''Touch Me!'' is Japanese singer-songwriter

Mai Kuraki (born October 28, 1982) is a Japanese pop and R&B singer-songwriter and record producer. After releasing her US debut single " Baby I Like" in 1999, Kuraki signed with Giza Studio and released her Japanese debut single " Love, Day After Tomorro ...

's eighth studio album, which was released on January 21, 2009, in Japan by her record label

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. The album was released in two formats; the regular single CD version and a limited

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version, whose content contained a

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look at the making of the album, as well an interview and clips from her 2008 tour. The album follows the same pattern as " One Life", in which Kuraki collaborated with new composers. Three singles were released from the album; the first, " Yume ga Saku Haru/You and Music and Dream," which debuted at number five on the

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single weekly chart. The second single and third single were, " Ichibyōgoto ni Love for You" and " 24 Xmas Time". Both singles charted at number seven on the Oricon charts. Selling 50,250 units in its first week, the album debuted at the number-one on the Oricon album weekly chart, becoming Kuraki's first album in five years to appear at the top spot.

Commercial performance

Released on January 21, 2009, in both Japan and Taiwan, the album proved to be successful in both countries. In Japan, ''Touch Me!'' debuted at number-one on the Oricon album daily chart. By the end of the charting week the album took the number-one spot on the Oricon album weekly at number-one with 50,250 units sold in its first week. This made ''Touch Me!'' Kuraki's first number-one album in five years, with this last occurring with her first

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album, ''

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'' (2004). In Taiwan, the album debuted at number-one on the J-Pop music chart, with 8.75% of the sales on the chart. On the drop down Select 第3週 The album stayed atop of the chart in its second and third week, with 6.55% and 4.38% of the sales, respectively. In its fourth week on the chart, ''Touch Me!'' was pushed down to number three, with 2.28% of the sales. The first and second place was occupied by Korean pop boy band

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's twenty-fifth Japanese-language single, "

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" and the

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soundtrack. However, on the Combo chart the album debuted at number twelve, with 0.66% of sales. On the drop down Select 第3週 By the second week, the album dropped to number twenty, selling 0.44%.

Singles

The first single from the album was the

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, " Yume ga Saku Haru/You and Music and Dream" which was released on March 19, 2008. The single debuted at number five on the

weekly chart, selling 20,390 units in the first week. The second single, " Ichibyōgoto ni Love for You", was released on July 9, 2008. The single debuted at number seven on charts and sold 21,061 units in its first week. The third and final single from the album was " 24 Xmas Time", which was released on November 26, 2008. Like the previous single, "24 Xmas Time" also charted at number seven selling it sold 21,002 units in its first week, 59 units less than "Ichibyōgoto ni Love for You".

Track listing

Charts

Release history

References

External links

Kuraki Mai Official Website
{{Authority control 2009 albums Mai Kuraki albums Being Inc. albums Stone Music Entertainment albums Japanese-language albums Songs with music by Akihito Tokunaga Albums produced by Daiko Nagato