FAIRYLAND C/W ALTERNA

"'fairyland c/w alterna'" is the 36th single released by Ayumi Hamasaki. It was released on August 3, 2005. It instantly shot to #1 on the Oricon charts where it stayed for the full week. After one week of sales, "fairyland c/w alterna" sold over 172,000 copies, making it her highest sales debut for a single for 2005. "fairyland"'s PV was shot in Hawaii and is one of the most expensive music videos ever made in Japan and world-wide. The PV cost 240 million Yen (2 million in U.S. dollars). On the other hand, "alterna" is much less expensive, but has a very strong meaning. The "alterna" PV focuses on Hamasaki supposedly giving her view of today's pop scene. "fairyland c/w alterna" is also Hamasaki's first single that featured different covers for both the CD and the CD+DVD.
'fairyland' is a upbeat summer song while 'alterna' has more of a rock tone. The remix of 'STEP you' has a reggae/reggaeton sound and the remix of 'fairyland' is electronic.

Contents

Track listing

DVD track listing

Live performances

Charts

References

External links

Track listing

# fairyland – 5:17
# alterna – 5:28
# Step you (DJ Taki-Shit More Step Up Remix) – 4:16
# fairyland (Bright Field Remix) – 5:30
# fairyland (Instrumental) – 5:17
# alterna (Instrumental) – 5:28

DVD track listing

# fairyland (PV)
# alterna (PV)
# fairyland ("making of" photo gallery)

Live performances

★ June 27, 2005 – Hey! Hey! Hey! Music Champ

★ July 15, 2005 – Music Station

★ July 30, 2005 – CDTV

★ August 1, 2005 – Hey! Hey! Hey! Music Champ

★ August 5, 2005 – Music Station

★ August 5, 2005 – Music Fighter

★ December 31, 2005 – 56th Kouhaku Utagassen

Charts

In the second quarter of 2006, Avex reported that the single sold 388,000 copies in Japan.^[1]
Oricon Sales Chart (Japan)

Release	Chart	Peak Position	First Week Sales	Sales Total	Chart Run
3 August 2005	Oricon Daily Singles Chart	#'1'
3 August 2005	Oricon Weekly Singles Chart	#'1'	172,221	316,663	13 weeks
3 August 2005	Oricon Monthly Singles Chart	#4
3 August 2005	Oricon Yearly Singles Chart	#25

References

1. http://www.avex.co.jp/e_site/material/pdf/material_0602q.pdf See page 17

External links

★ ''fairyland c/w alterna'' information at Avex Network.

★ ''fairyland c/w alterna'' CD+DVD information at Avex Network.

★ ''fairyland c/w alterna'' information at Oricon.