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CK5
''CK5'' is a compilation album by Japanese contemporary R&B singer Crystal Kay, released on June 30, 2004. It commemorates the five years since her debut as a musician in 1999. On the same day, ''CK 99—04 Music Clips'', a video album compiling her music videos was released. Background In 2001, Crystal Kay started to collaborate with the hip-hop/R&B group M-Flo, with Verbal featured on her single "Ex-boyfriend", and Taku Takahashi producing her singles "Hard to Say" (2002) and "Boyfriend (Part II)" (2003). In 2003, Crystal Kay collaborated on with them on two singles, "Reeewind!" and "I Like It". November saw the release of an Asia-wide English language album ''Crystal Kay'' (released as ''Natural'' in Japan) and her fourth studio album '' 4 Real''. In May 2004, Crystal Kay released "Motherland",a ballad written for the anime ''Fullmetal Alchemist'', which became her second top ten single. In June, she announced on her official website that she had graduated high school. C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Motherland (Crystal Kay Song)
''CK5'' is a compilation album by Japanese people, Japanese contemporary R&B singer Crystal Kay, released on June 30, 2004. It commemorates the five years since her debut as a musician in 1999. On the same day, ''CK 99—04 Music Clips'', a video album compiling her music videos was released. Background In 2001, Crystal Kay started to collaborate with the hip-hop/R&B group M-Flo, with Verbal (rapper), Verbal featured on her single "Ex-boyfriend", and Taku Takahashi producing her singles "Hard to Say" (2002) and "Boyfriend (Part II)" (2003). In 2003, Crystal Kay collaborated on with them on two singles, "Reeewind!" and "I Like It". November saw the release of an Asia-wide English language album ''Crystal Kay (album), Crystal Kay'' (released as ''Natural'' in Japan) and her fourth studio album ''4 Real (album), 4 Real''. In May 2004, Crystal Kay released "Motherland (Crystal Kay song), Motherland",a ballad written for the anime ''List of Fullmetal Alchemist episodes, Fullmetal A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Crystal Kay
is a Japanese singer, songwriter, actress and radio host. After releasing her first single, "Eternal Memories" (1999), Crystal Kay gained fame for her third studio album, '' Almost Seventeen'' (2002), which debuted at number 2 on the Japanese Oricon charts. ''Almost Seventeen'' eventually sold over 400,000 copies and was certified platinum by the Recording Industry Association of Japan. Crystal Kay, formerly signed to Epic Records, a sub-label of Sony Music Japan for 12 years, suddenly transferred to Delicious Deli Records, a sub-label of Universal Music Japan in 2011. As of April 2021, she has released thirteen albums. Her seventh studio album, '' All Yours'' (2007) became Crystal Kay's only number-one release in her career when it debuted on top of the Oricon chart in June 2007. Crystal Kay has sold over two million records in Japan as of 2009. Throughout her career, Crystal Kay has collaborated with M-Flo and BoA, Chemistry as well as other well-known recording artists. Ea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
4 Real (album)
''4 Real'' is fourth studio album by Japanese recording artist Crystal Kay. It was released via Sony Music Entertainment Japan on November 27, 2003, and was made available as a stand-alone CD and for digital consumption. The title ''4 Real'' is play on the phrase "for real"—signifying the singer's fourth record. It contains primarily contemporary R&B influences and saw contributions from various songwriters and producers, including M-Flo, Yoshika and Keri Hilson, among others. The album spawned four singles, which were all released over the course of 2003. Commercially, ''4 Real'' peaked at number six on the Oricon Albums Chart and became her second top-ten album in Japan, following the top-three release ''Almost Seventeen'' (2002). The album continued to chart for a total of 25 weeks in the country. Within a month of the album's release, it was certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of Japan The is an industry trade group composed of Japanese corporations ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Crystal Style
