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K.I.S.S. (abbreviation of Keep It Sexy & Simple) is the sixth studio album by American recording artist Mýa. It is her second studio album to be released by Manhattan Recordings in Japan on April 20, 2011. Originally, scheduled for release April 6, 2011 ( physically), however though the album's release was delayed for two weeks due to the unfortunate events surrounding the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami disaster, which triggered the Fukushima I nuclear accidents, and temporarily immobilized packaging of the CD album. Despite these circumstances and minor setback K.I.S.S. eventually became available at retail and outlets April 20, 2011 and served as Harrison's third independently—released project through her own label imprint Planet 9. Although the record is a traditional R&B; pop album, Mýa was heavily—influenced by Japan's culture and experimented with Japan's J-pop sound to embrace a more worldwide appeal to attract the Japanese music market audience.
Production on K.I.S.S. was primarily handled by local Cleveland native producer Young Yonny with additional contributions from Japanese musicians Jeff Miyahara and Daisuke Imai, Chuck Harmony and longtime collaborators Carvin & Ivan. As always and just as she did before with her last 3 independently—released projects, Mýa took full creative control of the album. Harrison lent a hand in the songwriting process; co-writing several of the album's tracks with many different artists and songwriters and served as executive producer to the project. Guest features included Miami rapper Trina, international recording artist Iyaz, reggae star Sean Paul and ex Immature frontman Marques Houston. The album is a representation of Mýa's life today. "It's about being cool and drama-free. And everything I do reflects that," she said in a recent interview. "The people that I associate with, the circle that I keep is real simple and sometimes we think or we're trained to believe that you always have to have more, more, more to make ourselves feel happy or beautiful, but it's the other way around for me. Simplicity is sexy."
K.I.S.S. spawned seven singles; two international singles " Fabulous Life" and " Runnin' Back" featuring international recording artist Iyaz and five U.S. released singles " Earthquake", " Somebody Come Get This Bitch", " Mr. Incredible", " Mess Up My Hair", and " Evolve". Although all singles were released ( digitally) to iTunes, none of the singles were serviced to radio.
In Japan, K.I.S.S. debuted at number sixty-one on the Japan Billboard Top Albums Chart on May 2, 2011 with first week sales of 1,543 copies. In the United States, Mýa announced via Twitter, that the North American deluxe edition of K.I.S.S. was slated to be released December 20, 2011 (digitally) on Apple iTunes Store. The North American deluxe edition was made available on December 20, 2011 via iTunes and Amazon, officially marking Mýa's return to the United States prior to her last studio album Moodring (2003) and departure from her label Interscope Records eight years ago.
In February 2012, K.I.S.S. debuted at number seventy-four on Billboard's Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart, ending Harrison's nine-year absence from the chart.