The Official Crystal Kay Thread
 

We need a place to talk about クリちゃん！Here's the latest on her:

Album: ALL YOURS out 6/20!
http://www.sonymusic.co.jp/Music/Arc...0/jacket_m.jpg
1. こんなに近くで... Konna ni Chikaku de... [So close...]
2. Dream World
3. Anytime
4. あなたのそばで Anata no Soba de [Next to You]
5. Cherish
6. STILL
7. Butterfly's Garden
8. きっと永遠に Kitto Eien ni [Surely Forever]
9. ESCALATOR
10. Sugar Rain
11. I wanna be
12. Lonely girl
13. Midnight Highway
14. Last Kiss

Single: あなたのそばで [Anata no soba de] 5/16 release
http://www.sonymusic.co.jp/Music/Arc...0/jacket_m.jpg
Peak position: #30
Copies sold: 7,000

Collaboration: Love don't cry (m-flo loves)

i realli realli ADORE kitto eien ni...

I hopethe album is good ....... "Call Me Miss..." was REALLY good!

I LOVE her R'n'B *_* I can't wait for the album. 3 last singles was @_@

i wasnt really interested in her until fairly recently.
ive really enjoyed all her new singles, and im very much anticipating this to be a good album. :)

Personally, I really liked her last three singles, although I can see why they wouldn't appeal to some people.

Beautiful album cover...I was wondering why there wasn't a Crystal Kay thread a week ago...there was somebody else that doesn't have one too...but I absolutely love her!!!

Great to see a CK thread here^^ Perfect timing! I hope the album does well. I pre-ordered my copy sunday.

I'm really looking forward to this album! And I agree, I like the cover a lot ~

The album is great! I uploaded it in the download section))

thanks Sasha.
i'm listening to it now!
i've listened to the first 3 tracks, so good!
anyone have the charts?..!
i really hope it's #1, but i'm not sure if it will manage.. :(

Not sure...Her last three albums always got #2 (CK5, Crystal Style, & Call me miss...). Mostly because CK5 is her 5th anniversary album celebration, Crystal Style has Motherland, which is tie-in to anime FMA (which is quite big, the single peaked #9), and Call me miss... has CK x CHEMISTRY duet...maybe that's what push it up (it got #2) and Koi ni Ochitara was a drama tie-in (peaked #2 too).

This one...Kitto Eien ni peaked #12, Konna ni Chikaku de... peaked #14, & Anata no Soba de... charted on #30....so I kinda doubt it's going to chart high....

but in the top 10, surely?!
i've listened to 8 tracks now..
and i gave 7 of them 5 stars on iTunes, and 1 got 4 stars.
it's a beautiful album! it really deserves to be in the top 5..!!

thanks! this is my first album by her..hope it impresses me

"All Yours" debuted @ #1 today on Oricon! U GO CK!!!!

OMG!
YESSSS!
she so deserved it, it's an amazing album!

I'm feeling the same way. I thought before she was just kind of blahhh, but this album seems like it's really good. I'm gonna download it right now :)

^id download it right now too, but im at work ;_____;

i wanna download it so that i can like it and buy it! haha

I discovered Crystal Kay from that Music Station episode where both Ayumi and Utada Hikaru appeared. :D I liked the way Konna ni Chikaku de... sounded back then but I've been hooked on it for a week now. So naturally, I'm so glad that her album is #1 on the daily charts. I think that her main competitor is ZARD (may she rest in peace), but I think the album will stick around in the top 5 for many weeks to come.

Dang! Number 1! I'm shocked (but quite happy)

What the hell is this? I'm on track 13 and I haven't found any horrible tracks O_O

This is really amazing. I think I'll love this album. My least favorite...funnily are all three single tracks but not really that bad. Tongue
I almost can't pick any favorites....maybe STILL and Sugar Rain, but the others are almost at the same level with these two. The album is totally perfect. Mannn this beats PLAY. Totally. It's been awhile since I buy J-Pop CDs, and I think this is the right time to start again. <3

AHHH! #1! I'm not a big fan of Crystal Kay, but I've been kinda interested in her for a while now, and I'm quite impressed. I need to download this album... Isn't this not only her first #1 album, but CD overall?

