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Morning Musume Discography
The discography of the Japanese girl group Morning Musume consists of sixteen studio albums, five compilation albums, and seventy singles. Ever since its establishment in 1997, the group has experienced frequent line-up changes, and currently consists of thirteen members: Mizuki Fukumura (leader), Erina Ikuta (sub-leader), Ayumi Ishida (sub-leader), Sakura Oda, Miki Nonaka, Maria Makino, Akane Haga, Kaede Kaga, Reina Yokoyama, Rio Kitagawa, Homare Okamura, Mei Yamazaki and Rio Sakurai. The group was formed by Sharam Q vocalist Tsunku, who serves as their lyricist, composer, and producer. Albums Studio albums * ''Billboard Japan'' Top Albums is published since January 2009 ;Notes Extended plays Soundtracks Musicals Compilation albums Notes Tribute and cover albums Other appearances Singles * ''Billboard Japan'' Hot 100 is published since January 2008. ** These are unofficial figures obtained by adding together Oricon sales numbers for different ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Morning Musume
, formerly simply and colloquially referred to as , are a Japanese girl group, holding the second highest overall single sales (of a female group) on the Oricon charts as of February 2012, with the Oricon record of most top ten singles with an amount of 64. Morning Musume was formed in 1997 by rock singer-songwriter turned record producer Tsunku, who later composed the vast majority of the group's songs over the decade. They are the lead group of Hello! Project that specialises in upbeat, pop-oriented music coupled with dance performance. The group produced several splinter groups, and often collaborates with other Hello! Project acts, including Country Musume, Berryz Kobo, Cute, Melon Kinenbi, and v-u-den. The group's name can be translated as "Morning Girls" or "Morning Daughters"; as the name suggests, it consists of members mostly in their late adolescence and early 20s. History 1997-1998: Formation and beginnings Japanese producer Tsunku started the group in 1997 throu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Billboard Japan
''Billboard Japan'' is a sister organization of the U.S.-based music magazine ''Billboard''. It is operated by the Japanese Osaka-based company Hanshin Contents Link (a subsidiary of Hanshin Electric Railway), holding an exclusive licence from ''Billboard''s parent company to the Billboard brand name in Japan,"Hanshin Contents Link, the operator of Billboard Japan": and manages, among others, the website www.billboard-japan.com and several "Billboard Live"-branded music clubs located in the country. In February 2008, Hanshin Contents Link, under licence from ''Billboard'', launched the ''Billboard Japan'' Hot 100 music chart. As of 2016, the list of charts compiled by ''Billboard Japan'' also includes an albums chart named ''Billboard Japan'' Hot Albums, sales-only-based charts Top Singles Sales, Top Albums Sales, Top Jazz Albums Sales, and Top Classical Albums Sales, a radio-airplay chart named Radio Songs, an animation music Animation music is original music written specifically ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
12, Smart
is the twelfth studio album by Japanese girl group Morning Musume. Overview It is the last album to feature Ai Takahashi, Risa Niigaki, and Aika Mitsui and the first to feature the ninth-generation members Mizuki Fukumura, Erina Ikuta, Riho Sayashi Riho Sayashi (鞘師里保 ''Sayashi Riho''; born May 28, 1998 in Hiroshima, Japan) is a Japanese dancer, actress, and singer. She is a former ninth generation member of the Japanese pop group Morning Musume, along with Mizuki Fukumura, Erina Iku ..., and Kanon Suzuki. Track listing Personnel *Kaoru Okubo - Keyboard and Programming (1,2,3,4,8,11) * Ai Takahashi - Chorus (1,2,3,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12) * Risa Niigaki - Chorus (1,6) *Koji Kamada - Guitar (2,7,8,12), Electric Guitar and Air Guitar (5) *U.M.E.D.Y - Rap (3) * Sayumi Michishige - Chorus (4) *Shōichirō Hirata - Programming (5,7) * Tsunku - Chorus (5,12) *AKIRA - Programming (6) *Shunsuke Suzuki - Programming and Guitar (9) *Takao Toshiyuki - Drums (9) *Yuusuke Itag ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fantasy! Jūichi
