Best: Second Session | ||||
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Released | March 8, 2006 | |||
Recorded | 2005–2006 | |||
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Length | 66:30 | |||
Label | Rhythm Zone | |||
Producer | Daisuke “D.I” Imai, Hitoshi Shimono, Kosuke Morimoto, Aiko Machida, DJ Hasebe, h-wonder, Kim Hiroshi, Kotaro Egami, Soulhead, Tatsuya Ishii, Yanagiman, Yoko Kuzuya | |||
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Singles from Best: Second Session | ||||
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Best: Second Session (stylized as Best ~second session~) is the second greatest hits album released by Japanese pop-R&B singer Koda Kumi. It was released in March 2006 and contained all of her singles used in her 12 Singles Collection. It charted at number 1 on the Oricon charts, making it her second album to reach the spot, and stayed on the charts for 78 weeks. [1]
The album was released on CD, CD+DVD and a limited edition CD+2DVD, which carried part of her Live Tour 2005: First Things.
Best: Second Session is the second compilation album by Japanese artist Koda Kumi. It became her second album to chart at number one on Oricon and became her second longest-charting album. It contained every song from her 12 Singles Collection, causing there to be little room for new material. The two new songs on the album were "Love goes like..." and the bonus track "A Whole New World" featuring famed singer Peabo Bryson. This was a cover of the song from the Disney film Aladdin. [2]
The first DVD portion of the album carried all of the music videos released for the singles. Limited editions also included the "...and "Wish Your happiness and love"", which was the story line music videos of "Candy feat. Mr. Blistah", "You", "Feel", "Lies" and "Someday" strung together in order. [3] The special CD+2DVD editions contained the first leg to Kumi's Live Tour 2005: First Things. [4] The concert DVD for her Best ~first things~ album would later be released in September 2006. [5]
Best: Second Session came in three editions. The CD-only version contains 14 tracks. CD+DVD contains 14 tracks and all of the music videos on the DVD. CD+2DVD contains 14 tracks, all of the music videos on the first DVD and her Live Tour 2005: First Things on the second DVD. [6] The limited editions of all editions contained the bonus track "A Whole New World," which Kumi performed with singer Peabo Bryson. The limited editions of the CD+DVD contained the bonus footage "...and "Wish Your happiness & love"." The CD+2DVD editions were of limited release and contained all of the bonus features.
Each single that preluded the album was released as part of Kumi's 12 Singles Collection. Each one had unique cover art based on certain cultures in various countries, while the back cover of each single was a piece to a puzzle, which could only be completed by purchasing all 12 singles. The same was done for the obi strips, which contained a full image when arranged together in order. [7]
The track "You" was composed by music composer Toru Watanabe and performed by arranger and lyricist Yoko Kuzuya, who also worked on the lyrical portion with Kumi. [8] The song carried elements of both pop and R&B, opening strong with a piano instrumental. "D.D.D." featured the members and sisters of Japanese musical duo Soulhead, Yoshika and Tsugumi, who also wrote and composed the piece, while the production was done by Octopussy. [9] Musically, "D.D.D." is a dance song that borrows numerous musical elements such as R&B. [10] The song borrows a 4-bar melody from the Missy Elliott and Rockwilder's remake of "Lady Marmalade". [11]
"Candy", which featured rapper Mr. Blistah from the rap duo Clench & Blistah, was written and produced by Daisuke "D.I" Imai, who had worked with Kumi previously. [12] Both Kumi and Mr. Blistah co-wrote the lyrics. [13] "Kamen" featured Tatsuya Ishii from Kome Kome Club, who had written the lyrics to the song alongside Kazuhito Kikuchi. [14] "Shake It Up" was composed by Kim Hiroshi. [15] The song contained mainly elements of pop, yet despite the gothic theme, the song was about losing Yourself to music. [16] [17]
"Lies" was written and composed by musician and composer Yanagiman, while Kumi wrote the lyrical portion. [18] "Birthday Eve" was written by Kosuke Morimoto. [19] [20] "No Regret" was a blend of R&B and electronic dance music. The music was composed and performed by H-Wonder, who also performed the track "Wind" (though the song was composed by Kousuke Morimoto), and the lyrics were written by Toru Watanabe. [21] [22]
