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Jewelry Box (Shizuka Kudo Album)
''Jewelry Box'' is the fifteenth studio album by Japanese singer Shizuka Kudo. It was released on July 3, 2002, through Extasy Japan. It is her first studio album in three years, since ''Full of Love''. It is also Kudo's first and only studio album released under the label Extasy Japan. Commercial performance ''Jewelry Box'' debuted at number 60 on the Oricon Albums Chart The Oricon Albums Chart is the Japanese music industry standard albums popularity chart issued daily, weekly, monthly and yearly by Oricon. Oricon originally published LP, CT, Cartridge and CD charts prior to the establishment of the Oricon Albu .... It charted for a single week in the top 300 and sold a total of 4,000 copies, as reported by Oricon. Track listing Charts References {{Authority control 2002 albums Shizuka Kudo albums Pony Canyon albums ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shizuka Kudo
, known by her maiden name , is a Japanese singer, actress and former idol, born in Hamura, Tokyo, Japan. She was a member of Onyanko Club between May 1986 and September 1987 and went on to have a successful solo career with 11 number-one hits. Biography Kudo began her singing career at the age of 14 as a member of three-piece pop unit Seventeen Club consisted of runners-up from the 1984 Miss Seventeen Contest organized by Japanese teen magazine ''Seventeen'', which Shueisha publishes. They had two singles released by CBS/Sony Records in 1985. Their first single "Su Ki Futari Tomo!" was released on 21 January 1985, and was used in television advertisements for snack food products "Suzuki Kun" and "Sato Kun" manufactured and sold by S&B Foods. The second single "Baajin Kuraishisu (Virgin Crisis)" was released on 25 August 1985. Its lyrics were written by Sunplaza Nakano-kun, who was a lead singer of Japanese rock band Bakufu Slump. Kudo later said that she hated the second sing ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pop Music
Pop music is a genre of popular music that originated in its modern form during the mid-1950s in the United States and the United Kingdom. The terms ''popular music'' and ''pop music'' are often used interchangeably, although the former describes all music that is popular and includes many disparate styles. During the 1950s and 1960s, pop music encompassed rock and roll and the youth-oriented styles it influenced. ''Rock'' and ''pop'' music remained roughly synonymous until the late 1960s, after which ''pop'' became associated with music that was more commercial, ephemeral, and accessible. Although much of the music that appears on record charts is considered to be pop music, the genre is distinguished from chart music. Identifying factors usually include repeated choruses and hooks, short to medium-length songs written in a basic format (often the verse-chorus structure), and rhythms or tempos that can be easily danced to. Much pop music also borrows elements from other styles ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Extasy Records
Extasy Records is a Japanese record label founded in April 1986 by Yoshiki Hayashi, co-founder of the heavy metal band X Japan. The label's first release was X's 1986 single "Orgasm". Over the next few years, the label signed several then-little-known bands, among them future million-selling Glay and Luna Sea. Extasy along with Free-Will are credited with helping to spread the visual kei movement. The label also hosted a series of events to promote the groups, called Extasy Summits, which would also feature formerly signed bands that had already moved on to a major label. History Yoshiki Hayashi founded Extasy Records in Japan in 1986, using money he received from his mother when she sold her business. His band X Japan (then still named X) released their second single, "Orgasm", as the label's first release. In 1988, their debut album '' Vanishing Vision'' came out and was a huge success for an independent band. Over the next couple of years Extasy signed many bands that woul ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shizuka Kudo Best
is the tenth compilation album by Japanese singer Shizuka Kudo. It was released on December 5, 2001, through Pony Canyon. The album is part of the label's greatest hits series ''My Kore!ction''. It was later released digitally on July 1, 2012. An abridged version of the compilation, as per the ''My Kore!Lite'' series, was released on May 19, 2010. All sixteen songs were remastered digitally for the album. The ''My Kore!Lite'' edition was re-released on June 15, 2016 in Ultimate HQCD (UHQCD) format. Commercial performance ''Shizuka Kudo Best'' did not chart in the top 300 of the Oricon Albums Chart. However, the album has done well digitally since being released for download in 2012; it ranked as high as number 2 on the Recochoku Weekly Albums chart. The album ranked at number three on the Recochoku Monthly Albums chart, both in September 2014 and March 2015. It has steadily scored a spot on the Recochoku Year-end Albums chart, appearing on the yearly chart for four consecutive year ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shōwa No Kaidan Vol
Shōwa may refer to: * Hirohito (1901–1989), the 124th Emperor of Japan, known posthumously as Emperor Shōwa * Showa Corporation, a Japanese suspension and shock manufacturer, affiliated with the Honda keiretsu Japanese eras * Jōwa (Heian period) (承和), alternatively read as Shōwa, from 834 to 848 * Shōwa (Kamakura period) (正和), from 1312 to 1317 * Shōwa (1926–1989) (昭和), from 1926 to 1989 Japanese places * Shōwa, Akita, a former town in Akita Prefecture * Shōwa, Yamanashi, a town in Yamanashi Prefecture * Shōwa, a former town in Tokyo, now part of Akishima, Tokyo * Shōwa-ku, a ward of Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture * Shōwa, Fukushima, a village in Fukushima Prefecture * Shōwa, Gunma, a village in Gunma Prefecture * Shōwa, Saitama, a dissolved town in Saitama Prefecture * Showa Station (Antarctica), a Japanese research station located in Antarctica Japanese educational institutions * Showa University, in Tokyo * Showa Women's University, in Tokyo * Showa P ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shinku No Hana
