I Believe (Ayaka song)

"I Believe" is the first single from female Japanese artist, Ayaka. It entered the Oricon charts at the tenth spot and slowly rose to number three, having a total of 236,012 sales. It was used as the drama Rondo's theme song.

Sing Chew, a female singer from Singapore, and Eric Martin did a cover of this song.

Track listing

Demetri Martin

Demetri Evan Martin (born May 25, 1973) is an American comedian, actor, artist, musician, writer, and humorist. He is best known for his work as a stand-up comedian, being a contributor on The Daily Show, and his Comedy Central show Important Things with Demetri Martin.

Early life

Martin was born on May 25, 1973 to a Greek American family in New York City, New York, the son of nutritionist Lillian and Greek Orthodox priest Dean C. Martin (now deceased). He grew up in Toms River, New Jersey, and has a younger brother named Spyro.

Martin graduated from Yale University in 1995. During his time there, he wrote a 224-word poem about alcoholism as a project for a fractal geometry class, which became a well known palindromic poem. He was also a member of the Anti-Gravity Society, whose members juggle objects on Sunday evenings on Yale's Old Campus.

Although Martin was accepted into Harvard Law School, he went to New York University School of Law after he received a full scholarship. Martin withdrew from law school before the start of his final year, opting to pursue comedy over finishing his Juris Doctor.

I Believe

I Believe may refer to:

Albums

Songs

If I Believe

If I Believe is the fourth studio album by Japanese recording artist Mai Kuraki. It was released on July 9, 2003, only nine months after Fairy Tale.

Chart performance

If I Believe debuted at number-one with 251,218 copies sold making it Kuraki's fourth number-one debut. The album stayed on the Oricon albums chart for a total of 20 weeks of which the album consecutively spent 4 in the top 10.If I Believe was the 24th best selling album of 2003.

Track listing

All lyrics written by Mai Kuraki except track 9 (co-written with Michael Africk) and 11 (co-written with Tokiko Nishimuro). 

Charts and certifications

References

Patti Austin

Patti Austin (born 10 August 1950) is an American R&B, pop and jazz singer.

Life and career

Austin was born in Harlem, New York to Gordon, a jazz trombonist, and Edna Austin and was raised in Bay Shore on Long Island.Quincy Jones and Dinah Washington have referred to themselves as her godparents.

She made her debut at the Apollo Theater at age four and had a contract with RCA Records when she was five years old.

By the late 1960s, Austin was a session musician and commercial jingle singer. She appeared on numerous albums by other artists and was known as "Queen of The Jingles," appearing on advertisements for Burger King, Almay make-up, Avon, KFC, McDonalds, Meow Mix, Impulse, Stouffers, Maxwell House and the United States Army.

Austin recorded with Frankie Valli and The Four Seasons on "Our Day Will Come" and "Swearin' To God" and sang lead and background vocals on many contemporary jazz instrumentalists' records in the 1970s.

Austin sang lead vocal on the title single of Yutaka Yokokura's 1978 debut album, "Love Light" (Toshiba-EMI Music Japan.) The album received an American release in 1981 on Alfa Records, with the title single reaching #81 on the Billboard Hot 100.