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Uchōten
"ecstasy", is a single by Japanese rock duo B'z. It was released on January 14, 2015. It is the only single of their nineteenth album '' Epic Day''. The song debuted in number one on the weekly Oricon Singles Chart, with 133,980 copies. It also gave B'z their 64th combined week in the number one position, beating Pink Lady's 1979 record of 63 combined weeks. In addition, the song reached number one on the Billboard Japan Hot 100 and the Top Singles Sales chart. It was ranked #37 at Oricon's 2015 year-end chart and #39 at ''Billboard Japan''. The Recording Industry Association of Japan The is an industry trade group composed of Japanese corporations involved in the music industry. It was founded in 1942 as the Japan Phonogram Record Cultural Association, and adopted its current name in 1969. The RIAJ's activities include pro ... certified the single Gold for its sales of 100,000 copies. Track listing Certifications References External links * 2015 single ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Epic Day
''Epic Day'' is the nineteenth studio album by the Japanese rock duo B'z. It was released on March 4, 2015, more than 3.5 years after their previous studio effort, '' C'mon'', their longest gap between studio albums. It came after a hiatus in which the members released solo projects, including vocalist/lyricist Koshi Inaba's '' Singing Bird'' and guitarist/composer Tak Matsumoto's '' New Horizon''. It debuted at No. 1 at both the Oricon weekly albums chart and the ''Billboard Japan'' album chart. The album comes in four versions: the regular edition with the 10-track CD; the analog edition with a download card; the limited edition with a bonus live DVD; and the Live-Gym 2015 Edition with live goods. It was the first time that a B'z album had been released in the vinyl format since the band's early days. The opening track "Las Vegas" received a promotional video and will be used as the official song of the Japanese leg of the 2015 Red Bull Air Race World Championship season. Tr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
B'z Songs
is a Japanese rock music, rock duo consisting of guitarist, composer and producer Tak Matsumoto, Takahiro "Tak" Matsumoto and vocalist and lyricist Koshi Inaba,佐伯明『B'z ウルトラクロニクル』ソニー・マガジンズ、2003年。新型光�B'zはなぜこれほど売れるのか ちょっと真面目に考えてみた」 R25、2005年12月15日。（参照：2007年5月1日。） known for their energetic hard rock tracks and pop rock ballads. B'z is one of List of best-selling music artists, the best-selling music artists in the world and the List of best-selling music artists in Japan, best-selling in their native Japan by certifications, having released 50 consecutive No. 1 singles, 27 No. 1 albums, and 4 No. 1 EPs on the Oricon music charts, and have sold more than 100 million records worldwide. In 2003, HMV Japan ranked them at number 30 on their list of the 100 most important Japanese pop acts. In 2007, B'z became the first music act from Asi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pink Lady (duo)
are a Japanese female pop music duo of the late 1970s and early 1980s, featuring Mie (Mitsuyo Nemoto, born March 9, 1958) and Keiko Masuda (formerly Kei, born September 2, 1957). In Japan, they are remembered for a run of pop-chart hits from roughly 1976 to 1979, but in the United States, they are best known for their short-lived 1980 NBC TV variety show '' Pink Lady and Jeff'', later released on DVD under the same title.'' Pink Lady is one of only two Japanese artists to have reached the ''Billboard'' Top 40, hitting No. 37 with the single " Kiss in the Dark"; the other was Kyu Sakamoto with the original Japanese-language version of "Sukiyaki". They are also the first Japanese act ever to have performed in Seoul, South Korea, in November 1980. In June 1979, ''Billboard'' stated the duo had sales of over 72 million in Japan, and stated in September 1980 that Pink Lady's singles had grossed over 40 million, their album releases over 25 million, and their TV appearances, such ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Red (B'z Song)
