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Kisei (Never Forget)
is the 35th single by Japanese entertainer Akina Nakamori. Written by Yasuhiro Suzu and Atsuko, the single was released on February 11, 1998, by Gauss Entertainment under the This One label. It was also the lead single from her 18th studio album ''Spoon''. Background "Kisei (Never Forget)" was Nakamori's first release under Gauss Entertainment, less than a year after departing from MCA Victor. It was used as the theme song of the YTV drama series , which also starred Nakamori. The B-side is a remastered version of , which was originally from Nakamori's 1997 album '' Shaker''. Nakamori re-recorded "Kisei (Never Forget)" on her 2007 compilation album ''Ballad Best: 25th Anniversary Selection''. Chart performance "Kisei (Never Forget)" peaked at No. 19 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 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Akina Nakamori
is a Japanese Singing, singer and Actor, actress. She is one of the most popular and best-selling artists in Japan. Akina achieved national recognition after winning the 1981 season of the talent show ''Star Tanjō!''. Her debut single "Slow Motion (Akina Nakamori song), Slow Motion" was released to moderate success, peaking at number thirty on the Oricon Weekly Singles Chart. Nakamori's popularity increased with the release of her follow-up single, "Shōjo A", which peaked at number five on the Oricon charts and sold over 390,000 copies. Her second album ''Variation (Hensoukyoku), Variation'' became her first number-one on the Oricon Weekly Albums Chart, staying in that position for three weeks. She made her acting debut in 1985 with an appearance in the Japanese romance movie '':ja:愛・旅立ち, Ai, Tabidachi''. After an extended hiatus from 2010 to 2014, Akina released two compilation albums, ''All Time Best: Original'' and ''All Time Best: Utahime Cover'', both of which w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Spoon (Akina Nakamori Album)
''Spoon'' is the eighteenth studio album by Japanese singer Akina Nakamori and fourth studio album to be released during 1990's. It was released on 17 June 1998 under the Gauss Entertainment label. The album includes lead singles "Kisei (Never Forget)" and "Kon'ya, Nagareboshi". It was Nakamori's first album released under label This One from Gauss Entertainment. The second album released in Gauss, ''Will'' (1999) was produced by chief of the Gauss Entertainment recording label, Kazuhiro Chiba. It's considered as an unofficial album, since it isn't included in the official website and it was produced without Nakamori's approval. In December 1998, on the special press-con, said about Nakamori's existence as a ''troublemaker, who shouldn't exist in the music industry''. In the end of press-con was announced contract cancelation scheduled on the December 1999. Promotion Singles It consists of two previously released singles. ''Kisei: Never Forget'' is the thirty-fifth single writte ... [...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] |
Appetite (Akina Nakamori Song)
is the 34th single by Japanese entertainer Akina Nakamori. Written by Seriko Natsuno and U-ki, the single was released on February 21, 1997, by MCA Victor. It was also the second single from her 17th studio album '' Shaker''. This was Nakamori's final single under MCA Victor before signing with Gauss Entertainment (a subsidiary of Daiichikosho) a year later. The single peaked at No. 46 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 ...'s weekly singles chart and sold over 29,400 copies, becoming her lowest-charting and lowest-selling single at the time. Track listing Charts References External links * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Appetite 1997 singles 1997 songs Akina Nakamori songs Japanese-language songs Universal Music Japan singles MCA Records singles ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kon'ya, Nagareboshi
is the 36th single by Japanese entertainer Akina Nakamori. Written by Seriko Natsuno and Keiko Utsumi, the single was released on May 21, 1998, by Gauss Entertainment under the This One label. It was also the second single from her 18th studio album '' Spoon''. The single peaked at No. 66 on Oricon's weekly singles chart and sold over 12,000 copies, becoming her lowest-charting single. Track listing Charts References External links * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Konya Nagareboshi 1998 singles 1998 songs Akina Nakamori songs Japanese-language songs ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
MCA Records
MCA Records was an American record label owned by MCA Inc., which later became part of Universal Music Group. Pre-history MCA Inc., a powerful talent agency and a television production company, entered the recorded music business in 1962 with the purchase of the New York-based US Decca Records (established in 1934), including Coral Records and Brunswick Records. MCA was forced to exit the talent agency business in order to complete the merger. As American Decca owned Universal Pictures, MCA assumed full ownership of Universal and made it into a top film studio, producing several hits. In 1966, MCA formed Uni Records and in 1967, purchased Kapp Records which was placed under Uni Records management. History The early years In 1937, the owner of Decca, E. R. Lewis, chose to split off the UK Decca company from the US company (keeping his US Decca holdings), fearing the financial damage that would arise for UK Companies if the emerging hostilities of Nazi Germany should lead t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yomiuri Telecasting Corporation
