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Crystal Kay was born to an African American father, who was a bassist from New Jersey, and a Korean-born singer mother. Growing up with professional musicians as parents, she naturally became a talented singer. Crystal Kay was born and raised in Japan but she attended Kinnick High School when her father was stationed in Yokosuka. She now attends Sophia University, which is the same college Beni Arashiro currently attends; the two are reported to be good friends. She is fluent in both English and Japanese, and she has also studied French. She first debuted her voice at the age of 6 in a television commercial, with the help of her mother. After the well-promoted collaboration with m-flo in 2003 and a #2 album, she became known to the public. She scored her first top 10 hit with "Motherland," which was used as the ending theme for the anime Fullmetal Alchemist in 2004. Her best-selling single in her career so far is 2005's "Koi ni Ochitara (���ˤ�������, Koi ni Ochitara?)" which was used in the drama Koi ni Ochitara: Boku no Seik�� no Himitsu (���ˤ������顫�W�γɹ������ܡ�, Koi ni Ochitara: Boku no Seik�� no Himitsu?) and peaked at #2 on the weekly charts, and became the 30th best selling single of 2005 with an estimated 288,629 sold. Her most recent collaboration - "Two as One", released on 5 October 2005 - is a collaboration with Chemistry. In 2006, Crystal Kay released a new album called Call me Miss... and has already released her first single off that album, "Kirakuni/Together". "Kirakuni" is the first single lead song that is sung in full English, aside from the title's presence in the chorus. |
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