Fairy Tale (Mai Kuraki album) explained

Fairy Tale
Type:studio album
Artist:Mai Kuraki
Cover:Fairy Tale (Mai Kuraki album).jpg
Recorded:2001–2002
Genre:Pop, contemporary R&B
Length:56:37
Label:Giza Studio
Producer:Kanonji
Prev Title:Perfect Crime
Prev Year:2001
Next Title:If I Believe
Next Year:2003

Fairy Tale is the third studio album by Japanese recording artist Mai Kuraki. It was released on October 23, 2002 under Giza Studio label.

Background

The concept and theme of the album is "fairy tales".[1] Considering that this would be the last album to be released in her teenage years, she has stated that she wanted it to reflect her beliefs, dreams and hopes in the past, present and for the future.

Release and promotion

Singles

"Can't Forget Your Love" was released as the lead single from the album in August 2001. "Can't Forget Your Love" was released as a double A-side with "Perfect Crime: Single Edit". The song was written by Kuraki, Aika Ohno, Cybersound and Akihito Tokunaga. It also served as the theme song to the 2001 Japanese TV program Ikiru tame no Jonetsu toshite no Satsujin.[2] The single has sold over 180,040 copies and been certificated gold by RIAJ.

"Winter Bells" was released as the second single from the album in January 2002. "Winter Bells" was used as the tenth opening theme to the Case Closed anime. The song was written by Kuraki and Akihito Tokunaga. The song has sold over 258,310 copies and has been certificated platinum by RIAJ. It's known as Kuraki's first Christmas song.

"Feel Fine!" was released as the third single from the album in April 2002. "Feel Fine!" samples 80's surf rock influences. The song was written by Kuraki and Akihito Tokunaga. The song has sold over 451,500 copies and been certificated 2×platinum by RIAJ, making it the sixteenth best-selling single of 2002 in Japan. It was served as the commercial song to the American cosmetic brand Sea Breeze.

"Like a Star in the Night" was released as the fourth single from the album in September 2002. "Like a Star in the Night" was used as the Japanese theme to the 2000 American television series Dark Angel. The song was written by Kuraki, Aika Ohno, Akihito Tokunaga and Daisuke Ikeda. The single has sold over 119,550 copies and has been certificated gold by RIAJ.

Commercial performance

Fairy Tale debuted at number-one on the Oricon Weekly Albums Chart with 404,010 copies sold making it Kuraki's third number-one debut.[3] The album stayed on the Oricon albums chart for a total of 37 weeks (twenty more than her previous album Perfect Crime) of which the album spent 5 in the top 10, non-consecutively.[4] Fairy Tale was the 23rd best selling album of 2002.[5]

Charts

Yearly charts

Cover

The composer of Key to my heart, Aika Ohno self-covered this song in her cover album Silent Passage.[9]

References

  1. Web site:

    Music Freak Magazine :: MAI KURAKI Long Interview

    . 2010-09-23. ja.
  2. Web site: Can't forget your love/PERFECT CRIME-Single Edit- - 倉木麻衣 / J-POP / 音楽 . Amazon.co.jp. 2018-02-15.
  3. Web site: GIZA@売上データ補完スレ - 売上スレ避難所@JBBS掲示板. 2010-09-23. ja. 2011-07-20. https://web.archive.org/web/20110720021201/http://jbbs.livedoor.jp/bbs/read.cgi/music/3914/1044683463/46. dead.
  4. News: http://jbbs.livedoor.jp/music/3914/storage/1104433243.html#960 . ja:【オリコン】売上枚数Q&A【2004/12/31付】 . 2010-09-23 . ja . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110720021340/http://jbbs.livedoor.jp/music/3914/storage/1104433243.html . 2011-07-20 .
  5. Web site: 2002年 年間CDシングル/アルバム/トータルセールス/VIDEO/DVD/カラオケ/作詞家・作曲家・編曲家 ランキング. 2010-09-23.
  6. Web site: オリコンデイリー Cdアルバムランキング 2017年10月26日付 | Oricon News . www.oricon.co.jp . 12 January 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20171027132012/https://www.oricon.co.jp/rank/ja/d/2017-10-26/ . 27 October 2017 . dead.
  7. Web site: 2017年10月23日~2017年10月29日 オリコン週間 アルバムランキング .
  8. Web site: オリコン月間 Cdアルバムランキング 2017年10月度 11〜20位 | Oricon News . www.oricon.co.jp . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20171109134603/https://www.oricon.co.jp/rank/ja/m/2017-10/p/2/ . 2017-11-09.
  9. Web site: 大野愛果「Silent Passage」全曲紹介. https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211220/MaWnrWbH_yk . 2021-12-20 . live. YouTube. EN.