Fuse of Love explained

Fuse of Love
Type:studio
Artist:Mai Kuraki
Cover:FUSE OF LOVE mai kuraki.jpg
Recorded:2004–2005
Genre:Pop, R&B
Length:48:26
Label:Giza Studio
Producer:Mai Kuraki, Kanonji
Prev Title:Wish You the Best
Prev Year:2004
Next Title:Diamond Wave
Next Year:2006

Fuse of Love is the fifth studio album by Japanese recording artist Mai Kuraki. It was released on August 24, 2005, over two years after If I Believe.

Background

This album is the first to be produced by Kuraki herself.[1]

Nearly five years after its release, the song "Chance for You" was chosen to be the theme song for the movie Soft Boy and a re-arranged "Cinema Version" was digitally released on June 16, 2010.[2]

Commercial performance

Fuse of Love debuted at #3 with 108,269 copies sold making it Kuraki's first album to not open/peak at number-one on the Oricon albums chart.[3] The album stayed in the top 10 for two weeks and charted for a total of 13 weeks.[4] Fuse of Love was the 81st best selling album of 2005.[5]

Charts

Chart (2005)Peak
position
Japan Oricon Daily Albums Chart[6] 1
Japan Oricon Weekly Albums Chart3
Japan Oricon Monthly Albums Chart[7] 3
Japan Oricon Yearly Albums Chart81

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 倉木麻衣 interview~ニュー・アルバム『FUSE OF LOVE』. 2010-09-25. ja.
  2. Web site: 倉木麻衣 : 倉木麻衣、映画『ソフトボーイ』主題歌配信決定 / BARKS ニュース. 2010-09-25. 2010-05-24. Barks. ja.
  3. Web site: ビーイング@売上データ補完スレ - 売上スレ避難所@JBBS掲示板. 2010-09-25. ja. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20110720021626/http://jbbs.livedoor.jp/bbs/read.cgi/music/3914/1092585293/84. 2011-07-20.
  4. Web site: http://jbbs.livedoor.jp/music/3914/storage/1125806375.html#488 . ja:【オリコン】売上枚数Q&A【2005/09/04付】 . 2010-09-25 . ja . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110720021208/http://jbbs.livedoor.jp/music/3914/storage/1125806375.html . 2011-07-20 .
  5. Web site: 2005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. 2010-09-25. ja.
  6. News: 倉木麻衣、6作連続首位獲得なるか!? ニュース-ORICON STYLE-. 2010-09-25. 2005-08-24. Oricon. ja.
  7. Web site: 2005 9月売上ランキング. 2010-09-25. ja.
  8. News: http://www.riaj.or.jp/data/others/gold/200508.html. ja:ゴールド等認定作品認定 2005年8月. 2010-09-25. RIAJ. ja.