Yui (official: YUI) is a Japanese musician, born March 26, 1987 in Fukuoka, Japan. She is signed to Sony Music Records Japan.Yui began writing poems in ninth grade. At the age of sixteen, by recommendation of her mother, she began studying songs, songwriting and guitar-playing at a private music school in her hometown Fukuoka. Aspiring to become a professional, she carried her guitar around and sang at local places such as the seashore of Shingu, and in the middle of the rice fields of Kaminofu. Even though she often feels uncomfortable when talking to people, she still enjoys communicating with her audiences at street performances in the Tenjin district of Fukuoka.
Her professional career began way back in March 2004, when she sang three songs at an audition hosted by Sony Music Japan, despite the audition rule that a participant could only sing two songs. All of the judges gave her the highest score possible, which caused a fierce scramble among record labels to sign her. She first sang "Why Me" (a song later included in her major label debut single), followed by "It's Happy Line" and "I Know". "It's Happy Line" was her debut indie single with "I Know" as the b-side.Upon leaving her hometown, Fukuoka for Tokyo, Yui wrote the song "Feel My Soul". She was planning its release on an indie label as a tribute to her hometown, when the song caught the ears of Fuji TV producer Mr. Yamaguchi, who just happened to see the demo video clip. He claimed that Yui's voice haunted him so much that he went out of his way to visit the recording studio all by himself. He even made his channel's prime time drama an extraordinary tie-in with Yui's debut track.
On February 23, Yui released her first major debut single, "Feel My Soul", that had a tie-in with a Japanese Drama named Fukigen na Gene. All music within Fukigen na Gene was mainly based on Yui's songs such as 'Feel My Soul' and 'It's Happy Line'. With the drama tie-in "Feel My Soul"it managed to sell over 100,000 copies. Yui's next three singles, "Tomorrow's Way", "Life",
and "Tokyo", did not chart as high as Feel My Soul did and were only moderately successful in comparison. After the release of four singles, Yui released her debut album From Me to You, which is another moderate success with sales of more than 200,000 copies.Many months later, Yui starred in a movie released on June 17, 2006, titled Taiyou No Uta-Midnight Sun, which was screened at the 2006 Cannes Film Festival. Yui's 5th single, "Good-bye Days", was written for Taiyou No Uta ("Midnight Sun") and is by far her highest selling single, at 200,000 copies sold. "I Remember You", her next single, did fairly well, boosted by "Good-bye Days"' popularity. Soon after, Yui's 7th single "Rolling Star" was chosen by the anime series Bleach to be the 5th opening theme song; her third single, "Life", had previously been chosen as the 5th ending theme song. "Che.R.Ry", her 8th single, was used as a song for the KDDI au Listen Mobile Service CM. Her second album, Can't Buy My Love, fared well on the Oricon charts, staying for two weeks at #1 and shattering her entire previous album's record sales in one week. So far, Can't Buy My Love has manged to sell over 500,000 copies. Due to the success of Can't Buy My Love, Yui's previous album charted once again to add another 9k or so to the Oricon counting.
She released her 9th single, "My Generation / Understand", on 13 June 2007. This was the very first time that Yui released a double A-side single. My Generation is the theme song for the drama "Seito Shokun!", and Understand is the theme song for the movie "Sidecar ni Inu."
Albums
| # | Information | Used Name | Sales |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st / Debut Album | From Me to You
| Yui | 241,017 |
| 2nd | Can't Buy My Love
| Yui | 585,407 |
Singles
| # | Information | Name used | Sales |
|---|---|---|---|
| Indie Single | "It's Happy Line"
| Yui | 2,000 |
| 1st / Debut Single | "Feel My Soul"
| Yui | 107,930 |
| 2nd | "Tomorrow's Way"
| Yui | 32,291 |
| 3rd | "Life"
| Yui | 44,708 |
| 4th | "Tokyo"
| Yui | 20,123 |
| 5th | "Good-bye Days"
| Yui for Amane Kaoru | 241,873 |
| 6th | "I Remember You"
| Yui | 70,421 |
| 7th | "Rolling Star"
| Yui | 169,277 |
| 8th | "Che.R.Ry"
| Yui | 165,707 |
| 9th | "My Generation / Understand"
| Yui | 79,277 |
Listen to her:
Life (Right-Click Here To Download)
Feel My Soul (Right-Click Here To Download)
Tomorrow's way (Right-Click Here To Download)
Tokyo (Right-Click Here To Download)
It's Happy Line (Right-Click Here To Download)
Goodbye Days (Right-Click Here To Download)
I Remember You (Right-Click Here To Download)
Rolling Star (Right-Click Here To Download)
Che.R.Ry (Right-Click Here To Download)
My Generation (Right-Click Here To Download)
Understand (Right-Click Here To Download)
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