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18 (Nana Kitade Album)
''18: Eighteen'' is the debut studio album by Nana Kitade. It was originally released August 24, 2005 in Japan. The album peaked at #16 on the Oricon chart and charted for five weeks.Nana Kitade - 18: Eighteen Oricon Style On September 7, Kitade held a special one-man live show, which was titled ''Nana Kitade Live Showcase '18: Eighteen, in Shibuya-Ax. First press editions of the album included a ticket to the live show and handshake event. On December 7, she released a DVD called ''Nana Kitade: 18Movies''. The DVD consists of all her music videos up until this point, clips from her one-man live show, commercials for her releases, and a studio recording of "Kesenai Tsumi". The album was released in the |
Nana Kitade
is a Japanese singer-songwriter and musician. In addition to being the lead singer of the rock band The Teenage Kissers, she has (or had) success as a solo artist, model, actress, and fashion designer. Kitade is particularly known for her songs appearing in various anime, TV shows, doramas and movie opening and endings. Kitade was featured on the cover of the ''Gothic & Lolita Bible'', as well as featured in '' Neo'' and ''Kera'' magazines. She has toured Asia, Europe, and North America. Life and career 1987–2001: early life As a child, Kitade wanted to be a singer and/or an anime artist. She started learning the piano at the age of three and wrote her own lyrics at twelve. In junior high school, she became a fan of Ringo Shiina and learned to play the guitar, traveling frequently to Tokyo for singing lessons. 2002–05: debut and ''18: Eighteen'' In February 2002 Kitade passed a Sony Music Japan audition and was chosen as the Sapporo area representative and was given the o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rock Music
Rock music is a broad genre of popular music that originated as " rock and roll" in the United States in the late 1940s and early 1950s, developing into a range of different styles in the mid-1960s and later, particularly in the United States and United Kingdom.W. E. Studwell and D. F. Lonergan, ''The Classic Rock and Roll Reader: Rock Music from its Beginnings to the mid-1970s'' (Abingdon: Routledge, 1999), p.xi It has its roots in 1940s and 1950s rock and roll, a style that drew directly from the blues and rhythm and blues genres of African-American music and from country music. Rock also drew strongly from a number of other genres such as electric blues and folk, and incorporated influences from jazz, classical, and other musical styles. For instrumentation, rock has centered on the electric guitar, usually as part of a rock group with electric bass guitar, drums, and one or more singers. Usually, rock is song-based music with a time signature using a verse–chorus form, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pop Music
Pop music is a genre of popular music that originated in its modern form during the mid-1950s in the United States and the United Kingdom. The terms ''popular music'' and ''pop music'' are often used interchangeably, although the former describes all music that is popular and includes many disparate styles. During the 1950s and 1960s, pop music encompassed rock and roll and the youth-oriented styles it influenced. ''Rock'' and ''pop'' music remained roughly synonymous until the late 1960s, after which ''pop'' became associated with music that was more commercial, ephemeral, and accessible. Although much of the music that appears on record charts is considered to be pop music, the genre is distinguished from chart music. Identifying factors usually include repeated choruses and hooks, short to medium-length songs written in a basic format (often the verse-chorus structure), and rhythms or tempos that can be easily danced to. Much pop music also borrows elements from other styles ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sony Music Japan
, often abbreviated as SMEJ or simply SME, and also known as Sony Music Japan for short (stylized as ''SonyMusic''), is a Japanese music arm for Sony. Founded in 1968 as CBS/Sony, SMEJ is directly owned by Sony, Sony Group Corporation and is operating independently from the United States-based Sony Music, Sony Music Entertainment due to its strength in the Japanese music industry. Its subsidiaries include the anime, Japanese animation production enterprise, Aniplex, which was established in September 1995 as a joint-venture between Sony Music Entertainment Japan and Sony Pictures Entertainment Japan, but which in 2001 became a wholly owned subsidiary of Sony Music Entertainment Japan. It was prominent in the early to mid '90s producing and licensing music for animated series such as ''Roujin Z'' from acclaimed Japanese comic artist Katsuhiro Otomo and Capcom's ''Street Fighter'' animated series. Until March 2007, Sony Music Japan also had its own North American sublabel, Tofu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Slave Of Kiss
''Slave of Kiss'' is the first EP released by Nana Kitade. "Kiss" is a cover of a Princess Princess song of the same name. A month later, the song was placed on the Princess Princess tribute album, "14 Princess ~Princess Princess Children~" as track #2. The EP includes an English version of Kitade's fifth single, "Kiss or Kiss". The A-side of this EP track #4 "sweet frozen kiss" is featured on her second album " I scream" . The EP reached #79 on the Oricon chart and stayed on the chart for a total of one week. At this point of her career, Kitade drastically changed her clothing to Gothic Lolita for the "Kiss" video. Track listing Video The video for Kitade's cover of "Kiss" features her singing in her new changed Gothic Lolita look in a yellow background, spinning, and one Nana Kitade singing Singing is the act of creating musical sounds with the voice. A person who sings is called a singer, artist or vocalist (in jazz and/or popular music). Singers perform music (arias, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kesenai Tsumi
is the debut single by Japanese rock singer Nana Kitade.Nana Kitade Discography Official Site The song was used as the first ending theme in the first '''' anime series. The single reached #14 on the Oricon
, established in 1999, is the holding company at the head of a Japanese corporate group that supplies statistics and information on music and the music industry in Japan and Western music. It started as, which was founded by Sōkō Koike in ... Charts and stayed on the charts ...
