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Naked Songs (album)
''Naked Songs'' is Aya Matsuura's fourth studio album and her first self-cover album. She also has released a DVD of the Recording Sessions of this album (some of the songs featured on the CD are from the DVD and, on CD, have added a Brass Section and Backing Vocals) It contains some unplugged (hence, "Naked") re-recordings of her older material. It was released on November 29, 2006 and has sold 18,961 copies. Track listings (CD) # "Feel Your Groove" # "Rock My Body" # # # "I Know" # # " Love Namidairo" # " Dokki Doki! Love Mail" # " Tropical Koishiteru" # " Don't Know Why" ( Jesse Harris/ Norah Jones Cover) # # "Dearest." Track listings (DVD) # * # # " Don't Know Why" # # " Dokki Doki! Love Mail"* # # "Happiness" # " Tropical Koishiteru"* # "I Know"* # * * - Denotes songs that were used in the "Naked Songs" CD and didn't have the Brass Section and Background Vocals included in the CD version. {{DEFAULTSORT:Naked Songs (Album) Aya Matsuura albums 2006 compilation al ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aya Matsuura
is a Japanese actress and pop singer, from Himeji, Hyogo, Japan. Career 2000–2009: Hello! Project Aya auditioned in 2000 for the fourth Morning Musume & Heike Michiyo Protegee Audition and was selected along with Sheki-Dol to become a part of what was later known as Hello! Project. After being chosen from that audition, Matsuura began her solo career. In time, she would become one of Hello! Project's biggest acts. Aside from a successful solo career, Matsuura (nicknamed Ayaya), also did numerous collaborations with other members of Hello! Project, including special, usually short lived groups Gomattou with Maki Goto and Miki Fujimoto; Nochiura Natsumi with Maki Goto and Natsumi Abe; and DEF.DIVA with Maki Goto, Natsumi Abe, and Rika Ishikawa. She also did the "Folk Song" series which feature Yuko Nakazawa and other Hello! Project artists, as well as Hello! Project's shuffle groups ( 3nin Matsuri in 2001, Odoru 11 in 2002, Salt5 in 2003, and the larger H.P. All Stars in 20 ... [...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] |
Zetima
is a Japanese holding company for various entertainment companies. Its subsidiaries include the talent agency Up-Front Promotion and Up-Front Works, a music production and sales company that manages such record labels as Zetima, Piccolo Town, and Hachama. Artists Up-Front Promotion All groups under Up-Front Promotion are collectively known as Hello! Project. Groups * Morning Musume * Angerme * Juice=Juice * Camellia Factory * Beyooooonds ** Chica#Tetsu ** Rain Forest River Ocean ** SeasoningS * Ocha Norma Soloists/Entertainers * Sayumi Michishige * Chinami Tokunaga * Risako Sugaya Trainees * Hello Pro Kenshūsei Up-Front Works Groups * Bitter & Sweet * Brothers 5 * Dream Morning Musume * Lovendor * Pink Cres. * Sharam Q * Up Up Girls Kakko Kari Soloists/Entertainers * Ai Takahashi * Airi Suzuki * Akira Inaba * Akira Kagawa * Chisato Moritaka * Chisato Okai * Eric Fukusaki * Erina Mano * Gen Takayama * Hirofumi Bannba * Jirou Sugita * Junko Yanagisawa * Kan * Mai Sato ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 Coconuts Musume, Berryz Kobo, Cute, V-u-den, Aya Matsuura, and Maki Goto. He has also produced music for artists such as EE Jump and Sonim. Aside from musical acts, Tsunku has also produced soundtracks for anime and video game series such as ''Rhythm Heaven'' and ''ClassicaLoid''. The total sales of the singles he has written exceed 37.9 million copies, making him the fifth best-selling lyricist in Japan. History Tsunku later worked with Nintendo and J.P.ROOM to create the music video game, '' Rhythm Tengoku''. It was released for the Game Boy Advance exclusively in Japan on August 3, 2006, and later as an arcade machine on September 20, 2007. He also worked on ''Rhythm Tengoku Gold'' (Released in the US as ''Rhythm Heaven'' and in Europe as ''R ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yasuharu Konishi
is a Japanese musician, composer and DJ. He was a founding member of Pizzicato Five Pizzicato Five (formerly typeset as Pizzicato V and sometimes abbreviated to P5)Yang Jeff, Dina Can, Terry Hong, (1997) ''Eastern Standard Time'' pg 277 New York: Mariner Books was a Japanese pop band formed in Tokyo in 1979 by multi-instrume ... and the only such to stay with the group until its breakup in 2001. Konishi's current activities are through his company readymade entertainment and his record label 524 records (a play on words from Konishi's name, as the numbers 524 can be read ''ko-ni-shi'' in Japanese language, Japanese using ''goroawase''). Collaboration Konishi is a prolific Record producer, producer, composer, Arrangement, arranger and remixer. He has written, produced and arranged in collaboration with many artists, such as Unicorn (Japanese band), Unicorn, Towa Tei, Mari Natsuki, Cornelius (musician), Cornelius, Yumi Yoshimura of Puffy AmiYumi, Alisa Mizuki, Akiko Wada, S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Matsuura Aya Best 1
is Aya Matsuura's 'best of' album. It was released on March 24, 2005, and has sold 110,367 copies. Fans were invited to vote on which songs would appear on the album. 12 out of the 16 tracks are former singles. The album was certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of Japan. Track listing 1. *Originally released as a Single in February 2002 and as part of her album, T.W.O. in 2003. 2. *Originally released as a Single in May 2002 and as part of her album, T.W.O. The Tibetan Settlement Office (T.S.O.) (formerly "Tibetan Welfare Office") is acting within the Tibetan Ministry of the Interior and is part of the central Tibetan administration in Dharmshala, India. The T.S.O. organizes projects in the social ... in 2003. 3. *Originally released as a Single in September 2001 and as part of her debut album, First Kiss in 2002. 4. *In 2004, this was her first single to be released, not included in any albums with the exception of this one. 5. *Originally Released ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Double Rainbow (album)