As far as I know this is her first album to hit #1 on the daily charts. Her other albums starting at CK5 have reached #2.

i just hope she can keep it up!
ach. i hate the whole daily chart thing..
it keeps the suspense going for a whole week!

I think this is a really solid album. A lot of the tracks are really simple but they really show off her voice, and make me feel good. Great job Kuri~

sadly, the style doesnt suit me..but i do like some songs very much..

^ awh. that's too bad!
but she can't please everyone i guess..
no-one can!

I'd kill for Sugar Rain & STILL PVs <3333


Ah, does anyone know that Crystal Kay also did a Koda Kumi? XD
STILL and As One (B-side of Kitto Eien ni) is the same song with different lyrics.

The B - Side is English the other is the Japanese version i think

Are you sure? I'm listening again just to make sure. :3

STILL is Japanase, As One is English.....but I think the lyrics are different.

So she did a Namie too then? As in White Light and Nobody. What is with people doing that lately? Having them in two different languages is a completely different thing if that's what it is, but I'm assuming both are in Japanese.

ALL YOURS is #1 for a second day. Her indicator is again twice of ZARD's.

indicator?
what does that mean?

..sorry for my stupidity :[[

I noticed that!
the song was playing and i started singing the As One lyrics.
hahahaha

when did kuu do that?
EDIT: nvm, im retarded. Yume no Uta and Futari de...

that's so surprising to hear.
Namie's album was released on the same day too.
What happened to her?

So far "All Yours" has sold 12,205 copies in two days.

The indicator is a digit that Oricon publishes every day in the daily charts next to the top 3 singles and albums. You multiply it by 1.7 to find out how many real copies the single or album has sold in that particular day.

Nanako: Where did you get that information, if you don't mind me asking? Because if you add up the 2 Oricon indicators and multiply it by 1.7, you get more that 12,205. :( The people at JPM say ALL YOURS has sold 20,749 in 2 days.

Okay so,

I LOVE this album.

Does anyone else think that ESCALATOR sounds like Kylie Minogue's "Fever" at a few parts? Take a listen and see if you know what I mean...=)

i guess..
but it's better :D
my 3rd favorite track on it :]]

#1 - Kitto Eien Ni
#2 - Konna Ne Chikaku De...
#3 - ESCALATOR
#4 - Anata No Soba De
#5 - STILL / Sugar Rain [can't decide.]

but i really like the rest, well these three are just okay to me though..

Cherish
Lonely Girl
Last Kiss

Namie's is to be released next week

Romaji by me ^^

Dream World

Hey you know I just lose my mind You just take me away I wanna be with you

Oh babe you're my Dream World
kodou ga takanatte iku chotto setsunakute amai
Oh babe you're my Dream World
sonna suteki na hito wo yatto mitsuketa no I love you...

ne hontoni anata omou to
Boy naki dashi sou ni nacchau
Uh konnani itoshikute
Hah tameiki bakari

datte anata no Heart
I'm not so sure
chotto ha omotte kureteru no
watashi ja dame na no

Hey you know I just lose my mind You just take me away I wanna be with you

Oh babe you're my Dream World
kodou ga takanatte iku chotto setsunakute amai
Oh babe you're my Dream World
sonna suteki na hito wo yatto mitsuketa no I love you

You goe ga kikitaku naru
I yoru mo nemure nakute
Hmm nani wo miteite mo
anata omoidasu shimetsukeru kanjou

Alone kurai heya
passhon no kyandoru tomoshite
think about u
mune ga koware sou kono kaori wa masani My heart

Oh babe you're my Dream World
Just Can't stop thinking about u Hey konnani omou koto nakatta
Oh babe you're my Dream World
furimuite hoshii hito yatto deaeta no I want u

Uh doushitara kono kimochi
tsutaerareru no
Uh sabishisa koraete
utsumuku hi wa mou No more

Oh babe you're my Dream World
kodou ga takanatte iku chotto setsunakute amai
Oh babe you're my Dream World
sonna suteki na hito wo yatto mitsuketa no I love you

Oh babe you're my Dream World
Just Can't stop thinking about u Hey konnani omou koto nakatta
Oh babe you're my Dream World
furimuite hoshii hito yatto deaeta no I want u...

