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Calling (B'z Song)
''Calling'' is the twenty-second single by B'z, released on July 9, 1997. This song is one of B'z many number-one singles in Oricon chart. The song was used as a theme of TV drama '' Glass Mask'', an adaptation of the famous shōjo manga is an editorial category of Japanese comics targeting an audience of adolescent females and young adult women. It is, along with manga (targeting adolescent boys), manga (targeting young adult and adult men), and manga (targeting adul ... of the same name. It sold 1,000,020 copies according to Oricon. Track listing #Calling #Gimme Your Love (Live at Tokyo Dome) Certifications References External linksB'z official website {{DEFAULTSORT:Calling (B'z Song) 1997 singles B'z songs Oricon Weekly number-one singles Japanese television drama theme songs Songs written by Tak Matsumoto Songs written by Koshi Inaba ...
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Survive (B'z Album)
''Survive'' is the ninth studio album by Japanese rock duo B'z, released November 19, 1997. The album sold 1,040,160 copies in its first week, lower than their last studio album, the album still managed to sell over 1,723,030 copies. Track listing # Deep Kiss - 4:14 # - 3:18 # Survive - 4:48 # Liar! Liar! - 3:22 # Hapinesu (Happiness) (ハピネス) - 4:51 # Fireball Fireball may refer to: Science * Fireball (meteor), a brighter-than-usual meteor * Ball lightning, an atmospheric electrical phenomenon * ''Bassia scoparia'', a plant species Arts and entertainment Films * '' The Fireball'', a 1950 film starring ... - 4:15 # Do Me - 3:28 # Naite Naite Nakiyandara (泣いて泣いて 泣きやんだら) - 3:37 # Cat - 3:42 # Dattara Agechaeyo (だったらあげちゃえよ) - 3:51 # Shower - 4:37 # Calling - 5:56 Certifications References B'z albums at the official site {{Authority control 1997 albums B'z albums Japanese-language albums ...
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Hard Rock
Hard rock or heavy rock is a loosely defined subgenre of rock music typified by aggressive vocals and distorted electric guitars. Hard rock began in the mid-1960s with the garage, psychedelic and blues rock movements. Some of the earliest hard rock music was produced by the Kinks, the Who, The Beatles, the Rolling Stones, Cream, Vanilla Fudge, and the Jimi Hendrix Experience. In the late 1960s, bands such as Blue Cheer, the Jeff Beck Group, Iron Butterfly, Led Zeppelin, Golden Earring, Steppenwolf and Deep Purple also produced hard rock. The genre developed into a major form of popular music in the 1970s, with the Who, Led Zeppelin and Deep Purple being joined by Queen, AC/DC, Aerosmith, Kiss, and Van Halen. During the 1980s, some hard rock bands moved away from their hard rock roots and more towards pop rock.V. Bogdanov, C. Woodstra and S. T. Erlewine, ''All Music Guide to Rock: the Definitive Guide to Rock, Pop, and Soul'' (Milwaukee, WI: Backbeat Books, 3rd edn., ...
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Koshi Inaba
(born September 23, 1964 in Tsuyama, Okayama) is a Japanese vocalist, multi-instrumentalist and songwriter. He is best known as the singer and lyricist of the rock duo B'z, the best-selling music act in their native Japan. He has also had a successful solo career, with five studio albums and five singles topping the Japanese music charts. He collaborated with Slash on single "Sahara" which was released in 2009. In 2017, he released a collaborative album, ''Chubby Groove'', with Stevie Salas under the name "Inaba/Salas". Early life Koshi Inaba was born and raised in Tsuyama, Okayama, and enrolled in Yokohama National University's Faculty for Education in 1983 to become a qualified mathematics teacher. Inaba made his musical debut in 1985 whilst still a student, contributing vocals to Toshiya "Ran" Matsukawa's album ''Burning ~Dedication to Randy Rhoads~'' under the stage name Mr. Crazy Tiger. He graduated in 1987 when he also formed a short-lived band. B'z and solo career ...
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Tak Matsumoto
is a Japanese musician, songwriter and record producer. He is best known as the guitarist and main composer of the Rock music, rock duo B'z, the List of best-selling music artists in Japan, best-selling music act in their native Japan. He also has a successful solo career where, in addition to winning several Japan Gold Disc Awards, he won the Grammy Award for Best Pop Instrumental Album for ''Take Your Pick (album), Take Your Pick'' (2010), which he made in collaboration with Larry Carlton. Matsumoto is only the fifth guitarist in the world to have his own Gibson (guitar company), Gibson signature model guitar. Career Matsumoto was inspired to pick up a guitar at the age of 13 when he heard Eric Clapton's playing on The Beatles song "While My Guitar Gently Weeps" for the first time. Reportedly he bought his first electric guitar at age of 15, a Japanese Gibson Les Paul after hearing Deep Purple's guitarist Ritchie Blackmore play "Smoke on the Water on live album ''Made in Japan ...