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Utareru Ame
is the second single by Japanese rock singer Nana Kitade is a Japanese singer-songwriter and musician. In addition to being the lead singer of the rock band The Teenage Kissers, she has (or had) success as a solo artist, model, actress, and fashion designer. Kitade is particularly known for her songs .... The title track was used as the closing theme song to TV Tokyo's Japan Countdown for the month of January 2004. The first press edition of the single came with a mini pin-up poster. The single reached #55 on the Oricon charts and stayed on the charts for a total of three weeks. This single has sold a total of 5,249 copies. Music video The music video for "Utareru Ame" shows Kitade recording the song in a dark studio by herself. The video is interspersed with images of rain on glass, flowers, and electronic meters. Track list # - 4:00 # - 4:01 # - 6:15 # Utareru Ame: Raw "Break" Track - 3:38 Charts 2004 singles Nana Kitade songs Songs written by Nana Kitade 2 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pureness/Nanairo
is Nana Kitade's fourth single and her first double A-side single. It debuted at #60 and charted for three weeks on the Oricon Charts. The song "Pureness" was featured as the first ending theme to the Shounen anime is hand-drawn and computer-generated animation originating from Japan. Outside of Japan and in English, ''anime'' refers specifically to animation produced in Japan. However, in Japan and in Japanese, (a term derived from a shortening of ... Beet the Vandel Buster. Music video The music video for "Pureness" shows Kitade playing live with her band in a dark club, with scenes of her singing against a red leather background. There is no music video for "Nanairo". It also did not appear on any album and is found only on its single. Track listing #Pureness - 3:50 # - 4:16 #Pureness (Instrumental) - 3:50 #Nanairo (Instrumental) - 4:16 Charts {{DEFAULTSORT:Pureness Nanairo 2004 songs Nana Kitade songs Songs written by Nana Kitade 2004 singles Sony Mu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kiss Or Kiss
"Kiss or Kiss" is the fifth single released by Japanese rock singer Nana Kitade. The single reached #11 on the Oricon Charts (being her highest-charting song to date) and stayed on the charts for a total of eight weeks. The song was used as the ending song for the drama ''Anego'', starring Jin Akanishi. An English version of the song is featured on the U.S. re-release of '' 18: Eighteen'' as a bonus track and on her seventh single, "Slave of Kiss ''Slave of Kiss'' is the first EP released by Nana Kitade. "Kiss" is a cover of a Princess Princess song of the same name. A month later, the song was placed on the Princess Princess tribute album, "14 Princess ~Princess Princess Children~" as t ...". Music video The music video for "Kiss or Kiss" takes place in a messy living room and bathroom, where she is shown playing guitar. There are scenes interspersed of a small room where confetti falls all over her while she plays. Track listing # Kiss or Kiss - 3:57 # - 3:32 # Kiss or K ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kanashimi No Kizu
"Kanashimi no Kizu" (Scars of Sadness) is Nana Kitade's sixth single. It debuted at #26 and charted for 5 weeks on the Oricon Charts. Kanashimi no kizu was the theme song of PS2 game ''Fullmetal Alchemist is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Hiromu Arakawa. It was serialized in Square Enix's shōnen manga, ''shōnen'' manga anthology magazine ''Gangan Comics#Monthly Shōnen Gangan, Monthly Shōnen Gangan'' between July 20 ... 3: Kami wo Tsugu Shoujo''. Video information The video feature's Kitade coming outside of a door and playing the guitar. It also features flowers that burn and elements of nature such as snow and heat. Track listing #Kanashimi no Kizu (Scars of Sadness) #Call Me #Kanashimi no Kizu (Instrumental) Charts {{authority control 2005 singles Nana Kitade songs Songs written by Nana Kitade 2005 songs ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oricon
, established in 1999, is the holding company at the head of a Japanese corporate group that supplies statistics and information on music and the music industry in Japan and Western music. It started as, which was founded by Sōkō Koike in November 1967 and became known for its music charts. Oricon Inc. was originally set up as a subsidiary of Original Confidence and took over the latter's Oricon record charts in April 2002. The charts are compiled from data drawn from some 39,700 retail outlets (as of April 2011) and provide sales rankings of music CDs, DVDs, electronic games, and other entertainment products based on weekly tabulations. Results are announced every Tuesday and published in ''Oricon Style'' by subsidiary Oricon Entertainment Inc. The group also lists panel survey-based popularity ratings for television commercials on its official website. Oricon started publishing Combined Chart, which includes CD sales, digital sales, and streaming together, on December 19, 2 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
