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Ayu-mi-x
''Ayu-mi-x'' (stylized as ''ayu-mi-x'') is the first remix album by Japanese musician Ayumi Hamasaki. It was released on March 17, 1999, to promote A Song for ××. Ayu-mi-x remix album contains 2 discs. Disc 1 is the Remix Club Side which contains dance remixes. Disc 2 is the Acoustic Orchestra Side which contains orchestral remixes and 3 dub mixes. Track listing Acoustic Orchestra Side # Prologue # A Song for ×× # Hana # Poker Face # Wishing # You # As If... # Powder Snow # Depend on You # For My Dear... # Wishing (Refreshing Mix) # You (Fine Mix) # From Your Letter (Dub You Crazy Mix) Chart positions *Total Sales: 396,800 (Japan) References External links ''Ayu-mi-x''information at Avex Network. ''Ayu-mi-x''information at 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 K ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ayumi Hamasaki
is a Japanese singer, songwriter, record producer, actress, model, spokesperson, and entrepreneur. By 2002, Hamasaki had earned the nickname "Empress of J-pop" due to her popularity in Japan and throughout Asia. Due to her success and relevance throughout her career, she is considered one of the top solo female artists of the Heisei era, both for her influence on various fashion trends and the music industry. Born and raised in Fukuoka, Fukuoka Prefecture, Hamasaki moved to Tokyo at 14 in 1993 to pursue a career in singing and acting. In 1998, under the tutelage of Avex CEO Max Matsuura, Hamasaki released her debut single " Poker Face"Oricon does not count '' Nothing from Nothing'', released by Nippon Columbia, among Hamasaki's albums. and debut major-label album '' A Song for XX''. The album debuted at the top of the Oricon charts and remained there for five weeks, selling over a million copies. This rapid rise to fame is typically attributed, among other factors, to her un ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ayu-mi-x
''Ayu-mi-x'' (stylized as ''ayu-mi-x'') is the first remix album by Japanese musician Ayumi Hamasaki. It was released on March 17, 1999, to promote A Song for ××. Ayu-mi-x remix album contains 2 discs. Disc 1 is the Remix Club Side which contains dance remixes. Disc 2 is the Acoustic Orchestra Side which contains orchestral remixes and 3 dub mixes. Track listing Acoustic Orchestra Side # Prologue # A Song for ×× # Hana # Poker Face # Wishing # You # As If... # Powder Snow # Depend on You # For My Dear... # Wishing (Refreshing Mix) # You (Fine Mix) # From Your Letter (Dub You Crazy Mix) Chart positions *Total Sales: 396,800 (Japan) References External links ''Ayu-mi-x''information at Avex Network. ''Ayu-mi-x''information at 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 K ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Super Eurobeat Presents Ayu-ro Mix
The ''Super Eurobeat Presents Ayu-ro Mix'' remix album was released by Ayumi Hamasaki on February 16, 2000. The album became the second highest selling remix album in Japan of 2000 with 700,000 copies sold. The album became Hamasaki's longest charting remix album with over 31 weeks on the chart. It is the 4th best selling remix album in Japan and also the 9th List of best-selling remix albums worldwide, best selling remix album worldwide of all time. Track listing # Fly High (Ayumi Hamasaki song), Fly High (Euro-Power Mix) (from ''Loveppears'') # Appears, Appears (Aggressive Extended Mix) (from ''Loveppears'') # Boys & Girls (Ayumi Hamasaki song), Boys & Girls (A Eurosenti Mix) (from ''Loveppears'') # Depend on You, Depend on You (Eurosenti Mix) (from ''A Song for ××'') # A (EP), Monochrome (Ayu-ro Extended Mix) (from ''Loveppears'') # A (EP), Too Late (Euro-Power Mix) (from ''Loveppears'') # A (EP), Trauma (Eurobeat Mix) (from ''Loveppears'') # Trust (Ayumi Hamasaki song) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Remix Album
A remix album is an album consisting of remixes or rerecorded versions of an artist's earlier released material. The first act who employed the format was American singer-songwriter Harry Nilsson (''Aerial Pandemonium Ballet'', 1971). As of 2007, the best-selling remix album of all time is Michael Jackson's ''Blood on the Dance Floor: HIStory in the Mix'' (1997). History and concept ''Aerial Pandemonium Ballet'' (1971) by Harry Nilsson is credited as the first remix album. It was released after the successes of "Everybody's Talkin'" and ''The Point!'', when he decided that his older material had started to sound dated. Neu!'s ''Neu! 2'' (1973) has also been described as "in effect the first remix album", as many tracks see the duo "speed up, slow down, cut, doctor, and mutilate the material, sometimes beyond recognition". In the 1980s, record companies would combine several kinds of electronic dance music, such as dance-pop, House music, house, techno, Trance music, trance, drum ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Remix Album
A remix album is an album consisting of remixes or rerecorded versions of an artist's earlier released material. The first act who employed the format was American singer-songwriter Harry Nilsson (''Aerial Pandemonium Ballet'', 1971). As of 2007, the best-selling remix album of all time is Michael Jackson's ''Blood on the Dance Floor: HIStory in the Mix'' (1997). History and concept ''Aerial Pandemonium Ballet'' (1971) by Harry Nilsson is credited as the first remix album. It was released after the successes of "Everybody's Talkin'" and ''The Point!'', when he decided that his older material had started to sound dated. Neu!'s ''Neu! 2'' (1973) has also been described as "in effect the first remix album", as many tracks see the duo "speed up, slow down, cut, doctor, and mutilate the material, sometimes beyond recognition". In the 1980s, record companies would combine several kinds of electronic dance music, such as dance-pop, House music, house, techno, Trance music, trance, drum ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kazuhito Kikuchi