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Fireball (B'z Song)
"Fireball" is the twenty-first single by B'z, released on March 5, 1997. One of B'z' many number-one singles in 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 ... chart, it was their first single since Itoshii Hitoyo Good Night... not to sell over one million copies, with 755,000 copies sold. It also became their first single since Itoshii Hitoyo Good Night... not to chart in the yearly top 20, charting at #24. Track listing #Fireball # Certifications External linksB'z official website {{authority control 1997 singles B'z songs Oricon Weekly number-one singles Songs written by Tak Matsumoto Songs written by Koshi Inaba 1997 songs ...
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Liar! Liar!
"Liar! Liar!" is the twenty-third single by B'z, released on October 8, 1997. This song is one of B'z many number-one singles in Oricon chart, selling 794,000 copies during its chartrun. "Liar! Liar!" was featured on the PlayStation 2 music video game ''GuitarFreaks''. Marty Friedman, ex- Megadeth guitarist who is acquainted with J-pop, stated that this song is one of his favorites in a column he wrote for the magazine ''Nikkei Entertainment''. Track listing All songs composed and arranged by Tak Matsumoto, lyrics written by Koshi Inaba #"Liar! Liar!" #"" Personnel * Tak Matsumoto - Electric guitar * Koshi Inaba - Lead vocals * Akihito Tokunaga - Bass * Hideo Yamaki is a Japanese jazz drummer and percussionist. He is known for being the long time drummer for Toshinori Kondo's band Kondo IMA. He also collaborated with Arto Lindsay, John Zorn, Sakamoto Ryuichi, Hosono Haruomi, Robert Palmer and Bill Laswell ... - Drums Certifications References External linksB'z ...
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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 ...
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Glass Mask
is a Japanese shōjo manga series written and illustrated by Suzue Miuchi, serialized in '' Hana to Yume'' from January 1976, and collected in 49 tankōbon volumes as of October 2012. The story has also been adapted into anime and a live-action television series. As of 2006, the collected volumes had sold 50 million copies in Japan, making it the second best-selling shōjo manga ever. The title refers poetically to the mask of faces that actors wear - while expressing emotions that are not their own, the mask they wear (their acting) is as fragile as glass. If the actors are distracted, their mask will "break" and show on stage the actors' true feelings. After not publishing a new chapter of the story for more than two years, Miuchi re-launched ''Glass Mask'' in Hakusensha's '' Bessatsu Hana to Yume'' magazine in July 2008. Miuchi has announced that she intends to end the series soon. However, the series is currently on an extended hiatus, with the latest chapter rele ...
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Shōjo Manga
is an editorial category of Japanese comics targeting an audience of adolescent females and young adult women. It is, along with manga (targeting adolescent boys), manga (targeting young adult and adult men), and manga (targeting adult women), one of the primary editorial categories of manga. manga is traditionally published in dedicated manga magazines, which often specialize in a particular readership age range or narrative genre. manga originated from Japanese girls' culture at the turn of the twentieth century, primarily (girls' prose novels) and ( lyrical paintings). The earliest manga was published in general magazines aimed at teenagers in the early 1900s, and entered a period of creative development beginning in the 1950s as it began to formalize as a distinct category of manga. While the category was initially dominated by male manga artists, the emergence and eventual dominance of female artists beginning in the 1960s and 1970s led to a period of signif ...
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1997 Singles
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B'z Songs
are a Japanese rock duo, consisting of guitarist, composer and producer Takahiro "Tak" Matsumoto and vocalist and lyricist Koshi Inaba, 佐伯明『B'z ウルトラクロニクル』ソニー・マガジンズ、2003年。新型光�B'zはなぜこれほど売れるのか ちょっと真面目に考えてみた」 R25、2005年12月15日。(参照:2007年5月1日。) known for their energetic hard rock tracks and pop rock ballads. B'z is one of the best-selling music artists in the world and the best-selling in their native Japan, having released 49 consecutive No. 1 singles, 25 No. 1 albums, 3 No. 1 EPs on the Oricon music charts and sold more than 100 million records worldwide. In 2003 HMV Japan ranked them at number 30 on their list of the 100 most important Japanese pop acts. In 2007, B'z became the first music act from Asia to have their handprints and signatures put up in the Hollywood's RockWalk. In 2008 were awarded a ''Guinness World Record'' for ...
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Oricon Weekly Number-one Singles
This is a list of songs that have peaked at number-one on the Oricon Singles Chart, the preeminent singles chart in Japan, which was created in 1967, and monitors the number of physical single purchases of the most popular singles. 1960s and 1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s 2010s 2020s See also * List of best-selling singles in Japan * List of Oricon number-one albums * 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 i ... {{Number-one singles in Japan Japanese music-related lists Lists of number-one songs in Japan Oricon ...
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