is the tenth

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by Japanese singer

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. It was released on December 5, 2001, through

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. The album is part of the label's

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series ''My Kore!ction''. It was later released digitally on July 1, 2012. An abridged version of the compilation, as per the ''My Kore!Lite'' series, was released on May 19, 2010. All sixteen songs were

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digitally for the album. The ''My Kore!Lite'' edition was re-released on June 15, 2016 in Ultimate HQCD (UHQCD) format.

Commercial performance

''Shizuka Kudo Best'' did not chart in the top 300 of the

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. However, the album has done well digitally since being released for download in 2012; it ranked as high as number 2 on the

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Weekly Albums chart. The album ranked at number three on the Recochoku Monthly Albums chart, both in September 2014 and March 2015. It has steadily scored a spot on the Recochoku Year-end Albums chart, appearing on the yearly chart for four consecutive years: at number 15 in 2014, peaking at number 11 in 2015, at number 20 in 2016, and ranking at number 59 in 2017. Shizuka Kudo Best charted at number 23 on the ''

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'' Hot Albums chart in March 2016.

Track listing

Charts

Release history

My Kore!ction edition

My Kore!Lite edition

References

External links

''Shizuka Kudo Best''
on Pony Canyon's official website {{Authority control 2001 greatest hits albums Shizuka Kudo albums Pony Canyon compilation albums