''Vivid'' is the tenth

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(12th overall) by Japanese singer-songwriter

Crystal Kay is a Japanese singer, songwriter, actress and radio host. After releasing her first single, "Eternal Memories" (1999), Crystal Kay gained fame for her third studio album, ''Almost Seventeen'' (2002), which debuted at number 2 on the Japanese O ...

. The album served as her first release under

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sublabel

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after Kay departed from her former record label,

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Background information

After the disappointing sales of her ninth Japanese album, ''Spin the Music'', Kay announced that she had decided to leave

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who she had been signed to since the age of twelve and under which all her previous albums had been released. She moved to

under the

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label and was working on her tenth Japanese album. The album was preceded by three singles: "Superman", which was used in the Japanese drama '' Boku to Star no 99 Nichi''; "Delicious na Kinyoubi / Haru Arashi"; and "Forever", which was released on June 6, 2012.

Track listing

Charts and sales

Charts

Sales

Release history

References

{{Authority control Crystal Kay albums 2012 albums Universal Music Japan albums 2010s Japanese-language albums