| Best | |
| Type: | greatest |
| Artist: | Mika Nakashima |
| Cover: | Mika BEST.jpg |
| Released: | 2005-12-07 |
| Genre: | J-pop, jazz, pop, easy listening, rock |
| Length: | 1:14:22 |
| Label: | Sony Music Associated Records |
| Prev Title: | Music |
| Prev Year: | 2005 |
| Next Title: | The End |
| Next Year: | 2006 |
Best is the first Japanese compilation album and sixth overall album release by Mika Nakashima. It contains 14 songs. Two new re-recordings were made: one of her first single, 'Stars,' and the other of 'Amazing Grace (05),' the latter of which was included in a Suntory commercial for Freixnet Champagne and made as a radio-only single to promote the album in Japan.
A music video compilation, also called 'BEST,' was released in Japan and Southeast Asia in December 2005. It contains the music videos for all of Mika's first 18 singles – from 'Stars' to 'Glamorous Sky' – and the promotional videos for 'Amazing Grace (05)' and a previously unreleased live recording of the song 'Blood.'
Best debuted at #1 in the Japan Oricon 200 Album Chart when it was released, selling 480,097 copies in its first week – bettering the first-week sales of her first album, True. It was the #5 album of 2006.
Since its release, BEST has sold 1,204,996 copies. Therefore, BEST is the second best-selling album in Mika's career only to Love, outselling True by over 30,000 copies.
| Release | Chart | Peak position | First week sales | Sales total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| December 7, 2005 | Oricon Daily Albums Chart | 1 | ||
| Oricon Weekly Albums Chart | 1 | 480,097 | 1,204,996 | |
| Oricon Monthly Albums Chart | 1 | |||
| Oricon Yearly Albums Chart | 6[1] |