Double Rainbow is Aya Matsuura's sixth album (her fifth studio album), containing two of her previously released singles. It was released on October 10, 2007. Track listing # # "HAPPY TO GO!" # # # "blue bird" # # # # # # 2007 albums Aya Matsuura albums {{Hello!Project-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Love Namidairo
is a song recorded by Japanese singer Aya Matsuura for her debut studio album, '' First Kiss''. It was released as the album's third single on September 5, 2001, through Zetima. Background Matsuura performed "Love Namidairo" on her first appearance on Kōhaku Uta Gassen in 2001 on which she was the first act to perform. "Love Namidairo" was the official song performed by contestants at the Morning Musume. 5th Generation auditions. In 2002, an English-language cover, dubbed "Love Letter", was recorded by Louise Redknapp for the album ''Cover Morning Musume Hello! Project!''. Matsuura also re-recorded the song in 2006 for her album ''Naked Songs''. This album included arrangements with a studio brass section and more acoustic rhythm section. Chart performance "Love Namidairo" debuted at number 3 on the Oricon Singles Chart, with 75,000 copies sold in its first week. The single dropped to number 7 on its second week, selling 34,000 copies. It next spent a last week in the top ten, a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dokki Doki! Love Mail
is the debut single of the J-pop singer Aya Matsuura, who started her career as a Hello! Project solo artist with this song at age 14. It was released on April 11, 2001, under the Zetima label and reached place 10 in the Oricon charts and charted for six weeks, selling 72,070 copies. It was also re-recorded in 2006 for her "Naked Songs" album. This album included arrangements with a Studio Brass Section and more acoustic rhythm section. Track listing ''All lyrics are written by 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 ....'' # # # "Dokki Doki! Love Mail" (Instrumental) Music video In the music video Matsuura Aya is shown singing in different places: *dancing before a colorful painting *standing and sitting on a small flying earth *walking and dancing between small ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tropical Koishiteru
is the second single of the J-pop singer Aya Matsuura, who was a Hello! Project solo artist at the time. It was released on June 13, 2001 under the Zetima label. It was also re-recorded in 2006 for her "Naked Songs" album. This album included arrangements with a Studio Brass Section and more acoustic rhythm section. Track listing ''All lyrics are written by 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 ....'' # # # "Tropical Koishiteru" (Instrumental) External links Tropical Koishiteru entryon the Up-Front Works official website Aya Matsuura songs Zetima Records singles 2001 singles Songs written by Tsunku 2001 songs {{Hello!Project-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Don't Know Why
"Don't Know Why" is a song written and composed by Jesse Harris that originally appeared on his 1999 album, ''Jesse Harris & the Ferdinandos.'' A Cover version, cover of the song was the debut single of American singer Norah Jones from her debut studio album, ''Come Away with Me'' (2002). Jones' version of "Don't Know Why" was released on January 28, 2002, peaked at number 30 on the US Billboard Hot 100, ''Billboard'' Hot 100 and was a critical success. The single went on to win three Grammy Awards in 2003 for Grammy Award for Record of the Year, Record of the Year, Grammy Award for Song of the Year, Song of the Year, and Grammy Award for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance, Best Female Pop Vocal Performance. It remains Jones's biggest hit single in the United States to date, and her only one to reach the top 40 of the ''Billboard'' Hot 100. "Don't Know Why" was also a modest hit abroad, reaching number five in Australia, number 24 in New Zealand, and number 59 in the United Kingdo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jesse Harris
Jesse Harris (born October 24, 1969) is an American singer-songwriter, producer, and guitarist. He has worked with Norah Jones, Melody Gardot, Madeleine Peyroux, Nikki Yanofsky, and Lizz Wright. Early life and education Harris and his twin sister were born in New York City. He attended Riverdale Country School in New York City. He graduated from Cornell University in 1991 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in English. Career Jesse Harris's music has been described as a "blend ffolk, rock, jazz, and world rhythms." Harris gave guitar lessons and performed in musical groups before he formed the duo Once Blue with singer-songwriter Rebecca Martin. This was the first group he was in and his first experience writing for another singer. ''Once Blue'' released its self-titled debut on EMI Records in 1995 and nine additional songs were included in the album's re-release in 2003. Harris signed as a songwriter with Sony Publishing in 1998 and then made three self-released recordings with ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
