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Koi Kogarete
"Koi Kogarete" is the third single from Beni under the label Universal Japan , often referred to as just Universal Music Japan or UMJ, is a Japanese subsidiary of the Universal Music Group founded in 1990. It is the largest subsidiary for a foreign company in the country regarding music distribution. The company is resp .... The song is described as the ultimate romantic love song for the summer. The song is a med-tempo that will make sure to those with one sided loves cry, a real signature song. Although the single didn't chart in the weekly top 50 of the Oricon charts, it did quite well on the Recochoku chart debuting on the #3 place. Track listing # Koi Kogarete (恋焦がれて; Yearning for Love) # Cruise the World # Forever 21 # 恋焦がれて（Instrumental） Charts References {{authority control 2009 singles Beni (singer) songs 2009 songs ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Beni (singer)
is a Japanese R&B singer, who debuted in 2004 under the Avex Trax label. In 2008, Arashiro left Avex Trax and transferred to Universal Music Japan where she started to perform as simply Beni (stylized as BENI). She was initially best known for her 2004 single "Here Alone," though later singles after her move to Universal (such as " Mō Ichi do..." with Dohzi-T, " Mō Nido to..." and " Kiss Kiss Kiss") have surpassed this initial hit. Life and career Start of her career Born in Okinawa, she moved to San Diego, California and then Yokohama. Her mother is Japanese and her father is American of European descent. She was influenced by Namie Amuro, Alicia Keys and her father's favorite singer Janet Jackson. She graduated from Nile C. Kinnick High School in Yokosuka Naval Base, Japan. She majored in Sociology at Sophia University. From a young age she wanted to become a singer and because of her musical parents she took up piano. Because her parents were living overseas she was t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bitter & Sweet (Beni Arashiro Album)
''Bitter & Sweet'' is the first album released by Beni Arashiro under her new label Universal Music Japan and her new stage name, Beni on September 2, 2009. The CD+DVD version is a limited edition with all her single PVs and two new PVs named "The Boy Is Mine", which features Tynisha Keli, and "Superstar" which are both cover songs. The vocals for the DJ Hasebe Remix of "Kiss Kiss Kiss" were recorded from one of her live performances. The song "Dakishimete", featuring Dohzi-T, was released on 19 August as an online download on Recochoku's Chaku Uta. The song debuted on the #5 place on the Chaku-Uta charts and the #2 place on the Recochoku chart. The album debuted at the #6 place on the Oricon chart. The day after it rose to the #5 place. At the end of the first week, the album ended up on the #5 spot on the weekly chart selling about 30,000 copies making it Beni's highest ranked and best selling album to date. She went on a release club tour. The tour was named ''Bitter&Sweet RELEAS ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
J-Pop
J-pop ( ja, ジェイポップ, ''jeipoppu''; often stylized as J-POP; an abbreviated form of "Japanese popular music"), natively also known simply as , is the name for a form of popular music that entered the musical mainstream of Japan in the 1990s. Modern J-pop has its roots in traditional music of Japan, and significantly in 1960s pop and rock music. J-pop replaced ''kayōkyoku'' ("Lyric Singing Music", a term for Japanese popular music from the 1920s to the 1980s) in the Japanese music scene. J-rock bands such as Happy End fused the Beatles and Beach Boys-style rock with Japanese music in the 1960s1970s. J-country had popularity during the international popularity of Westerns in the 1960s1970s as well, and it still has appeal due to the work of musicians like Charlie Nagatani and venues including Little Texas, Tokyo. J-rap became mainstream with producer Nujabes and his work on ''Samurai Champloo'', Japanese pop culture is often seen with anime in hip hop. Other trends ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Universal Japan
