Wish You the Best

Wish You the Best is the first compilation album by Japanese recording artist Mai Kuraki. It was released on January 1, 2004. The compilation won Pop Album of the Year at the 19th Japan Gold Disc Awards.[1]

Wish You the Best
Compilation album by Mai Kuraki
Released	January 1, 2004
Recorded	1999-2003
Genre	Pop, R&B
Length	70:38
Label	Giza Studio
Producer	Kanonji
Mai Kuraki chronology
If I Believe (2003) Wish You the Best (2004) Fuse of Love (2005)

Commercial performance

Wish You the Best debuted at number-one with 450,127 copies sold making it Kuraki's fifth number-one debut.[2] The album spent three weeks atop of the Oricon albums chart.[3] It charted for a total of 46 weeks of which the album consecutively spent 7 in the top 10.[3] Wish You the Best was the 3rd best selling compilation album of 2004 and 7th best selling album overall.[4]

Wish You the Best is Kuraki's third and last album to be certified Million.[5]

Track listing

All lyrics are written by Mai Kuraki except track 4 which was co-written with Michael Africk.

No.	Title	Music	Arranger(s)	Length
1.	"Love, Day After Tomorrow"	Aika Ohno	Cybersound	4:04
2.	"Stay by My Side"	Ohno	Cybersound	4:27
3.	"Secret of My Heart"	Ohno	Cybersound	4:27
4.	"Never Gonna Give You Up"	Michael Africk, Miguel Sá Pessoa, Perry Geyer	M. Africk, M. Pessoa, P. Geyer	4:01
5.	"Delicious Way"	Ohno	Cybersound	3:53
6.	"Simply Wonderful (Radio Edit)"	Ohno	Cybersound	3:54
7.	"Reach for the Sky"	Ohno	Cybersound	4:49
8.	"Tsumetai Umi"	Ohno	Cybersound	4:42
9.	"Stand Up"	Akihito Tokunaga	Tokunaga	4:38
10.	"Always"	Ohno	Cybersound	4:08
11.	"Winter Bells"	Tokunaga	Tokunaga	4:38
12.	"Feel Fine!"	Tokunaga	Tokunaga	4:50
13.	"Like a Star in the Night"	Tokunaga	Tokunaga, Strings arrangement: Daisuke Ikeda	5:36
14.	"Time After Time (Hana Mau Machi de)"	Ohno	Cybersound	5:36
15.	"Kaze no La La La"	Michiya Haruhata	Cybersound	4:23
16.	"Tonight, I Feel Close to You" (Duet with Stefanie Sun)	Ohno	Cybersound	4:06
Total length:				70:38

Charts

Chart (2004)	Peak position
Japan Oricon Daily Albums Chart[2]	1
Japan Oricon Weekly Albums Chart[2]	1
Japan Oricon Monthly Albums Chart[6]	1
Japan Oricon Yearly Albums Chart[4]	7

Certifications

Country	Provider	Sales	Certification (sales thresholds)
Japan	RIAJ	956,162[2]	Million[5]

References

1. "THE GOLD DISC AWARD" (in Japanese). Retrieved 2010-09-24.
2. "ビーイング＠売上データ補完スレ - 売上スレ避難所＠JBBS掲示板" (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 2011-07-20. Retrieved 2010-09-24.
3. 【オリコン】売上枚数Ｑ＆Ａ【2004/12/31付】 (in Japanese). Retrieved 2010-09-24.
4. "2002年 年間CDシングル/アルバム/トータルセールス/VIDEO/DVD/カラオケ/作詞家・作曲家・編曲家 ランキング" (in Japanese). Retrieved 2010-09-23.
5. ゴールド等認定作品認定　2004年1月. RIAJ (in Japanese). Retrieved 2010-09-24.
6. "2004 1月売上ランキング" (in Japanese). Retrieved 2010-09-24.

External links

• Official website