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La La La (Maki Ohguro Album)
is the fifth studio album by Japanese J-pop singer and songwriter Maki Ohguro. It was released on 19 July 1995 under B-Gram Records. Album consist of two previously released singles, ''La La La'' and ''Ichiban Chikaku ni Itene''. "La La La" is one of her most iconic songs as singer, and sold more than million copies. "Ichiban Chikaku ni Itene" has received special album mix under the title ''Carnival version''. The album reached No. 1 in its first week on the Oricon chart. The album sold 1,618,000 copies. This makes it her second studio album which sold more than one million copies. It got rewarded with Gold disc by ''Recording Industry Association of Japan''. Track listing All tracks arranged by Takeshi Hayama. In media *La La La: theme song for TV Asahi television drama ''Aji Ichi Monme is a Japanese cooking manga series written by Zenta Abe and illustrated by Yoshimi Kurata. The series chronicles the lives of the staff and customers of a restaurant called Fujimur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maki Ohguro
is a Japanese pop singer and songwriter from Sapporo, Hokkaido under B-Gram Records label. Biography In 1989, she passed Being Inc.'s singers audition, the "3rd BAD". In 1992, she debuted with the single "Stop Motion" released under B-Gram Records. Her second single "DA・KA・RA" sold 1.1 million copies and won the Japan Record Grand Prix Newcomer Award of the Year. Because of her rare public appearances, she was originally known as a phantom singer, like Izumi Sakai of Zard. Her famous songs are "DA・KA・RA", "Chotto", as well as others. "Anata Dake Mitsumeteru", the first ending theme for ''Slam Dunk'', was the number 2 song for the month of January 1994, and is certified as a Million record, selling 1,087,160 copies. She joined in production of albums and singles in position of backing chorus for various artist including Field of View, Wands, Deen, Zard and many others. In 1999. she released a compilation album "Maki Ohguro Best of Best -All Singles Collection-", ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Japanese 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 tre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eien No Yume Ni Mukatte
is the fourth studio album by Japanese J-pop singer and songwriter Maki Ohguro. It was released on 9 November 1994 under B-Gram Records. The album consist of four previously released singles, ''Anata Dake Mitsumeteru'', ''Shiroi Graduation'', ''Natsu ga Kuru'' and ''Eien no Yume ni Mukatte''. All of these four singles become her big hits which sold more than 400,000 copies, except of Anata Dake Mitsumeteru and Natsu ga Kuru which sold more than million copies. The album reached No. 1 in its first week on the Oricon chart. The album sold 1,583,000 copies. It's her the first album which reached million sold copies. It got rewarded with Gold disc by ''Recording Industry Association of Japan''. Track listing All tracks arranged by Takeshi Hayama. In media *Anata dake Mitsumeteru: ending theme for Anime television series ''Slam Dunk'' *Eien no Yume ni Mukatte: opening theme for Tokyo Broadcasting System Television program ''Count Down TV'' *Natsu ga Kuru: opening theme for Tokyo B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Power Of Dreams (album)
Power of Dreams is the sixth studio album by Japanese J-pop singer and songwriter Maki Ohguro. It was released on 6 August 1997 under B-Gram Records. Album consist of the five previously released singles, such as ''Aah'', ''Atsuku Nare'', ''Unbalance'', ''Genki Dashite'' and ''Sora''. Atsuku Nare is one of her biggest hits, which single sold more than million copies. It also received new album mix under title ''Album version''. It has total of 14 tracks which makes her the longest studio album in her whole career. The single ''Aishitemasu'' didn't make it to this album, instead it was released in her the first compilation album ''Back Beats #1''. ''Kaze ni nare'' was originally supposed to release as a single, however it was postponed due to unknown reasons and end up releasing in this album as the part of the album tracks. The album reached No. 1 in its first week on the Oricon chart. The album sold 1,755,000 copies. It's her most successful studio album in her entire music ca ... [...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] |
