''Best Ai'' is the first greatest hits album by Japanese-American singer-songwriter Ai, released on September 16, 2009, by

Island Records Island Records is a multinational record label owned by Universal Music Group. It was founded in Jamaica by Chris Blackwell, Graeme Goodall, and Leslie Kong in 1959, and was eventually sold to PolyGram in 1989. Island and A&M Records, another ...

and

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. The album was released in three editions: limited CD+DVD, CD only and "Arienai Price" (low-priced) editions. ''Best Ai'' debuted at number 2 on the daily

Oricon , established in 1999, is the holding company at the head of a Japanese corporate group that supplies statistics Statistics (from German language, German: ', "description of a State (polity), state, a country") is the discipline that ...

albums chart but switched back and forth between number 1 and number 2 several times during its release week. The album went on to debut atop the weekly albums chart with 81,663 copies sold, beating the second-place holder

Takeshi Tsuruno is a Japanese actor, tarento, and musician. Early life Tsuruno is originally from Moji-ku, Kitakyūshū, Fukuoka Prefecture. Career Tsuruno is known for his roles as Shin Asuka/Ultraman Dyna in ''Ultraman Dyna'' and as the leader of the m ...

's ''Tsuruno Oto'' by merely 1,332 units and becoming her first number-one album. The album is certified Platinum for shipment of 250,000 copies.

Track listing

Charts

Weekly charts

Monthly charts

Year-end charts

Certifications

References

External links

* {{Authority control 2009 compilation albums 2009 greatest hits albums Ai (singer) compilation albums Island Records compilation albums Universal Music Group compilation albums Universal Sigma compilation albums