is a Japanese composer. From 2001 to 2005 he was a member of the J-pop duo Breath. He has been one of the main song composers for Ayumi Hamasaki and has also written songs for Kumi Koda, Every Little Thing, Ami Suzuki and others. He won the Best Composer Award at the Japan Record Awards in 2001 for the single Fragile by Every Little Thing. Currently he is the designated composer for the Chinese singer alan Alan may refer to: People *Alan (surname), an English and Turkish surname * Alan (given name), an English given name **List of people with given name Alan ''Following are people commonly referred to solely by "Alan" or by a homonymous name.'' *A .... External linksOfficial Blog (Japanese) 1977 births [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
AVEX Records
is a Japanese entertainment conglomerate led by founder Max Matsuura and headquartered in Tokyo, Japan. Founded in 1988, the company manages J-pop talents like Ayumi Hamasaki and internet sensation PikoTaro. It has also shifted into other business domains like anime, video games and live music events, partnering with Ultra Music Festival and hosting the annual A-nation. The company is a member of the Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group (MUFG) '' keiretsu''. Name Avex is an acronym of the English words Audio Visual Expert. Since its foundation, its corporate name was Avex D.D., Incorporated, and ten years later it was changed to Avex, Incorporated. The current name, Avex Group Holdings, Incorporated, was adopted in 2004 as part of reconstruction process after Tom Yoda's resignation. Avex Group Holdings, Incorporated was used for the main subsidiaries, while the old name (Avex, Incorporated) was for entertainment components of the Group. In 2005, Avex, Incorporated became Avex Ent ... [...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] |
For My Dear
"For My Dear..." is the fourth single released by Ayumi Hamasaki on October 7, 1998. Track listing # "For My Dear..." # "For My Dear..." (Acoustic Version) # "For My Dear..." (Instrumental) Re-release This single was re-released on February 28, 2001, including four new songs. Track listing # "For My Dear..." # "For My Dear..." (Acoustic Version) # "A Song for ××" (she shell Reproduction) # "Friend II" (Jazzy Jet Mix) # "As if…" (dub's L.B.M remix) # "For My Dear..." (Inst.) # "For My Dear..." (Acoustic Version Inst.) Live performances *October 9, 1998 - Super Dream Live - For My Dear... *October 17, 1998 - Pop Jam - For My Dear... *October 24, 1998 - Countdown TV - For My Dear... *October 30, 1998 - Music Station - For My Dear... *November 9, 1998 - Hey! Hey! Hey! - For My Dear... Music video The music video of For My Dear... was directed by Odagami Hiromitsu. The video features Hamasaki sitting in a bar watching people come and go. The video then follows a few of the vi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
You (Ayumi Hamasaki Song)
"You" is the second single by Ayumi Hamasaki. It was released on June 10, 1998. Track listing # "You" # "You" (acoustic version) # "You" (instrumental) Re-release This single was re-released on February 28, 2001, featuring four new songs. Track listing # "You" # "You" (acoustic version) # "Wishing" (Taku's Chemistry mix) # "You" (Masters of Funk R&B remix) # "You" (Orienta-Rhythm club mix) # "You" (Dub's Uplifting mix) # "You" (instrumental) Live performances *June 6, 1998 - Utaban - You *June 19, 1998 - Music Station - You *June 20, 1998 - Pop Jam - You *December 25, 1998 - Music Station - You *December 14, 2002 - Ayuready? - You Music video The music video for "You" was directed by Takeishi Wataru. The video shows Hamasaki in different colored rooms. In each room something different is happening such as apples falling to the floor, Hamasaki playing a miniature piano, and her eating spaghetti. At the end of the video Hamasaki walks outside revealing a large house on the beac ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Trust (Ayumi Hamasaki Song)
"Trust" is the third single released by Ayumi Hamasaki on August 5, 1998. It was her first single to enter the Top Ten of the Oricon weekly charts. Track listing # "Trust" # "Trust" (Acoustic Version) # "Trust" (Instrumental) Re-release This single was re-released on February 28, 2001, featuring 4 new songs. Track listing # "Trust" # "Trust" (Acoustic Version) # "Powder Snow" (Dee Mix) # "Trust" (Dj Soma Grow Sound Mix) # "Trust" (Eddy Yamamoto Club Mix) # "Trust" (Groove That Soul Mix) # "Trust" (Instrumental) Live performances *August 7, 1998 – Music Station - Trust *August 10, 1998 – Hey! Hey! Hey! - Trust *August 25, 1998 – Utaban - Trust *September 5, 1998 – Pop Jam - Trust *November 21, 1998 - All Japan Request Awards - Trust *December 4, 1998 – Japan Cable Awards - Trust Chart positions 1Original version ²Re-release version Oricon sales: 181,820 (original version) References External links ''Trust''information at Avex Network. ''Trust''re-release inform ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mitsuru Igarashi
is the former keyboardist and songwriter of Japanese pop group Every Little Thing. He founded the band in early 1996 with his old friend Ichirō Itō and then 18-year-old singer Kaori Mochida. He left Every Little Thing in April 2000 after releasing the third album, ''Eternity''. Since leaving the band, he started producing music Music is generally defined as the art of arranging sound to create some combination of form, harmony, melody, rhythm or otherwise expressive content. Exact definitions of music vary considerably around the world, though it is an aspe ... for the band Day After Tomorrow which disbanded in 2005. Currently he plays keyboards and is a songmaker and producer in band Rushmore. He was also involved in composing and writing song lyrics for Every Little Thing's ninth album, ''Change''. References External links Rushmore official websiteOfficial blog 1969 births Living people Japanese keyboardists Every Little Thing (band) members M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