''Crystal Style'' is Crystal Kay is a Japanese singer, songwriter, actress and radio host. After releasing her first single, "Eternal Memories" (1999), Crystal Kay gained fame for her third studio album, '' Almost Seventeen'' (2002), which debuted at number 2 on the Japanese ...'s fifth studio album. Unlike Crystal's last three albums, this record is more pop oriented and features more foreign producers, including Ashley Ingram and Jamelia. It was released in two different versions: a regular CD edition and a limited CD+DVD edition containing an English version of "MAKE YOU MINE", a DVD with her recent music videos, and a slipcase. There were only two singles released leading up to ''Crystal's Style''. The album reached #2 on the Oricon weekly charts, where it charted for 31 weeks. As it sold 296,756 copies in 2005, it became the #44 best selling album of that year. Track listing Charts Release history External links * References * {{Authority control 2 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shinichi Osawa
, also known by his stage name Mondo Grosso, is a Japanese musician, DJ, record producer and composer currently signed onto Avex Trax's Rhythm Zone label. Previously he was signed to Sony Music Japan's FEARLESS RECORDS division and released albums under the title of ''Mondo Grosso'' (Italian for "big world"), showing influences of Brazilian music and language in songs such as "Maigo no Astronauta" or "Carnival of Colors." Over the course of his career he has worked in genres from acid jazz to house, with strong influences of underground club music, though his recent work has been in the genre of electro house. HMV Japan rated Mondo Grosso at #95 on their "Top 100 Japanese Pop Artists" and Shinichi Osawa is ranked as Japan's #1 electro house DJ and Japan's #3 overall DJ by TopDeejays.com. Background Shinichi Osawa was originally the producer and bassist for the popular Japanese musical group Mondo Grosso, which formed in Kyoto in 1991 on the For Life Records label. However, in 19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Always And Forever
Always and Forever may refer to: Books * ''Always and Forever'' (book), a children's book by Deb Gliori, shortlisted for the 2003 Kate Greenaway Medal Film and TV * ''Always & Forever'' (film), a 1991 Swiss film *"Always and Forever", an episode of the TV series ''The Jamie Foxx Show'' Music Albums * ''Always & Forever'' (Eternal album) * ''Always and Forever'' (PlanetShakers album), or the title song * ''Always & Forever'' (Randy Travis album) * ''Always and Forever'' (Silk album), or the title song (see below) * ''Always and Forever'' (Alien Ant Farm album) *'' Always & Forever: The Classics'' an album by Luther Vandross, or the title song (see below) *Two albums by Funker Vogt: **'' Always and Forever Volume 1'' **'' Always and Forever Volume 2'' *''Always and Forever'', by Mr. Capone-E Songs * "Always and Forever" (Heatwave song), also covered by Luther Vandross, Silk and other artists * "Always and Forever" (Kostas Martakis song) * "Always Forever" (Bryson Tiller song) *"Al ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eternal Memories
"Eternal Memories" is Crystal Kay's debut single, released on July 1, 1999. Kay was thirteen years old when this single was released. The title track was written by Yoko Kanno is a Japanese composer, arranger and music producer best known for her work on the soundtracks of anime series, television series, live-action films, video games, and advertisements. She was born in Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture, Japan. She has wri ..., a well-known Japanese composer and arranger. "Eternal Memories" was first heard in a commercial for "Vitamin Water" and was later recorded in full. Despite peaking at #47, "Eternal Memories" has since become Kay's eighth best selling single. Track listing # Eternal Memories - 5:10 # Fly Away - 4:58 # Fly Away (Acapella) - 4:33 (12" single exclusive) # Eternal Memories (Instrumental) - 5:07 (12" single exclusive) Charts "Eternal Memories" debuted on the Oricon Singles Chart at #47. It charted for a further four weeks. References External links Of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yoko Kanno
is a Japanese composer, arranger and music producer best known for her work on the soundtracks of anime series, television series, live-action films, video games, and advertisements. She was born in Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture, Japan. She has written scores for '' Cowboy Bebop'' and its live-action adaptation, ''Darker than Black'', ''Macross Plus'', ''Turn A Gundam'', ''The Vision of Escaflowne'', '' Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex'', ''Wolf's Rain'', ''Kids on the Slope,'' ''Genesis of Aquarion'' and ''Terror in Resonance'', and has worked with the directors Hirokazu Kore-eda, Yoshiyuki Tomino, Shinichirō Watanabe and Shōji Kawamori. Kanno has also composed music for pop artists Maaya Sakamoto and Kyōko Koizumi. She is also a keyboardist, and is the frontwoman for the Seatbelts, who perform many of Kanno's compositions and soundtracksMeow on the Bridgeis her private office. Biography Early life Yoko Kanno was born March 18, 1963, in Sendai. Her earliest experie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hiroshi Fujiwara
