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2005 studio album by Mai Kuraki
| Fuse of Love | |
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| Studio album by Mai Kuraki | |
| Released | August 24, 2005 (2005-08-24) |
| Recorded | 2004–2005 |
| Genre | Pop, R&B |
| Length | 48:26 |
| Label | Giza Studio |
| Producer | Mai Kuraki, Kanonji |
| Mai Kuraki chronology | |
| Wish You the Best(2004) Fuse of Love(2005) Diamond Wave(2006) | |
| Singles from Fuse of Love | |
| "Ashita e Kakeru Hashi"Released: May 19, 2004 "Love, Needing"Released: January 26, 2005 "Dancing"Released: March 23, 2005 "P.S My Sunshine"Released: June 1, 2005 | |
Fuse of Love is the fifth studio album by Japanese recording artist Mai Kuraki. It was released on August 24, 2005, over two years after If I Believe.
This album is the first to be produced by Kuraki herself.[1]
Nearly five years after its release, the song "Chance for You" was chosen to be the theme song for the movie Soft Boy and a re-arranged "Cinema Version" was digitally released on June 16, 2010.[2]
Commercial performance
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Fuse of Love debuted at #3 with 108,269 copies sold making it Kuraki's first album to not open/peak at number-one on the Oricon albums chart.[3] The album stayed in the top 10 for two weeks and charted for a total of 13 weeks.[4] Fuse of Love was the 81st best selling album of 2005.[5]
| Chart (2005) | Peakposition |
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| Japan Oricon Daily Albums Chart[6] | 1 |
| Japan Oricon Weekly Albums Chart[3] | 3 |
| Japan Oricon Monthly Albums Chart[7] | 3 |
| Japan Oricon Yearly Albums Chart[5] | 81 |
| Country | Provider | Sales | Certification(sales thresholds) |
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| Japan | RIAJ | 185,350[3] | Gold[8] |
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- ^ "倉木麻衣、6作連続首位獲得なるか!? ニュース-ORICON STYLE-". Oricon (in Japanese). 2005-08-24. Retrieved 2010-09-25.
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- ^ ゴールド等認定作品認定 2005年8月. RIAJ (in Japanese). Retrieved 2010-09-25.