Ahh, you know, I just lose my mind You just take me away I wanna be with you
Boy, you know, I just lose my mind You just take me away I wanna be with you
Ahh... Ahh... I wanna be with you

Cherish

me wo tojite mimi sumaseba modoranai keshiki ga
Baby longing for you sotto in my mind setsunai hodo afureteru
ureshii hi nakitai toki ichiban ni anata wo
Aah Just hold me tight in my lonely night
omotteru my love missing you

rajio kara nagareteru you favorite song ano koro yori suki ni natta
anata no koe kiiteru mitai ni megeruto kuchizusan deru...
konna kaze ni itsumo anata ni sou mamorarete ita
shiawase kidukazu ita kokoro ga kuyashikute

me wo tojite mimi sumaseba modoranai keshiki ga
Baby longing for you sotto in my mind setsunai hodo afureteru
ureshii hi nakitai toki ichiban ni anata wo
Aah Just hold me tight in my lonely night
omotteru my love missing you

otona ni naru to kangaekata mo aishi kata mo kawatteku
yume toka ai toka oikakeru to itsushika surechigatteta...
fushigi ne shizuka ni hanarete yuku futatsu no kimochi
kizutsuke atteta hibi sae tada itoshikute

itsudatte doko ni ite mo shiawase negatteru
Baby wishing you luck kitto for your life sore shika dekinai kara
sono shigusa sono egao ga mata toozakaru kedo
Aah I know wish you gonna cherish you
anata he no my love forever

hiroi sekai futari ga meguri aeta koto truly you're my one
tsutae musubi aeta koto subete wa doko he mo kie yashinai

itsudatte doko ni ite mo shiawase negatteru
Baby wishing you luck kitto for your life sore shika dekinai keredo
chigau sora betsu no mirai watashi-tachi ikite mo
Aah You know wish you gonna cherish you
wasurenai your love forever

ESCALATOR

kokoro surechigau shunkan tsunai de itate hodokete
omowazu nagetsukete shimau no yo Dirty talk
hanfu saki wo aruite demo yasashisa matte iru
zurui jibun iradatsu Oh the Escalator

furimukeba You're still far away
tooi me de Why don't you follow me
doko wo mite iru no nani wo omotteru no
Thought you always be there for me

One step too far nanika iwa nakya
kono manma de wa hanarete yuku
Two steps too far taisetsu na no wa Oh baby
anata shika inai noni

dandan to toozakaru yokogao ga kirei sugite
kono mune ni sasaru itami wa sou Lovin' you
fui ni kasanatta shisen ni donna kao shitara ii no
nani mo dekinai mama kodou wa Escalation

konnaku ni You're still far away
komarasete Why am I hurting too?
yatto hontou no kimochi ni kiduku nante
Thought you always be there for me

One step too far nanika iwa nakya
kono manma de wa hanarete yuku
Two steps too far aisaretai no wa Oh baby
kitto onnaji na noni

mada jibun no koto sae wakaranai
konna sugao ja nai watashi da keredo kawaritai yo

One step too far nanika iwa nakya
kono manma de wa hanarete yuku
Two steps too far ayaman nakucha
Oh baby wakatte iru noni

One step too far nanika iwa nakya
kono manma de wa hanarete yuku
Two steps too far taisetsu na no wa Oh baby
anata shika inai

One step too far nanika iwa nakya
kono manma de wa hanarete yuku
Two steps too far aisaretai no wa Oh baby
kitto onnaji na noni

One step closer nanika iwa nakya
kono manma de wa hanarete yuku
Two steps closer taisetsu na no wa Oh baby
anata shika inai no yo

Sugar Rain

mata sukoshi ne futari chikadukeru sonna ki ga suru
ame ga furu hi wa fushigi na sweetest day
kasa hitotsu wakeatte kata idaki yoserarete
kimi no migikata kanarazu nureteru... rainy sky
donna toki datte Baby kidukeba sotto mamorareteru ne
Hey, thank you for you love
sono mune ni tsutsumarete tsunotteku
my love to you oh oh oh oh oh

daisuki na kimi no tonari de
(I feel sugar rain It's fallin' down on me)
itsumade mo yorisoi nagara arukitai
kimi ga kureru nukumori wo
(And I feel sugar rain It's fallin' down on me)
mune ni kizamu you ni ame wa furu no

