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Guitarissimo
''Guitarissimo'' (stylized as guitarissimo) is the debut studio album by Japanese singer-songwriter miwa. The album was released on April 6, 2011. The album was originally scheduled to release a week earlier, on March 30; however, due to the Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami which happened prior to the original release date as well as its after-effects, the release date was delayed by a week. Track listing Charts ''Guitarissimo'' became the first debut album by a solo singer-songwriter born in the Heisei period to debut at number one, on 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 Nov ...'s albums chart. References External links * Sony Music Guitarissimo profile CD+DVD [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Guitarium
The discography of Japanese musician Miwa consists of seven studio albums, one compilation album, seven video albums and twenty-five singles. After releasing two independent singles, Miwa debuted through major label Sony Music Entertainment Japan with the single "Don't Cry Anymore" (2010), a song used as the theme song of the drama ''Nakanai to Kimeta Hi''. The song was commercially successful, and was eventually certified Platinum by the Recording Industry Association of Japan. This song, along with her third single " Change", used as a theme song for the anime ''Bleach'', led her debut album ''Guitarissimo'' (2011) to debut at number one on 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 Nov ...'s album charts. Miwa's most commercially successful song is "Hikari e" (2012), us ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Miwa (singer)
Miwa (stylised as miwa) (born 15 June 1990) is a Japanese singer-songwriter. She debuted in 2010 with the single " Don't Cry Anymore", which was used as the theme song for the drama ''Nakanai to Kimeta hi''. Her stage name officially starts with a lowercase letter 'm'. Biography History miwa was born in Hayama, Kanagawa, moving to Tokyo at a young age. Since her father had a great love for music, miwa naturally began to enjoy music as she grew up. miwa began writing songs at 15. She began to teach herself how to play the guitar after she entered high school, but gave up and paid for professional lessons after discovering she wasn't making much progress on her own. Her high school had a ban on students having part-time jobs. Despite this, miwa secretly worked and eventually used these savings by her second year of high school to buy a Gibson J-45 guitar. miwa played live concerts mostly around Shimokitazawa in Tokyo and in Okinawa in the summer (her parents had a house there). ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Don't Cry Anymore
"Don't Cry Anymore" (stylized as "don't cry anymore") is Japanese singer-songwriter miwa's debut major label single, released on March 3, 2010. It was used as the Nana Eikura starring drama Nakanai to Kimeta Hi's theme song. It was certified gold by the RIAJ for full-length cellphone downloads. Writing The song is an upbeat pop rock song. The lyrics describe somebody instructing themself to stop crying and to be strong, no matter what. References are made to an end of a relationship, such as the song's protagonist . She feels that she wants to hear that person's voice again and to see them again, but knows that she must walk forward instead. miwa felt that "Don't Cry Anymore" was less indicative of her personality than the B-sides of the single. miwa describes the B-side "Megurogawa" as a "comfortable and tender" song, that feels like her starting point from where she started to make music. It describes somebody yearning to tell a boy about her feelings for him, as she stands besid ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Change (Miwa Song)
"Change" (stylized as "chAngE") is Japanese singer-songwriter miwa's third major label single, released on September 1, 2010. Writing and inspiration The song is an upbeat pop rock song. The song is entirely in Japanese, with the exception of the English phrase, "I wanna change". The lyrics describe a person with the desire to "change to be more like (themselves)." The letters a and e being capitalised in the song's title represents miwa's change from an acoustic guitar to an electric guitar. The guitar miwa used for this release was a Joan Jett Model Gibson Melody Maker. Promotion The song was used as the 12th opening theme song for the ''Bleach'' anime, starting in April 2010 and succeeded by "Ranbu no Melody" by SID on October 12, 2010. On August 21, performed the song live on the Fuji TV music show ''Music Fair'', and also collaborated with Ryoko Moriyama and Akiko Yano is a Japanese pop and jazz musician and singer born in Tokyo and raised in Aomori and later ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Little Girl (Miwa Song)
is Japanese singer-songwriter miwa (singer), miwa's second major label single, released on June 23, 2010. The B-side "Soba ni Itai Kara" is a re-recording of miwa's second independently released single from 2008. Writing and inspiration The song is an upbeat pop-rock song. The lyrics of the song are self-referential, both to miwa as the songwriter and the song being a love song. miwa describes herself as a "little girl" who writes songs, plays her guitar and is sick of listening to love songs. The rest of the lyrics deal with expressing feelings to an "unusual boy" in a love song, and uses unusual metaphors to with maths/science (such as "you don't need equations in love," describing the boy as "flowing with minus ions" and saying that the boy is "the only one to receive my special frequency"). "Little Girl" was written during the summer holiday of her first year of university, as a potential candidate for her debut single. She wanted "make a life-sized song they was very much h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Otoshimono (song)
is Japanese singer-songwriter miwa's fourth major label single, released on December 1, 2010. Track listing Chart rankings Reported sales References Miwa (singer) songs 2010 singles Japanese-language songs Songs written by miwa (singer) 2010 songs {{2010s-pop-song-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sony Music Entertainment 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 Group Corporation and is operating independently from the United States-based Sony Music Entertainment due to its strength in the Japanese music industry. Its subsidiaries include the 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 Records. Releases of So ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Akihisa Matsuura
Akihisa (written: 明久, 明央, 昭久, 晃久 or 瑛久) is a masculine Japanese given name. Notable people with the name include: *, Japanese rower *, Japanese manga artist *, Japanese baseball player *, Japanese politician *, Japanese baseball player *, Japanese actor and model Fictional characters *, a character in the light novel series ''Baka and Test'' {{given name Japanese masculine given names ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Daishi Kataoka
''Diamond Head'' was a Japanese band formed of session musicians and producers. They first gained notability as the backing and touring band for Hitomi Yaida. History Working as a band in their own right they wrote and performed the song "le vent brulant" in 2001, which was used for some of the Japanese television coverage of the 2004 Formula-1 season. This track, an instrumental, was included on both Yaida's single "Look Back Again/Over The Distance" and the compilation album ''Grand Prix: Super Collection 2004'' Working around a core of four experienced producers with high experience and expertise with their chosen instruments, they expanded the group to include other specialists to achieve a polished sound on all. Formed by solo musician and producer Kataoka Daishi along with instrumentalist Murata Akira they were joined by guitarist Susumu Nishikawa and keyboardist Ura Kiyohide (who had previously been a member of the band North Wind Knights with Daishi.) As a group, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pop Rock
Pop rock (also typeset as pop/rock) is a fusion genre with an emphasis on professional songwriting and recording craft, and less emphasis on attitude than rock music. Originating in the late 1950s as an alternative to normal rock and roll, early pop rock was influenced by the beat, arrangements, and original style of rock and roll (and sometimes doo-wop). It may be viewed as a distinct genre field rather than music that overlaps with pop and rock. The detractors of pop rock often deride it as a slick, commercial product and less authentic than rock music. Characteristics and etymology Much pop and rock music has been very similar in sound, instrumentation and even lyrical content. The terms "pop rock" and "power pop" have been used to describe more commercially successful music that uses elements from, or the form of, rock music. Writer Johan Fornas views pop/rock as "one single, continuous genre field", rather than distinct categories. To the authors Larry Starr and Chri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
