Released : March 22, 2006 (Japan)
Recorded : 2006
Genre : J-Pop, J-Rock
Length : 01:08:15 (Regular Edition)
Label : J-One Records
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. 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.
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 "The Best 10 Albums (Domestic)" list.
"Real Face" was the only single from the album. There are two different versions of the song -- the one featured on the album is entitled "Real Face #1" and features a different arrangement from the single. It was released on the same day as the album and debuted at number 1 with a monumental 754,237 copies sold in its first week of release, breaking Arashi's previously held record for their debut single which was released in 1999. It stayed at the top of the charts for 3 weeks, another rarely achieved feat, and sold more than 1 million copies by the end of the year.Oricon certified the song as the best-selling single of the year.It was also named "Single of the Year" and placed on the "The Best 10 Singles (Domestic)" at the 21st Japan Gold Disc Awards
Track List~
1. "She Said..."
(Ryo Taguchi, Axel G, Katsumi Ohnishi, FLYING GRIND, JOKER) – 3:43
2. "Never Again"
(SPIN, Steven Lee, Joey Cargone FLYING GRIND, JOKER) – 3:49
3. "I Like It"
(Sean Thomas, SPIN, FLYING GRIND) – 4:26
4. "Miracle"
(hamai, Minoru Kumorita, Seikou Nagaoka) - 4:22
5. "Blue Tuesday"
(Yoji Kubota, Arata Tanimoto, Tomoki Ishizuka) – 4:33
6. "Rhodesia"
(CHOKKAKU) - 5:06
7. "Gold"
(Stefan Aberg, Stefan Engblom, SPIN, FLYING GRIND, JOKER) - 4:53
8. "Wilds of My Heart"
(SPIN, zero-rock, Gyo Kitagawa, JOKER) – 3:59
9. "Special Happiness"
(K², Gajin, Yoshihiko Chino) – 5:02
10. "One on One"
(JOKER, Yuichi Nakamaru, mo'doo-, Izutsu "Growth" Shintaro, Takahito Eguchi) – 4:58
11. "Butterfly"
(Jin Akanishi, Tatsuya Ueda, velvetronica) – 4:52
12. "Rush of Light"
(ma-saya, Watermelon 6, CHOKKAKU) - 4:26
13. "Harukana Yakusoku (ハルカナ約束?)"
(SPIN, Kousuke Morimoto, ha-j, JOKER) - 3:53
14. "Precious One"
(Kaori Niimi, Yuuki Shirai, Yoshinao Mikami, ha-j) - 5:15
15. "Real Face #1"
(Shikao Suga, Tak Matsumoto, Akihito Tokunaga, JOKER) - 4:58
**credit : wikipedia