Perfect Crime (album)

Perfect Crime
Studio album by
Mai Kuraki
ReleasedJuly 4, 2001 (2001-07-04)
Recorded2000–2001
GenrePop, R&B
Length56:37
LabelGiza Studio
ProducerKanonji
Mai Kuraki chronology
Delicious Way
(2000) 		Perfect Crime
(2001) 		Fairy Tale
(2002)
Singles from Perfect Crime
  1. "Reach for the Sky"
    Released: November 8, 2000
  2. "Tsumetai Umi"
    Released: February 7, 2001
  3. "Start in My Life"
    Released: February 7, 2001
  4. "Stand Up"
    Released: April 18, 2001
  5. "Always"
    Released: June 6, 2001
  6. "Perfect Crime: Single Edit"
    Released: August 18, 2001

Perfect Crime is the second studio album by Japanese recording artist Mai Kuraki. It was released on July 4, 2001, by Giza Studio.

In Japan, the album debuted at number one on the Oricon chart, selling 800,210 copies in its first week[1] and has been certified 4× Platinum by RIAJ after shipping over 1.6 million copies.[2] As of February 2018, the album has sold over 1,319,970 copies in Japan.[1]

The album's lead single, "Reach for the Sky" was released on November 8, 2000.[3] The song debuted at number three on the Oricon chart, and went platinum for selling over 250,000 physical sales in Japan. The follow-up double A-side single, "Tsumetai Umi/Start in My Life" also performed successfully on the chart, peaking at number two. The third single from the album, "Stand Up" has sold over 476,000 physical copies and became her fourth best selling single. Also, the song became the thirty-second best selling song of 2001 in Japan. The fourth single from the album, "Always" was used as the twelfth ending theme to the anime series, Case Closed and the theme song to Countdown to Heaven, the fifth film in the series.

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  3. ^ "Reach for the sky / 倉木麻衣 / J-POP / 音楽" (in Japanese). Retrieved 2018-02-15.