~Ella~
it's about time for to have an official Crystal Kay thread here! xp
Biography
Real name : Crystal Kay Williams
Nationality : African American, Korean
Birthday : 02/26/1986
Blood type : O
Height : 170 cm
An 18 year-old tremendously talented female singer has finally shown up on the Japanese music scene...She is Crystal Kay. Her father is a NY-born black bassist, and mother is a Korea-born singer. Born and raised in Yokohama, Crystal Kay had just graduated a while ago. Grown under the professional musical circumstance since birth, she naturally turned to be a special singer.
First appearance of her voice to the world was at her age of 6, through TV CF. Since her mother's friend was related to TV CF business, Crystal sang some songs for TV CF and people started to pay attention to her voice. Many major record companies tried to get contact with her and finally, Epic Records contracted with her in fall of 1998. Then Crystal made a debut with single Eternal Memories in July 1999.
Speaking English and Japanese fluently (now studying French), she is none other than an 18 year-old high school graduate student. However, she will be one of the artists with multi-national flavor to create some movements in the music scene of the 21st century.
Crystal Kay (real name Crystal Kay Williams) began her singing career at the age of six. When she was 12, she was signed to a record contract by Epic records. Born in Japan to a Korean mother and American father, she now lives in the United States, where she recently graduated from high school. With a singer for her mother and a jazz bassist for her father, music comes as naturally to her as breathing.
Discography
Green=Single
C.L.L Crystal Lover Light
1. Interlude P.P.P
2. Eternal Memories
3. Komichi no hana
4. More Lovin'
5. Chewing Gum Baby
6. Rettsu suika Dorobou
7. TAKA TAKA TAKA
8. Darling P.P.P
9. Tude Friend Decoration Cake
10. Tsurenai Guitar
11. Papa Donpi
12. Rainy Blue Day
13. C'mon Babe
14. Shadows of Desire
on 3/23/00, her 1st album titled C.L.L (Crystal Lover Light) was released but didn't have as great of sales as x-pected. the singles from this album were (in order of release) Eternal Memories, TEENAGE UNIVERSE- Chewing Gum Baby, Komichi no Hana, and Shadows of Desire.
637 -always and forever-
1. Girl's Night
2. Interlude~my ex
3. Ex-Boyfriend
4. CURIOUS
5. He Will Be Mine
6. ANOTHER BEST THING
7. Guardian Angel
8. Interlude~conditioner
9. Honey Glue
10. tsuki no nai yoru, michi no nai basho
11. Holiday Fighter
12. Couldn't Care Less
13. lost child (bonus track)
About a year later, she released Lost Child, Girls Night and Ex-Boyfriend, both of which got her alot of attention, especially with the song, Ex-Boyfriend.
She released her 2nd album, 637 -always and forver- on 8/22/01, which made it in2 the top 100 countdown. this album sold way better than her 1st album which was a flop.
Almost Seventeen
01. hard to say
02. Missin' U baby
03. Girl U Love
04. Shooting star dust
05. Boyfriend
06. Hide 'n' Seek
07. You're my fate
08. Love Of A Lifetime
09. Attitude
10. move on
11. A Song For You
12. think of U
13. Feel The Same?
She then released the singles Think Of You, Hard to Say, and Girl U Love from her Almost Seventeen album. Hard to Say was a huge hit and made it to #1 on a few radio stations and t.v shows. In October of 2002, she released her 3rd album Almost Seventeen. This album charted at No.2 on ORICON chart at first appearance. Various kinds of music, such as pop, ballad, Hip-Hop and R&B etc. are included in this album. You will find many aspects of Crystal in it. Many media covered her and this album became a big hit. Then her visibility was increased as well. Then she released a single named Boyfriend -Part II- which was once again, another huge hit single 4 her and is on her album, 4REAL
