Mirrorcle World

"Mirrorcle World"
Single by Ayumi Hamasaki
from the album A Complete: All Singles
B-side"Life, You, Depend on You"
ReleasedApril 8, 2008
GenreJ-pop, synthpop
LabelAvex Trax
Songwriter(s)Ayumi Hamasaki (lyrics)
Yuta Nakano (music)
Tetsuya Yukumi (music)
Yasuhiko Hoshino (music)
Kazuhito Kikuchi (music)
Producer(s)Max Matsuura
Ayumi Hamasaki singles chronology
"Together When..."
(2007)
"Mirrorcle World"
(2008)
"Days/Green"
(2008)
Music video
"Mirrorcle World" on YouTube

"Mirrorcle World" is the forty-third physical single and forty-fourth single overall by Japanese singer Ayumi Hamasaki. The title track is an extended version of the song "Mirror," a two-minute introductory track on Hamasaki's ninth studio album, Guilty.[1] The single was released on April 8, 2008,[2] exactly ten years after her debut single, "Poker Face";[3] the single features two new recordings of her second and fifth singles, both released in 1998, "You" and "Depend on You," respectively.[1]

Mirrorcle World has been certified platinum by RIAJ for shipment of more than 250,000 copies in Japan, Hamasaki's first single to do so since 2006's "Blue Bird". As of 2008 Oricon Yearly Chart, it is the #33 best-selling single in Japan of 2008 and #1 best-first week sales for female artist in Japan of 2008. "Mirrorcle World" made Hamasaki the first female artist to have a single reach #1 on the Oricon for ten consecutive years.[4]

  1. ^ a b "Ayu Debut Anniversary Special!" (in Japanese). HMV. 2008-03-10. Retrieved 2008-03-12.
  2. ^ "4月8日(火)発売 NEW SINGLE「Mirrorcle World」" (in Japanese). Avex Marketing Inc. Retrieved 2008-03-12.
  3. ^ "浜崎あゆみ、10周年記念シングル"Mirrorcle World"を4月8日に4形態にてリリース" (in Japanese). Bounce.com. 2008-03-05. Archived from the original on 2008-03-06. Retrieved 2008-03-14.
  4. ^ "Owh联盟外投".