''All My Girls'' is the first major label release and first

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ese R&B singer

May J. , better known by her stage name May J., is a Japanese pop and R&B singer who made her major label debut under Sony Music Japan on July 12, 2006, with her first mini-album '' All My Girls''. She was born to an Iranian mother and Japanese father ...

Despite not gaining

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in Japan, as reflected by its debut at #85 on the

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charts, the album was generally well received by Western fans.

Promotion

Unlike most album releases in Japan (and even most mini-albums), ''All My Girls'' was released without any

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to garner interest. Two PV's were released for album tracks in order to promote the album, with the

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for "My Girls" being released before the record's release and the video for "Baby Eyes(Ma$amatixxx Reggae Mix)", a remix of "Baby Close Your Eyes" featuring Ken-U, screening sometime after. However, music videos do not generate the same amount of promotion in Japan as they do in the West, with the majority of album and single

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coming from live performances on one of

's many music variety programs. The fact that May J. only made one such appearance, performing "My Girls" on Music Fighter (where it was also the ending theme) is perhaps reason enough why this album debuted some 80 spots below more established artists who appear on up to 5 or more different television shows.

Track listing

# "My Girls" (Cheryl Lynn, David Paich, David Foster, May J., H.U.B., Icedown) – 3:59 # "Million Wayz" (May J.) – 3:29 # "Baby Close Your Eyes" (May J.) – 4:31 # "Good Tymez" (May J.) – 4:20 # "Destination" (May J., H.U.B.) – 4:16 # "Thanx" (May J., H.U.B.) – 4:56 # "Baby Eyes (Ma$amatixxx Dancehall Mix)feat.Ken-U" (May J., Ken-U) – 4:22

Charts

Sales Chart (Japan) {, class="wikitable" !Release !Chart !Peak position !First week sales !Sales total , - , July 12, 2006 , Oricon Weekly Singles Chart , align="center", 85 , 2,097 , 9,432

References

External links

Official artist website

Official record label website
2006 debut EPs May J. albums