Almost Seventeen Explained

Almost Seventeen
Type:studio album
Artist:Crystal Kay
Cover:Almost Seventeen.jpg
Released:October 23, 2002
Recorded:2001–2002
Genre:J-pop, R&B
Length:56:21
Label:Epic
Producer:VERBAL, T-Kura, MICHICO, Paul Epworth
Prev Year:2001
Next Title:Crystal Kay
Next Year:2003

Almost Seventeen is the third album by Japanese singer and actress Crystal Kay. It is her second R&B dominant album and is produced by a similar team as worked on 637: Always and forever. A large part of the record was written and produced by Michico and T-Kura of Giant Swing Productions. She also worked with the TinyVoice production company and Takahashi Taku from m-flo to produce "Hard to say". "Love Of A Lifetime" is a cover of a 1999 single by British girl group Honeyz. Crystal also released her ninth single "Girl U Love" alongside the album. The first pressings of Almost Seventeen were released at a lower price, and later prints received a new catalog number and a raised price.

The album reached #2 on the weekly Oricon chart. This was a huge career milestone for Crystal, with her last album peaking at #19. In 2003 almost seventeen sold 213,023 copies, making it the #62 best selling album of the year. In all the record ranked for a total of 58 weeks, selling 354,910 copies. It is Crystal's best selling album.

Charts

ReleaseChartPeak PositionFirst Week SalesSales TotalChart Run
October 23, 2002Oricon Daily Charts
Oricon Weekly Charts2354,91058 weeks
Oricon Monthly Charts
Oricon Yearly Charts
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