Yeah afureru omoi wa calling you (you)
Tell me what I can do for this love
Your heart yuuutsu na asa wa Your smile nakitai yoru wa
itsumo mayowazu sono kikasete... I'll be there
moshimo kono saki ni baby kurushii koto ga matte ita toshite mo
Hey you're the only one
kimi he no kono kimochi wo wasurenai to
promise to you oh oh oh oh oh

daisuki na kimi no kokoro ga
(I feel sugar rain It's fallin' down on me)
ame ni nurenai you ni mamotte agetai
sabishisa mo hohoemi mo
(And I feel sugar rain It's fallin' down on me)
futari kasa sasu you ni wakeaitai
(I know kitto)
kimi ni au made kizutsuku koto saketeru mitai ni
But hey!

sorenara
my life wouldn't be right It's just wouldn't be right
you're precious
Yes I do
kono ai wo shinjite kimi ga ite donna itami mo yuuki ni kawaru
Stay with me baby
sono mune ni tsutsumarete tsunotteku
my love to you yeah...
my love to you...

daisuki na kimi no tonari de
(I feel sugar rain It's fallin' down me)
itsuka onaji yume wo mitsuke ni ikitai
yasashii ame wo sosoide
(And I feel sugar rain It's fallin'down on me)
shiawase no hana wo sodatete yukou
daisuki na kimi no tonari de
( I feel sugar rain it's fallin' down on me)
itsumade mo yorisoi nagara arukitai
kimi ga kureru nukumori wo
(And I feel sugar rain it's fallin' down on me)
mune ni kizamu you ni ame wa furu no

More to come ))

Really appreciated!! XD

Do you mind romanizing STILL & As One?

Sure)

thank you Sasha! :]]

I didn't multiply it by 1.7 sorry:PWhy do you have to multiply the numbers anyways?

and where do you even get the charts?
i know where to get the top 20, but that's it :[[

I've been listening to the album more, and the more I hear it, the better it gets. I can't expressed how impressed I am with Kuri, because I barely cared for her music at all before this album. I don't know why I'm suddenly loving it so much now :\

Probably because it's at number 1, so in your mind you're thinking it's better than before.

JPOP, 2007, after almost 6 months of pure mediocreness, FINALLY a jewel

At last, there's something released this year (other than namie amuro's Baby Don't Cry song) that is indeed worthy listening. This is so much better than her previous (CMM - 2006) album. Specially since I loved her 2005 album to death, I was expecting she'd do better stuff later.
I love Dream world and Anytime. The whole album is pretty good.

yay!
people love it! :D

I don't think that's it at all. I just think that it's better music than her previous albums. Those were just kind of mediocre to me, but then again, I've never heard those albums in their entirety. I've only seen specific PVs and stuff like that.

:D #1 on the weekly!

:hi5

I'm so happy for Crystal, she deserve #1))

#1 weekly?
XD
awesome!!
GO CK!!

she totally deserves it! :D:D:D

The sales are about 51,000 T_T

Yeah low sales but @ least she can say she's had a #1 album^^

Congratulations, Crystal! :) I'm just gonna wow you with my originality and say she deserves it.

"All Yours" is #8 today on Oricon. Sadly, it only sold 51K and Namie's album sold more than that in one day-_-

Glad to hear that! I think Japan loves CK.

"ALL YOURS" is #7 selling 37,451 copies in its 2nd week. So far the album has sold 88,662 copies. I'm pretty sure she'll be able to hit 100K by next week

That's not bad! She'll probably be able to stay in the top 10 next week, right? Unless she has major competition...

"ALL YOURS" is #14 today on Oricon. Not bad considering there are a whole lot of new releases this week.

Hmm..yeah that's true. I just hope she can hold on and have some staying power in the charts.

Me too. Today she is #10 on Oricon!!

"ALL YOURS" finally sells 100,000 this week.

CK is #11 on Oricon selling 16,529 copies for a total of 105,191 copies in 3 weeks.

