Don't Stop Ai
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CD only edition album cover
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| Studio album by Ai | ||||
| Released | December 5, 2007 | |||
| Recorded | 2006–2007; Prime Sound Studio Form, Meguro, Tokyo; TamStar Studio, Shibuya, Tokyo; Real & Beats Studio, Tokyo; Peninsula Studio, Tokyo; Crescente Studio, Setagaya, Tokyo; Tomita Lab Studio, Tokyo; instrumental recording at Jayjay Productions Studio, New York City; Murlyn Studios, ; 2face, Tokyo | |||
| Genre | R&B, hip hop, pop, pop rock | |||
| Length | 55:04 | |||
| Language | Japanese, English | |||
| Label | Unviersal Sigma | |||
| Producer | Yuki Arai, Kaz Koike, Naoshi Fujikura | |||
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| Singles from Don't Stop Ai | ||||
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| Source | Rating |
| Listen Japan | (favorable) |
| What's In? | (favorable) |
Don't Stop Ai (stylized as DON'T STOP A.I.) is the sixth studio album by Japanese R&B musician Ai, released on December 5, 2007. It featured two successful singles, the mid-tempo R&B song "I'll Remember You" and the ballad "Taisetsu na Mono," both of which were certified gold by the RIAJ.
The album is the first of Ai's on which she extensively collaborated with Japanese musicians, and her first on which she worked closely with Scandinavian producers.
The final concert for Ai's tour of her previous album, What's Goin' On Ai, was held at the Nippon Budokan stadium, which was the first time Ai performed at the venue. The Budokan recording was released as Ai's first live album, Live Ai, in March 2007. In 2007, Ai performed at several Japanese summer rock festivals, including FM802 Meet the World Beat, Rock in Japan Festival, Voices of Heart II, AP Bank Fes and Monster Bash.
Ai released three singles before the release of the album, beginning with the double A-side single "I'll Remember You/Brand New Day" in July ("Brand New Day" was originally released digitally in June 2007). "I'll Remember You" fared well, becoming certified gold twice by the RIAJ.
A month prior to the album's release, "One" was released as the theme song for the second series of the drama Team Medical Dragon. Ai's 2006 single "Believe" was used as the first season's theme song, and was extremely successful. However, "One" did not mirror "Believe"'s success.
Ai started making the album after she finished her What's Goin' On Ai tour in December 2006. Because she had just finished touring, Ai felt the strong energy from performing live, and was more conscious as to which songs would sound good performed live, compared to when creating her previous albums. Ai chose "Brand New Day" as the first song to be released from the album (a song she thought was "fun" and "non-serious"), to contrast the serious message songs on her previous album, What's Goin' On Ai (2006).
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