Near the end of 2012, Ai announced she would release an album in the United States, however the album was never released. Its second single, ' Happiness', was used as a commercial theme song for Coca-Cola's Christmas campaign in Japan from 2011 to 2015.

The album was led by the single ' Letter in the Sky', which featured American pop band The Jacksons. Signing to EMI Music Japan, she released her ninth studio album, Independent (2012), which served as her international debut. In 2011, Ai left Universal and signed a global publishing deal with EMI. Both Khan and Ai were nominated for and won the International Collaboration Special Award at the 2010 Billboard Japan Music Awards for the song 'One More Try' and a cover of ' Through the Fire'. The album featured a variety of artists, including American rapper Snoop Dogg, Japanese singer Namie Amuro, Miliyah Kato and American singer Chaka Khan. Later that year, Ai scored her first number one with her greatest hits album, Best Ai (2009).Īi's eighth studio album, The Last Ai (2010), was released in celebration of her tenth anniversary in the music industry. Both 'I'll Remember You' and 'One' were certified Gold by the RIAJ. It was supported by the singles ' I'll Remember You', ' One' and ' Taisetsu na Mono'. Ai's seventh studio album, Viva Ai (2009), was released and peaked at number 10. The next year, Ai released her sixth studio album, Don't Stop Ai (2007), which saw similar success, peaking at number 4. Ai's fifth studio album, What's Goin' On Ai (2006), was released shortly after and peaked at number 2. Both singles peaked in the top ten of the Oricon Singles Chart.

In 2006, Ai released the songs ' Believe' and ' I Wanna Know'. Following this success, her fourth studio album, Mic-a-holic Ai (2005), was released and peaked at number 4 on the Oricon charts and was certified 2× Platinum by the RIAJ and became one of Ai's best-selling albums. Signing to Island Records near the end of 2004, Ai released the ballad ' Story' in 2005, which became one of the most digitally successful songs of all time in Japan, becoming 3× Million certified for ringtones and million for downloads to cellphones.

2004 Ai, her third studio album, peaked at number three on the Oricon Albums Chart and received a Gold certification from the Recording Industry Association of Japan. In 2002, Ai signed to Def Jam Japan, a subsidiary of Universal Music Japan, and released her second studio album, Original Ai (2003). The discography of Japanese-American singer-songwriter Ai consists of twelve studio albums, four extended plays (EP), seven compilation albums, one live album, one mix tape, ten video albums and numerous solo and collaboration singles.Īi debuted as a musician through RCA in 2000, though which she released a single album, My Name Is Ai (2001).

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