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Crystal Kay

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Crystal Kay promoting THE BEST REMIXES of CK (2009)

Crystal Kay (クリスタル・ケイ) is the daughter of an African-American father and Korean mother, born and raised in Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. She first sang some songs for TV CF, thanks in no small part to her mother's contacts, at the age of 6. This young start got her noticed early on and by 1998 she had signed to Epic Records at only 12 years old. The following year she debuted with the single Eternal Memories. To date she has released eight albums and has collaborated with the likes of m-flo and CHEMISTRY. Like a number of Japanese artists, Crystal can speak both English and Japanese, the former making a regular appearance in her songs which exhibit a distinctly western influenced R&B sound.


Profile

  • Name: Crystal Kay Williams
  • Nicknames: Kuri, CK
  • Birthday: February 26, 1986
  • Birthplace: Yokohama, Japan
  • Blood Type: O

Information

1999-2001 - Debut & Image Change

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Crystal Kay promoting "Eternal Memories" (1999)

Crystal Kay began her career at just 4 years old, debuting as a jingle singer for several CM's. In 1999 at just 12 years old Crystal teamed up with the composer Kanno Yoko to produce her debut single "Eternal Memories". The single peeked at #47 on the Oricon chart. Before the end of 1999 Crystal released two more singles, "TEENAGE UNIVERSE ~Chewing Gum Baby" and "Komichi no Hana" with the former charting the same position as "Eternal Memories" and the latter charting significantly less, at #80.

On March 23, 2000 Crystal's debut album C.L.L.～Crystal Lover Light was released. Crystal was just 14 when the album was released. It reflected a more indie side of her, as later albums would gear towards the "pop" and urban genres. This album reached #60 on the charts and manged to chart for four weeks, selling 19,930 copies. Crystal also released her fourth single "Shadows of Desire" simultaneously with the album. "Shadows of Desire" is her first single to be sung entirely in English and is Crystal's only single to date not to chart.

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Crystal Kay promoting promoting 637 -always and forever- (2001)

Inactive for the rest of the year, Crystal made her comeback in 2001 collaborating with Osawa Shinichi and Fujiwara Hiroshi to release the single "LOST CHILD" which was a theme song for the film Satorare. In that same year Crystal underwent an image and genre change to an urban style and released her fifth single "Girl's Night" which was would be her first single produced by T.KURA and MICHICO. The title track for the single was used for the TX music program JAPAN COUNTDOWN and the it reached #100 on the Oricon weekly chart while only charting for one week. Crystal's sixth single Ex-Boyfriend featured Hip-Hop artist VERBAL of the group m-flo. At the time of it's release the single was a minor success peaking at number #44 and charting for five weeks.

Crystal's second album 637 -always and forever- was released August 22nd, 2001. The songs featured her new venture into the urban and pop market. The album reached a position three times higher than her previous album C.L.L CRYSTAL LOVER LIGHT, it manged to reach #19 on the Oricon weekly charts and charted for a total of eight weeks selling 48,550 copies. Crystal's seventh single think of U was a Christmas themed single and was her final release of 2001.

Discography

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Crystal Kay promoting CK5 (2004)
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Crystal Kay promoting "Kirakuni / Together" (2006)
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Crystal Kay promoting Color Change! (2008)

Albums

Other Albums

Singles

Digital Singles

DVDs

Vinyls

Compilation / Other

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