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] |
TV Asahi
JOEX-DTV (channel 5), branded as (also known as EX and and stylized as TV asahi), is a television station that is owned and operated by the subsidiary of certified broadcasting holding company , itself controlled by The Asahi Shimbun Company. The station serves as the flagship of the All-Nippon News Network and its studios are located in Roppongi, Minato, Tokyo. Headquarters In 2003, the company headquarters moved to a new building designed by Fumihiko Maki currently located at 6-9-1 Roppongi, Minato, Tokyo, Japan. File:朝日電視台 (16202552212).jpg, Atrium of TV Asahi's HQ in Roppongi File:TV Asahi Ark Broadcasting Center 20200801.jpg, TV Asahi's Broadcasting Center at Ark Hills, not far from its headquarters since 2003 Some of TV Asahi's departments and subsidiaries, such as TV Asahi Productions and Take Systems, are still located at ''TV Asahi Center'', the company's former headquarters from 1986 to 2003. It is located at Ark Hills, not far from its headquarter ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aji Ichi Monme
is a Japanese cooking manga series written by Zenta Abe and illustrated by Yoshimi Kurata. The series chronicles the lives of the staff and customers of a restaurant called Fujimura, owned by veteran chef Kumano. It was published by Shogakukan in ''Big Comic Superior'' from 1986 to 1999. After the death of Abe in 1999, other series have been released with other writers. The sixth series, ''Aji Ichi Monme: Tsugi Aji'', began in 2018. In 1999, ''Aji Ichi Monme'' won the 44th Shogakukan Manga Award in the General category. Publication ''Aji Ichi Monme'' is written by Zenta Abe and illustrated by Yoshimi Kurata. The manga was first serialized in Shogakukan's '' Big Comic Original Zōkan'' in 1986, and was transferred in 1987 to ''Big Comic Superior'', where it ran until 1999. Shogakukan compiled its chapters into thirty-three ''tankōbon'' volumes, published from May 30, 1986, to September 1, 1999. After the death of Abe in 1999, Yukie Fukuda served as the series writer, and a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Being Inc
Being Incorporated, d.b.a. Being Giza Group, is a Japanese private entertainment conglomerate based in Tokyo's Roppongi district, founded on November 1, 1978 by musician Daiko Nagato. Being Inc. and its subsidiaries are the main supplier of theme music for the anime series ''Detective Conan''. As of May 2011, 77 theme tunes have been supplied to the anime by Being Inc. Labels Nowadays production-based record company are no longer a rare thing, however Being has established a dedicated record company and label in quick succession since 1991. Label companies under the label companies that are part of Being Inc. are also subsequently owned by Being Inc. It includes indies labels as well. Independent labels *Zain Records (1991,previously named as B.Jin) *VERMILLION RECORDS (1992, previously named as BMG ROOMS) - formerly a joint venture with BMG Japan (now Sony Music Entertainment Japan) *Giza Studio (1999) *B.Gram-Records (1991) - formerly a joint venture with Nippon PolyGram (n ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Japanese-language Albums
is spoken natively by about 128 million people, primarily by Japanese people and primarily in Japan, the only country where it is the national language. Japanese belongs to the Japonic or Japanese- Ryukyuan language family. There have been many attempts to group the Japonic languages with other families such as the Ainu, Austroasiatic, Koreanic, and the now-discredited Altaic, but none of these proposals has gained widespread acceptance. Little is known of the language's prehistory, or when it first appeared in Japan. Chinese documents from the 3rd century AD recorded a few Japanese words, but substantial Old Japanese texts did not appear until the 8th century. From the Heian period (794–1185), there was a massive influx of Sino-Japanese vocabulary into the language, affecting the phonology of Early Middle Japanese. Late Middle Japanese (1185–1600) saw extensive grammatical changes and the first appearance of European loanwords. The basis of the standard dialect moved f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1995 Albums
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