A Song for ××

A Song for ××
Studio album by Ayumi Hamasaki
Released	January 1, 1999
Recorded	1998
Genre	Pop
Length	70:38
Label	Avex Trax
Producer	Max Matsuura
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Ayumi Hamasaki chronology
Nothing from Nothing (1995) A Song for ×× (1999) Loveppears (1999) Singles from A Song for ×× "Poker Face" Released: April 8, 1998 "You" Released: June 10, 1998 "Trust" Released: August 5, 1998 "For My Dear..." Released: October 7, 1998 "Depend on You" Released: December 9, 1998

A Song for ×× (the "××" is silent) is Japanese pop artist Ayumi Hamasaki's debut album on a major label. Though the official release date was January 1, 1999, the album was sold in the record stores since mid-December. To the surprise of many critics,^{[citation needed]} the album debuted at the top position of the Oricon Charts and topped the chart for five weeks, a remarkable feat for a debut album. The album debuted at #1 with more than 548,210 copies sold. This was partly because A Song for ×× debut sales was the first and second week sales combined (Oricon only has 51 weeks instead of 52). The album stayed on the charts for 63 weeks and eventually went on to sell more than a million copies. As of 2008, A Song for ×× is Japan's 139th best selling album of all time.

Track list

All lyrics written by Ayumi Hamasaki. 

CD
No.	Title	Music	Arranger(s)	Length
1.	"Prologue (instrumental)"	Yasuhiko Hoshino	Yasuhiko Hoshino	1:25
2.	"A Song for ××"	Yasuhiko Hoshino	Yasuhiko Hoshino	4:44
3.	"Hana"	Yasuhiko Hoshino	Yasuhiko Hoshino	4:07
4.	"Friend"	Yasuhiko Hoshino	Akimitsu Honma	4:11
5.	"Friend II"	Mitsuru Igarashi	Mitsuru Igarashi	3:59
6.	"Poker Face"	Yasuhiko Hoshino	Akimitsu Honma	4:41
7.	"Wishing"	Hideaki Kuwabara	Akimitsu Honma	4:29
8.	"You"	Yasuhiko Hoshino	Akimitsu Honma	4:46
9.	"As if"	Kazuhito Kikuchi	Akimitsu Honma	5:36
10.	"Powder Snow"	Hideaki Kuwabara	Akimitsu Honma	5:27
11.	"Trust"	Takashi Kimura	Akimitsu Honma, Takashi Kimura	4:48
12.	"Depend on You"	Kazuhito Kikuchi	Akimitsu Honma, Takashi Morio	4:20
13.	"Signal"	Hideaki Kuwabara	Akimitsu Honma	4:25
14.	"From Your Letter"	Akio Togashi	Akio Togashi	4:38
15.	"For My Dear..."	Yasuhiko Hoshino	Yasuhiko Hoshino	4:33
16.	"Present"	Yasuhiko Hoshino	Yasuhiko Hoshino	4:31

Release history

Region	Date	Format	Catalogue Number
Japan	January 1, 1999 (1999-01-01)	CD	AVCD-11691
Taiwan
Hong Kong
China	December 25, 2005 (2005-12-25)	CD	AVTCD-95224CB SCD-822

Charts

Oricon Sales Chart (Japan)

Release	Chart	Peak position	First Week Sales	Sales total	Chart run
January 1, 1999	Oricon Daily Albums Chart	1
	Oricon Weekly Albums Chart	1	548,210	1,451,910	63
	Oricon Monthly Albums Chart	1
	Oricon Yearly Albums Chart	15

• Total Sales: 1,451,910 (Japan)

Singles

Date	Title	Peak Position	Weeks	Sales
8 April 1998	Poker Face	20	6 weeks	43,150
10 June 1998	You	19	10 weeks	78,260
5 August 1998	Trust	9	10 weeks	181,820
7 October 1998	For My Dear...	9	7 weeks	74,440
9 December 1998	Depend on You	6	9 weeks	131,460
28 February 2001	Poker Face (12 cm re-release)	31	2 weeks	24,000
	You (12 cm re-release)	25	6 weeks	36,000
	Trust (12 cm re-release)	29	2 weeks	24,000
	For My Dear... (12 cm re-release)	33	2 weeks	23,000
	Depend on You (12 cm re-release)	27	3 weeks	28,000

• Total Single Sales: 644130

Total Album and Single Sales: 2,0960,040

References

Preceded by Moment by Speed	Oricon Weekly number-one album (first run) December 21, 1998 – January 10, 1999 (3 weeks)	Succeeded by People of the World by J-Friends
Preceded by People of the World by J-Friends	Oricon Weekly number-one album (second run) January 18, 1999 – January 31, 1999 (2 weeks)	Succeeded by Discovery by Mr. Children