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Toilet No Kamisama
is a song by Japanese singer-songwriter Kana Uemura, recounting her thoughts about her late grandmother. It was the leading track from her extended play ''Watashi no Kakera-tachi'', released on March 10, 2010. The song was re-recorded with Kotaro Oshio, and used as a promotional track from Uemura's self-cover album, ''Kana: My Favorite Things'', later in September 2010. The song was popular enough to boost Uemura's popularity, being downloaded more than 250,000 times to cellphones and 250,000 times to PCs and boosting the sales of ''Watashi no Kakera-tachi'', giving Uemura her first gold-certified album. The song inspired several other media, such as an autobiographical book by Uemura, as well as a special drama to celebrate the 60th anniversary of the opening of Mainichi Broadcasting System. The song was awarded two Japan Record Awards in 2010, one in the general song category along with 9 other songs, as well as Uemura being awarded the lyricist award for the song. Writing The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kana Uemura
, known professionally as Ka-Na, is a Japanese singer-songwriter, who debuted in 2004. She is best known for her song "Toilet no Kamisama", an acoustic ballad about her grandmother, which became a hit in 2010. Biography Uemura first became interested in music, after watching Julie Andrews performance in the 1965 film ''The Sound of Music ''The Sound of Music'' is a musical with music by Richard Rodgers, lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II, and a book by Howard Lindsay and Russel Crouse. It is based on the 1949 memoir of Maria von Trapp, '' The Story of the Trapp Family Singers''. Se ...''. In 2002, she started learning the guitar, as well as writing her own songs and doing street performances. Discography Studio albums Self-cover album Extended plays Singles References External links Official site Official blog Former official blog 1983 births Japanese women pop singers Japanese women singer-songwriters Japanese singer-songwriters Living people King ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |