Singles 2000 Explained

Singles 2000
Type:Compilation Album
Artist:Miyuki Nakajima
Cover:nakajima_singles2000.jpg
Released:April 17, 2002
Recorded:1983, 1994–2000
Genre:J-Pop (Folk rock)
Length:74:11
Label:Yamaha Music Communications
Producer:Miyuki Nakajima, Ichizo Seo
Prev Title:Lullaby for the Soul
Prev Year:2001
Next Year:2002

Singles 2000 is the compilation album by a Japanese singer-songwriter Miyuki Nakajima, released in April 2002.

The album comprises all A-sides and B-Sides of her seven singles which were released from 1994 to 2000. Like its two predecessors each were released in 1987 and 1994, the songs appeared on Singles 2000 are listed reverse-chronologically. It includes three massive hit singles each of which sold over a million copies; "Between the Sky and You" (double A-Side with "Fight"), "Wanderer's Song", and "Earthly Stars (Unsung Heroes)" (double A-Side with "Headlight, Taillight") which had enjoyed unprecedented success on the Japanese Oricon chart at the time and finally climbed the number-one spot in 2003.[1]

Singles 2000 gained favorable commercial success, debuted at the number-three on the Oricon albums chart and entered there for over a year.

Track listings

All songs written and composed by Miyuki Nakajima, arranged by Ichizo Seo (except "Fight!" was arranged by Takayuki Inoue)

Track No.TitleOriginal release date[2]
1."" July 15, 2000
2.""
3.""October 4, 1998
4.""
5."" [Edit]February 4, 1998
6.""
7.""November 7, 1997
8.""
9.""November 21, 1996
10.""
11.""May 19, 1995
12."P-A-I-N-F-U-L (Se-Tsu-Na-Ku-Te)"
13.""May 14, 1994
14."" [Edit]

Production

Chart position

Footnotes: In November 2002, the Japanese Oricon Weekly Albums was expanded from the Top-100 to the Top-300.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Search results of the Japanese Oricon Weekly Singles Chart, in the third week of January 2003. oricon.co.jp. Japanese. Oricon. November 6, 2008.
  2. Web site: Yamachan Land (Japan's charts archives) – Singles Chart Daijiten – Miyuki Nakajima Oricon Singles Chart listings . Japanese . March 19, 2008 . dead . https://archive.today/20070619175006/http://www7a.biglobe.ne.jp/~yamag/single/nakajima.html . June 19, 2007 .
  3. Web site: Yamachan Land (Archives of the Japanese record charts) – Albums Chart Daijiten – Miyuki Nakajima. Japanese. January 24, 2008. dead. https://archive.today/20070619175006/http://www7a.biglobe.ne.jp/~yamag/album/al_nakajima.html. June 19, 2007.