Live Ai

2007 live album by Ai

Live Ai

Live album by

Released

March 7, 2007 (2007-03-07)

Recorded

2006

Genre

R&B
hip hop

Length

57:23

Language

Japanese
English

Label

Island
Universal Sigma

Ai chronology

What's Goin' On Ai
(2006)

Live Ai
(2007)

Don't Stop Ai
(2007)

Live Ai (stylized LIVE A.I.) is the first live album by Japanese-American singer-songwriter Ai, released on March 7, 2007, by Island Records and Universal Sigma. The album primarily consists of songs and performances from Ai's final performance at Nippon Budokan, but also other various tour dates within Japan from Ai's What's Goin' On Ai tour.^[1] The album was reissued on December 5, 2012 by USM Japan.

Background and release

To promote her fifth studio album, Ai embarked on the What's Goin' On Ai tour in Japan. The tour initially featured 11 dates across the country in November and December 2006.^[2] An extra date was added on December 13, where Ai performed at the Nippon Budokan stadium in Tokyo to 12,000 people.^[3]

A DVD was released on March 28, 2007 titled Nippon Budokan Ai shortly after the release of the live album.

Track listing

All tracks written by Ai Uemura unless noted.– DVD disc oneNo.TitleWriter(s)Length1."I Wanna Know" 2."Beautiful" (Remix)

Neverson
Uemura

3."Too Much" (Remix) 4."We Gonna" 5."Famous" 6."Love Is..." 7."Go Find Your Way" 8."Believe" 9."Last Words" (Solo version) 10."E.O." 11."Future" 12."No Way" 13."My Friend" 14."Ooh" 15."Thank U" 16."Intro" 17."Music"

*Nippon Budokan Ai* – DVD disc two
No.	Title	Writer(s)
1.	"Story"
2.	"Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence"	Sakamoto
3.	"Beautiful" (featuring Trey Songz)	Neverson Uemura
4.	"Life"
5.	"Tour Documentary"

Personnel

Credits adapted from Tidal.^[4]

Ai Uemura – lead vocals (all tracks), lyricist (1–10, 12–13)
Tremaine Neverson – featured artist, lyricist (12)
DJ Watari – composer (1)
DJ Yutaka – composer (2, 5)
Desert Storm – composer (3)
Lofey – composer (3)
Skane – composer (3)
2 Soul – composer, (4, 10)
Kazunori Fujimoto – composer (6)
Carsten Lindberg – composer (7)
Emanuel Officer – composer (7)
Joachim A. Svare – composer (7)
T-Kura – composer (8, 9)
Ryuichi Sakamoto – composer, lyricist (11)
Stephanie Stokes Fountain – composer (13)

Charts

Chart performance for *Live Ai*
Chart (2007)	Peak position
Japanese Albums (Oricon)^[5]	14
Japanese DVD (Oricon)^[6]	11

Release history

Release history and formats for *Live Ai*
Region	Date	Format(s)	Label	Ref.
Japan	March 7, 2007	Digital download streaming CD	Island Universal Sigma	^[7]
Japan	March 28, 2007	DVD	Island Universal Sigma	^[8]
Various	December 5, 2012	Digital download streaming CD	USM Japan	^[5]

References

^ "[AI] 迫力のライブ着うたを先行配信". Natalie Inc. (in Japanese). Retrieved 2021-11-20.
^ "AI ニュー・シングルのリリースが決定！" [Ai will release a new single!]. Vibe-Net (in Japanese). July 25, 2006. Retrieved September 5, 2012.
^ "AI、初の武道館で10メートルの舞台から舞い降りた！" [Ai, swooping down 10 meters at first Budokan performance]. Oricon (in Japanese). December 14, 2006. Retrieved September 5, 2012.
^ "Live Ai Credits - Tidal (US)". listen.tidal.com. Retrieved 2021-11-20.
^ ^a ^b "LIVE A.I. | AI". ORICON NEWS. Retrieved 2022-12-24.
^ "AIのDVD作品". ORICON NEWS. Retrieved 2021-11-20.
^ "AI/LIVE A.I." tower.jp. Retrieved 2021-11-20.
^ "日本武道館 A.I.【初回限定盤】 | AI". ORICON NEWS. Retrieved 2021-11-20.