"Ima Sugu Hoshii" was a cover of the Sugar Soul song by the same name, originally released in January 1997 and later put on their album Those Days. [23] Sugar Soul's DJ Hasebe and Aiko Machida reproduced the single with Kumi, with the rap that Kumi performed in the bridge being a new addition – the rap lyrics were written by Japanese rapper Zeebra. [24] "Someday" was written by Egami Kotaro and performed by tasuku, while Kumi wrote the lyrics. For "Feel", Kumi worked closely with Hitoshi Shimono, who had previously written and composed her song "24", and became her second song to have a chorus done in English. [25]
"Get On" is Kumi Koda's special limited single released as a digital download through mu-mo to those who purchased all twelve singles in her 12 Singles Collection. [26] The song was released as a "short version" on her Best: Second Session album. [27]
Get It On was released as a special, limited "00" single in her 12 Singles Collection to those who purchased all of the singles. After the release of Someday/Boys♥Girls, on February 28, 2006, buyers were presented a code, which they would type into mu-mo to be taken to a separate page to download the song. This was used in a similar way for fans to download Kumi's first remix album, Koda Kumi Remix Album, which was also released to those who had purchased all 12 singles from the collection. [28]
Get It On was given its own album artwork and promotional artwork, despite being only a digital release. [29] On March 1, 2006, mu-mo released a fifteen-second commercial for the song, encouraging those who had the code to download the song prior to it being removed from the market. [30] The song would later be placed on her compilation album Out Works & Collaboration Best as track number one, which was released three years later on March 25, 2009. [31] Keeping inline with the 12 singles' theme of a different culture on each cover, Get It On carried a Southeast Asian theme, most notably from Indonesia and the style of the belly dancers. [32] [33]
Within the first week, Best: Second Session sold nearly a million copies, bringing in a total of 983,353, making it her highest first-week sales, and has since sold over 2,000,000. [34] It stayed number one on the charts the following week, making it her first album to stay at the spot for two consecutive weeks. [35] The album became the second highest-selling album in Japan and the highest-selling for a female artist in 2006. According to IFPI the album was the 41st best-selling album worldwide in 2006. [36]
While all of the music videos had been shown on music networks during the singles' initial releases, on the album, they were all placed on the first DVD in the order of their initial release, beginning with "You" and ending with "Someday." Limited editions contained the bonus footage "...and "Wish Your happiness & love," which strung together the five interconnecting videos to create one coherent story. There would later be a video for the new song on the album, "Love goes like...". The music video for this song would be released on her DVD for the album's corresponding concert tour, Live Tour 2006–2007: Second Session. [37] To help promote Best: Second Session, Kumi made several appearances on radio shows and television shows, including performing "A Whole New World" live with Peabo Bryson.
No. | Title | Lyrics | Music | Arranger(s) | Length |
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1. | "Introduction to the Second Session" | Koda Kumi | Daisuke "D.I" Imai | Daisuke "D.I" Imai | 1:16 |
2. | "D.D.D. feat. SOULHEAD" | Soulhead | Soulhead • Octopussy | Octopussy | 4:11 |
3. | "you" | Koda Kumi • Yoko Kuzuya | Yoko Kuzuya | Toru Watanabe | 4:47 |
4. | "Candy feat. Mr. Blistah" | Koda Kumi • Mr. Blistah | Daisuke "D.I" Imai | Daisuke "D.I" Imai | 4:09 |
5. | "Shake It Up" | Koda Kumi • Hiroshi Kim | Hiroshi Kim | Invisible Hand | 4:59 |
6. | "feel" | Koda Kumi • Hitoshi Shimono | Hitoshi Shimono | Hitoshi Shimono | 4:16 |
7. | "WIND" | Koda Kumi • Kosuke Morimoto | Kosuke Morimoto | h-wonder | 4:25 |
8. | "Love goes like..." | Koda Kumi | Daisuke "D.I" Imai | Daisuke "D.I" Imai | 4:04 |
9. | "No Regret" | Tohru Watanabe | h-wonder | 4:25 | |
10. | "Birthday Eve" | Koda Kumi | Kosuke Morimoto | Tohru Watanabe | 4:30 |
11. | "Lies" | Koda Kumi | Yanagiman | Yanagiman | 5:22 |
12. | "Ima Sugu Hoshii" (今すぐ欲しい / I Want You Now) | Aiko Machida • ZEEBRA • Jewels | Aiko Machida • DJ HASEBE | DJ HASEBE | 4:33 |
13. | "KAMEN feat. Tatsuya Ishii" | Tatsuya Ishii | Tatsuya Ishii | Yoichiro Kakizaki | 5:14 |
14. | "Someday" | Koda Kumi | Kotaro Egami | tasuku | 4:17 |
15. | "A Whole New World feat. Peabo Bryson" (bonus track) | Tim Rice | Alan Menken | 6:08 |
No. | Title | Length |
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1. | "you" (Music Video) | 6:36 |
2. | "Candy feat. Mr. Blistah" (Music Video) | 5:17 |
3. | "Ima Sugu Hoshii" (Music Video) | 4:42 |
