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{{Infobox album
| name       = A One
| type       = studio
| artist     = [[Ayumi Hamasaki]]
| cover      = AONECD.jpg|border=yes
| alt        =
| released   = {{Start date|2015|04|08}}
| recorded   = 2014–2015
| studio     = [[Record Plant]], Los Angeles; Prime Sound Studio Form, Avex, Avex Azabu, Victor, Bunkamura, LAB Recorders, Sony Music, Tokyo<ref name="liner">{{cite AV media notes|others=Ayumi Hamasaki |title=A One|type= liner notes |publisher=[[Avex Trax]] |year=2015}}</ref>
| genre      =
* [[J-pop]]
* [[rock music|rock]]
| length     = 56:27
| label      = [[Avex Trax]]
| producer   = [[Max Matsuura]]
| prev_title = [[Love Classics (album)|Love Classics]]
| prev_year  = 2015
| next_title = [[Sixxxxxx]]
| next_year  = 2015
| misc       = {{Singles
| name        = A One
| type        = studio
| single1     = [[Movin' On Without You]]
| single1date = December 9, 2014<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://itunes.apple.com/jp/album/movin-on-without-you-single/id940399398|title = 浜崎あゆみの「Movin' on without you - Single」|website = [[iTunes]]|date = 9 December 2014}}</ref>
| single2     = [[Zutto.../Last Minute/Walk]]
| single2date = December 24, 2014
}}
}}
{{Music ratings
| rev1 = [[AllMusic]]
| rev1score = {{Rating|3|5}}<ref>{{cite web |last=Yeung |first=Neil Z. |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/a-one-mw0002841945 |title=A One – Ayumi Hamasaki |publisher=[[AllMusic]] |access-date=May 30, 2023}}</ref>
}}
'''''A One''''' is the sixteenth full-length studio album recorded by Japanese singer [[Ayumi Hamasaki]]. It was released on April 8, 2015 (exactly 17 years after her debut) by [[Avex Trax]].  It reached #4 on the [[Oricon charts]].
==Background and promotion==
On December 24, 2014, Hamasaki released a triple A-side single "[[Zutto.../Last Minute/Walk]]". The single consisted of a "winter ballad trilogy" that included three songs composed by Kunio Tago, Tetsuya Yukumi, Tetsuya Komuro. In February 2015, Hamasaki announced through her official website that she was going to release a new album on April 8, 2015, which marked the 17th anniversary since the release of her debut single, "Poker Face".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://avex.jp/ayu/discography/detail.php?id=1003276|title=DISCOGRAPHY - ayumi hamasaki（浜崎あゆみ） official website|work=avex.jp}}</ref>
In March 2015, Hamasaki went to Singapore, where she sang her new song "The Gift" in collaboration with singer-songwriter [[JJ Lin]].
Upon release, it entered the [[Oricon]] album chart at number 4 for the week of April 20.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.oricon.co.jp/prof/246497/products/1118953/1/ |title=A ONE 浜崎あゆみ |publisher=Oricon |accessdate=April 16, 2015 |language=Japanese}}</ref>
==Track listing==
{{Track listing
| headline        = CD
| all_lyrics      = Ayumi Hamasaki; except for track 12 written by [[Hikaru Utada]]<ref name="liner" />
| extra_column    = Arranger(s)/Producer
| title1          = A Bell
| music1          = Yuta Nakano
| extra1          = Nakano
| length1         = 1:10
| title2          = Warning
| music2          = Kazuhiro Hara
| extra2          = Tasuku
| length2         = 4:06
| title3          = No Future
| music3          = [[Tetsuya Komuro]]
| extra3          = Nakano
| length3         = 5:53
| title4          = Anything for You
| music4          = Komuro
| extra4          = Nakano
| length4         = 7:01
| title5          = Last Minute
| music5          = Tetsuya Yukumi
| extra5          = Nakano
| length5         = 4:23
| title6          = Zutto...