is the eleventh studio album by Japanese girl group Morning Musume. The album was released on December 1, 2010, in a normal and limited edition, the first press of the normal edition coming with a photocard, and the limited edition coming with a bonus DVD (containing solo shots of each member for the " Onna to Otoko no Lullaby Game" PV, and the graduation announcement) and a different cover. The album, their second album release in less than a year, was the last to feature sixth-generation member Eri Kamei and eighth-generation members Junjun and Linlin prior to their December 15 graduation. Writing and development The album's concept, as stated by writer and producer Tsunku, is "a mixture of fantasy and reality". The album's songs represent various genres, from rock and pop to Motown. The opening song, "Onna to Otoko no Lullaby Game", is described as the "prologue" to the album. The album features two solos: "Ai no Honō", performed by Reina Tanaka, and "Denwa de ne", performed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Billboard (magazine)
''Billboard'' (stylized as ''billboard'') is an American music and entertainment magazine published weekly by Penske Media Corporation. The magazine provides music charts, news, video, opinion, reviews, events, and style related to the music industry. Its music charts include the Hot 100, the 200, and the Global 200, tracking the most popular albums and songs in different genres of music. It also hosts events, owns a publishing firm, and operates several TV shows. ''Billboard'' was founded in 1894 by William Donaldson and James Hennegan as a trade publication for bill posters. Donaldson later acquired Hennegan's interest in 1900 for $500. In the early years of the 20th century, it covered the entertainment industry, such as circuses, fairs, and burlesque shows, and also created a mail service for travelling entertainers. ''Billboard'' began focusing more on the music industry as the jukebox, phonograph, and radio became commonplace. Many topics it covered were spun-off ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
10 My Me
''10 My Me'' (stylized as ) is Japanese pop girl group Morning Musume's tenth studio album. It was released March 17, 2010 in both a regular and limited edition. The normal edition came with a photocard, depicting a similar picture to the limited edition cover. The limited edition was packaged with a bonus DVD and had a different, black cover. The title of the album is a pun: "10 My Me" is read as in Japanese, which literally means "tenth album". The album contains vocals from former member Koharu Kusumi who graduated from the group in December 2009; she is not credited.10 My Me Booklet. Writing and development On December 30, 2009, along with the announcement of then-forthcoming release of their forty-second single, " Onna ga Medatte Naze Ikenai", it was also announced that the group would be releasing their tenth studio album on March 17, 2010. According to Tsunku, "Genki Pikappika!" was originally chosen as the opening track for the album; however, he felt that "Moonlight Nigh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Platinum 9 Disc
is Morning Musume's ninth original studio album, released approximately two years after their previous album, ''Sexy 8 Beat''. It was released on March 18, 2009 in both limited (EPCE-5629) and regular (EPCE-5631) editions. The limited edition comes with a bonus DVD. The regular edition include one of ten photo cards, there is one for each member and one for the whole group. Track listing Featured lineup * 4th generation: Hitomi Yoshizawa (uncredited in Track 13) * 5th generation: Ai Takahashi, Risa Niigaki * 6th generation: Eri Kamei, Sayumi Michishige, Reina Tanaka, Miki Fujimoto (uncredited in Track 13) * 7th generation: Koharu Kusumi * 8th generation: Aika Mitsui, Junjun, Linlin Personnel * Lyrics, Composition: Tsunku , known professionally as , is a Japanese singer, record producer, and songwriter. He is the lead singer of the rock band Sharam Q. As a songwriter, Tsunku is the primary producer for Morning Musume and other Hello! Project acts, such as Coconut ... ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sexy 8 Beat
''Sexy 8 Beat'' (stylized as ) is the eighth studio album by the J-pop girl group Morning Musume. Overview It is the first album to feature 8th generation member Aika Mitsui and the last full-length studio release to feature 4th generation member Hitomi Yoshizawa as the group's leader and 6th generation member Miki Fujimoto as both the group's subleader. The album was released on March 21, 2007. The album features the band's previous four singles "Aruiteru" (which also appeared on the EP '' 7.5 Fuyu Fuyu Morning Musume Mini!'' in December 2006), " Egao Yes Nude", " Sexy Boy: Soyokaze ni Yorisotte" and "Ambitious! Yashinteki de Ii Jan". Also, as with ''Rainbow 7'' and ''7.5 Fuyu Fuyu...'', tracks by four different sub-factions of the group are featured, including a solo track by Yoshizawa and the third pairing of Sayumi Michishige and Koharu Kusumi as their alter-egos "Shige-pinku" and "Koha-pinku" (first established on ''Rainbow 7'''s "Rainbow Pink"). The limited edition of the al ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rainbow 7