4. | "Birthday Eve" (Music Video) | 4:43 |
5. | "feel" (Music Video) | 6:06 |
6. | "D.D.D. feat. Soulhead" (Music Video) | 4:24 |
7. | "KAMEN feat. Tatsuya Ishii" (Music Video) | 6:10 |
8. | "Wind" (Music Video) | 4:27 |
9. | "Lies" (Music Video) | 7:06 |
10. | "No Regret" (Music Video) | 4:25 |
11. | "Shake It Up" (Music Video) | 5:17 |
12. | "Someday" (Music Video) | 4:20 |
13. | "...and「Wish your happiness & love" ("Candy", "you", "feel", "Lies" and "Someday" placed in order to create the complete story) | 22:33 |
No. | Title | Length |
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1. | "Opening movie at OSAKA" | |
2. | "Butterfly" | |
3. | "Cutie Honey" | |
4. | "Chase" | |
5. | "Gentle Words" | |
6. | "Heat feat. MEGARYU" | |
7. | "Hot Stuff feat. KM-MARKIT " | |
8. | "Crazy 4 U" | |
9. | "hands" | |
10. | "No Tricks" | |
11. | "Rain" (Unplugged Version) | |
12. | "Take Back" | |
13. | "m•a•z•e" | |
14. | "Selfish" | |
15. | "Promise" | |
16. | "Star" | |
17. | "Trust Your Love" | |
18. | "Come With Me" | |
19. | "real Emotion" | |
20. | "the meaning of peace" (Single Version) | |
21. | "flower" | |
22. | "walk" |
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Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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Japan (RIAJ) [38] | 2× Million | 1,804,000 [39] |
"D.D.D." is a song recorded by Japanese recording artist Kumi Koda, taken from her second greatest hits album, Best ~second session~ (2005). It contains guest vocals from Japanese music duo Soulhead. It was written by Soulhead members and sisters Yoshika and Tsugumi, with production being done by Octopussy. The song is Kumi's first collaborative effort since her single "Hot Stuff" with Japanese rapper KM-MARKIT, which was released a month prior. As part of Kumi's 12 Singles Collection releases, "D.D.D." premiered on December 21, 2005, as the third single from the album. The CD cover sleeve has Kumi wearing a black mini-dress and headdress. The cover sleeve is to represent the country United Kingdom, and its symbolism of Britannia.
"Feel" is a smooth R&B song by Japanese singer and songwriter Kumi Koda. For the song, she worked closely with composer Hitoshi Shimono, who had composed the instrumental. The single is Kumi's sixth single in her 12 Singles Collection and second single to chart at No. 1 on Oricon, selling 39,110 units within the first week. As with some of the other singles released in the collection, Feel was limited to 50,000 copies.
Candy is the seventh single of the 12 Singles Collection by Japanese artist Kumi Koda. The single featured rapper Mr. Blistah from Clench & Blistah, and became her second to feature an artist – her first being "D.D.D.," which featured Soulhead. As with the majority of the singles in the collection, the single was limited to 50,000 copies. The single peaked at No. 3 on the Oricon charts and charted for seven weeks.
Grow into One is the second studio album released by Japanese pop and R&B singer Koda Kumi, released on March 19, 2003. It barely peaked in the Top 10 on Oricon, coming it at #8, and charted for 43 weeks. The album also contained, at the time, one of her best-selling singles, "Real Emotion/1000 no Kotoba". Combined with the singles, the album has sold over half a million copies in Japan.
Yume no Uta/futari de...(夢のうた/ふたりで... / Dream Song/us two...) is singer-songwriter Koda Kumi's 33rd single under the Rhythm Zone label, and is her second attempt at a double a-side. The single charted at No. 1 on Oricon and stayed on the charts for sixteen weeks, out-selling her previous single, 4 Hot Wave. This made her first No. 1 single since feel. The single came in CD and CD+DVD and both a-sides have their unique cover art.
Black Cherry is Koda Kumi's fifth studio album and first original album since secret (2005). It charted at No. 1 on Oricon, continuing the artist's streak and staying at No. 1 for one month. It remained on the charts for sixty weeks. It was released in CD, CD+DVD and CD+2DVD, with the latter being a limited edition that carried her movie debut Cherry Girl. The entire film's score was from the album.
Cherry Girl / Unmei(運命 / Fate) is Koda Kumi's 34th single under the Rhythm Zone label. This was her last single released before the release of her 2006 album, Black Cherry. The single charted No. 2 on the Oricon charts.
Best: Bounce & Lovers is the third compilation album by Japanese singer-songwriter Koda Kumi. The CD contains only ballads and features a track penned by Hideaki Tokunaga, while the DVD features certain music videos re-edited to show only the dancing scenes. It ranked No. 2 on both the Oricon daily and weekly charts, and remained on the charts for twenty-four weeks, despite being a limited release.
