MY STORY (AYUMI HAMASAKI ALBUM)

'''My Story''' is Ayumi Hamasaki's sixth full-length studio album produced by Max Matsuura. It was released on December 15, 2004.
The album includes the three singles: "Moments", "Inspire", and "Carols". During its first release, four different limited edition covers were released for fans to choose from. There were also two versions released, the first that included the CD only and a second that included a DVD that contained music videos to some (including the singles) of the tracks from the album. For promotional purposes, ''Ayumi Hamasaki Arena Tour 2005 ~MY STORY~'' was scheduled from January to April. During the concert tour, ''MY STORY'' was released again in two more formats, SACD and in DVD Audio. All of the lyrics on the album were written by Hamasaki and two of the tracks, "winding road" and "Humming 7/4", were composed by her under the pen name "CREA". It topped the Oricon charts for several weeks, the Japanese equivalent of ''Billboard''. It is currently certified four times platinum in Japan, and triple platinum worldwide.
Since the single "Moments", her singles have been released in at least two versions, CD and CD+DVD format. "Carols" featured four versions of the single: CD, CD+DVD, SACD, and DVD Audio.

Contents

CD track listing

DVD track listing

''My Story Classical''

Charts

CD track listing

# "Catcher In The Light" – 2:43
# "About You" – 3:57
# "Game" – 4:16
# "My Name's Women" – 5:40
# "Wonderland" – 1:33
# "Liar" – 4:57
# "Hope or Pain" – 4:21
# "Happy Ending" – 4:42
# "Moments" – 5:31
# "Walking Proud" – 5:15
# "Carols" – 5:29
# "Kaleidoscope" – 1:49
# "Inspire" – 4:33
# "Honey" – 5:11
# "Replace" – 5:05
# "Winding Road" – 5:04
# "Humming " – 4:25

DVD track listing

# "Moments" (PV)
# "Inspire" (PV)
# "Game" (PV)
# "Carols" (PV)
# "About You" (PV)
# "Walking Proud" (PV)
# "Humming " (PV)
# "Moments" (making of)
# "Inspire" (making of)
# "Game" (making of)
# "Carols" (making of)

''My Story Classical''

Main articles: MY STORY Classical

My Story Classical is a compilation with classical versions of songs from Ayumi Hamasaki's album My Story. My Story Classical was released on March 24, 2005. Most of the tracks were recorded with the Lamoureux Orchestra of France.

Charts

Total reported sales: '1,220,000'^[1]
;Oricon Sales Chart (Japan)

Release	Chart	Peak position	Sales total	Chart run
15 December 2004	Oricon Daily Albums Chart	'#1'
15 December 2004	Oricon Weekly Albums Chart	'#1'	1,132,444	43 weeks
15 December 2004	Oricon Yearly Albums Chart	#7

The total sales of the singles of this album comes to 942,196 copies sold. The sales of the singles and the album itself combined come to a sales revenue of '2,074,640' CDs sold.

Date	Title	Peak position	Weeks
31 March 2004	"Moments"	'#1'	21
28 July 2004	"INSPIRE" c/w "GAME"	'#1'	15
29 September 2004	"CAROLS"	'#1'	15
15 December 2004	''MY STORY''	'#1'	43
24 March 2005	''MY STORY Classical''	#4	9