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Mai Kuraki

 
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Mai Kuraki
She was influenced at an early age by Whitney Houston's singing and Michael Jackson's dancing. In her second year of junior high school, she submitted a demo tape to the GIZA recording label and won a contract. She debuted in the United States in 1999 with the song "Baby I Like," recorded under the pseudonym Mai K. Her first Japanese single, "Love, Day After Tomorrow," was released later in the year. It became a big hit in Japan and sold about a million copies. Kuraki now holds the record of having all 27 of her singles in the top-ten since her debut according to the Oricon's female artists ranking record.

Kuraki's career has been somewhat overshadowed by that of her slightly younger contemporary, Utada Hikaru. Despite this, Kuraki's album Delicious Way sold more than 3 million copies and became the best selling album of 2000 in Japan, cementing her status with singers like Ayumi Hamasaki and Utada Hikaru. Her second album, Perfect Crime, sold more than 1 million copies in 2001.

Her all-African-American tour band, Experience, is also somewhat prolific. They were featured in the music video for "Stand Up", and released one single featuring Kuraki Mai's vocals and a Michael Jackson tribute album.

Her English-language ventures, the single Baby I Like and the album Secret of My Heart were both major flops, even though they were the flagship releases of the GIZA USA label.

Year 2002 was a year of success for Kuraki Mai. January that year, "Winter Bells," the 10th opening theme for the popular anime Detective Conan, reached the top position of the Oricon charts. FT Shiseido chose "Feel fine!" as the theme song for its 100 year celebration campaign. The single release of the song briefly held the daily top spot against Ayumi Hamasaki's "Free & Easy", but lost out the weekly top spot.

Mai Kuraki's second album Perfect CrimeIn October 2003, she released a rock cover of a Momoe Yamaguchi, a 1970's idol, song, "IMITATION GOLD" as part of Tak Matsumoto's HIT PARADE project, which claimed the top position on the Oricon charts, despite selling less than 50,000 copies on the first week. On New Year's Day of year 2004, Kuraki released her compilation/best album Wish You The Best and became the best selling album in the month of January plus the 7th best selling album for the year 2004 in Japan. Since the release of "Love, needing," she have been featuring more retro-sounding songs. In March 2005 she graduated from Ritsumeikan University in Kyoto. Recently, her 6th studio album "DIAMOND WAVE" was released on 2 August 2006. This is the first time she is using her single title to be the same as the album and also the first time there are only three instead of four hit singles to be included in her album.

To date, Kuraki has recorded 7 studio albums (5 of which went to #1), 26 singles (3 of which went to #1), a compilation album, and 8 DVD/Videos. To this day, she continues to be one of Japan's biggest pop acts.
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Mai Kuraki - Mai Kuraki Live Tour 2008
Price: $62.71   $54.12
Format: DVD
JPN-VNBM-7004
5/6/2009
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Mai Kuraki

Mai Kuraki Live Tour 2008 "touch Me!" DVD (Japan Import)
Mai Kuraki - My Reflection~Clip & Live Selection (2 DVD Boxset) Region 3
Price: $49.00   $34.30
Format: DVD
SBD-4001
3/5/2004
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Mai Kuraki

My Reflection~Clip & Live Selection (2 DVD Boxset) Region 3
Mai Kuraki - Loving You-Tour 2002 DVD (Japan Import)
Price: $78.75   $17.47
Format: DVD
JPN-USD-BMBD-7006
5/15/2002
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Mai Kuraki

Loving You-Tour 2002 DVD (Japan Import)
Mai Kuraki (Mai-K) - Secret of my heart (US Edition)
Price: $18.50   $12.95
Format: CD Album or Maxi Single
US-220010001-2
1/22/2002
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Mai Kuraki (Mai-K)

Secret of my heart (US Edition)
MAI KURAKI & EXPERIENCE - ETERNAL MOMENT-FIRST LIVE TOUR 2001 DVD (Japan Import)
Price: $71.47   $17.47
Format: DVD
JPN-USD-BMBD-7003
11/21/2001
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MAI KURAKI & EXPERIENCE

ETERNAL MOMENT-FIRST LIVE TOUR 2001 DVD (Japan Import)
Mai Kuraki - First Live 2001 in Zepp Osaka & MTV DVD (Taiwan Import)
Price: $17.50   $12.25
Format: DVD
DV-112
11/2/2001
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Mai Kuraki

First Live 2001 in Zepp Osaka & MTV DVD (Taiwan Import)
Mai Kuraki - First Cut DVD - 40 min (Region 2) (Japan Import)
Price: $45.52   $17.47
Format: DVD
JPN-USD-BMBD-7001
11/8/2000
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Mai Kuraki

First Cut DVD - 40 min (Region 2) (Japan Import)
Mai Kuraki - delicious way Album (Pre-owned) (Japan Import)
Price: $44.99   $18.17
Format: CD Album or Maxi Single
JPN-USD-GZCA-1039
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Mai Kuraki

delicious way Album (Pre-owned) (Japan Import)


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