Mai Kuraki

Mai Kuraki is a Japanese pop singer-songwriter. She was influenced at an early age by Whitney Houston's singing and Michael Jackson's dancing. In her second year of junior high school, she submitted a demo tape to the Giza Studio recording label and won a contract.

Mai Kuraki's debut album "Delicious Way" was a massive success in Japan topping the charts and selling an impressive 3,451,660 copies. It was the highest selling album in the year 2000 and officially the 9th best selling Jpop album of all time. In addition, Mai Kuraki also holds the record of having all 28 of her singles in the top-ten since her debut according to the Oricon's female artists ranking record.

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