| note6           =
| music6          = Kunio Tago
| extra6          = Nakano
| length6         = 4:49
| title7          = Out of Control
| music7          = Yukumi
| extra7          = Tasuku
| length7         = 4:47
| title8          = Story
| music8          = Yukumi
| extra8          = Nakano
| length8         = 5:17
| title9          = The Gift
| note9           = featuring [[JJ Lin]]
| music9          = JJ Lin
| extra9          = Shingo Kobayashi
| length9         = 3:53
| title10         = The Show Must Go On
| music10         = Komuro
| extra10         = Tasuku
| length10        = 5:55
| title11         = Walk
| music11         = Komuro
| extra11         = Nakano
| length11        = 5:02
| title12         = [[Movin' on Without You]]
| note12          = surprise bonus track
| music12         = Hikaru Utada
| extra12         = Yohanne Simon <small>(RedOne Production)</small>
| length12        = 4:11
| title13         = Tell All
| note13          = 2015 Mix) (TeamAyu ver. Bonus track
| music13         = Nakano
| extra13         = Nakano
| length13        =
}}
{{Track listing
| headline        = DVD/Blu-ray
| extra_column    = Director(s)
| title1          = Zutto...
| note1           = Video Clip
| extra1          = Masashi Muto
| length1         =
| title2          = Last Minute
| note2           = Video Clip
| extra2          = Muto
| length2         =
| title3          = The Gift
| note3           = Video Clip
| extra3          = Hideaki Sunaga
| length3         =
| title4          = Warning
| note4           = Video Clip
| extra4          = A Crew
| length4         =
| title5          = Zutto...
| note5           = Making Clip
| extra5          = Keisuke Onodera
| length5         =
| title6          = Last Minute
| note6           = Making Clip
| extra6          = Onodera
| length6         =
| title7          = The Gift
| note7           = Making Clip
| extra7          = Onodera
| length7         =
| title8          = Warning
| note8           = Making Clip
| extra8          = Onodera
| length8         =
}}
== Personnel ==
Credits for ''A One'' adapted from liner notes.<ref name="liner" />
{{Div col}}
*[[Audio mastering|Mastered by]] - Shigeo Minamoto
*Recorded by Naoki Yamada, Yuichi Nagayama, Hiroshi Sato, Hideaki Jinbu
*Second Engineers: Yujiro Yonetsu, Yutaro Wada, Atsushi Ohta, Junichi Shinohara, Motohiro Noguchi
*Composer Management - Tomonori Takeda, Tadayoshi Matsuzaka, Yuki Iwabuchi, Kohji Satoh
*Engineer Management - Rieko Furukawa
*Studio Coordination in LA - Mai Takamizawa
*Studio Setup Assistant - Noriko Yajima
*Players and Studio Coordination - Yoji Sugiyama
*Track 9 Support - Alvin Goh, Shinji Miyazaki (Avex Taiwan Inc.), Tomoko Kabeya (Avex Group Holdings Inc.)
*Track 12 Support - Hidenobu Okita, Nozomu Kaji (Universal Music)
*Director - Hidetomo "Kome" Yoneda
*A&R - Jiro Nakagiri
*General Supervisor - Shintaro Higuchi, Hiroaki Ito
*Executive Supervisor - Shinji Hayashi, Shigekazu Takeuchi, Ryuhei Chiba
*Photographer - Akinori Ito
*Art Direction & Design - Takuma Noriage
{{Div col end}}
==Charts==
{| class="wikitable" style="width:650px;"
|-
!Chart
!Peak position
!Debut sales
!Total sales
|-
|Oricon Daily Chart
| style="text-align:center;"| 3
| style="text-align:center;"| 20,025
| rowspan="4" style="text-align:center;"| 70,000 (17 weeks)
|-
|Oricon Weekly Chart
| style="text-align:center;"| 4
| style="text-align:center;"| 34,692
|-
|Oricon Yearly Chart
| style="text-align:center;"| 90
| style="text-align:center;"| 52,816
|}
== References ==
{{Reflist}}
{{Ayumi Hamasaki}}
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[[Category:2015 albums]]
[[Category:Ayumi Hamasaki albums]]
[[Category:2010s Japanese-language albums]]