Jewel (Beni album)

Jewel
Studio album by Beni
Released December 8, 2010 (2010-12-08)
Recorded 2010
Genre R&B
Length 50:31
Label Nayutawave Records
Beni chronology
Lovebox
(2010)		 Jewel
(2010)		 Lovebox Live Tour
(2011)
Limited CD+DVD cover
Singles from Jewel
  1. "Heaven's Door"
    Released: August 11, 2010 (2010-08-11)
  2. "2FACE"
    Released: November 24, 2010 (2010-11-24)

Jewel is Beni's sixth studio album, and third original album under the mononym Beni released through Nayutawave Records. It was released on December 8, 2010.[1][2]

Contents

Background

The album was released only six months after her second album Lovebox. Lovebox managed to get the #1 weekly spot on the Oricon charts. This album however charted at the #11 spot on the Oricon Charts Weekly.

Promotion

The song 2FACE was the ending theme for NTVs program HAPPY Music (ハッピーMUSIC). The song Heaven's Door was the opening theme for the national tv program CDTV. And the song Smile is the theme song for the commercial Home Mate (ホームメイト; Homu Meito).[3]

Track listing

CD
No. Title Lyrics Music Producer(s) Length
1. "Jewel Intro"   Beni Daisuke "D.I" Imai Imai 1:11
2. "2FACE"   Beni Imai Imai 3:33
3. "Toki o Tomete" (トキヲトメテ "Stop Time") Beni Imai Imai 4:04
4. "Daisuki na noni" (大好きなのに "Even Though I Love You") Beni Imai Imai 4:00
5. "Lovin'U"   Beni Imai Imai 4:11
6. "Heaven's Door"   Kiyoshi Matsuo Daisuke Kawaguchi Daisuke Kawaguchi 4:54
7. "See U Again"   Beni HIRO HIRO 4:19
8. "First Time"   Beni lil 'showy lil 'showy 3:48
9. "Heartbreaker"   Beni, Huzibayashi Seiko Imai Imai 3:49
10. "Don't Let Go"   Beni lil 'showy lil 'showy 4:19
11. "Smile"   Beni Imai Imai 4:01
12. "Kimi to Nara" (君となら "If I'm With You") Huzibayashi Seiko 3rd Productions 3rd Productions 4:05
13. "Wasurenaide Ne" (忘れないでね "Don't Forget") Beni Imai Imai 4:14
Total length:
 50:31
DVD
No. Title Director Length
1. "2FACE" (Music video)    
2. "Heaven's Door" (Music video)    
3. "Lovebox Live Tour 2010 〜Documentary〜"      

Charts

Chart Peak
position		 Reported
sales
Oricon Albums Daily Chart[4] 7
Oricon Albums Weekly Chart[5] 11 26,000

References

  1. ^ (Japanese) "BENI - Nayutawave Records - NEWS". Universal Japan. 2010-11-05. http://www.universal-music.co.jp/beni/news/index.html. Retrieved 2010-11-05. 
  2. ^ (Japanese) "Tower Records - Jewel CD - BENI". Tower Records. 2010-11-18. http://tower.jp/item/2806029/Jewel. Retrieved 2010-11-18. 
  3. ^ (Japanese) "BENI - Nayutawave Records - NEWS". Universal Japan. 2010-11-15. http://www.universal-music.co.jp/beni/disco/index.html. Retrieved 2010-11-15. 
  4. ^ "Oricon Album Daily Ranking" (in Japanese). Oricon. December 8, 2010. Archived from the original on December 8, 2010. http://www.webcitation.org/5qCzELepS. Retrieved December 8, 2010. 
  5. ^ "Oricon Album Weekly Ranking" (in Japanese). Oricon. December 8, 2010. http://www.oricon.co.jp/rank/ja/w/. Retrieved December 8, 2010.