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H (song)

"H" is the 27th single released by Ayumi Hamasaki on July 24, 2002. The single included three A-sides, and was the top-selling single of 2002 in Japan. It was the only single to sell over a million copies that year, and also the latest single by a female artist ever to sell over a million copies. To commemorate hitting the million mark in sales, this single was re-released Special Limited Edition on November 7, 2002.

Information

Ayumi co-composed the three tracks with D.A.I under her pseudonym CREA. No music videos were shot to promote the single.

Commercial endorsments

Hanabi was used in a in TV ad for the TU-KA Funstyle mobile phone and July 1st was the image song for a lipstick Kose Visee commercial. Ayumi appeared in both commercial campaigns. independent was used as a song for the Baseball Cheer.^[2]

Track listing

1. independent
2. July 1st – 4:20
3. Hanabi (lit. Fireworks) – 4:53
4. independent (Instrumental)
5. July 1st (Instrumental) – 4:20
6. Hanabi (Instrumental) – 4:53

Charts

Oricon Sales Chart (Japan)

References

External links

• H information at Avex Network.
• H information at Oricon.