Five (EP)

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Five
EP by Ayumi Hamasaki
Released	August 31, 2011 (2011-08-31)
Recorded	2011
Genre	Pop, R&B, pop rock
Length	29:49 (CD+DVD) 31:53 (CD Only) 25:36 (CD Only - Limited edition)
Label	Avex Trax
Producer	Max Matsuura
Ayumi Hamasaki chronology
Love Songs (2010) Five (2011) Party Queen (2012)

Five is the second mini-album by Japanese singer Ayumi Hamasaki. It was released on 31 August 2011, in three editions: CD+DVD, CD-Only and a limited CD-Only edition. A Blu-ray version of the mini-album was released on 9 November 2011, making Five the world's first album to be released in Blu-Ray. Hamasaki was the only lyricist on Five, and the songs were composed by multiple composers. The EP gets it title from its track listing, which consists of five tracks.

No physical singles were released from Five, making it Hamasaki's first album without any singles. However, all five songs were used as commercial tie-ins prior to the album's release. Therefore, Five really contained no previously unheard material. Five debuted atop the Oricon charts with first week sales of over 125,000 copies, becoming her eighteenth album to do so.^[1] It topped the charts for two consecutive weeks, her first album to do so^[2] since (Miss)Understood in 2006, and was her first album to top the Oricon Monthly Chart since Next Level in 2009. Five was certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of Japan, but it became Hamasaki's first album to fail to be certified platinum since her career began. Five sold around 213,000 copies.