"Best of KAT-TUN" is the debut album by

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KAT-TUN is a Japanese boy band formed under Johnny & Associates (Johnny's) in 2001. The group's name was originally an acronym based on the first letter of each member's family name: Kazuya Kamenashi, Jin Akanishi, Junnosuke Taguchi, Koki Tanaka, ...

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on March 22, 2006 by

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. Despite the title, it is not a

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. Seven songs on the record, however, were part of KAT-TUN's live tour set list prior to their debut and were already familiar with longtime fans. The album was part of a tripartite release also consisting of the group's debut single and its tie-in DVD. All three releases were immensely successful on the

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albums, singles and DVD charts with "

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" and "Real Face Film" being certified as the best-selling single and domestic music DVD of the year respectively. The album itself was the eleventh best-selling album of the year.

Album information

Most of the songs on the album were written for KAT-TUN either by in-house

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songwriters or lyricists with a track record of successful hit records for other artists. KAT-TUN members, with the exception of

Junnosuke Taguchi in Sagamihara, Kanagawa, Japan), is a singer-songwriter, actor, and model. He is a former member of the Japanese idol group KAT-TUN. He joined the talent agency Johnny & Associates in 1999 and officially debuted as part of KAT-TUN in 2006. Apar ...

, co-wrote 3 songs for the album which were sung as duets. All rap lyrics were also written by

Koki Tanaka is a Japanese singer–songwriter and actor. He was a member of Jpop idol boy band KAT-TUN from their debut until September 30, 2013 when his contract with Johnny & Associates (the company that manages KAT-TUN) was terminated. When he was a me ...

himself.

Chart performance and reception

In its first week of release, ''Best of KAT-TUN'' sold 556,548 copies in Japan, the highest first-week sales for the group to date.Best of KAT-TUN: music profile
, Wiki.theppn; retrieved on August 2, 2008. The album actually debuted at number 1 on the Oricon daily album charts the day before its release since its official release date fell on a

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. Therefore, it didn't officially chart for the week. KAT-TUN were awarded six awards at the 21st

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(the Japanese equivalent of the

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) with ''Best of KAT-TUN'' named on "The Best 10 Albums (Domestic)" list. Soon after the home success, Best of KAT-TUN was then released in Taiwan and Thailand in 2006 by EMI Taiwan and EMI Thailand, respectively. It stayed on the Oricon Top 30 Albums chart for 7 weeks with a total of 743,359 copies sold at the end of its chart-run. Oricon certified the album as the 11th best-selling record of the year and was later certified Triple Platinum by RIAJ denoting over 750,000 shipments.March 2006 and certified work list

retrieved on August 2, 2008.

Track listing

#"She Said..." (Ryo Taguchi, Axel G, Katsumi Ohnishi, FLYING GRIND, JOKER) – 3:43 #"Never Again" (SPIN,

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, Joey Carbone FLYING GRIND, JOKER) – 3:49 #"I Like It" (Sean Thomas, SPIN, FLYING GRIND) – 4:26 #"Miracle" (hamai, Minoru Kumorita, Seikou Nagaoka) - 4:22 #"Blue Tuesday" (Yoji Kubota, Arata Tanimoto, Tomoki Ishizuka) – 4:33 #"Rhodesia" (CHOKKAKU) - 5:06 #"Gold" (Stefan Aberg, Stefan Engblom, SPIN, FLYING GRIND, JOKER) - 4:53 #"Wilds of My Heart" (SPIN, zero-rock, Gyo Kitagawa, JOKER) – 3:59 #"Special Happiness"¹ ( K², Gajin, Yoshihiko Chino) – 5:02 #"One on One"² (JOKER,

Yuichi Nakamaru , is a Japanese singer-songwriter, actor, television personality, radio host, and a member of KAT-TUN. He joined the talent agency Johnny & Associates in 1998 and then officially debuted as part of KAT-TUN in 2006. Individually, he has acted i ...

, mo'doo-, Izutsu "Growth" Shintaro, Takahito Eguchi) – 4:58 #"Butterfly"³ (

Jin Akanishi is a Japanese musician, singer, songwriter and actor. He has been active since 1998 as one of the two lead vocalists of the J-pop boy-band KAT-TUN before starting a solo career in 2009. Akanishi has also acted in several films and dramas. Biog ...

Tatsuya Ueda , is a Japanese idol, singer, and actor from the Japanese idol group KAT-TUN. Born in Kanagawa in Japan, he joined the Japanese talent agency, Johnny & Associates in 1998. In March 2006 he debuted as a member of the Japanese boy band KAT-TUN and ...

, velvetronica) – 4:52 #"Rush of Light" (ma-saya, Watermelon 6, CHOKKAKU) - 4:26 #"" (SPIN, Kousuke Morimoto, ha-j, JOKER) - 3:53 #"Precious One" (Kaori Niimi, Yuuki Shirai, Yoshinao Mikami, ha-j) - 5:15 #" Real Face #1" (

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Kazuya Kamenashi is a Japanese singer, actor, host, producer, magazine model and a member of KAT-TUN. Born and raised in Edogawa, Tokyo, he joined the Japanese talent agency, Johnny & Associates, at the age of 12. He was drafted as a member and co-lead vocalist o ...

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Sales and certifications

Chart positions

References

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