, often referred to as just Universal Music Japan or UMJ, is a Japanese subsidiary of the Universal Music Group founded in 1990. It is the largest subsidiary for a foreign company in the country regarding music distribution. The company is responsible for marketing and distribution in Japan for Japanese releases under Universal. In 2021, Universal Japan CEO and President Naoshi Fujikura was included on ''Billboard's'' International Power Players list. History Early years The company was founded as PolyGram Co., Ltd. (in 1990 with Koike Kazuhiko serving as president and CEO. In 1999, the company was restructured and renamed as Universal Music Co., Ltd. 2009–2013: Renaming to Universal Music LLC In 2009, the company was renamed as Universal Music LLC. Kazuhiko stepped down as CEO and Keiichi Ishizaka became CEO and president of the company. 2013–2014: Restructure following EMI purchase In 2011, EMI agreed to sell its recorded music operations to Universal Music Gro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kiss Kiss Kiss (Beni Arashiro Song)
Kiss Kiss Kiss may refer to: * "Kiss Kiss Kiss" (Ami Suzuki song), 2009 * "Kiss Kiss Kiss" (Beni song), 2009 * "Kiss! Kiss! Kiss!" (Buono song), 2008 * "Kiss Kiss Kiss" (KAT-TUN song), 2015 * "Kiss Kiss Kiss" (Yoko Ono song), 1980 * Kiss Kiss Kiss, a group that performed at the Montreux Jazz Festival 2010 See also * Kiss (other) A kiss is a touch with the lips, usually to express love or affection, or as part of a greeting. Kiss, Kisses, KISS, or K.I.S.S. may also refer to: Books * ''Kiss'' (comics), any of several comics featuring the rock band * ''Kiss'' (Irish magazi ... * Kiss Kiss (other) {{disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zutto Futari De
"Zutto Futari de" is the fourth single by Beni (singer), Beni on the Universal Japan label. The leading song is a theme song for ''Recochoku'' as well as the program ''UtaSta'' while "With U" is an Orion Beer commercial song and the theme song for ''Go! Shiodome Jamboree Wasshoi 2009''. The leading song ''Zutto Futari de'' debuted on 15 July 2009, at the #2 place on the Recochoku download. The second day the song rose to the #1 position. After three days the song went back to its #2 place. It was later announced that the official track list of the single would include a cover of "The Boy Is Mine (song), The Boy Is Mine" featuring Tynisha Keli. Track listing # Zutto Futari de (ずっと二人で; Always the Two of Us) # stardust # With U # The Boy Is Mine (song)#Cover versions and remixes, The Boy is Mine feat. Tynisha Keli Charts Total Reported Sales:1,251 References {{Beni (singer) 2009 singles Beni (singer) songs 2009 songs ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2009 Singles
9 (nine) is the natural number following and preceding . Evolution of the Arabic digit In the beginning, various Indians wrote a digit 9 similar in shape to the modern closing question mark without the bottom dot. The Kshatrapa, Andhra and Gupta started curving the bottom vertical line coming up with a -look-alike. The Nagari continued the bottom stroke to make a circle and enclose the 3-look-alike, in much the same way that the sign @ encircles a lowercase ''a''. As time went on, the enclosing circle became bigger and its line continued beyond the circle downwards, as the 3-look-alike became smaller. Soon, all that was left of the 3-look-alike was a squiggle. The Arabs simply connected that squiggle to the downward stroke at the middle and subsequent European change was purely cosmetic. While the shape of the glyph for the digit 9 has an ascender in most modern typefaces, in typefaces with text figures the character usually has a descender, as, for example, in . The mod ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Beni (singer) Songs
Beni may refer to: Characters *Beni Gabor, a character in the 1999 film ''The Mummy'' *Benimaru Nikaido, fan nickname of a character in ''The King of Fighters'' People Given name *Beni (Australian musician), Australian musician and disc jockey *Beni (singer) (born 1986), Japanese singer, formerly known by the name Beni Arashiro * Beni Badibanga (born 1996), Belgian footballer * Beni Bertrand Binobagira, Burundian swimmer * Beni Madhab Das (1866–1952), Indian Bengali scholar * Beni Gassenbauer (born 1949), Israeli artist *Beni Hofer (born 1978), Swiss freestyle skier * Beni Kiendé (born 1986), Gabonese footballer *Beni Lar, Nigerian politician *Beni Montresor (1926–2001), Italian artist, opera and film director, set designer, author and illustrator *Beni Obermüller (1930–2005), German alpine skier * Beni Takemata, Japanese shogi player *Beni Mukendi (born 2002), Angolan footballer Surname * Alfred Beni (1923-1995), Austrian chess master *Alphonse Beni (born 1946), Cam ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
