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Memorial Address (stylized in sentence case) is the first extended play (EP) by Japanese recording artist Ayumi Hamasaki. It was released on December 17, 2003 by Avex Trax. Memorial Address is Hamasaki's longest extended play with a total of eight tracks. The album's composition and arrangement was handled by several musicians, such as Tetsuya Yukumi, Bounceback, CMJK, Dai Nagao, among others. Hamasaki contributed to the album as the primary and background vocalist, composer, and songwriter to every song. Three different formats were released to promote the album: a standalone CD, a CD and DVD bundle, and a digital release. It was Hamasaki's first album to be released as a CD+DVD package, a marketing strategy her label would often employ throughout her career.

Memorial Address
EP by Ayumi Hamasaki
Released	December 17, 2003
Genre	J-pop
Length	38:45
Label	Avex Trax
Producer	Max Matsuura
Ayumi Hamasaki chronology
A Ballads (2003) Memorial Address (2003) My Story (2004)
Singles from Memorial Address
"&" Released: July 9, 2003 "Forgiveness" Released: August 20, 2003 "No Way to Say" Released: November 6, 2003

Upon the album's release, it was met with favourable reviews from music critics. Critics highlight individual songs for their production and composition, and commended the singles' commercial appeal. Memorial Address became Hamasaki's first extended play to reach the top spot on Japan's Oricon Albums Chart. It was certified million by the Recording Industry Association of Japan (RIAJ) for shipments of one million units in that region, making it the first extended play by a female artist to achieve this. Two singles and one EP were released from the album. Hamasaki promoted the EP on her 2003 and 2004 arena tour in Japan.

Background and composition

Memorial Address is Hamasaki's first extended play (EP).[1] It is currently her longest EP with eight tracks, tallying up to nearly 40 minutes.[1] For the album, Hamasaki's record label Avex Trax hired several Japanese musicians, such as Tetsuya Yukumi, Bounceback, CMJK, Dai Nagao, among others. Those producers are just some of whom worked with Hamasaki on her fourth studio album, the predecessor Rainbow (2002).[2] Memorial Address is also Hamasaki's first extended play to be composed, arranged, and produced by Japanese producers and composers.[1] She contributed to the album as the primary and background vocalist, composer, and songwriter to every song. She composed two songs with Nagao; "Hanabi: Episode II" and "Forgiveness".[1]

Track listing

Release history

Region	Date	Format	Catalogue Number
Japan	December 17, 2003 (2003-12-17)	CD (Copy Control CD)	AVCD-17411
		CD+DVD (Copy Control CD)	AVCD-17410/B
Taiwan	2003 (2003)	CD (Copy Control CD)	AVJCD-10180
		CD+DVD	AVJCD-10180/A

Charts

Oricon Sales Chart (Japan)

Release	Chart	Peak position	First Week Sales	Sales total	Chart run
17 December 2003	Oricon Daily Albums Chart	1
	Oricon Weekly Albums Chart	1	524,028	1,115,000	53 weeks
	Oricon Monthly Albums Chart	1
	Oricon Yearly Albums Chart	4

• Total Sales: 1,115,000 (Japan)
• Total Sales: 1,410,000 (Avex)
• Highest selling mini-album by a female artist.
• Only mini-album by a female artist to sell over one million units.

Singles

Date	Title	Peak position	Weeks	Sales
July 9, 2003	"&"	1	16 weeks	680,000
August 20, 2003	"forgiveness"	1	12 weeks	260,000
September 29, 2003	"No Way to Say"	1	12 weeks	425,000

Total Single Sales: 1,365,000

Total Album and Single Sales: 2,480,000

Notes

References

На других языках

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- [en] Memorial Address

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[es] Memorial address

Memorial address es el llamado primer mini álbum lanzado por la cantante Ayumi Hamasaki el 17 de diciembre del año 2003.

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[ru] Memorial Address

Memorial Address — мини-альбом Аюми Хамасаки, выпущенный 17 декабря 2003 года под лейблом Avex Trax. Альбом продержался на первых строчках хит-парада Oricon в течение нескольких недель.[1] Разошедшийся более чем миллионом копий, Memorial address находится в числе 250 наиболее продаваемых альбомов в Японии всех времен.[2] Альбом вышел в двух версиях: CD и CD+DVD и стал первым диском Аюми Хамасаки, выпущенным в комплекте с DVD. Пять из восьми песен ранее выходили на синглах &, forgiveness и No way to say.

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