Crystal Kay
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Crystal Kay | |
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| Origin | Japan |
| Years active | 1999–present |
Crystal Kay Williams (born February 26, 1986 in Yokohama, Japan) is a J-pop singer. She mainly uses her first two names Crystal Kay as her stage name.
Biography
Crystal Kay was born to an African American father, who was a bassist from New Jersey, and a Korean-born singer mother. Growing up with professional musicians as parents, she naturally became a talented singer. Crystal Kay was born and raised in Japan but she attended Kinnick High School when her father was stationed in Yokosuka. She now attends Sophia University, which is the same school Beni Arashiro currently attends, the two are good friends. She is fluent in both English and Japanese, and she has also studied French.
She first debuted her voice at the age of 6 in a television commercial, with the help of her mother.
After the well-promoted collaboration with m-flo in 2003 and a #2 album, she became known to the public. She scored her first top 10 hit with "Motherland," which was used as the ending theme for the anime Fullmetal Alchemist in 2004.
Her greatest hit single in her career so far is 2005's koi ni ochitara, which was used in the drama koi ni ochitara ~boku no seikou no himitsu~ and peaked at #2 on the weekly charts.
Her most recent collab, Two as One, which was released on October 5, 2005, is a collaboration with Chemistry.
In 2006, Crystal Kay will be releasing a new album called 'Call Me Miss...' and has already released her first single off that album, 'Kirakuni/Together'. Kirakuni is the first single lead song that is sung in full English.
Trivia
Although Crystal Kay is half-Korean, she doesn't speak Korean. She is fluent in English and Japanese.
Discography
Albums
- Call me Miss...(2.22.2006)- #2
- Crystal Style (2005) - #2
- CK5 (2004) - #2
- A greatest hits album released to commemorate the fifth anniversary of her debut.
- NATURAL -World Premiere Album- (2003) - #34
- An English-language album of some new songs and compilation of English songs from singles, etc.
- 4 REAL (2003) - #6
- almost seventeen (2002) - #2
- 637 -always and forever- - #19
- C.L.L CRYSTAL LOVER LIGHT (2000) - #60
Singles
- Kirakuni/Together (2006) - #27
'Kirakuni' was composed/produced by the famous R&B masters, Jam & Lewis.
- Two as One (as Crystal KayxCHEMISTRY) (2005) - #2
- Koi ni Ochitara (2005) - #2
- Kiss (2005) - #10
- Bye My Darling! (2004) - #40
- Motherland (2004) - #9
- Can't be Stopped (2003) - #146
- Candy (2003) - #21
- REEEWIND! (as m-flo loves Crystal Kay) (2003) - #9
- I LIKE IT (as Crystal Kay loves m-flo) (2003) - #8
- Boyfriend -part II- (2003) - #23
- Girl U Love (2002) - #156
- hard to say (2002) - #26
- think of U (2001) - #60
- Ex-Boyfriend (as Crystal Kay feat. VERBAL) (2001) - #44
- Girl's Night (2001) - #100
- LOST CHILD (2001) (as Fujiwara Hiroshi + Shinichi Osawa featuring Crystal Kay) - #55
- Shadows of Desire (2000) - #Failed to chart
- Komichi no Hana (1999) - #80
- TEENAGE UNIVERSE ~Chewing Gum Baby (1999) - #47
- Eternal Memories (1999) - #47
References
- Oricon Style (2006), Crystal Kay@Oricon Style Online