"Best of KAT-TUN" is the debut album by Japanese boy band KAT-TUN, released in Japan on March 22, 2006 by J-One Records. Despite the title, it is not a greatest hits compilation album. Seven songs on the record, however, were part of KAT-TUN's live tour set list prior to their debut and were already familiar with longtime fans.[2]
The album was part of a tripartite release also consisting of the group's debut single and its tie-in DVD. All three releases were immensely successful on the Oricon albums, singles and DVD charts with "Real Face" and "Real Face Film" being certified as the best-selling single and domestic music DVD of the year respectively. The album itself was the eleventh best-selling album of the year.
[edit] Album information
Most of the songs on the album were written for KAT-TUN either by in-house Johnny's Entertainment songwriters or lyricists with a track record of successful hit records for other artists. KAT-TUN members, with the exception of Junnosuke Taguchi, co-wrote 3 songs for the album which were sung as duets. All rap lyrics were also written by Koki Tanaka himself.
[edit] Chart performance and reception
In its first week of release, Best of KAT-TUN sold 556,548 copies in Japan, the highest first-week sales for the group to date.[2] The album actually debuted at number 1 on the Oricon daily album charts the day before its release since its official release date fell on a national holiday. Therefore, it didn't officially chart for the week. KAT-TUN were awarded six awards at the 21st Japan Gold Disc Awards (the Japanese equivalent of the Grammy Awards) with Best of KAT-TUN named on the "The Best 10 Albums (Domestic)" list. Soon after the home success, Best of KAT-TUN was then released in Taiwan and Thailand in 2006 by EMI Taiwan and EMI Thailand, respectively.[2] It stayed on the Oricon Top 30 Albums chart for 7 weeks with a total of 743,359 copies sold at the end of its chart-run.[2] Oricon certified the album as the 11th best-selling record of the year and was later certified Triple Platinum by RIAJ denoting over 750,000 shipments.[3][4][5]
[edit] Track listing
- "She Said..." (Ryo Taguchi, Axel G, Katsumi Ohnishi, FLYING GRIND, JOKER) – 3:43
- "Never Again" (SPIN, Steven Lee, Joey Cargone FLYING GRIND, JOKER) – 3:49
- "I Like It" (Sean Thomas, SPIN, FLYING GRIND) – 4:26
- "Miracle" (hamai, Minoru Kumorita, Seikou Nagaoka) - 4:22
- "Blue Tuesday" (Yoji Kubota, Arata Tanimoto, Tomoki Ishizuka) – 4:33
- "Rhodesia" (CHOKKAKU) - 5:06
- "Gold" (Stefan Aberg, Stefan Engblom, SPIN, FLYING GRIND, JOKER) - 4:53
- "Wilds of My Heart" (SPIN, zero-rock, Gyo Kitagawa, JOKER) – 3:59
- "Special Happiness"1 (K², Gajin, Yoshihiko Chino) – 5:02
- "One on One"2 (JOKER, Yuichi Nakamaru, mo'doo-, Izutsu "Growth" Shintaro, Takahito Eguchi) – 4:58
- "Butterfly"3 (Jin Akanishi, Tatsuya Ueda, velvetronica) – 4:52
- "Rush of Light" (ma-saya, Watermelon 6, CHOKKAKU) - 4:26
- "Harukana Yakusoku (ハルカナ約束?)" (SPIN, Kousuke Morimoto, ha-j, JOKER) - 3:53
- "Precious One" (Kaori Niimi, Yuuki Shirai, Yoshinao Mikami, ha-j) - 5:15
- "Real Face #1" (Shikao Suga, Tak Matsumoto, Akihito Tokunaga, JOKER) - 4:58
1 Kazuya Kamenashi and Junnosuke Taguchi duet.
2 Koki Tanaka and Yuichi Nakamaru duet.
3 Jin Akanishi and Tatsuya Ueda duet.
[edit] Sales and certifications
| Country |
Provider |
Sales |
Certification |
| Japan |
RIAJ |
743,359+ |
Triple Platinum |
[edit] Chart positions
| Country |
Peak Position |
| Oricon Weekly Albums Chart (Japan) |
1[2] |
[edit] References
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