''Live Ai'' (stylized LIVE A.I.) is the first live album by Japanese-American singer-songwriter Ai, released on March 7, 2007, by

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and

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. The album primarily consists of songs and performances from Ai's final performance at

Nippon Budokan The , often shortened to simply Budokan, is an indoor arena located in Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan. It was originally built for the inaugural Olympic judo competition in the 1964 Summer Olympics. While its primary purpose is to host martial arts con ...

, but also other various tour dates within Japan from Ai's What's Goin' On Ai tour. The album was reissued on December 5, 2012 by USM Japan.

Background and release

To promote her fifth studio album, Ai embarked on the What's Goin' On Ai tour in Japan. The tour initially featured 11 dates across the country in November and December 2006. An extra date was added on December 13, where Ai performed at the Nippon Budokan stadium in Tokyo to 12,000 people. A DVD was released on March 28, 2007 titled ''Nippon Budokan Ai'' shortly after the release of the live album.

Track listing

All tracks written by Ai Uemura unless noted.

Personnel

Credits adapted from Tidal. * Ai Uemura – lead vocals (all tracks), lyricist (1–10, 12–13) *

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– featured artist, lyricist (12) * DJ Watari – composer (1) * DJ Yutaka – composer (2, 5) * Desert Storm – composer (3) * Lofey – composer (3) * Skane – composer (3) * 2 Soul – composer, (4, 10) * Kazunori Fujimoto – composer (6) * Carsten Lindberg – composer (7) * Emanuel Officer – composer (7) * Joachim A. Svare – composer (7) * T-Kura – composer (8, 9) *

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– composer, lyricist (11) * Stephanie Stokes Fountain – composer (13)

Charts

Release history

References

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