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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 thirty-second single, released on June 10, 2009. The single comes in two formats: limited CD+DVD edition and regular edition. It sold 29,446 copies in its first week and peaked at #2.

Content

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's "Music Japan" on June 14. She also held four in-store events at Shinjuku's "Flags" (6/10), Tressa Yokohama (6/13), LaLaport Tokyo-Bay (6/13) and Nagoya's "Asunal Kanayama", entitled "Mai Kuraki 10th Anniversary Event: Beautiful", where Kuraki gave away postcard sets to audience members. "Beautiful" debuted on the daily

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charts at #1 and stayed at the top for four days, however it only managed to rank at #2 on the weekly charts due to the unexpected boost in sales of

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's " Infinity" on the last eligible day, which resulted in their first #1 charting single. "Beautiful" is Kuraki's second Top 3 entry in a row and her first single to reach the second spot in six years, since " Make My Day". With "Beautiful", Kuraki updated her own record for being the only female artist to have all of her 32 singles enter the Top 10.

Commercial performance

"Beautiful" became the first number daily one single written by a South Korean songwriter in Japan.

Usage in media

* Kose Cosmeport "Salon Style" CM song (#1) *

"Sukkiri!!" June theme song (#1)

Track listing

Charts

Oricon Sales Chart

Billboard Japan Sales Chart

References

External links

Mai Kuraki Official Website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Beautiful (Mai Kuraki Song) 2009 singles Mai Kuraki songs 2009 songs Songs written by Mai Kuraki Song recordings produced by Daiko Nagato