Precious (Yuna Ito)
"Precious" is the third single to be released by
Yuna Ito. It's the theme song to the movie "LIMIT OF LOVE" and will be released on May 3, 2006. "Precious" is a power ballad where Yuna Ito shows off her impressive range and her voice. Both "I'm Free" and "Secrets" are more up-beat songs then "Precious".
"Precious" reached a peak of #2 on the daily charts and #3 on the weekly charts. The following week, her single stayed high on the charts and was #3 for the second week in a row. Her sales jumped from 39,000 copies the first week to 44,000 copies the second week. In two weeks, it has already surpassed the sales of her last single,
Faith / Pureyes.
This single has been billed as a double b-side single do to the fact it has 2 b-sides.
On the half-yearly charts of 2006, "Precious" was the 2nd most-downloaded song, 3rd most-downloaded ringtone, 5th most-downloaded
PV, and overall (combined ranking for all 3 catogories) ranked 2nd.
# Precious# I'm Free# Secrets# Precious â€"Instrumental-
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April 29,
2006 â€" CDTV -
"Precious"
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April 29,
2006 â€" Music Fair 21 -
"ENDLESS STORY" and
"Precious"
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May 5,
2006 â€" Music Station -
"Precious"
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May 5,
2006 â€" Music Fighter -
"Precious"
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May 26,
2006 â€" Music Station -
"Precious"
Oricon Sales Chart (Japan)
| Release | Chart | Peak Position | First Week Sales | Sales Total | Chart Run | | 3 May 2006 | Oricon Daily Singles Chart | #2 | align="left"|align="left"|- | 3 May 2006 | Oricon Weekly Singles Chart | #3 | 38,583 copies | 201,096 copies | 10 weeks (still charting) |
| 3 May 2006 | Oricon Monthly Singles Chart | #6 | align="left"|- | - |
| 3 May 2006 | Oricon Yearly Singles Chart | align="left"|align="left"|align="left"|}
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