# Best of KAT-TUN

"Best of KAT-TUN" is the debut album by Japanese boy band KAT-TUN, released in Japan on March 22, 2006 by J-One Records. Despite the title, it is not a greatest hits compilation album. Seven songs on the record, however, were part of KAT-TUN's live tour set list prior to their debut and were already familiar with longtime fans.
The album was part of a tripartite release also consisting of the group's debut single and its tie-in DVD. All three releases were immensely successful on the Oricon albums, singles and DVD charts with "Real Face" and "Real Face Film" being certified as the best-selling single and domestic music DVD of the year respectively. The album itself was the eleventh best-selling album of the year.

## Album information

Most of the songs on the album were written for KAT-TUN either by in-house Johnny's Entertainment songwriters or lyricists with a track record of successful hit records for other artists. KAT-TUN members, with the exception of Junnosuke Taguchi, co-wrote 3 songs for the album which were sung as duets. All rap lyrics were also written by Koki Tanaka himself.

## Chart performance and reception

In its first week of release, Best of KAT-TUN sold 556,548 copies in Japan, the highest first-week sales for the group to date. The album actually debuted at number 1 on the Oricon daily album charts the day before its release since its official release date fell on a national holiday. Therefore, it didn't officially chart for the week. KAT-TUN were awarded six awards at the 21st Japan Gold Disc Awards (the Japanese equivalent of the Grammy Awards) with Best of KAT-TUN named on "The Best 10 Albums (Domestic)" list. Soon after the home success, Best of KAT-TUN was then released in Taiwan and Thailand in 2006 by EMI Taiwan and EMI Thailand, respectively.
It stayed on the Oricon Top 30 Albums chart for 7 weeks with a total of 743,359 copies sold at the end of its chart-run. Oricon certified the album as the 11th best-selling record of the year and was later certified Triple Platinum by RIAJ denoting over 750,000 shipments.

## Track listing

* "She Said..." (Ryo Taguchi, Axel G, Katsumi Ohnishi, FLYING GRIND, JOKER) – 3:43
* "Never Again" (SPIN, Steven Lee, Joey Carbone FLYING GRIND, JOKER) – 3:49
* "I Like It" (Sean Thomas, SPIN, FLYING GRIND) – 4:26
* "Miracle" (hamai, Minoru Kumorita, Seikou Nagaoka) - 4:22
* "Blue Tuesday" (Yoji Kubota, Arata Tanimoto, Tomoki Ishizuka) – 4:33
* "Rhodesia" (CHOKKAKU) - 5:06
* "Gold" (Stefan Aberg, Stefan Engblom, SPIN, FLYING GRIND, JOKER) - 4:53
* "Wilds of My Heart" (SPIN, zero-rock, Gyo Kitagawa, JOKER) – 3:59
* "Special Happiness"$^1$ (K², Gajin, Yoshihiko Chino) – 5:02
* "One on One"$^2$ (JOKER, Yuichi Nakamaru, mo'doo-, Izutsu "Growth" Shintaro, Takahito Eguchi) – 4:58
* "Butterfly"$^3$ (Jin Akanishi, Tatsuya Ueda, velvetronica) – 4:52
* "Rush of Light" (ma-saya, Watermelon 6, CHOKKAKU) - 4:26
* "Harukana Yakusoku (ハルカナ約束)" (SPIN, Kousuke Morimoto, ha-j, JOKER) - 3:53
* "Precious One" (Kaori Niimi, Yuuki Shirai, Yoshinao Mikami, ha-j) - 5:15
* "Real Face #1" (Shikao Suga, Tak Matsumoto, Akihito Tokunaga, JOKER) - 4:58
$^1$ Kazuya Kamenashi and Junnosuke Taguchi duet. $^2$ Koki Tanaka and Yuichi Nakamaru duet. $^3$ Jin Akanishi and Tatsuya Ueda duet.

### Sales and certifications

| Country | Provider | Sales | Certification |
| Japan | RIAJ | 743,359 | Triple Platinum |

## Chart positions

| Country | Peak Position |
| Oricon Weekly Albums Chart (Japan) | 1 |