Happiness (Ai song)

"Happiness"
2013 reissue cover
Single by Ai
from the album Independent
Language
  • Japanese
  • English
A-side"Letter in the Sky"
ReleasedDecember 14, 2011 (2011-12-14)
Recorded2011
Genre
Length4:17
Label
Songwriter(s)Ai Carina Uemura
Producer(s)
  • Uta
  • Ai
Ai singles chronology
"Stronger"
(2010)
"Happiness" / "Letter in the Sky"
(2011)
"Beautiful Life"
(2012)
Music video
"Happiness" on YouTube
Original cover
Original cover
Original cover

"Happiness" (ハピネス) is a song written and recorded by Japanese-American singer-songwriter Ai. Originally released digitally on November 18, 2011 as the second single from Ai's ninth studio album, Independent, it was released physically on December 14, 2011, by EMI Music Japan alongside "Letter in the Sky".

Used as a commercial theme song for Coca-Cola's Christmas campaign in Japan from 2011 to 2015, "Happiness" became one of Ai's best performing singles in the 2010s to date with 3 million digital downloads.[1][2] In 2013, the single received a Platinum certification from the Recording Industry Association of Japan (RIAJ).[3]

  1. ^ "AI、EMIへの移籍第一弾シングルがコカ・コーラCMソングに。PVでは初のコスプレ姿も披露". BARKS (in Japanese). November 8, 2011. Retrieved August 31, 2021.
  2. ^ "AI、「ハピネス」が5年連続の『コカ・コーラ』キャンペーンソングに決定". Real Sound|リアルサウンド (in Japanese). October 29, 2015. Retrieved August 31, 2021.
  3. ^ "レコ協、12月度着うた等有料音楽配信認定を公表 | Musicman". 音楽業界総合情報サイト | Musicman (in Japanese). January 20, 2012. Retrieved August 31, 2021.