"Precious" is the third single by
Yuna Ito
is an American-born former singer and actress who was active in Japan.
She was born in Los Angeles and was raised in Hawaii. Ito made her musical debut in Japan with the single, "Endless Story", which was used as one of the theme songs for the ...
. It is the theme song to the movie
Limit of Love: Umizaru (starring Hideaki Ito and Ai Kato) and was released on May 3, 2006. Both "I'm Free" and "Secrets" are more up-beat songs than "Precious".
"Precious" reached a peak of #2 on the daily charts and #3 on the weekly charts. The following week, her single stayed high on the charts and was #3 for the second week in a row. Her sales jumped from 39,000 copies the first week to 44,000 copies the second week. In two weeks, it has already surpassed the sales of her last single, "
Faith/Pureyes
"Faith/Pureyes" is the second single released by Yuna Ito. It's a double a-side single that features the two songs "Faith" and "Pureyes". "Faith" is a dark, emotional ballad whereas "Pureyes" is more of an up-beat, pop tune.
"Faith" was the endi ...
".
This single has been billed as a double b-side single due to the fact it has 2 b-sides.
On the half-yearly charts of 2006, "Precious" was the 2nd most-downloaded song, 3rd most-downloaded ringtone, 5th most-downloaded
PV, and overall (combined ranking for all 3 categories) ranked 2nd.
The PV (promotional video) for the title track "Precious" was shot in New Zealand, where Ito and her staff stayed for 5 days.
Despite the song being released for more than two years, it managed to climb back up the charts, with a peak of 17.
Track listing
# Precious
# I’m Free
# Secrets
# Precious: Instrumental
Live performances
*April 29, 2006 — CDTV - "Precious"
*April 29, 2006 — Music Fair 21 - "Precious" + "''
Endless Story
"Endless Story" is the first single by Yuna Ito, released under the name Reira starring Yuna Ito. "Endless Story" was used in the movie ''Nana'' in which Yuna played the character Reira Serizawa. "Endless Story" peaked at #2 on both the daily ...
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*May 5, 2006 — Music Station - "Precious"
*May 5, 2006 — Music Fighter - "Precious"
*May 26, 2006 — Music Station - "Precious"
*November 20, 2006 —
Best Hit Song Festival 2006 - "Precious"
*December 6, 2006 — FNS Kayousai 2006 - "Precious"
*December 16, 2006 — 39th
Japan Cable Awards
are an annual set of music awards, sponsored by the .
The awards are presented annually since 1968 and are based on requests from the audience received by cable broadcasters. The awards is finished in 2017, Kiyoshi Hikawa, who is a Japanese enk ...
(Nihon Yusen Taisho) - "Precious"
*December 29, 2006 — Sakigake Ongaku Banzuke - "Precious" and "
Truth
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*December 31, 2006 — CDTV 2006-2007 Special - "Precious"
Charts
Oricon Sales Chart (Japan)
References
2006 singles
2006 songs
Yuna Ito songs
Japanese film songs
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