Fairy Tale (Mai Kuraki album)


Fairy Tale is the third studio album by Japanese recording artist Mai Kuraki. It was released on October 23, 2002 under Giza Studio label.

Background

The concept and theme of the album is "fairy tales". Kuraki stated that, with Fairy Tale being the last album to be released in her teenage years, she wanted it to reflect her beliefs, dreams and hopes in the past, present and for the future.

Release and promotion

Singles

"" was released as the lead single from the album in August, 2001. "Can't Forget Your Love" was released as a double A-side with "". The song was written by Kuraki herself, Aika Ohno, Cybersound and Akihito Tokunaga and served as the theme song to the 2001 Japanese TV program :ja:生きるための情熱としての殺人|Ikiru tame no Jonetsu toshite no Satsujin. The single has sold over 180,040 copies and been certificated gold by RIAJ.
"Winter Bells" was released as the second single from the album in January, 2002. "Winter Bells" was used as the tenth opening theme to the Case Closed anime. The song was written by Kuraki herself and Akihito Tokunaga. The song has sold over 258,310 copies and been certificated platinum by RIAJ. It's known as Kuraki's first Christmas song.
"Feel Fine!" was released as the third single from the album in April, 2002. "Feel Fine!" samples 80's surf rock influences. The song was written by Kuraki herself and Akihito Tokunaga. The song has sold over 451,500 copies and been certificated 2×platinum by RIAJ, making it the sixteenth best-selling single of 2002 in Japan. It was served as the commercial song to the American cosmetic brand :ja:シーブリーズ|Sea Breeze.
"Like a Star in the Night" was released as the fourth single from the album in September, 2002. "Like a Star in the Night" was used as the Japanese theme to the 2000 American television series Dark Angel. The song was written by Kuraki herself, Aika Ohno, Akihito Tokunaga and Daisuke Ikeda. The single has sold over 119,550 copies and been certificated gold by RIAJ.

Commercial performance

Fairy Tale debuted at number-one on the Oricon Weekly Albums Chart with 404,010 copies sold making it Kuraki's third number-one debut. The album stayed on the Oricon albums chart for a total of 37 weeks of which the album spent 5 in the top 10, non-consecutively. Fairy Tale was the 23rd best selling album of 2002.

Track listing

Charts

Daily charts

Weekly charts

Monthly charts

Yearly charts

Certification and sales

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Cover

The composer of Key to my heart, Aika Ohno self-cover this song in her cover album Silent Passage.