A One

For similarly named subjects, see A1.

A One is the sixteenth full-length studio album recorded by Japanese singer Ayumi Hamasaki. It was released on April 8, 2015 (exactly 17 years after her debut) by Avex Trax. It reached #4 on the Oricon charts.

A One
Studio album by Ayumi Hamasaki
Released	April 8, 2015 (2015-04-08)
Recorded	2014–2015
Studio	Record Plant, Los Angeles; Prime Sound Studio Form, Avex, Avex Azabu, Victor, Bunkamura, LAB Recorders, Sony Music, Tokyo[1]
Genre	J-pop rock
Length	56:27
Label	Avex Trax
Producer	Max Matsuura
Ayumi Hamasaki chronology
Love Classics (2015) A One (2015) Sixxxxxx (2015)
Singles from A One
"Movin' On Without You" Released: December 9, 2014[2] "Zutto.../Last Minute/Walk" Released: December 24, 2014

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[3]

Background and promotion

On December 24, 2014, Hamasaki released a triple A-side single "Zutto.../Last Minute/Walk". The single consisted of a "winter ballad trilogy" that included three songs composed by Kunio Tago, Tetsuya Yukumi, Tetsuya Komuro. In February 2015, Hamasaki announced through her official website that she was going to release a new album on April 8, 2015, which marked the 17th anniversary since the release of her debut single, "Poker Face".^[4]

In March 2015, Hamasaki went to Singapore, where she sang her new song "The Gift" in collaboration with singer-songwriter JJ Lin.

Upon release, it entered the Oricon album chart at number 4 for the week of April 20.^[5]

Track listing

All lyrics are written by Ayumi Hamasaki; except for track 12 written by Hikaru Utada^[1]

CD

No.	Title	Music	Arranger(s)/Producer	Length
1.	"A Bell"	Yuta Nakano	Nakano	1:10
2.	"Warning"	Kazuhiro Hara	Tasuku	4:06
3.	"No Future"	Tetsuya Komuro	Nakano	5:53
4.	"Anything for You"	Komuro	Nakano	7:01
5.	"Last Minute"	Tetsuya Yukumi	Nakano	4:23
6.	"Zutto..."	Kunio Tago	Nakano	4:49
7.	"Out of Control"	Yukumi	Tasuku	4:47
8.	"Story"	Yukumi	Nakano	5:17
9.	"The Gift" (featuring JJ Lin)	JJ Lin	Shingo Kobayashi	3:53
10.	"The Show Must Go On"	Komuro	Tasuku	5:55
11.	"Walk"	Komuro	Nakano	5:02
12.	"Movin' on Without You" (surprise bonus track)	Hikaru Utada	Yohanne Simon (RedOne Production)	4:11
13.	"Tell All" (2015 Mix) (TeamAyu ver. Bonus track)	Nakano	Nakano

DVD/Blu-ray

No.	Title	Director(s)	Length
1.	"Zutto..." (Video Clip)	Masashi Muto
2.	"Last Minute" (Video Clip)	Muto
3.	"The Gift" (Video Clip)	Hideaki Sunaga
4.	"Warning" (Video Clip)	A Crew
5.	"Zutto..." (Making Clip)	Keisuke Onodera
6.	"Last Minute" (Making Clip)	Onodera
7.	"The Gift" (Making Clip)	Onodera
8.	"Warning" (Making Clip)	Onodera

Personnel

Credits for A One adapted from liner notes.^[1]

• Mastered by - Shigeo Minamoto
• Recorded by Naoki Yamada, Yuichi Nagayama, Hiroshi Sato, Hideaki Jinbu
• Second Engineers: Yujiro Yonetsu, Yutaro Wada, Atsushi Ohta, Junichi Shinohara, Motohiro Noguchi
• Composer Management - Tomonori Takeda, Tadayoshi Matsuzaka, Yuki Iwabuchi, Kohji Satoh
• Engineer Management - Rieko Furukawa
• Studio Coordination in LA - Mai Takamizawa
• Studio Setup Assistant - Noriko Yajima
• Players and Studio Coordination - Yoji Sugiyama
• Track 9 Support - Alvin Goh, Shinji Miyazaki (Avex Taiwan Inc.), Tomoko Kabeya (Avex Group Holdings Inc.)
• Track 12 Support - Hidenobu Okita, Nozomu Kaji (Universal Music)
• Director - Hidetomo "Kome" Yoneda
• A&R - Jiro Nakagiri
• General Supervisor - Shintaro Higuchi, Hiroaki Ito
• Executive Supervisor - Shinji Hayashi, Shigekazu Takeuchi, Ryuhei Chiba
• Photographer - Akinori Ito
• Art Direction & Design - Takuma Noriage

Charts

Chart	Peak position	Debut sales	Total sales
Oricon Daily Chart	3	20,025	70,000 (17 weeks)
Oricon Weekly Chart	4	34,692
Oricon Yearly Chart	90	52,816