Best Ai is the first greatest hits album by Japanese-American singer-songwriter Ai, released on September 16, 2009, by Island Records and Universal Sigma. The album was released in three editions: limited CD+DVD, CD only and "Arienai Price" (low-priced) editions. Best Ai debuted at number 2 on the daily Oricon albums chart but switched back and forth between number 1 and number 2 several times during its release week. The album went on to debut atop the weekly albums chart with 81,663 copies sold, beating the second-place holder Takeshi Tsuruno's Tsuruno Oto by merely 1,332 units and becoming her first number-one album.
The album is certified Platinum for shipment of 250,000 copies.
Track listing
Charts
Weekly charts + Weekly chart performance for Best Ai Chart (2009–2010) Peakposition Japanese Albums (Oricon) 1 Japan Albums Chart (SoundScan)CD+DVD 2 Japan Albums Chart (SoundScan)<br/ >CD-only 4 Japanese Top Albums (Billboard Japan) 1 Taiwan J-Pop Chart (G-Music) On the drop down Select 第43週 18 Taiwan J-Pop/K-Pop Chart (Five Music) 14 South Korean Albums (Circle) 46
Monthly charts + Monthly chart performance for Best Ai Chart (2009) Peakposition Japanese Albums (Oricon) 5
Year-end charts + Year-end chart performance for Best Ai Chart (2009) Position Japanese Albums (Oricon) 35
Certifications
See also
List of Oricon number-one albums of 2009
References
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