is a song recorded by Japanese singer Shizuka Kudo for her fifteenth studio album, ''Jewelry Box''. It was released as the album's leading single by Extasy Japan on November 8, 2000. It served as the theme song to the tanpatsu dramas aired between October 2000 and 2001 on AX's ''Kayō Suspense Gekijō'' time slot. "Shinku no Hana" is Kudo's first single to be released in 12 cm CD single format since "Again". Background and composition "Shinku no Hana" is Kudo's first single released through the label Extasy Japan. As per an initial press release, a cover of a Janet Jackson song was planned to be included on the CD single, but was eventually omitted. Originally titled , the title song "Shinku no Hana" was written and produced by X Japan member and Extasy Records founder Yoshiki. He is credited under the female pseudonym of Tomomi Tachibana (橘朋実) for the song's lyrics. The song is composed in the key of F minor and Kudo's vocals span from B3 to C5 in modal voice, and to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maple (song)
"Maple" is a song recorded by Japanese singer Shizuka Kudo for her fifteenth studio album, ''Jewelry Box''. It was released through Extasy Japan as the album's second and final single on April 24, 2002. The song was featured on the EX television series ''Kowloon de Aimashō'', on which Kudo guest starred. "Maple" is Kudo's last single released under the label Extasy Japan. Background and composition "Maple" marks the first single release by Kudo since the birth of her first daughter and marriage to Takuya Kimura. It was released one day shy of a year after the scheduled release of the song "Us", also included on ''Jewelry Box'', was canceled. The song was written by Kudo, under the pseudonym Aeri, and Satoru Sugawara, who also arranged the song. It is composed in the key of B major and set to a tempo of 70 beats per minute. "Maple" is described as a melancholy-tinged ambient pop song. Lyrically, the song explores the theme of welcoming a new life, an experience which the narrator ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Studio Album
An album is a collection of audio recordings issued on compact disc (CD), Phonograph record, vinyl, audio tape, or another medium such as Digital distribution#Music, digital distribution. Albums of recorded sound were developed in the early 20th century as individual Phonograph record#78 rpm disc developments, 78 rpm records collected in a bound book resembling a photograph album; this format evolved after 1948 into single vinyl LP record, long-playing (LP) records played at revolutions per minute, rpm. The album was the dominant form of recorded music expression and consumption from the mid-1960s to the early 21st century, a period known as the album era. Vinyl LPs are still issued, though album sales in the 21st-century have mostly focused on CD and MP3 formats. The 8-track tape was the first tape format widely used alongside vinyl from 1965 until being phased out by 1983 and was gradually supplanted by the cassette tape during the 1970s and early 1980s; the populari ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Full Of Love
''Full of Love'' is the fourteenth studio album by Japanese singer Shizuka Kudo. It was released on June 2, 1999, through Pony Canyon. The album features a contemporary R&B sound, produced by the likes of Chokkaku, Ichirō Hada and Seishirō Kusunose. It has been described as the perfect driving album for the summer. Commercial performance ''Full of Love'' debuted at number 38 on the Oricon Albums Chart The Oricon Albums Chart is the Japanese music industry standard albums popularity chart issued daily, weekly, monthly and yearly by Oricon. Oricon originally published LP, CT, Cartridge and CD charts prior to the establishment of the Oricon Albu ..., with 9,000 units sold in its first week. It charted at number 61 with 3,000 units sold on its second week, bringing its reported total at 12,000 copies. Track listing Charts References {{Authority control 1999 albums Shizuka Kudo albums Pony Canyon albums ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oricon Albums Chart
The Oricon Albums Chart is the Japanese music industry standard albums popularity chart issued daily, weekly, monthly and yearly by Oricon. Oricon originally published LP, CT, Cartridge and CD charts prior to the establishment of the Oricon Albums Chart on October 5, 1987. The Oricon Albums Chart's rankings are based on physical albums' sales. Oricon did not include download sales until its establishment of the Digital Albums Chart on November 19, 2016. In November 2018, Oricon began to include streaming in its album rankings, introducing a combined album chart based on album-equivalent units. Charts are published every Tuesday in Oricon Style and on Oricon's official website. Every Monday, Oricon receives data from outlets, but data on merchandise sold through certain channels does not make it into the charts. For example, the debut single of NEWS, a pop group, was released only through 7-Eleven stores, which are not covered by Oricon, and its sales were not reflected in the Or ... [...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] |
Ayumi Miyazaki
or Ayumi for short, is a Japanese singer and composer. Miyazaki has sung several songs in the Digimon series. He sang the evolution theme song for ''Digimon Adventure'' called "Brave Heart" and its '' Digimon Adventure Tri'' remix. He also sang the two evolution theme songs for '' Digimon Adventure 02'', called "Break Up" and "Beat Hit!" In addition, he sang the second evolution theme for '' Digimon Frontier'', called "The Last Element". Moreover, he collaborated with other Digimon song artists in and "WE ARE Xros Heart! ver. X7". He also sang the theme song for Mushrambo, called "Power Play". He composed the music for Rose, Anna Tsuchiya's highest ranking song, which was used as the opening theme to the anime adaption of the manga ''NANA''. He also played the guitar on the original recording. His father is Naoshi Miyazaki (宮崎 尚志) and his older brother is Michi Miyazaki (宮崎 道), who are both composers. He was a guest at Expo Anime Brasil 2006 in São Paulo S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