JOIX-DTV (channel 10), branded as , is the Kansai region flagship station of the Nippon News Network and the Nippon Television Network System, owned by the subsidiary of the eponymous Yomiuri Shimbun Holdings, Japan's largest media conglomerate; Yomiuri TV forms part of Yomiuri's main television broadcasting arm alongside Kantō region flagship Nippon TV, which owns a 15.89% share in the company. Founded as on February 13, 1958, and renamed Yomiuri Telecasting Corporation on August 1, the station started broadcasting on August 28 as the first TV station to be affiliated with Nippon Television Network Corporation. Its studios are located in the Osaka Business Park district of Osaka. History Early years Nippon TV applied for TV broadcasting licenses in Osaka and Nagoya after it began broadcasting in 1953, but the Ministry of Post declined the application on the grounds that "Nippon TV is a Tokyo channel, and applying for licenses in other regions is an act of crossing the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shaker (Akina Nakamori Album)
''Shaker'' is the seventeenth studio album by Japanese singer Akina Nakamori and third studio album to be released during the 1990s. It was released on 21 March 1997 under the MCA Records label. The album includes lead singles " Moonlight Shadow: Tsuki ni Hoero" and " Appetite". It was Nakamori's final album released under MCA Records, before her transfer to Gauss Entertainment label. In 2002 was released re-printed version of the album ''Shaker+3'' which includes the original version of "Moonlight Shadow", "Appetite" and B-side track "Sweet Suspicion", which was previously unreleased in the album recordings. Promotion Singles It consists of two previously released singles. "Moonlight Shadow: Tsuki ni Hoero" is the thirty-third single written and produced by Tetsuya Komuro. It was released on 7 August 1996, her only single to be released in that year. It includes renewed arrangement with the slower intro start. The original version was included re-printed version of album, ''Shak ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Universal Music Group
Universal Music Group N.V. (often abbreviated as UMG and referred to as just Universal Music) is a Dutch– American multinational music corporation under Dutch law. UMG's corporate headquarters are located in Hilversum, Netherlands and its operational headquarters are located in Santa Monica, California. The biggest music company in the world, it is one of the " Big Three" record labels, along with Sony Music and Warner Music Group. Tencent acquired ten percent of Universal Music Group in March 2020 for €3 billion and acquired an additional ten percent stake in January 2021. Pershing Square Holdings later acquired ten percent of UMG prior to its IPO on the Euronext Amsterdam stock exchange. The company went public on September 21, 2021, at a valuation of €46 billion. In 2019, ''Fast Company'' named Universal Music Group the most innovative music company and listed UMG among the Top 50 most innovative companies in the world and "amid the music industry's digital tran ... [...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] |
Akira Senju
is a Japanese composer, arranger and conductor. Biography Senju studied composition at the Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music and received his master's degree with honors. Between 1994 and 2003, he produced series of cover albums ''Utahime'' for Japanese singer Akina Nakamori with more than million sold copies overall. Composition credits include ''Mama wa Shōgaku 4 Nensei'', ''Mobile Suit Victory Gundam'', '' Rampo'', ''Strawberry on the Shortcake'', ''Yomigaeri'', ''Red Garden'', ''Nada Sōsō'', '' Fūrin Kazan'', '' Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood'', '' Tales of Vesperia: The First Strike'', the 2012 revival of ''Iron Chef'', and anime version of ''Battery''. Arrangement credits include ''Hikari''. Performance credits include '' Handsome Boy, The Snow Queen (Yuki no Joou).'' His brother is Hiroshi Senju, the Nihonga painter. His younger sister is , the violinist. Works Anime series * ''Mama wa Shōgaku 4 Nensei'' (1992, Nippon TV) * ''Mobile Suit Victo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1998 Singles
1998 was designated as the ''International Year of the Ocean''. Events January * January 6 – The ''Lunar Prospector'' spacecraft is launched into orbit around the Moon, and later finds evidence for frozen water, in soil in permanently shadowed craters near the Moon's poles. * January 11 – Over 100 people are killed in the Sidi-Hamed massacre in Algeria. * January 12 – Nineteen European nations agree to forbid human cloning. * January 17 – The ''Drudge Report'' breaks the story about U.S. President Bill Clinton's alleged affair with Monica Lewinsky, which will lead to the United States House of Representatives, House of Representatives' impeachment of him. February * February 3 – Cavalese cable car disaster (1998), Cavalese cable car disaster: A United States military pilot causes the deaths of 20 people near Trento, Italy, when his low-flying EA-6B Prowler severs the cable of a cable-car. * February 4 – The 5.9 February 1998 Afghanistan earthquake, Afghanistan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
