Delicious Way

Delicious Way
Studio album by Mai Kuraki
Released	June 28, 2000 (2000-06-28)
Recorded	1999-2000
Genre	Pop, R&B
Length	45:51
Label	Giza Studio
Producer	Kanonji
Mai Kuraki chronology
Delicious Way (2000) Perfect Crime (2001)
Singles from Delicious Way
"Love, Day After Tomorrow" Released: December 8, 1999 (1999-12-08) "Stay by My Side" Released: March 5, 2000 (2000-03-05) "Secret of My Heart" Released: April 26, 2000 (2000-04-26) "Never Gonna Give You Up" Released: June 7, 2000 (2000-06-07)

Delicious Way is Japanese recording artist Mai Kuraki's debut album. It was released on June 28, 2000.

Commercial performance

The album debuted at number-one with 2,218,640 copies sold making it the highest first week sales for a debut album in Japanese music history and sixth overall.^[1] It stayed at the top of the Oricon albums chart for two consecutive weeks and remained in the top 10 for 9 consecutive weeks.^[2] The album eventually topped the year-end albums chart of 2000.^[3]

With sales figures exceeding 3.5 million, Delicious Way is the 9th best selling album and 3rd best selling debut album (behind Globe's Globe and Hikaru Utada's First Love) in Japanese music history.^[4]

Track listing

All lyrics written by Mai Kuraki except track 5, 7 (co-written with Michael Africk) and track 6 (co-written with Yoko Black. Stone). 

No.	Title	Music	Arranger(s)	Length
1.	"Delicious Way"	Aika Ohno	Cybersound	3:50
2.	"Love, Day After Tomorrow"	Ohno	Cybersound	4:02
3.	"Secret of My Heart"	Ohno	Cybersound	4:24
4.	"Stepping ∞ Out"	Yoko Black. Stone	Yoko Black. Stone	4:38
5.	"Baby Tonight (You & Me)"	Stone, Tomoo Kasahara	Stone	3:59
6.	"Can't Get Enough (Gimme Your Love)"	Stone	Cybersound	3:42
7.	"Never Gonna Give You Up"	Michael Africk, Miguel Sá Pessoa, Perry Geyer	Cybersound	3:59
8.	"Stay by My Side"	Ohno	Cybersound	4:26
9.	"Everything's All Right"	Masataka Kitaura	Cybersound	4:07
10.	"Happy Days"	Ohno	Cybersound	4:18
11.	"Kimi to no Jikan" (君との時間 "My Time With You")	Kasahara	Cybersound	4:15
Total length:				45:51

Charts, certifications and succession

Chart (2000) Peak position Japan Oricon Daily Albums Chart[2] 1 Japan Oricon Weekly Albums Chart[2] 1 Japan Oricon Monthly Albums Chart[5] 1 Japan Oricon Yearly Albums Chart[3] 1

Country Provider Sales Certification (sales thresholds) Japan RIAJ 3,530,420[2] 3× Million[6]

Procession and succession

Preceded by The Changing Same by Ken Hirai

Oricon Weekly number-one album July 10, 2000 – July 24, 2000

Succeeded by Yuzuman no Natsu by Yuzu

References

1. ^ (Japanese) "歴代アルバム初動ランキング". http://www.musictvprogram.com/corner-ranking-album-syodo.html/. Retrieved 2010-09-23. ^{[dead link]}
2. ^ ^{a b c d} (Japanese) "GIZA＠売上データ補完スレ - 売上スレ避難所＠JBBS掲示板". http://jbbs.livedoor.jp/bbs/read.cgi/music/3914/1044683463/190. Retrieved 2010-09-23. 
3. ^ ^{a b} (Japanese) "2000年 年間CDシングル/アルバム/トータルセールス/VIDEO/DVD/カラオケ/作詞家・作曲家・編曲家 ランキング". http://www.musictvprogram.com/corner-ranking-2000.html. Retrieved 2010-09-23. 
4. ^ (Japanese) "歴代アルバムランキング TOP275". http://www.musictvprogram.com/corner-ranking-album.html/. Retrieved 2010-09-23. ^{[dead link]}
5. ^ (Japanese)"邦楽 売上ランキング". http://www.geocities.jp/darusta2004/rank/20c.html. Retrieved 2010-09-23. 
6. ^ (Japanese) "日本レコード協会認定ミリオンセラーアルバム". RIAJ. http://www18.ocn.ne.jp/~hbr/jp1mal.htm. Retrieved 2010-09-23. 

External links

• Official website