Kingdom is the sixth studio album by Japanese singer-songwriter Kumi Koda. It was released on January 30, 2008, a week after her single anytime. The album debuted at No. 1 on the Oricon Weekly Charts with sales of 421,302. It remained on the charts for thirty-three weeks. The album was released in four editions: CD, CD+DVD, CD+2DVD and CD+2DVD+Poster, with limited editions of all versions carrying the bonus track Black Cherry.
Trick is the seventh studio album released by J-pop singer-songwriter Kumi Koda. The album continued her No. 1 streak and stayed on the Oricon charts for twenty-nine weeks. It was released on January 28, 2009, and came in CD and CD+2DVD with the latter being a limited edition and the second DVD containing her Live DVD "Koda Kumi Special Live "Dirty Ballroom" ~One Night Show~". The limited editions of both versions carried the bonus track "Venus," originally released by Shocking Blue in 1969.
Out Works & Collaboration Best is the fourth compilation album by Japanese singer-songwriter Koda Kumi, released two months after her studio album Trick, and the same day as her second remix album, Koda Kumi Driving Hit's. The album peaked on the Oricon charts at No. 7, staying on the charts for eight weeks.
"Can We Go Back" is a song written by Adam Watts, Andy Dodd and Shanna Crooks and recorded by Kelly Clarkson during the sessions for her 2009 album, All I Ever Wanted. It appears in certain countries as an iTunes Store exclusive song on the deluxe version of the album, as well as a bonus track on the Japanese version of the album. It was then later recorded in Japanese by singer Kumi Koda in 2009 with differing lyrics.
Dejavu is the ninth studio album by Japanese singer-songwriter Koda Kumi. It was released on March 2, 2011, one month after her single "Pop Diva". Just like her previous albums, beginning with Best ~first things~ (2005), Dejavu topped the Oricon charts at No. 1 and remained on the charts for twenty-four weeks.
"Love Me Back" is the fifty-second single by Japanese singer Koda Kumi, released on November 29, 2011. It charted at No. 6 and stayed on the Oricon charts for seven weeks. Both "Love Me Back" and the b-side, "Say Her Name," were written by Koda Kumi. It was released in CD, CD+DVD and CD+Goods.
Japonesque is the tenth studio album by Japanese recording artist Kumi Koda. It was released on January 25, 2012 by Rhythm Zone. It was also released just a little under a year after her 2011 album, Dejavu. Japonesque marks Koda's tenth consecutive studio album to be produced by Japanese producer and manager Max Matsuura, amongst many other producers, while she contributes to the album as the lead vocalist, background vocalist, and songwriter to majority of the songs. Recorded in Japanese with minor phrases in English language, Japonesque is a Japanese pop album with numerous musical elements such as dance music, R&B, electronica, and rock music.
Koda Kumi Live Tour 2005: First Things concert DVD was recorded during her corresponding concert tour for her first compilation album, Best ~first things~. It was Kumi Koda's second tour, her first being secret ~First Class Limited Live~, which had been in correspondence of her secret album.
Walk of My Life is the twelfth studio album by Japanese singer-songwriter Koda Kumi. It was released a year after her previous studio album, Bon Voyage, on March 18, 2015. Continuing her streak of chart-topping albums, which began in 2005 with Best: First Things, the album debuted at No. 1 on the Oricon charts. The album remained on the charts for fourteen weeks.
"No Man's Land" is a song recorded by Japanese recording artist Kumi Koda, taken from her tenth studio album, Japonesque (2012). It was written by Koda, Mr. Blistah, Pete Kirtley, Jorge Mhondera, Samiya Berrabah, with production being done by long-time collaborator Max Matsuura. The song premiered on January 18, 2012 as the album's fifth promotional digital single, which was served through online retailers Dwanga, Mora, Mu-Mo, music.jp and Recochoku. It was re-released as a promotional radio airplay single on January 25, the same release date as Japonesque. The single artwork uses the CD and double DVD cover of Japonesque, which was used exclusively through Recochoku stores.
And is the fourteenth studio album by Japanese singer-songwriter Koda Kumi, and the first of two planned albums released for 2018. The album was released on February 28, 2018, nearly one year after her previous studio album W Face.
Koda Kumi Live Tour 2017 ~W Face~ is a live concert DVD by Japanese singer-songwriter Koda Kumi, and coincides with her studio albums W Face ~Inside~ and W Face ~Outside~. The DVD was released a month before tour concluded on January 28, 2018. It peaked at No. 2 on the Oricon live charts and remained on the charts for twelve weeks.