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Jewel (Beni album)

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Jewel
Studio album by
ReleasedDecember 8, 2010 (2010-12-08)
Recorded2010
GenreR&B
Length50:31
LanguageJapanese
LabelNayutawave Records
Beni chronology
Lovebox
(2010)
Jewel
(2010)
Lovebox Live Tour
(2011)
Alternative cover
Limited CD+DVD cover
Singles from Jewel
  1. "Heaven's Door"
    Released: August 11, 2010
  2. "2FACE"
    Released: November 24, 2010

Jewel is Beni's sixth studio album, and third original album under the mononym Beni released through Nayutawave Records. It was released on December 8, 2010.[1][2]

Background

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The album was released only six months after her second album Lovebox. Lovebox managed to get the #1 weekly spot on the Oricon charts. This album however charted at the #11 spot on the Oricon Charts Weekly.

Promotion

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The song 2FACE was the ending theme for NTVs program HAPPY Music (ハッピーMUSIC). The song Heaven's Door was the opening theme for the national TV program CDTV. And the song Smile is the theme song for the commercial Home Mate (ホームメイト; Homu Meito).[3]

Track listing

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CD
No.TitleLyricsMusicProducer(s)Length
1."Jewel Intro"BeniDaisuke "D.I" ImaiImai1:11
2."2FACE"BeniImaiImai3:33
3."Toki o Tomete" (トキヲトメテ "Stop Time")BeniImaiImai4:04
4."Daisuki na noni" (大好きなのに "Even Though I Love You")BeniImaiImai4:00
5."Lovin'U"BeniImaiImai4:11
6."Heaven's Door"Kiyoshi MatsuoDaisuke KawaguchiKawaguchi , Strings arranged by Gen Ittetsu4:54
7."See U Again"BeniHIROHIRO4:19
8."First Time"Benilil 'showylil 'showy3:48
9."Heartbreaker"Beni, Shoko FujibayashiImaiImai3:49
10."Don't Let Go"Benilil 'showylil 'showy4:19
11."Smile"BeniImaiImai4:01
12."Kimi to Nara" (君となら "If I'm With You")Shoko Fujibayashi3rd Productions3rd Productions4:05
13."Wasurenaide Ne" (忘れないでね "Don't Forget")Beni, Yoko HijiImaiImai4:14
Total length:50:31
DVD
No.TitleLength
1."2FACE" (Music video) 
2."Heaven's Door" (Music video) 
3."Lovebox Live Tour 2010" (Documentary) 

Charts

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Chart Peak
position
Reported
sales
Oricon Albums Daily Chart[4] 7
Oricon Albums Weekly Chart[5] 11 26,000

References

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  1. ^ "BENI - Nayutawave Records - NEWS" (in Japanese). Universal Japan. 2010-11-05. Archived from the original on 2010-11-03. Retrieved 2010-11-05.
  2. ^ "Tower Records - Jewel CD - BENI" (in Japanese). Tower Records. 2010-11-18. Retrieved 2010-11-18.
  3. ^ "BENI - Nayutawave Records - NEWS" (in Japanese). Universal Japan. 2010-11-15. Archived from the original on 2010-11-17. Retrieved 2010-11-15.
  4. ^ "Oricon Album Daily Ranking" (in Japanese). Oricon. December 8, 2010. Archived from the original on May 28, 2010. Retrieved December 8, 2010.
  5. ^ "Oricon Album Weekly Ranking" (in Japanese). Oricon. December 8, 2010. Retrieved December 8, 2010.