H (EP)

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"H"
Ayumi Hamasaki wearing a swim top and jeans posing on a motorcycle on a beach.
Single by Ayumi Hamasaki
from the album Rainbow
Released July 24, 2002
Format JPN CD Single
USA Digital Single [1]
Genre Pop
Length 28:29
Label Avex Trax
Writer(s) Ayumi Hamasaki (lyrics)
CREA + DAI (music)
Producer Max Matsuura
Certification Million (JP)[2]
Ayumi Hamasaki singles chronology
"Free & Easy"
(2002)		 "H"
(2002)		 "Voyage"
(2002)

H is the twenty-seventh single released by Ayumi Hamasaki on July 24, 2002. The single included three A-sides, and was the top-selling single of 2002 in Japan and the only one to sell over a million copies that year.[2] To commemorate hitting the million mark in sales, this single was re-released as a special limited edition on November 7, 2002.

Contents

[edit] Information

Ayumi co-composed the three tracks with D.A.I under her pseudonym Crea. No music videos were shot to promote the single.

[edit] Commercial endorsments

"Hanabi" was used in a TV ad for a mobile phone and "July 1st" was the image song for a lipstick commercial. Ayumi appeared in both commercial campaigns. "Independent" was used as a Baseball Cheer.

[edit] Track listing

  1. "Independent" – 5:01
  2. "July 1st" – 4:20
  3. "Hanabi" (lit. Fireworks) – 4:53
  4. "Independent" (Instrumental) – 5:01
  5. "July 1st" (Instrumental) – 4:20
  6. "Hanabi" (Instrumental) – 4:53

[edit] Charts

Chart Peak Position First Week Sales Sales Total Chart Run
Oricon Daily Singles Chart 1
Oricon Weekly Singles Chart 1 417,870 1,016,000 24
Oricon Yearly Singles Chart 1
  • RIAJ certification: Million

[edit] References

  1. ^ "H - EP by ayumi hamasaki". US iTunes Store. http://itunes.apple.com/us/album/h-ep/id192527591. Retrieved July 5, 2010. 
  2. ^ a b "RIAJ List of Million Selling Releases of 2002" (in Japanese). http://www.riaj.or.jp/data/others/million_list/2002.html. Retrieved 2010-07-01. 

[edit] External links

Ayumi Hamasaki singles discography
Nothing From Nothing
A Song for ××
"Poker Face" (1998) · "You" (1998) · "Trust" (1998) · "For My Dear..." (1998) · "Depend on You" (1998)
Loveppears
"Whatever" (1999) · "Love (Destiny)" (1999) · "To Be" (1999) · "Boys & Girls" (1999) · "A" (1999) · "Appears" (1999) · "Kanariya" (1999) · "Fly High" (2000)
Duty
"Vogue" (2000) · "Far Away" (2000) · "Seasons" (2000) · "Surreal" (2000) · "Audience" (2000)
I Am...
"M" (2000) · "Evolution" (2001) · "Never Ever" (2001) · "Endless Sorrow" (2001) · "Unite!" (2001) · "Dearest" (2001) · "A Song is Born" (w/ Keiko Yamada) (2001) · "Daybreak" (2002) · "Connected" (2003)
Rainbow
"Free & Easy" (2002) · "H" (2002) · "Voyage" (2002)
Memorial Address
"&" (2003) · "Forgiveness" (2003) · "No Way to Say" (2003)
My Story
"Moments" (2004) · "Inspire" (2004) · "Carols" (2004)
(Miss)understood
"Step You/Is this Love?" (2005) · "Fairyland" (2005) · "Heaven" (2005) · "Bold & Delicious/Pride" (2005)
Secret
"Startin'/Born to Be..." (2006) · "Blue Bird" (2006)
Guilty
"Glitter/Fated" (2007) · "Talkin' 2 Myself" (2007) · "Together When..." (2007)
A Complete: All Singles
Next Level
"Days/Green" (2008) · "Rule/Sparkle" (2009)
Rock 'n' Roll Circus
Love Songs
"Moon/Blossom" (2010) · "Crossroad" (2010) · "L" (2010)
Other songs
"Dream On" (2010)
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