Next Level is the tenth studio album (eleventh overall) by Japanese singer-songwriter Ayumi Hamasaki, released by Avex Trax on March 25, 2009 in Japan. It was released as a CD only version, a CD+DVD version, and a limited edition 2CD+DVD version with the second CD containing live songs taken from her New Year’s Countdown concert.

Additionally, it is the first album by Hamasaki and one of the first albums in the

world to be released as a USB flash drive. The two GB flash drive includes the 14 songs of the album in MP3 format along with their lyric data, and six music videos in MP4 format. The flash drive edition is priced at ¥6800 (approximately $68 USD). The album is certified Double Platinum for shipping out 500,000 copies .

The CD is really quite catchy as I have found myself listening it to it quite often. I recommend this album to anyone who is buying. I have said this before and I will say it again. If you really like the artist, you must buy their albums instead of download them. This way they will stay in business and will be able to put out more albums.

That being said… you can buy the album here!