Best of Soul

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Best of Soul
BestOfSoulBoA.jpg
Greatest hits album by
BoA
ReleasedFebruary 2, 2005
Recorded2001–2004
Genre Pop
Length70:37
Label Avex Trax
Producer Max Matsuura
BoA chronology
My Name
(2004)
Best of Soul
(2005)
Girls on Top
(2005)
Singles from Best of Soul
  1. "Quincy / Kono Yo no Shirushi"
    Released: September 1, 2004
  2. "Meri Kuri"
    Released: December 1, 2004

Best of Soul is the second Japanese compilation album by South Korean recording artist BoA. This is her first greatest hits album to contain her Japanese songs. The album was released on February 2, 2005, under Avex Trax.

Contents

The album contains singles from her debut Japanese album, Listen to My Heart (2002) to her third album, Love & Honesty (2004). It also contains two singles that were released for the album, "Quincy / Kono Yo no Shirushi" and "Meri Kuri". The album was released in two versions; the regular stranded CD version and a "perfect" version, which was packaged with a DVD that contained a few of her music videos.

Best of Soul was commercially successful in Japan, becoming BoA's fourth album to attain the number one position. It was certified million by the Recording Industry Association of Japan (RIAJ) and became her third album to have been certified million, following Listen to My Heart (2002) and Valenti (2003). [1] It has since sold a total of 1,100,000 copies.

Background and release

Best of Soul was released nearly one year after her third studio album, Love & Honesty . In order to promote the album BoA released two singles "Quincy / Kono Yo no Shirushi" and "Meri Kuri". The former debuted at number four on the Oricon single chart while the latter debuted at number five. [2] [3]

Commercial peformance

Best of Soul ranked number one of the Oricon Albums Chart selling 489,067 copies in its first week. [4] The album later sold 1,003,000 copies in May 2005 which made BoA the only non-Japanese Asian singer to have two albums that sold over a million copies in Japan. The first album to do so was her second studio album, Valenti which was released two years prior. [5]

By the end of the year, Best of Soul sold a total of 1,060,039 copies in Japan according to Oricon, making it the ninth best-selling album of 2005. [6] It remained the last album by a foreign artist to have sold over 1 million copies in Japan for 16 years until BTS, the Best in 2021, which sold over 1,120,000 copies. [7]

Track listing

Best of Soul– Standard edition
No.TitleRecording dateLength
1."Listen to My Heart" (From Listen to My Heart )October 14, 20013:57
2."ID; Peace B" (From Listen to My Heart)May 28, 20003:54
3."Amazing Kiss" (From Listen to My Heart)20014:34
4."Feelings Deep Inside" (From Listen to My Heart)February 20014:24
5."Every Heart: Minna no Kimochi" (From Listen to My Heart)20024:33
6."Valenti" (From Valenti )July 18, 20024:18
7."Kiseki" (From Valenti)July 30, 20024:20
8."No. 1" (From Valenti)June 20023:14
9."Jewel Song" (From Valenti)July 21, 20025:27
10."Shine We Are!" (From Love & Honesty )20035:05
11."Double" (From Love & Honesty)20033:28
12."Rock with You" (From Love & Honesty)20034:15
13."Quincy" (From "Quincy / Kono Yo no Shirushi")20043:49
14."Kono yo no Shirushi (The Mark of Tonight)" (From "Quincy / Kono Yo no Shirushi")20043:47
15."Meri Kuri" (From "Meri Kuri")November 5, 20045:52
16."La-la-la Love Song" (Cover of song by Toshinobu Kubota and Naomi Campbell) 5:40
Best of Soul– DVD
No.TitleLength
1."ID; Peace B" 
2."Amazing Kiss" 
3."Kimochi wa tsutawaru" 
4."Listen to My Heart" 
5."Every Heart: Minna no Kimochi" 
6."Valenti" 
7."Kiseki" 
8."Jewel Song" 
9."Shine We Are!" 
10."Double" 
11."Rock with You" 
12."Be the One" 
13."Quincy" 
14."Meri Kuri" 
15."The Love Bug" 
16."Making of Quincy" 
17."Making of Meri Kuri" 

Charts

Sales and certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Japan (RIAJ) [11] Million1,100,000 [12]
South Korea (RIAK)38,000 [13]

Release history

RegionDateEditionFormat(s)Label
JapanFebruary 2, 2005Standard edition Avex Trax
Perfect editionCD + DVD
South KoreaFebruary 22, 2005Standard edition
  • CD
  • digital download

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