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Akina (Akina Nakamori Album)
is the twenty-fifth studio album by Japanese singer Akina Nakamori and final studio album to be released during the 2010 decade. It was released on 8 November 2017 under the Universal Music Group Japan label. The album was released as a part of the 35th debut anniversary celebration and on the same day as a cover album " Cage". Background The title of album comes from Nakamori's name, Akina. It's dated to be first time to use her name as a part of title in her discography history. The album includes only nine tracks in total, which makes the shortest album in the terms of the length. The theme of the album is to catch the atmosphere of the ''Kadokawa movie of the 80s''. ''Merry Christmas: Yuki no Shizuku'' was recorded as a vocal song and as a vocal song and as an instrumental song with a sound of a small music box. After the release, Nakamori's music release activities has been suspended without announcement during the time of release until 2023. Promotion Single The album ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Akina Nakamori
is a Japanese Singing, singer and Actor, actress. She is one of the most popular and best-selling artists in Japan. Akina achieved national recognition after winning the 1981 season of the talent show ''Star Tanjō!''. Her debut single "Slow Motion (Akina Nakamori song), Slow Motion" was released to moderate success, peaking at number thirty on the Oricon Weekly Singles Chart. Nakamori's popularity increased with the release of her follow-up single, "Shōjo A", which peaked at number five on the Oricon charts and sold over 390,000 copies. Her second album ''Variation (Hensoukyoku), Variation'' became her first number-one on the Oricon Weekly Albums Chart, staying in that position for three weeks. She made her acting debut in 1985 with an appearance in the Japanese romance movie '':ja:愛・旅立ち, Ai, Tabidachi''. After an extended hiatus from 2010 to 2014, Akina released two compilation albums, ''All Time Best: Original'' and ''All Time Best: Utahime Cover'', both of which w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
J-pop
J-pop ( ja, ジェイポップ, ''jeipoppu''; often stylized as J-POP; an abbreviated form of "Japanese popular music"), natively also known simply as , is the name for a form of popular music that entered the musical mainstream of Japan in the 1990s. Modern J-pop has its roots in traditional music of Japan, and significantly in 1960s pop and rock music. J-pop replaced ''kayōkyoku'' ("Lyric Singing Music", a term for Japanese popular music from the 1920s to the 1980s) in the Japanese music scene. J-rock bands such as Happy End fused the Beatles and Beach Boys-style rock with Japanese music in the 1960s1970s. J-country had popularity during the international popularity of Westerns in the 1960s1970s as well, and it still has appeal due to the work of musicians like Charlie Nagatani and venues including Little Texas, Tokyo. J-rap became mainstream with producer Nujabes and his work on ''Samurai Champloo'', Japanese pop culture is often seen with anime in hip hop. Other trends ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Japanese Language
is spoken natively by about 128 million people, primarily by Japanese people and primarily in Japan, the only country where it is the national language. Japanese belongs to the Japonic or Japanese- Ryukyuan language family. There have been many attempts to group the Japonic languages with other families such as the Ainu, Austroasiatic, Koreanic, and the now-discredited Altaic, but none of these proposals has gained widespread acceptance. Little is known of the language's prehistory, or when it first appeared in Japan. Chinese documents from the 3rd century AD recorded a few Japanese words, but substantial Old Japanese texts did not appear until the 8th century. From the Heian period (794–1185), there was a massive influx of Sino-Japanese vocabulary into the language, affecting the phonology of Early Middle Japanese. Late Middle Japanese (1185–1600) saw extensive grammatical changes and the first appearance of European loanwords. The basis of the standard dialect moved f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Universal Music Group
Universal Music Group N.V. (often abbreviated as UMG and referred to as just Universal Music) is a Dutch– American multinational music corporation under Dutch law. UMG's corporate headquarters are located in Hilversum, Netherlands and its operational headquarters are located in Santa Monica, California. The biggest music company in the world, it is one of the " Big Three" record labels, along with Sony Music and Warner Music Group. Tencent acquired ten percent of Universal Music Group in March 2020 for €3 billion and acquired an additional ten percent stake in January 2021. Pershing Square Holdings later acquired ten percent of UMG prior to its IPO on the Euronext Amsterdam stock exchange. The company went public on September 21, 2021, at a valuation of €46 billion. In 2019, ''Fast Company'' named Universal Music Group the most innovative music company and listed UMG among the Top 50 most innovative companies in the world and "amid the music industry's digital tran ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vampire (Akina Nakamori Album)
''Vampire'' is a cover EP by Japanese singer Akina Nakamori. It was released on 3 May 2017 under Universal Music Japan. Release history At first, the Vampire was released in 2016 as intended to be only as a part of the limited edition of album named "Billie+Vampire". In 2017, on the year of her 35th debut anniversary celebration, the ''Vampire'' was released individually and received "special-prize" re-release in 2023. Chart performance ''Vampire'' debuted at number 48 on the Oricon Album weekly chart and charted for 3 weeks. Belie + Vampire version of the album debut at number 8 on the Oricon Weekly Charts and chart over 9 weeks. Track listing Release history Belie+Vampire Vampire References {{Authority control 2017 albums Japanese-language albums Akina Nakamori albums Universal Music Japan albums Covers albums ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cage (Akina Nakamori Album)
is the 10th covers album by Japanese entertainer Akina Nakamori, released on November 8, 2017 under Universal Music Japan. Background ''Cage'' was released as a part of the 35th debut anniversary celebration and on the same day as the original album ''Akina Akina may refer to: * Akina, a character in the 3D-CG Hong Kong donghua TV series ''Zentrix'' * Mount Akina, name for Mount Haruna in the ''Initial D'' series of manga and anime * Akina, New Zealand, suburb of Hastings City, in the Hawke's Bay Regi ...''. The album was released in limited and regular editions. The limited edition includes a DVD containing 10 minutes of footage for Nakamori's 35th debut anniversary celebration. After the album's release, Nakamori's music release activities were suspended without announcement during the time of release until 2023. Chart performance ''Cage'' debuted at No. 8 on Oricon's albums chart and charted for six weeks. On the ''Billboard'' Japan album chart, the album debuted at No ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sakura
A cherry blossom, also known as Japanese cherry or sakura, is a flower of many trees of genus ''Prunus'' or ''Prunus'' subg. ''Cerasus''. They are common species in East Asia, including China, Korea and especially in Japan. They generally refer to ornamental cherry trees, not to be confused with cherry trees that produce fruit for eating.Toshio Katsuki. (2015) ''Sakura''. pp.14–18 Iwanami Shoten. It is considered the national flower of Japan. Wild species of the cherry tree is widely distributed mainly in the Northern hemisphere. In the mainstream classification in Europe and North America, cherry trees for ornamental purposes are classified into the genus ''Prunus'' which consists of about 400 species. In the mainstream classification in Japan, China, and Russia, on the other hand, ornamental cherry trees are classified into the genus ''Cerasus'', which consists of about 100 species separated from the genus ''Prunus'', and the genus ''Cerasus'' does not include '' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
