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.
Release | Chart | Peak Position | First Week Sales | Sales Total | Chart Run |
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October 23, 2002 | Oricon Daily Charts | ||||
Oricon Weekly Charts | 2 | 354,910 | 58 weeks | ||
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