Best of Crystal Kay

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Best of Crystal Kay
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Greatest hits album by
ReleasedSeptember 2, 2009
Recorded1999–2009
Genre J-pop, R&B
LengthDisc 1: 76:21
Disc 2: 70:20
Total: 146:41
Label Epic
Crystal Kay chronology
Color Change!
(2008)
Best of Crystal Kay
(2009)
The Best Remixes of CK
(2009)

Best of Crystal Kay is Crystal Kay's second greatest hits compilation album. It was released on September 2, 2009. The release of this album marked the 10th anniversary of Kay's career in the music industry on the label Sony Music Entertainment Japan. This compilation consists of Kay's hit songs and more, as well as a third disc with new tracks.

Contents

The album was certified Gold for shipment of 100,000 copies.

Track listing

Disc 1
No.TitleLength
1."Boyfriend: Part II"4:59
2."Eternal Memories"5:08
3."Komichi no Hana (こみちの花, Flower of the Lane)"4:01
4."Darling P.P.P. (ダーリン P.P.P.)"4:02
5."Girl's Night"4:22
6."Ex-Boyfriend"5:10
7."Lost Child"6:38
8."Tsuki no Nai Yoru, Michi no Nai Basho (月のない夜、道のない場所, A Night without the Moon, A Place without the Way)"4:23
9."A Song for You"4:39
10."Think of U"4:53
11."Hard to Say"4:47
12."Girl U Love"4:23
13."Kataomoi (片想い, Unrequited Love)"4:23
14."I Like It"5:44
15."Candy"4:20
16."Can't Be Stopped"4:29
Total length:76:21
Disc 2
No.TitleLength
1."Koi ni Ochitara (恋におちたら, If I Fall in Love)"4:29
2."Motherland"4:31
3."Tears"4:59
4."Kiss"5:30
5."Two as One"3:44
6."I Know"4:22
7."Kirakuni"4:16
8."Namida ga Afuretemo (涙があふれても, Overflowing Tears)"5:14
9."Kitto Eien ni (きっと永遠に, Surely Forever)"5:02
10."Konna ni Chikaku de... (こんなに近くで..., This Close...)"4:03
11."Anata no Soba de (あなたのそばで, Next to You)"4:32
12."Dream World"3:45
13."Namida no Saki ni (涙のさきに, Before the Tears)"3:48
14."One"4:03
15."Kaerimichi (帰り道, The Road Home)"4:18
16."Girlfriend"3:44
Total length:70:20
Disc 3
No.TitleLength
1."Over and Over"5:05
2."Step by Step"4:01
3."Private Dancers" (featuring Mummy-D and KREVA)6:03
4."Helpless Night" (featuring Jin Akanishi)4:24
Total length:19:31

Charting and release

"Best of Crystal Kay" entered the Oricon Daily Chart at #2, and sold 26,929 units that day. The album ultimately dropped to #3 on the Weekly Chart, behind Superfly's Box Emotions and the third week sales of Arashi's All the Best! 1999-2009 , selling 87,669 copies. [1] This is Kay's best peak position on the Oricon Chart since All Yours in 2007, as well as her best first week sales since Call me Miss... in 2006.

Oricon sales chart

ReleaseChartPeak PositionFirst Day/Week SalesSales TotalChart Run
September 2, 2009Oricon Daily Albums Chart226,929
Oricon Weekly Albums Chart387,669 [2] 155,7998 weeks
Oricon Monthly Albums Chart6
Oricon Yearly Albums Chart54155,799

Various charts

Chart (2009)Peak
position
Japan (Oricon Weekly Albums Chart)3
Japan (Billboard Japan Top Albums)3
Taiwan (Five Music J-pop/K-pop Chart) [3] 13

Release history

Limited edition

CountryDateLabelFormatCatalogue #
JapanSeptember 2, 2009 Sony Music Entertainment Japan Compact disc ESCL-3271/ESCL-3273

Standard edition

CountryDateLabelFormatCatalogue #
JapanSeptember 2, 2009 Sony Music Entertainment Japan Compact disc ESCL-3274/ESCL-3275

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