M (song)

"M"
"M"
Single by Ayumi Hamasaki
from the album A Best and I am...
Released	December 13, 2000
Recorded	2000
Genre	Pop rock; alternative rock;
Length	4:26
Label	Avex Trax
Composer(s)	Crea
Lyricist(s)	Ayumi Hamasaki
Producer(s)	Max Matsuura
Ayumi Hamasaki singles chronology
Ayumi Hamasaki German; singles chronology
Music video
	"M" on YouTube

"M" is the nineteenth single by Japanese recording artist Ayumi Hamasaki.^[1] "M" serves as the lead single to her first greatest hits album A Best (2001) and her fourth studio album I Am... (2002). The track marked Hamasaki's increased creative control over her music, as it was the first song she composed, under the pen name "Crea". The lyrics of "M" are about Hamasaki talking to Maria (the Japanese reference to The Virgin Mary), or also possibly to Mary Magdalene, hence the title "M".

"M" received a positive response from music critics, praising the composition and songwriting. The single is to date one of Hamasaki's most commercially successful; it peaked at the top spot on the Oricon Singles Chart, selling over 500,000 units on its first week. Moreover, the single eventually sold over 1,000,000 copies over its eighteen-week run and became a RIAJ-certified million-seller; "M" also won the Japan Gold Disc Award for "Song of the Year". Since its release, the single is listed as the 113th best-selling single of all time in Japan.

^ The title of this single is properly rendered thus: Whenever the title of this single appears on any track listing released by Avex, the aforementioned symbol is used.

[1] The title of this single is properly rendered thus: Whenever the title of this single appears on any track listing released by Avex, the aforementioned symbol is used.

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