''All My Best'' is the second

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. It was released on September 9, 2009, to commemorate her tenth anniversary in the music business. The album was issued in seven formats: a regular 2CD, a limited 2

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. The album debuted at the top of the Japanese

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weekly album chart with sales over 137,050.

Singles

To promote the album, two singles were released: "

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". On the Oricon single chart "Puzzle/Revive" entered the top 3, becoming Kuraki's first single since in 2004 to do so. "Puzzle" was the ending

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'' movie '' Detective Conan: The Raven Chaser''. Unlike "Puzzle", "Revive" was not on the album. "Beautiful" was used as the image song for the cosmetic company Kose's Coseport Salon Style. The single ranked higher than "Puzzle/Revive" debuting at No. 2, which extended Kuraki's record as the only female solo artist to have all 32 of her singles in the Top 10 since her debut.

Commercial performance

On the release day of ''All My Best'' in Japan, the album took the number one position on the Oricon daily album chart, selling 38,000 copies. On the weekly chart issue dated September 21, the album was No. 1 with sales a little over 137,050, becoming Kuraki's second number-one album of 2009. The album also debuted at the top of the ''

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'' Japan Top Albums chart. In Taiwan, the album achieved moderate success debuting at numbers nine and seven, on the international and J-pop charts respectively. On the drop down Select 第36週 On the drop down Select 第36週 On the J-Pop chart, the album peaked at number five. On the drop down Select 第37週 With 0.51% of sales on the Taiwanese Combo chart the album debuted at number eighteen.

Track listing

Charts and certifications

Sales and certifications

Release history

References

External links

Mai Kuraki Official Website
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