K.I.S.S. (Keep It Sexy & Simple)

***K.I.S.S.*** (abbreviation of ***Keep It Sexy & Simple***) is the sixth studio album by American singer and songwriter Mýa. It is her second album to be released on Manhattan Records. The album was later re-released as a deluxe version with new songs for her American fans on February 14, 2012.

## Reception

_K.I.S.S._ received generally positive reviews from music critics.

### International Deluxe/U.S. 2013 Limited Mint Edition

- Sample credits
- "Take Him Out" contains a sample of "Pon de Floor" by Major Lazer.
- "Break Your Neck" contains a sample "It Takes Two" by Rob Base and DJ E-Z Rock

## Personnel

- Managerial
- A&R – Rambo Harrison, Kensuke Hara, Kazuya Sasamura
- Artist coordination – Jake McKim
- Business management – Theresa Harrison
- Executive producer – Mýa Harrison
- Marketing – Takahiro Ikeda, Haruka Ikgeami, Mike Killmon
- Management – Sherman Harrison, Mike Killmon, Carol Rosenthal, Crystal Bozeman, Troy Ramsey, Teron Beal, Tatiana Noboa

- Visuals and imagery
- Art direction and design – Motoki Mizoguchi
- Clothing design – André Adkins, Leon Frager
- Hair stylist – Yusef
- Make-up – Lisa Hayes
- Photography – Marc Baptiste
- Stylist – Leon Frager

- Instruments
- Drums – Alex Selph
- Guitar – Daniel Groover
- Keyboard – Alex Selph
- Piano – Julian Brazer
- Strings – Jonathan Perkins

- Technical and production
- Backing vocals – Caramel M. Faith, Tasha J. King, Lindsay Fields, Krystle Oliver, Atozzio Town
- Engineering – PJ Bianco, Mýa Harrison,  Loren Hill, Mike Johnson, Jared Newcomb, Rich Shelton, Young Yonny
- Mastering – Tucky@parasight
- Mixing – Ivan Barias, Brandon Bishop, Ben Chang, D.O.I., Carvin Haggins, John Ho, Satoshi Hosoi, Mike Johnson, Mike Mo, Frankie Mumbles, Nemhara, Young Yonny
- Recording – Jeff Miyahara

## Charts

|Chart (2011/2012)|style="text-align:center;"|Peak position|style="text-align:center;"|Sales|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|Japan Albums Chart (_Billboard_)|style="text-align:center;"|61|rowspan="4"|5,502|
|Japanese Albums Chart (Oricon)|style="text-align:center;"|72|||
|Japanese International Albums Chart (Oricon)|style="text-align:center;"|17|||
|Japan Top Independent Albums and Singles Chart (_Billboard_)|style="text-align:center;"|8|||
|3,035|||||

## Release history

|Region|Date|Format|Label|||||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;"|Japan|April 13, 2011|Digital download|rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;"|Manhattan Recordings/Planet 9|||
|April 20, 2011|CD|||||||
|style="text-align:center;"|Canada|rowspan="2"|December 20, 2011|rowspan="9"|Digital download|rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;"|Planet 9|
|style="text-align:center;"|United States|||||||
|style="text-align:center;"|Australia|rowspan="7"|February 14, 2012|rowspan="7" style="text-align:center;"|Planet 9/INgrooves|||
|style="text-align:center;"|Germany|||||||
|style="text-align:center;"|Ireland|||||||
|style="text-align:center;"|Netherlands|||||||
|style="text-align:center;"|Sweden|||||||
|style="text-align:center;"|United Kingdom|||||||

## Infobox (album)

- **name**: K.I.S.S. (Keep It Sexy & Simple)
- **type**: Studio
- **artist**: Mýa
- **recorded**: October 2010—February 2011
- **length**: 1:11:41
- **label**: Manhattan Records, Manhattan  Planet 9 (record label), Planet 9
- **producer**: Mýa, Mýa Harrison <small>(also executive producer, exec.)</small>   Michael Barney  Aaron Bennett  PJ Bianco  BigHeadDez  Carvin & Ivan  Fredro  Hardwork  Chuck Harmony  Loren Hill  John Ho  Daisuke Imai  Lil' Eddie  Bei Maejor  Duwayne Mills  Jeff Miyahara  Rich Shelton  Young Yonni
- **prev title**: Beauty & the Streets Vol. 1
- **prev year**: 2009
- **next title**: With Love (EP), With Love
- **next year**: 2014