The compilation celebrates the singer's entire musical career, from her 1992 debut with Super Monkey's to her most recent singles released in 2017.

Music critics praised the majority of the songs on Finally for their reworked quality, believing the collection captured the singer's craft over the previous four decades of her career.

She began her nationwide concert tour, which later expanded to other Asian countries, and then went on to perform in her hometown of Okinawa to commemorate her career.

[1][2] After finishing the album's campaign, she commenced her annual Live Style concert tour, which began the same year and ended in 2017.

[11] On her 40th birthday (September 20, 2017), Amuro announced her plans of retirement from the entertainment industry, which would take effect the following year.

[12] In her announcement, she confirmed her plans to release a "final album" and commemorate it with a concert tour, ending her career as a performer.

[12] Initially expected to be a studio album, Amuro confirmed that her final release would be a greatest hits compilation featuring all of her songs from her 1992 debut to her most recent single at the time, "Just You and I" (2017).

[13] Finally is divided into three discs and includes the majority of Amuro's work from her debut with the Super Monkey's in 1992 to "Just You and I".

[14][15] In addition to these changes, all singles released after "Tsuki" were included in their original form, with the exception of "Brighter Day," which did not appear on the final track list.

[17] Tetsuya Komuro, who previously collaborated with Amuro on her earlier albums, wrote and produced "How Do You Feel Now?".

[21] The DVD versions of the album were later distributed in Hong Kong, Taiwan, and other parts of South East Asia on November 24.

[22] Yasunari Kikuma photographed the album, Maseru Yoshikawa designed it, and Toshiyuki Suzuki and Jun Hirota created the logo.

[6] "Hero" served as the theme song for Japan's entry into the 2016 Summer Olympics and Paralympics, which were broadcast on NHK.

[32][33] Nonetheless, it was a commercial success, with over 750,000 digital units, 100,000 physical copies, and 50 million streams sold according to the RIAJ.

"Showtime" served as the theme song for the Tokyo Broadcasting System (TBS) series Kangoku no Ohimesama, which premiered in early October of that year.

[46] "Do it For Love" would be used as a commercial song for Hulu Japan which promoted her monthly documentary series that continued up until her retirement.

[48] Furthermore, the new re-recording of her single "Don't Wanna Cry" served as the theme song for the Japanese television series Refreshing.

[51] On the Japan Hot 100, "Finally" and "Hope" peaked at 30 and 16, respectively, with the latter receiving RIAJ gold certification for digital sales.

Following the album's release, Amuro appeared on various television networks, including MTV, Space Shower TV, and Music On!

[54] Tower Records held a pop-up store in Shibuya from November 7 to the 17th, displaying the album as well as various outfits and previous releases.

[56] A separate first leg included a special concert in her hometown of Okinawa at Ginowan Seaside Park to celebrate her 25th career anniversary.

[60][61] The tour's Blu-ray and DVD releases were a commercial success in Japan, topping the Oricon Video Charts.

[20] Hitoshi Sugiyama wrote for the same publication, praising the album's genre diversity and Amuro's "maturity" over three discs.

[68] You Onoda of Mikiki (Tower Records) praised Amuro's singing, emphasising her vulnerability and emotion in most tracks.

Pre-orders were placed in advance, and the album's promotional campaign helped it exceed sales expectations.

[73][74][75] Furthermore, Amuro had the highest first-week sales by a female artist since her own album Best Fiction in 2008, which sold 681,187 units.

[82][83] Finally sold 1.777 million copies in Japan by the end of 2017, becoming the best-selling album of the year and Amuro's first to do so.