the Best of doesnt have to be a hit in the charts.
the best of is what ayumi and her team feel is the best in her music disco.

Was Blue Bird her last real hit in Japan? How big was it anyway?

^ if you want to go by sales alone, then together when would be her last one.
900K downloads.

Bluebird downloads was only 750K, but it was her last physical single to sell over 250K

Wasnt S/S a pretty popular song? I think i remember it was certified 3x platinum for 750,000 digital sales

S/S was platinum/double for sales of 250K to 500K... ( there is conflicting reports)

for digital downloads I would consider S/S to be her last huge hit, :yes.
before that would be together when.

Together When and Sunrise were pretty big. Still BLUE BIRD is one of those songs that almost everyone knows.

Even Sunrise/Sunset were marginally huge?
Thats's good to know, I guess. Sunset's such a chliche, sappy song, it's amazing.

The Japanese fans love those ballads, huh?

some songs from GUILTY definitely has some hits, such as Together When..., Glitter and fated was pretty big as well because two songs together was a 30 minutes PV.

Also songs from Secret are definitely good for concerts. ayu has performed Until that Day... couple times in CDL and Tour, audiences like that.

Everyone forget what the song Rule for in NEXT LEVEL? It was a song for a movie, and lots of people talked about it.

So A BEST 3 definitely will be out soon..

Oh Rule? Even some of the people I know here know about Rule. Love that song.

A BEST 3 definitely has some good elements and market, IMO, although lots of people here do not like it.

I think A BEST 3 may have some of her most experimental sounds and also encapsulate a large spectrum of genres? BLUE BIRD, Days, Sunrise are definitely J-Pop-esque. Songs like Mirrorcle World, Sparkle, GREEN are probably standouts in Ayu's discography and even J-Pop (all also with all their PVs directed by the same guy =.=). She's bound to include Startin', progress, Song 4 u --- all having that Japanese game/anime sound.

I think she'll include songs like JEWEL, Together When..., momentum, Marionette, Microphone, Love song...since A BEST 2 wasnt restricted to singles. I mean these are so many amazing tracks post-A BEST 2. Whether the japanese love the or not is one thing, but I feel that A BEST 3 could very well showcase an Ayu that has tried many variations.

I just don't hope to have many versions of A BEST 3.
I will enter in a bankruptcy you know. =B

25th - LOVE announcement
23rd - again
both on Tuesday ^^

maybe we'll get next announcement 27th or this week ^^

sounds very possible :D

She needs an A BALLADS 2, idgaf if people are bored with her ballads 8| BUT i'd want this ONLY if she remade some of the tracks, like she did for half that first compilation album. i'd be okay with getting some kind of compilation album on her 15th anniversary, since she spoiled us rotten with five mini albums lol.

LOL the only thing I'm not looking forward to with A BEST 3 is the endless performances of BLUE BIRD and Days (then she probably won't bother with live tv performances). Those are the songs that are going to sell the album sadly.

i have such a soft spot for BLUE BIRD that even all the performances she'd do of it wouldn't bother me too much. i can't say the same for Days, tho.

Im kinda itching for A Best 3...
Just image the special content... hmmm.. i wonder what it would be...

A BEST 3?

i think she would take songs from her singles which will make 2 discs...
(A BEST incl. "poker face" - "M" and A BEST 2 incl. "evolution" - "HEAVEN")

but i don't think so... because many of them are not that famous...
so she'll maybe change songs like "Beautiful Fighters" or "Life" with other songs - like "Microphone" or "Love Song" or even "progress"...

we'll see ;)