"Fake" is Japanese R&B singer Ai

AI (singer)

Ai , born November 2, 1981 as , is a Japanese R&B singer and rapper. She is currently under EMI Music Japan.-Early life:...

's 20th single, featuring pop/R&B musician Namie Amuro

Namie Amuro

is a Japanese R&B and pop singer, entertainer, and former actress who at the height of her popularity was referred to as the "Teen Queen" and the title "Queen of Japanese Pop Music". Born in Naha, Okinawa, Amuro debuted at the age of 14 as an idol in the girl group Super Monkey's...

. It was released on March 31, 2010.

Background

This single is the first of Ai's to be released since her greatest hits collection, Best Ai

Best Ai

Best Ai is Ai's second compilation album, released on September 16, 2009. The album was released in three editions: limited CD+DVD, CD only and "Arienai Price" editions. Best Ai debuted at #2 on the daily Oricon albums chart but switched back and forth between #1 and #2 several times during its...

, in the third term 2009. It is one of many releases intended to celebrate Ai's 10th anniversary since her debut, with many further collaborations planned.

Ai and Amuro have worked together twice in the past. Once in 2003 as part of the Suite Chic

SUITE CHIC

Suite Chic was a collaborative project between some of Japan's top and up-and-coming R&B and Hip-Hop artists, writers, and producers, which debuted on December 18, 2002....

 project on the song "Uh Uh......" feat. AI, and once again in 2006 on Zeebra

Zeebra

, real name , is a Japanese hip hop artist, who made his first appearance in 1995. Zeebra is a former member of the hip-hop group King Giddra, which also included DJ Oasis and K Dub Shine, and the older brother of fellow hip-hop artist SPHERE of INFLUENCE...

's song "Do What U Gotta Do" feat. AI, Namie Amuro & Mummy-D.

Reception

Before the release of the physical single, the track had been downloaded 30,000 times as a cellphone full-length download, and the music video viewed over 50,000 times on Youtube

YouTube

YouTube is a video-sharing website, created by three former PayPal employees in February 2005, on which users can upload, view and share videos....

. In May 2010, the RIAJ certified the song as being a gold chaku-uta full download, selling over 100,000 downloads.

Track listing

*Limited edition bonus tracks.

Chart rankings

Chart	Peak position
Oricon Oricon , established in 1999, is the holding company at the head of a Japanese corporate group that supplies statistics and information on music and the music industry in Japan. It started as , which was founded by Sōkō Koike in November 1967 and became known for its music charts. Oricon Inc... weekly singles	8
Billboard Billboard (magazine) Billboard is a weekly American magazine devoted to the music industry, and is one of the oldest trade magazines in the world. It maintains several internationally recognized music charts that track the most popular songs and albums in various categories on a weekly basis... Japan Hot 100 Japan Hot 100 The Japan Hot 100 is a music singles chart in Japan. It is compiled by Billboard and Hanshin Contents Link ever since February 2008. The chart is updated every Wednesday at billboard-japan.com and every Thursday at billboard.com ....	5
Billboard Adult Contemporary Airplay	4
RIAJ Digital Track Chart RIAJ Digital Track Chart The is chart ranks the best selling digital singles in Japan, provided by the Recording Industry Association of Japan since April 2009. The chart measures cellphone downloads ....  Top 100	4

Reported sales

Chart	Amount
Oricon Oricon , established in 1999, is the holding company at the head of a Japanese corporate group that supplies statistics and information on music and the music industry in Japan. It started as , which was founded by Sōkō Koike in November 1967 and became known for its music charts. Oricon Inc... physical sales	16,100
RIAJ Chaku-uta Full digital sales	100,000

External links

• Universal Fake profile