Why Do You Think Crystal Kay Doesn't Chart Well?

[namiie]

^ LOL I never even realized that possible combination XD I'm reminded of Sailor Moon mostly though, because of Crystal Tokyo and the like.

[Plumeria]

I think that she's inconsistant on the charts because her music isn't always great. She has some awesome songs but also lots of mediocre ones in my opinion.

[Aisha_Angel]

I think it's because she always releases album-filler tracks as singles. After awesome singles like "Koi ni Ochitara," "TwoAsOne" & "kirakuni," Kuri just busted up everything for me with that "kitto..." single, "konna ni chikaku de" and "anata soba de" (sp? for all...o.O) Anyway, she just keeps releasing the wrong stuff as single material.

What she NEEDS to do is hook up with m-flo permanently like the rumors said she was...atleast that's what I would want her to do.

^THAT'D BE AWESOME!! Plus aren't they looking for a new singer since the m-flo loves... project is over??

[Sasha]

In my opinion her singles for ALL YOURS was great! All three!

[Partino]

^hear hear ... yeah that album was very good ... well she will be one of those artists you know because they 1) make good music and 2) don't sell good ... like ... like K-Fed ... that was a bad one ... I know

oh gosh. Aisha, ALL YOURS singles where definatlynot fillers.
Kitto Eien ni + Konna Chikaku de... has to be up there with her greatest songs ever.
m-flo's popularity helped the Two as One sales.
and Crystal peformed Kitto Eien ni + Konna Chikaku de... only once and Anata no Soba de, well, she didn't.
whereas with 恋におちたら, she performed it dozens of times..

i think the answer is promotion tbh..

[ayu_fan929]

I was reading some posts in the BoA thread and it got me thinking: Why doesn't Crystal Kay go into the American market? (or has she tried already?)

^I think she's planning on it. A lot of Eastern artists are going to try and break into the Western market. Crystal speaks fluent English and one of her idols is Janet Jackson so it's no surprise if she does try to launch her career in America.

[ayu_fan929]

She would have a decent chance in the US compared to BoA imo.

^...seriously? BoA wouldn't do well here. Crystal has a really good chance, her voice is amazing and plus she's got a specific look. Even if that didn't work in Japan, I'm sure it'll work here. BoA....no.

[font=times new roman]she release in America once.
it went Utada style unfortunatly.. but worse.
no-one even knows were it charted in the U.S.

but unlike Utada she didn't even visit America to promote it.


more info on it here btw.

[Diana]

Argh... I hate that "because she`s african american asian" part >.< I soooo hate it!! If someone has talent he`s popular ... or so I would want it to be I think her voice is great
Btw, what`s her real name? slowmoth said this is her fantasy name or whatever so I wanna know her real name

[Hazuki]

Crystal Kay's real name is Crystal Kay Williams.

[Peger]

I think if anything Crystal's race helps her. There's a fairly large amount of mixed stars in Japan, people find them exotic. The fact that shes part black helps too, since Japanese people associate R&B with black people. They even used to call it black music.

As far as discrimination goes, I think other asians have it the worst in Japan.

[fanmail]

Crystal already tried to debut in the USand flopped horribly .... worse than Utada =\ .... I think her music is too "Westernized", which could be why =\

[Diana]

Originally Posted by Hazuki

Crystal Kay's real name is Crystal Kay Williams.

Oh thanx It`s not that much fantasy name..

Originally Posted by Peger

I think if anything Crystal's race helps her. There's a fairly large amount of mixed stars in Japan, people find them exotic. The fact that shes part black helps too, since Japanese people associate R&B with black people. They even used to call it black music.

Didn`t they say that that`s why she doesn`t chart well? :/

[ayu_fan929]

Originally Posted by austin. ♥

[font=times new roman]she release in America once.
it went Utada style unfortunatly.. but worse.
no-one even knows were it charted in the U.S.

but unlike Utada she didn't even visit America to promote it.


more info on it here btw.

Well if promotion was the problem then it could always be easily fixed.

[Kobayashiwoof]

Originally Posted by fanmail

Crystal already tried to debut in the USand flopped horribly .... worse than Utada =\ .... I think her music is too "Westernized", which could be why =\

That English album wasn't an American release, it was just another Japanese release with the concept of it being "Worldwide premiere" or something

[..:Hot:Like:Wow:..]

Lack of being Japanese... thats it.