4REAL
01. Boyfriend -partII-
02. I LIKE IT
03. nice and slow
04. I'm Not Alone
05. What Time Is It
06. Candy
07. Can't Be Stopped
08. lead me to the end
09. kataomoi
10. OVER THE RAINBOW
11. DO YOU LIKE IT?
The first activity in 2003 was the collaboration with M-FLO. it was a mixture of 2 songs, I LIKE IT and REEWIND. a few months later, she had another single out named Candy, which sampled a part of Clipes' Grindin' song. the video involved alot of dance numbers. 2 months later, her single Cant be Stopped was released, it easily topped the charts with it's poppy-sound to it. she also made an english version of both the song and video. she then released her album 4REAL. many fans were disappointed 2 find out that most of the songs on her album were either a single, or a song she had preciously recorded.
NATURAL
01. Can't Be Stopped ~Till the Sun Comes Up~
02. Boyfriend ~What Makes Me Fall in Love~
03. Time After Time
04. Make Me Whole
05. Good Morning Sue
06. Love of a Lifetime
07. I'M NOT ALONE
08. Couldn't Care Less
09. OVER THE RAINBOW
10. FLY AWAY
11. Liberty
12. No More Blue Christmas'
next, she released her 1st English International debut album, NATURAL. many fans were unhappy with the way the recordings sounded, like it was all done in 1 take. Crystal Kay her self added her opinion on this, and her often being compared to UTADA and her English debut:
"Well...i didnt know people really discuss these things....im surprised on how much you guys know about my songs. I totally AGREE that my NATURAL album sucked. I just dont want people to DOUBT me. Hikaru and I have a different style and i have much respect for her music and wish her the best in what shes doin but i plan to do my BEST so i can prove myself to the US music scene. How people will Take me, i dont know but ima just have fun and work my butt off.
My productions arent going to be the same when i cross over and hopefully ill be able to do a few tracks with tim and other great producers. and NO i am not releasing anything anytime SOON.....haha well thanx to the peeps that like my music...and to the peeps that dont..thanks neways : )" this was taken from JPopMusic.com, from a person who knows Crystal Kay personally.
CK5
01. Motherland
02. Eternal Memories
03. Ex-Boyfriend
04. Tsuki no nai yoru, michi no nai basho
05. LOST CHILD (ORIGINAL VERSION)
06. think of U
07. hard to say
08. I LIKE IT
09. OVER THE RAINBOW
10. lead me to the end
11. Can't be Stopped
12. kataomoi
13. Boyfriend -part II-
she released a single called Motherland, which is a very nice, mellow song and happens to be the ending for the anime "Full Metal Alchemist." she soon after released an album with all her singles on it and sum of her PV's titled CK5.
Crystal Style
01. Bye! My Darling
02. MAKE YOU MINE
03.BET YOU DON"T KNOW
04. Kiss
05.Tears
06.LOVE it TAKE it
07. &BRAND-NEW
08. flowers
09. Magic
10. We Gonna Boogie
11. Baby Cop feat. Mummy-D
12. MY EVERYTHING
13. home girls
14. MAKE YOU MINE (English Version)
On 11/17/04, CK released "Bye My Darling," which is produced by AKIRA and has a rock/hip-hop beat to it. The video is pretty different from her others so be sure to check it out! The song "Kiss" is a ballad/r &b. Very nice song, it's pretty short, though. (A little over 3 minutes) Other songs on the single are"Got to Move On" "Sweet Friends" and "Kiss -Instumental-" Her upcoming single will be "Baby Cop." The PV has already leaked through.
How to Contact Kuri
yes!! there is a way 2 contact Crystal Kay other than posting on her message board on her official site. she is a user on www.funhi.com and visits there frequently. there, u can send her private messages, or talk 2 her in a forum-type chat. she is also on myspace.com.
all information and piccy's were obtained from www.c-kay.com, sonymusic.com, and popjapan.tv. if u have ne questions, comments, or watever, just post it here or PM me.
