Delicious Way

Delicious Way
Studio album by Mai Kuraki
Released June 28, 2000
Recorded 1999-2000
Genre Pop, R&B
Length 45:51
Label Giza Studio
Producer Kanonji
Mai Kuraki chronology

Delicious Way
(2000)		 Perfect Crime
(2001)
Singles from Delicious Way
  1. "Love, Day After Tomorrow"
    Released: December 8, 1999
  2. "Stay by My Side"
    Released: March 5, 2000
  3. "Secret of My Heart"
    Released: April 26, 2000
  4. "Never Gonna Give You Up"
    Released: June 7, 2000

Delicious Way is Japanese recording artist Mai Kuraki's debut album. It was released on June 28, 2000.

Commercial performance

The album debuted at number-one with 2,218,640 copies sold making it the highest first week sales for a debut album in Japanese music history and sixth overall.[1] It stayed at the top of the Oricon albums chart for two consecutive weeks and remained in the top 10 for 9 consecutive weeks.[2] The album eventually topped the year-end albums chart of 2000.[3]

With sales figures exceeding 3.5 million, Delicious Way is the 9th best selling album and 3rd best selling debut album (behind Globe's Globe and Hikaru Utada's First Love) in Japanese music history.[4]

Track listing

All lyrics written by Mai Kuraki except track 5, 7 (co-written with Michael Africk) and track 6 (co-written with Yoko Black. Stone). 

No. TitleMusicArranger(s) Length
1. "Delicious Way"  Aika OhnoCybersound 3:50
2. "Love, Day After Tomorrow"  OhnoCybersound 4:02
3. "Secret of My Heart"  OhnoCybersound 4:24
4. "Stepping ∞ Out"  Yoko Black. StoneYoko Black. Stone 4:38
5. "Baby Tonight (You & Me)"  Stone, Tomoo KasaharaStone 3:59
6. "Can't Get Enough (Gimme Your Love)"  StoneCybersound 3:42
7. "Never Gonna Give You Up"  Michael Africk, Miguel Sá Pessoa, Perry GeyerCybersound 3:59
8. "Stay by My Side"  OhnoCybersound 4:26
9. "Everything's All Right"  Masataka KitauraCybersound 4:07
10. "Happy Days"  OhnoCybersound 4:18
11. "Kimi to no Jikan" (君との時間 "My Time With You")KasaharaCybersound 4:15
Total length:
 45:51

Charts and certifications

Chart (2000) Peak
position
Japan Oricon Daily Albums Chart[2] 1
Japan Oricon Weekly Albums Chart[2] 1
Japan Oricon Monthly Albums Chart[5] 1
Japan Oricon Yearly Albums Chart[3] 1
Country Provider Sales Certification
(sales thresholds)
Japan RIAJ 3,530,420[2] 3× Million[6]

Preceded by
The Changing Same by Ken Hirai		 Oricon Weekly number-one album
July 10, 2000 – July 24, 2000 		Succeeded by
Yuzuman no Natsu by Yuzu

References

  1. ↑ (Japanese) "歴代アルバム初動ランキング". Retrieved 2010-09-23.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 "GIZA＠売上データ補完スレ - 売上スレ避難所＠JBBS掲示板" (in Japanese). Retrieved 2010-09-23.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 (Japanese) "2000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". Retrieved 2010-09-23.
  4. ↑ (Japanese) "歴代アルバムランキング TOP275". Retrieved 2010-09-23.
  5. ↑ 邦楽 売上ランキング (in Japanese). Retrieved 2010-09-23.
  6. ↑ 日本レコード協会認定ミリオンセラーアルバム. RIAJ (in Japanese). Retrieved 2010-09-23.

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