First Cut (album) explained

First Cut
Type:video
Artist:Mai Kuraki
Cover:FirstCut.jpg
Border:yes
Caption:DVD cover
Released:November 8, 2000
Genre:J-Pop
Length:40 minutes
Label:B-Vision
Producer:Kanonji
Next Title:Mai Kuraki & Experience First Live 2001 in Zepp Osaka
Next Year:2001

First Cut is the first video album by Japanese recording artist Mai Kuraki. It was released on DVD and VHS on November 8, 2000 by B-Vision, simultaneously with her single "Reach for the Sky".[1] The video brought a collection of Kuraki's music videos and making videos. The album became the second best-selling video album (DVD) of 2000 in Japan.

Commercial performance

The album sold over 99,000 copies in its first week and debuted at number one on the Oricon weekly video albums chart. It became the highest first-week video album sales by female singers in Japan until Namie Amuro update the record with Namie Amuro Best Fiction Tour 2008–2009 in 2009.[2] First Cut has sold over 232,000 copies so far.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Amazon.co.jp . FIRST CUT [DVD] DVD・ブルーレイ 倉木麻衣 . 2018-02-28.
  2. Web site: MusicVoice . 安室奈美恵ライブDVD売上15万枚!2冠&新記録を樹立 . 2018-02-28.