''CK5'' is a compilation album by Japanese contemporary R&B singer Crystal Kay, released on June 30, 2004. It commemorates the five years since her debut as a musician in 1999. On the same day, ''CK 99—04 Music Clips'', a video album compiling her music videos was released.

Background

In 2001, Crystal Kay started to collaborate with the hip-hop/R&B group M-Flo, with Verbal featured on her single "Ex-boyfriend", and Taku Takahashi producing her singles "Hard to Say" (2002) and "Boyfriend (Part II)" (2003). In 2003, Crystal Kay collaborated on with them on two singles, "Reeewind!" and "I Like It". November saw the release of an Asia-wide English language album '' Crystal Kay'' (released as ''Natural'' in Japan) and her fourth studio album '' 4 Real''. In May 2004, Crystal Kay released " Motherland",a ballad written for the anime '' Fullmetal Alchemist'', which became her second top ten single. In June, she announced on her official website that she had graduated high school.

In April 2004, Crystal Kay's official site ran a poll to find out what the most popular songs of Crystal Kay's were for her fans. The resulting top 10 songs became the basis for the track list of ''CK5''. Three songs that were not on the list made it onto the album: "Motherland", which was the preceding single for the album, " Over the Rainbow", which was used in commercials for Tokyo Mode that featured Crystal Kay personally, and "Lead Me to the End", which had been used as a theme song for a Fuji Television new years drama, ''Guchi 2''. The album compiles songs from her previously released studio albums, as well the single "Motherland". Half of the album is taken from her fourth studio '' 4 Real'' (2003) which had been released seven months ago, as well as two songs from ''

Almost Seventeen ''Almost Seventeen'' is Crystal Kay's third album. It is her second R&B dominant album and is produced by a similar team as worked on ''637: Always and forever''. A large part of the record was written and produced by Michico and T-Kura of Giant ...

'' (2002) ("Think of U" and "Hard to Say"), three from '' 637: Always and Forever'' (2001) ("Ex-Boyfriend", "Tsuki no Nai Yoru, Michi no Nai Basho" and "Lost Child") and one from '' C.L.L Crystal Lover Light'' (2000), her debut single " Eternal Memories" (1999).

Promotion and release

The album was announced in early May, 2004. To promote the release, Crystal Kay made appearances on radio stations throughout July, and was featured in magazines such as ''Nylon Japan'', ''What's In?'', ''CanCam'', ''Blenda'', ''Woofin'' and ''Teen Girl''. On May 29, Crystal Kay made an appearance on the red carpet for the MTV Video Music Awards Japan 2004. On July 6, Crystal Kay performed an in-store acoustic live set at HMV Shibuya for 150 applicants who had purchased both the album and the DVD. The album's June 30, 2004 release is one day before the five year anniversary of " Eternal Memories", which was originally released on July 1, 1999.

Track listing

Charts

Sales and certifications

Release history

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:CK5 2004 compilation albums Crystal Kay albums Japanese-language albums Pop compilation albums Contemporary R&B compilation albums