| "Beautiful" | ||||
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| Single by Mai Kuraki | ||||
| from the album All My Best | ||||
| B-side | "Wana" | |||
| Released | June 10, 2009 | |||
| Recorded | 2009 | |||
| Genre | J-pop | |||
| Length | 12:25 | |||
| Label | Northern Music | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Mai Kuraki, Song Yang Ha(송양하). | |||
| Producer(s) | Mai Kuraki, Daiko Nagato | |||
| Mai Kuraki singles chronology | ||||
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"Beautiful" is Mai Kuraki's thirty-second single, released on June 10, 2009. The single comes in two formats: limited CD+DVD edition and regular edition. It sold 29,446 copies in its first week and peaked at #2.
The title song, "Beautiful", is being used in Kose Cosmeport's "Salon Style" commercials since early June 2009. [1]
To promote the single, Kuraki made her second appearance on TV Asahi's "Music Station" on June 12 as well as appearing on other TV programs such as NTV's "Music Fighter" and NHK's "Music Japan" on June 14. [2] She also held four in-store events at Shinjuku's "Flags" (6/10), Tressa Yokohama (6/13), LaLaport Tokyo-Bay (6/13) and Nagoya's "Asunal Kanayama", entitled "Mai Kuraki 10th Anniversary Event: Beautiful", where Kuraki gave away postcard sets to audience members.
"Beautiful" debuted on the daily Oricon charts at #1 and stayed at the top for four days, however it only managed to rank at #2 on the weekly charts due to the unexpected boost in sales of Girl Next Door's "Infinity" on the last eligible day, which resulted in their first #1 charting single. "Beautiful" is Kuraki's second Top 3 entry in a row and her first single to reach the second spot in six years, since "Make My Day". With "Beautiful", Kuraki updated her own record for being the only female artist to have all of her 32 singles enter the Top 10. [3]
"Beautiful" became the first number daily one single written by a South Korean songwriter in Japan. [4]
All lyrics are written by Mai Kuraki
| No. | Title | Music | Arranger(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Beautiful" | Song Yang Ha (송양하) | Daisuke Ikeda | 4:31 |
| 2. | "Wana" | Silver Stream | Silver Stream | 3:24 |
| 3. | "Beautiful" (Instrumental) | Song Yang Ha | Daisuke Ikeda | 4:30 |
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Beautiful" (Music video) |
| Release | Chart | Peak Position | First Day/Week Sales | Sales Total | Chart Run |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 10, 2009 | Oricon Daily Singles Chart | 1 | 7,512 | ||
| Oricon Weekly Singles Chart | 2 | 29,446 | 36,434 | 6 weeks | |
| Oricon Monthly Singles Chart | 17 | ||||
| Oricon Yearly Singles Chart | |||||
| Release | Chart | Peak Position |
|---|---|---|
| June 10, 2009 | Billboard Japan Hot 100 | 5 |
| Billboard Japan Hot Singles Sales | 1 | |
Mai Kuraki is a Japanese pop and R&B singer-songwriter and record producer. After releasing her US debut single "Baby I Like" in 1999, Kuraki signed with Giza Studio and released her Japanese debut single "Love, Day After Tomorrow" in 1999. In 2000, she released her debut album, Delicious Way, which debuted at number-one and sold over 2.2 million copies in its first week. The album has spawned four top-three singles, "Love, Day After Tomorrow", "Stay by My Side", "Secret of My Heart", and "Never Gonna Give You Up". Eventually, the album sold over 3.5 million copies nationwide and became the best-selling album in Japan in 2000, and has been the ninth best-selling album in Japan of all-time.
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