kuraki's second number-one album of 2009. The album also debuted at the top of the Billboard Japan Top Albums chart. In Taiwan, the album achieved moderate success debuting at numbers nine and seven, on the international and J-pop charts respectively. On the drop down Select 第36週 On the drop down Select 第36週 On the J-Pop chart, the album peaked at number five. On the drop down Select 第37週 With 0.51% of sales on the Taiwanese Combo chart the album debuted at number eighteen.
Track listing
Charts and certifications
Chart (2009)PeakpositionJapan Billboard Top Albums1Japan Oricon Daily album Chart1Japan Oricon Weekly album Chart1Japan Oricon Yearly album Chart25Taiwan Combo Chart5Taiwan International Chart1Taiwan J-Pop Chart1
Sales and certifications Country Provider Sales Certification Japan RIAJ 257,127 Platinum
Release history Country Date Label Format Catalog Japan Northern Music LP album VNJM-9001 Cassette tape VNTM-9001 MiniDisc VNYM-9001 USB flash drive VNZM-9001 microSD VNZM-9002 2CD+DVD (Limited edition) VNCM-9007 2CD (Standard edition) VNCM-9009 2CD (FC & Musing edition) Taiwan SK-Being CD SBCA-9002 Japan Northern Music CD VNCL-9009
References
External links Mai Kuraki Official Website