(born 1964) is a Japanese musician, producer, and designer. Life Fujiwara was born in Ise, Mie. He moved to Tokyo at eighteen and became a standout in the Harajuku Japanese street fashion, street fashion scene. During a trip to New York City in the early 1980s he was introduced to hip hop; taking American records back to Tokyo, he became one of Japan's first hip hop disc jockey, DJs, and is credited with popularizing the genre in Japan. He subsequently went into music producing, specializing in remixes."Hiroshi Fujiwara: International Man of Mystery" , 2005, ''Theme (magazine), Theme'' He is known as a godfather of Ura-Harajuku fashion and is a globally influential streetwear designer, including being the pioneer for Nike, Inc, Nike's "HTM" line, and the "Fenom" line for Levi Strauss & Co, Levi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harold Arlen
Harold Arlen (born Hyman Arluck; February 15, 1905 – April 23, 1986) was an American composer of popular music, who composed over 500 songs, a number of which have become known worldwide. In addition to composing the songs for the 1939 film '' The Wizard of Oz'' (lyrics by Yip Harburg), including " Over the Rainbow", Arlen is a highly regarded contributor to the Great American Songbook. "Over the Rainbow" was voted the 20th century's No. 1 song by the RIAA and the NEA. Life and career Arlen was born in Buffalo, New York, the child of a Jewish cantor. His twin brother died the next day. He learned to play the piano as a youth, and formed a band as a young man. He achieved some local success as a pianist and singer before moving to New York City in his early twenties, where he worked as an accompanist in vaudeville and changed his name to Harold Arlen. Between 1926 and about 1934, Arlen appeared occasionally as a band vocalist on records by The Buffalodians, Red Nichols, Joe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Judy Garland
Judy Garland (born Frances Ethel Gumm; June 10, 1922June 22, 1969) was an American actress and singer. While critically acclaimed for many different roles throughout her career, she is widely known for playing the part of Dorothy Gale in '' The Wizard of Oz'' (1939). She attained international stardom as an actress in both musical and dramatic roles, as a recording artist and on the concert stage. Renowned for her versatility, she received an Academy Juvenile Award, a Golden Globe Award and a Special Tony Award. Garland was the first woman to win the Grammy Award for Album of the Year, which she won for her 1961 live recording titled ''Judy at Carnegie Hall''. Garland began performing as a child with her two older sisters, in a vaudeville group " The Gumm Sisters" and was later signed to Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer as a teenager. She appeared in more than two dozen films for MGM. Garland was a frequent on-screen partner of both Mickey Rooney and Gene Kelly and regularly collaborated w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fuji Television
JOCX-DTV (channel 8), branded as and colloquially known as CX, is a Japanese television station based in Odaiba today is a large artificial island in Tokyo Bay, Japan, across the Rainbow Bridge from central Tokyo. Odaiba was initially built in this area for defensive purposes in the 1850s. Reclaimed land offshore Shinagawa was dramatically expanded durin ..., Minato, Tokyo, Japan. Owned-and-operated station, Owned and operated by the it is the flagship (broadcasting), key station of the Fuji News Network (FNN) and the Fuji Network System. It is also known for its long-time slogan, ''"If it's not fun, it's not TV!"'' Fuji Television also operates three premium television stations, known as "Fuji TV One" ("Fuji TV 739"—sports/variety, including all Tokyo Yakult Swallows home games), "Fuji TV Two" ("Fuji TV 721"—drama/anime), and "Fuji TV Next" ("Fuji TV CSHD"—live premium shows) (called together as "Fuji TV OneTwoNext"), all available in High-definition television, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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