Information: - , better known by his stage name , is a Japanese talent manager, record producer, songwriter, record executive and radio personality. He is the founder and president of the one of the largest music labels Avex Group. He is known mainly for discovering and developing new artists into stars (most notably Ayumi Hamasaki), as well as for reviving Ami Suzuki's career after she was released by her previous record label. - History. Two years after Max Matsuura became busy in distributing studio albums from other countries, he and his two co-founders of Avex, Tom Yoda and Ken Suzuki, decided to operate their own label to compete with the older and more experienced labels (i.e. Nippon Columbia, Nippon Crown, Toshiba-EMI, CBS Sony, Nippon Phonogram and PolyGram K.K., etc.). This led to the birth of the Avex Trax label. - , established in 1999, is the holding company at the head of a Japanese corporate group that supplies statistics and information on music and the music industry in Japan. It started as , which was founded by Sk Koike in November 1967 and became known for its music charts. Oricon Inc. was originally set up as a subsidiary of Original Confidence and took over the latters Oricon record charts in April 2002. - A song, most broadly, is a single (and often standalone) work of music that is typically intended to be sung by the human voice with distinct and fixed pitches and patterns using sound and silence and a variety of forms that often include the repetition of sections. Written words created specifically for music or for which music is specifically created, are called lyrics. If a pre-existing poem is set to composed music in classical music it is an art song. Songs that are sung on repeated pitches without distinct contours and patterns that rise and fall are called chants. Songs in a simple style that are learned informally are often referred to as folk songs. Songs that are composed for professional singers who sell their recordings or live shows to the mass market are called popular songs. These songs, which have broad appeal, are often composed by professional songwriters, composers and lyricists. Art songs are composed by trained classical composers for concert or recital performances. Songs are performed live and recorded on audio or video (or in some, cases, a song may be performed live and simultaneously recorded). Songs may also appear in plays, musical theatre, stage shows of any form, and within operas. - A remix is a piece of media which has been altered from its original state by adding, removing, and/or changing pieces of the item. A song, piece of artwork, book, video, or photograph can all be remixes. The only characteristic of a remix is that it appropriates and changes other materials to create something new. - Artists. Artists signed to Nippon Crown Music include: - A Best (stylized as BEST) is the first greatest hits album by Japanese singer-songwriter Ayumi Hamasaki. It was released on March 28, 2001 by Avex Trax and Avex Music Creative Inc.. Hamasaki had originally planned to release a greatest hits album after her 2002 studio album "I Am...", but the idea was denied by Avex head staff. Instead, Avex released the album in 2001, which caused conflict between the label and Hamasaki. The compilation was released in two formats different formats including a physical and a digital release. Seven different artworks were released in several editions of the album. The album includes one new track, three re-recorded tracks, and the rest previously released singles. - , Fukuoka is Japans fifth largest city, having passed the population of Kobe. , Fukuoka passed the population of Kyoto. Since the founding of Kyoto in 794, this marks the first time that a city west of the Kinki region has a larger population than Kyoto. In ancient times, however, the area near Fukuoka, the Chikushi region, was thought by some historians to have possibly been even more influential than the Yamato region. - A Complete : All Singles is a greatest hits album by Japanese singer Ayumi Hamasaki , released on September 10 , 2008 to commemorate her tenth anniversary with Avex Trax . It compiles all of Hamasaki 's singles from 1998 to 2008 , with one new track . The album was promoted with one single , new track '' Mirrorcle World '' . Released on April 8 , 2008 , it debuted at number one in Japan , selling over 250,000 copies and receiving a platinum certification , Hamasaki 's first single to do so since '' Blue Bird '' in 2006 . The album 's track listing omits two of Hamasaki 's singles , these being '' A Song Is Born '' and '' Together When ... '' . The first press of the album came in a special box along with a forty - eight - page photobook that includes previously unreleased alternate single covers . The album was released in 3CD and 3CD + DVD formats . A Complete debuted at number one in Japan , with first - week sales of 538,876 copies . In its 38 - week chart run , it sold 852,259 copies in Japan . It became her best - selling album since ( Miss ) understood , and was certified 3x Platinum for shipments of 750,000 copies to stores . In Taiwan and China , it became the best - selling Japanese album of 2008 . A Complete was the eighth best - selling album of 2008 in Japan and the third best - selling by a female artist , behind Namie Amuro 's Best Fiction and Utada Hikaru 's Heart Station . - Born and raised in Fukuoka, she moved to Tokyo at fourteen in 1993 to pursue a career in singing and acting for her entertainment. In 1998, under the tutelage of Avex CEO Max Matsuura, Hamasaki released her debut single "Poker Face" and released her million-selling record "A Song for XX". The album debuted at the top of the Oricon charts and remained there for four weeks, establishing her popularity in Japan. Her next five albums accomplished over one million shipments in Japan, with her third effort "Duty" selling near three million units, becoming her best selling studio album. "A Best", her first compilation album, is her best selling album, with more than four million copies sold in Japan. In 2009, after her album "Next Level" was released, album and single sales declined due to ongoing competition with new upcoming artists. Throughout her career, Hamasaki has had all her albums within the top five position in Japan and has five million-selling singles, including "Boys & Girls", "A", "Seasons", "M" and "H". - A greatest hits album, sometimes called a "best of" album or a catalog album, is a compilation of songs by a particular artist or band. Most often the track list contains previously released recordings with a high degree of notability. However, to increase the appeal, especially to people who already own the original release, it is common to include remixes and/or alternate takes of popular songs; sometimes even new material (previously unreleased) will function as bonus tracks. At times, a greatest hits compilation is the original album release for songs that have themselves been released as a single and charted successfully. Given the information above, choose from the list below the object entity that exhibits the relation 'instance of' with the subject 'a complete: all singles'. 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compilation album