Editing Ayumi Hamasaki (section)

===2012–2013: 15th anniversary, ''Party Queen'', ''Love again'', and ''A Summer Best''===

On March 21, Hamasaki released her thirteenth studio album, ''[[Party Queen]].''<ref name="deliriumzer0.com">{{Cite web |title=February 23 – Party queen {{!}} Ayumi Hamasaki: A Beginner's Guide |url=https://www.deliriumzer0.com/ayu/daily-partyqueen |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221209090049/https://www.deliriumzer0.com/ayu/daily-partyqueen |archive-date=December 9, 2022 |access-date=2022-12-09 |website=www.deliriumzer0.com}}</ref> During the press tour, Hamasaki would say that she had considered making the release her first [[double album]] due to "how easy" songwriting had been during production.<ref name="deliriumzer0.com" />

On August 6, 2012, Hamasaki released her sixth compilation album ''[[A Summer Best]]''. In September, it was announced that there would be new material for five consecutive months to celebrate the artist's fifteenth anniversary; these releases consisted of [[Love (Ayumi Hamasaki album)|''Love'']], ''[[Again (Ayumi Hamasaki album)|Again]]'', ''[[A Classical]]'', ''[[Love Again (Ayumi Hamasaki album)|Love Again]]'', and ''[[Ayumi Hamasaki Arena Tour 2012 A: Hotel Love Songs|Arena Tour 2012 A: Hotel Love Songs]]''.<ref>{{cite web|title=浜崎あゆみ 5ヶ月連続リリース記念特集|url=http://shop.mu-mo.net/a/st/event/ayu1211/|website=mu-mo Shop|access-date=15 June 2014|archive-date=November 5, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121105000539/http://shop.mu-mo.net/a/st/event/ayu1211/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |script-title=ja:浜崎あゆみ、「毎月8日」に5ヶ月連続新作発表 |url=http://www.oricon.co.jp/news/2017090/full/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140714153200/http://www.oricon.co.jp/news/2017090/full/ |archive-date=July 14, 2014 |access-date=15 June 2014 |publisher=Oricon Style |language=ja}}</ref>

In April 2013, Hamasaki began the ''[[Ayumi Hamasaki 15th Anniversary Tour: A Best Live|15th Anniversary Tour: A Best Live]]'' tour. Its setlist, selected by an online fan survey, was later released as her first live CD.<ref name="first live album">{{cite web|title=アルバム連続TOP10歴代1位を獲得した浜崎あゆみ|work=ニュース&エンタメ情報『めるも』 |date=February 28, 2014|url=http://news.merumo.ne.jp/article/genre/1678577|publisher=Yomerumo News|access-date=15 June 2014|language=ja|archive-date=July 14, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140714165316/http://news.merumo.ne.jp/article/genre/1678577|url-status=live}}</ref>