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J-Pop Artist of the Week #62 [J-Pop/R&B]: Mai Kuraki (Week of July 8th-14th)

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The J-Pop Artist of the Week threads are back and suggestions are open! Please PM me if you have an artist you'd like to see featured next week or in the future!

 

Requests are full for July, so send in your requests for August! PM me or send me a DM on Twitter (@Mandilinn480) with an artist you'd like featured!

 

This Week's Artist:

Mai Kuraki

 

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Kuraki Mai (also known as Mai-K to her fans) had always wanted to be a singer ever since she saw a movie about Michael Jackson's life and watched Whitney Houston's concert videos. Around her second year in junior high school, she began making demo tapes, hoping that she would get a record deal. Her chance to sing came when she was in junior high school when a member of staff from GIZA studio caught her fresh talent and immediately sent her to Cybersound Studio in Boston to record her US debut single, "Baby I Like" under the pseudonym Mai-K which eventually became her nickname. The studio staff were so impressed with her vocal abilities that they encouraged her to go back to Japan and record. She did so and released her Japanese debut single, "Love, Day After Tomorrow" on December 8 the same year. Love, Day After Tomorrow hit the top spot in the Oricon Chart, selling more than 1 million copies. Since her debut at sixteen, her singles and albums have never failed to reach top 10 positions on the charts. -

 

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Music

 




























 

Upcoming Releases

 

[single] Muteki na Heart (Unbeatable Heart)/ STAND BY YOU 

Release Date: August 27th, 2014

Editions: CD-Only, CD+DVD (2 versions), Fanclub Edition

 

<CD Tracklist>

 

1. Muteki na Heart

2. STAND BY YOU

3. Muteki na Heart ~Instrumental~

4. STAND BY YOU ~Instrumental~

 

<Limited Edition A DVD Tracklist>

 

"Muteki na Heart" Music Clip

 

<Limited Edition B DVD Tracklist>

 

"STAND BY YOU" Music Clip

 

Please support this Mai by purchasing her music from CD Japan, HMV, or Yesasia!

 

Websites and Social Media

 





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Previous Weeks

 

 

Female Soloists

 

 


Kana Nishino

Miliyah Kato

Yuka Masaki

Jasmine

MiChi

Seiko Matsuda

Lecca

AI

AISHA

MISIA

Akina Nakamori

JUJU

Mika Nakashima

alan

ALI PROJECT

Hitomi Shimatani

Kanon Wakeshima

Rihwa

hitomi

Shishido Kavka

 


 

Male Soloists

 

 


Daichi Miura

Yuya Matsushita

Tetsuya Komuro

Ken Hirai

Keisuke Kuwata

Naoto Inti Raymi

KOHH


 


 

Duos

 

 


CHEMISTRY

m-flo

BREATHE

 


 

Dance/Vocal Units

 

 


EXILE

E-Girls

w-inds.

BRIGHT

AAA

J Soul Brothers

TRF

LEAD

 


 

Non-Dance Groups

 

 


Kalafina

ROOT FIVE

 


 

Idols

 

 


Kanjani8

ARASHI

Fairies



 


 

Bands

 

 


Sakanaction

SPYAIR

ONE OK ROCK

GIRL NEXT DOOR

BACK-ON

NEGOTO

YMO



 


 

Special Weeks and Features

 

 


Zainichi Korean Artists

Top 3 Highest-Selling Japanese Rock Bands

The Queens of J-Pop

Artists Who Used to Be Idols

 

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