is the seventh album by the J-pop idol group Morning Musume. It is the first album to feature 7th generation member Koharu Kusumi and first album after graduation of Kaori Iida and Rika Ishikawa and departure of Mari Yaguchi. It was released on February 15, 2006. Overview The album features the last single A-sides to feature founding member Kaori Iida and long-time members Rika Ishikawa and Mari Yaguchi, all of whom departed the band (Iida for a solo career, Yaguchi because of a scandal though she now works as a general entertainer, Ishikawa to focus on her new group V-u-den) in the months after their previous studio album, ''Ai no Dai 6 Kan'', was released. Although their vocals are heard on these tracks, they are not credited anywhere in the liner notes. One of the singles represented, " Chokkan 2 (Nogashita Sakana wa Ōkiizo!)", appears in remixed form. Three of the songs on the album are performed by smaller clusters of several group members, and are credited in the liner n ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ai No Dai 6 Kan
is the sixth album from the J-pop idol group Morning Musume. The album was released on December 8, 2004. Overview ''Ai no Dai 6 Kan'' contains three hit singles, all released prior to the album between April and December 2004: " Roman: My Dear Boy", "Joshi Kashimashi Monogatari", and "Namida ga Tomaranai Hōkago". Ai Kago and Nozomi Tsuji (who graduated from the group in August 2004 to continue with their duo W (Double You) full-time) perform along with the other 12 members of the group at the time on the first two aforementioned tracks, recorded and released as singles when they were a part of the group, and on "Ship To The Future", a song from Morning Musume's Spring 2004 Musical '' Help!! Atchii Chikyu o Samasunda''. Another album track, "Help!!", is also from ''Help!! Atchii Chikyu o Samasunda''; a slower version of the latter was recorded by band members Rika Ishikawa and Sayumi Michishige under the name Ecomoni and released on the compilation '' Petit Best 5''. The albu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
4th Ikimasshoi!
is the fourth studio album from the J-pop idol group Morning Musume and was released on March 27, 2002. Overview It is currently their second highest selling album, with a total of 515,400 copies sold. Since their last album (with new material) 3rd: Love Paradise, two more generations of members had joined, which might have contributed to the album's overall success. The album contained such popular singles as "The Peace!" and "Ren'ai Revolution 21." The first pressing edition of the album came in special packaging, with a B3-sized folded poster. Track listing Members at the time of Album *1st generation: Kaori Iida, Natsumi Abe *2nd generation: Kei Yasuda, Mari Yaguchi *3rd generation: Maki Goto *4th generation: Rika Ishikawa, Hitomi Yoshizawa, Nozomi Tsuji, Ai Kago *5th generation: Ai Takahashi, Asami Konno, Makoto Ogawa, Risa Niigaki is a Japanese actress and singer. She was a fifth-generation member of the Japanese pop group Morning Musume. She joined Morning Mus ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Love Paradise
Love encompasses a range of strong and positive emotional and mental states, from the most sublime virtue or good habit, the deepest interpersonal affection, to the simplest pleasure. An example of this range of meanings is that the love of a mother differs from the love of a spouse, which differs from the love for food. Most commonly, love refers to a feeling of a strong attraction and emotional attachment.''Oxford Illustrated American Dictionary'' (1998) Love is considered to be both positive and negative, with its virtue representing human kindness, compassion, and affection, as "the unselfish loyal and benevolent concern for the good of another" and its vice representing human moral flaw, akin to vanity, selfishness, amour-propre, and egotism, as potentially leading people into a type of mania, obsessiveness or codependency. It may also describe compassionate and affectionate actions towards other humans, one's self, or animals.Fromm, Erich; ''The Art of Loving'', H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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