''Koda Kumi Remix Album'' is the first remix album by Japanese pop- R&B singer

Koda Kumi , known professionally as , is a Japanese singer from Kyoto, known for her urban and R&B songs. After debuting with the single "Take Back" in December 2000, Koda gained fame in March 2003 when the songs from her seventh single, "Real Emotion ...

. It was released on February 22, 2006, the same day as her last single from ''12 Singles Project'', '' Someday/Boys♥Girls''. It was only available as a digital download to those who bought all 12 singles from '' Best ~second session~'' album, and includes eight songs. This was Kumi's first remix album before her '' Driving Hit's'' series of remix albums, which began in 2009.

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''Koda Kumi Remix Album'' is the first

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by Japanese singer-songwriter

, released on February 22, 2006. It was released on the same day as her final single in her ''12 Singles Project'', '' Someday/Boys♥Girls.'' The album was only released as a digital download to those who purchased all twelve singles in the project. It featured eight remixes out of the original twelve songs, including "

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", which would become one of Kumi's most well-known ballads throughout her career. ''Koda Kumi Remix Album'' would be her only remix album until the release of ''

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'' three years later in 2009. The latter album would be the start of a series Kumi would release in the coming years.

Background and composition

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" was inspired by the

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, which was popularized throughout the 1950s and 1960s and became one of the most well-known Brazilian genres outside of Brazil. Kumi would have another song remixed in this style for her song " Koi no Tsubomi", which would be released three months later in May 2006. " Someday" was remixed by Ryuichiro Yamaki (best known as "R. Yamaki"), who had worked on previous remixes of Koda Kumi songs, most notably " Yume with You", which had its remix placed on her album ''

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.'' Yamaki has also worked with the likes of

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and

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. Remix artist Dub Master X (Izumi "D.M.X" Miyazaki) also worked on the album for the remix of " No Regret". D.M.X had worked predominantly with Kumi during her debut singles and albums, having remixed the songs "

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" and "

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", along with her later song " Trust You" from her 2005 album ''

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Track listing

References

External links

Koda Kumi Official Site
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