YOU GO GIRL!!!!

Week #1 51,211
Week #2 37,541
Week #3 16,529
Week #4 9,665
Week #5 6,280
Week #6 4,645

Total: 125,781

Sorry to bother you xDD

Oh, so there is a Kuri thread....good! I LUV of Kuri songs and there good too! I just don't understand why she and her songs are so underrated. Motherland and Koi no Orichi (I can't spell it) were her only to big songs and since than she really hasn't gotten props for her songs and albums. ToT Although I didn't buy ALL YOURS, I plan to buy her next album. I haven't listened to Kuri in a while and need to get back into listening to her songs esp. her new ones. I glad she got her 1st album though bcuz she deserves it.

Woot! Kuri!

Koi ni Ochitara

Yeah, the sales trailed off a bit...but at least she had a No. 1!

I wish she'd get a little more attention on her music than she what she has none. It's strange b/c last night I was watching this special where her and Namie was featured on their b/c of their style and looks. I was so happy b/c I actually saw it an American channel that talked about their music along with Japan's pop culture.....(It was on BET Jams!) LUVED EVERY MOMENT OF IT!

Here it is:



Cool, huh!

wow! great video! i watched the whole thing. it was quite interesting actually.
i wouldnt mind seeing more of that program.

haha, "I'm Rick James, *****!"
HAHAHAHAHA

woo go CK! those album sales are good! ^.^ I should get it soon =x

LMAO! I laughed at that part too. I was so suprised that BET did a special on Seven Days of Japan lead along feature her (..and Namie). I was so happy! Kuri should try her music over her....I think she'll get more hits in the US than in Japan. :yes

ah, David already explained that to me. It was a "world debut" or something, not aimed specifically at the US. or something~ XD

Well, now that the music industry has changed (drastically) Kuri's music will definitely be profitable and recoginized over here...especially on BET. She'll be like Ameria....but more popular and have more hits.

I forgot!

Kuri made her covergirl debut for the first time last month on the September '07 edition of popular BLENDA Magazine!

http://img503.imageshack.us/img503/1...dacoversh7.jpg

Looking very nice if I may say. :]

Anyone got a bigger pic...?

WOW! Kuri is SEXY and just GORGEOUS! Congrats Kuri!!! :D

Ah! I didn't even know that or I would have gotten it. I'm going to search around for that issue. Too bad Blenda can't be found anywhere like Popteen or Ranzuki.

That "world wide" whatever album was just released for the japanese market and They just added Word Wide whatever to spice it up i guess.

Well, I don'y how they named it because it really made me think thst she did debut in America and came with results like Exodus '04!!!

Mini Album 「Shining」
2007.11.28 Release;

Catalog Number
ESCL-3050
Price
¥1,529
Tracklist
1. Shining
2. Snowflake
3. Happy 045 Xmas
4. No More Blue Christmas'
5. Shining (Jazztronik Remix)



For those who don't know. Only two new songs for me though. :|

Total sales of ALL YOURS; 157,653 (Album + singles)

I got bored. So who's looking forward to Shining?! It's only 23 days away. :yes

Juuust making sure this thread doesn't die for another 2 months like last time...

I wonder why she is deciding to release a mini-album. What is tryin' to accomplish with her.....*wonders*

^ Yeah, I doubt this would've happened if ALL YOURS didn't get to #1. Sadly, I wouldn't be suprised if Shining doesn't break the top ten. Actually, I don't think it will. What annoyed me is that Sony calls it a mini album when there's only two new songs and a remix. Hopefully Kuri will go back to releasing material soon after, and not disappear for a year again. :/

Maybe she's busy with school? I just hope the 2 new songs are good!

^ Haha yeah, I was so suprised when she said she took the train to school. Apparently not many people notice. :P

They probably just think it's some girl trying to copy sifow and had an accident in the tanning parlor XD ganguro power!

COVER FOR SHINING IS OUT!

CLICK

Omfg, I sooo effing love it. If you were thinking Christmas-y, think again. <3



(When on the site, click on the link that says Crystal Kay). :]

shining MP3 is out right?

^ It is?!

http://img232.imageshack.us/img232/4...nnnnnnneq7.jpg



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