| "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]
- Kose Cosmeport "Salon Style" CM song (#1)
- NTV "Sukkiri!!" June theme song (#1)
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 |
- ^ 倉木麻衣、2009年第2弾はビューティフルなバラード. Natalie (in Japanese). 2009-04-24. Retrieved 2009-04-26.
- ^ "倉木麻衣、新曲リリース＆2回目のMステ出演決定". Oricon (in Japanese). 2009-05-25. Retrieved 2009-06-16.
- ^ "GIRL NEXT DOORがデビュー以来初の首位獲得". Oricon (in Japanese). 2009-06-16. Retrieved 2009-06-16.
- ^ "韓国人作曲の倉木麻衣シングル オリコン1位に". WowKorea (in Japanese). 2009-06-18.
| "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 | ||||
| ||||
"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]
- Kose Cosmeport "Salon Style" CM song (#1)
- NTV "Sukkiri!!" June theme song (#1)
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 |
- ^ 倉木麻衣、2009年第2弾はビューティフルなバラード. Natalie (in Japanese). 2009-04-24. Retrieved 2009-04-26.
- ^ "倉木麻衣、新曲リリース＆2回目のMステ出演決定". Oricon (in Japanese). 2009-05-25. Retrieved 2009-06-16.
- ^ "GIRL NEXT DOORがデビュー以来初の首位獲得". Oricon (in Japanese). 2009-06-16. Retrieved 2009-06-16.
- ^ "韓国人作曲の倉木麻衣シングル オリコン1位に". WowKorea (in Japanese). 2009-06-18.