"Red" is the fifty-second single by Japanese rock duo B'z. It was released on 10 June 2015. It is their first non-album single since 2012's " Go for It, Baby (Kioku no Sanmyaku)" and their first single without a b-side since 1996's " Real Thing Shakes". The song was written to be Hiroshima Toyo Carp's pitcher Hiroki Kuroda's entrance song, and its title is a reference to the club's colors. Apart from its regular edition, the single also comes in a limited edition with a bonus DVD including the song's promotional video and live footage of their Yokohama Arena concert, part of their B'z LIVE-GYM 2015 -EPIC NIGHT-' tour in promotion of their then recent album ''Epic Day''. It was also released in a "RED Edition" including a red case and a wrist band. It debuted in number one on the weekly Oricon Singles Chart. It also reached number one on the Billboard Japan Hot 100 and the Top Singles Sales chart. It was ranked #32 at Oricon's 2015 year-end chart and #40 at ''Billboard Japan''. Th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Go For It, Baby (Kioku No Sanmyaku)
"Go for It, Baby (Kioku no Sanmyaku)" is the 50th single by Japanese rock duo B'z. It was released on April 4, 2012. The song debuted at #1 on the Oricon Singles Chart, selling 143,000 copies in its first week. It also reached number one on the Billboard Japan Hot 100 and the Top Singles Sales chart. The Recording Industry Association of Japan certified the single Gold for its sales of 100,000 copies. With this single, B'z has remained on top of the charts for a total of 63 weeks, breaking a record and tying up with female pop duo Pink Lady. The song was used by Pepsi as a jingle, the second time they did it with a song by B'z (the first having been with their 2011 single " Sayonara Kizu Darake no Hibi yo"). Track listing ;Single # - 4:40 #Honokanaru Hi (仄かなる火) - 4:13 #Ryuusei Mask (流星マスク) - 3:16 ;DVD #Go for It, Baby (Kioku no Sanmyaku) (music video) #Pepsi Nex presents B'z 1Day Live at Shibuya-AX Shibuya-AX (stylized as SHIBUYA- AX) was a concert hall in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Oricon Number-one Singles Of 2015
The highest-selling singles in Japan are ranked in the weekly Oricon Singles Chart, which is published by ''Oricon Style'' magazine. The data are compiled by Oricon , established in 1999, is the holding company at the head of a Japanese corporate group that supplies statistics Statistics (from German language, German: ', "description of a State (polity), state, a country") is the discipline that ... based on each singles' weekly physical sales. This list includes the singles that reached the number one place on that chart in 2015. Chart history References See also * 2015 in Japanese music {{DEFAULTSORT:Oricon number-one singles of 2015 2015 in Japanese music Japan Oricon Lists of number-one songs in Japan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Single (music)
In Music industry, music, a single is a type of Art release#Music, release of a song Sound recording, recording of fewer tracks than an album (LP record, LP), typically one or two tracks. A single can be released for record sales, sale to the public in a variety of physical or digital formats. Singles may be standalone tracks or connected to an artist's album, and in the latter case would often have at least one single release before the album itself, called lead singles. The single was defined in the mid-20th century with the ''45'' (named after its speed in revolutions per minute), a type of 7-inch sized vinyl records, vinyl record containing an A-side and B-side, A-side and a B-side, i.e. one song on each side. The single format was highly influential in pop music and the early days of rock and roll, and it was the format used for jukeboxes and preferred by younger populations in the 1950s and 1960s. Singles in Digital distribution, digital form became very popular in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rock Music
Rock is a Music genre, genre of popular music that originated in the United States as "rock and roll" in the late 1940s and early 1950s, developing into a range of styles from the mid-1960s, primarily in the United States and the United Kingdom. It has its roots in rock and roll, a style that drew from the black musical genres of blues and rhythm and blues, as well as from country music. Rock also drew strongly from genres such as electric blues and folk music, folk, and incorporated influences from jazz and other styles. Rock is typically centered on the electric guitar, usually as part of a rock group with electric bass guitar, drum kit, drums, and one or more singers. Usually, rock is song-based music with a Time signature, time signature and using a verse–chorus form; however, the genre has become extremely diverse. Like pop music, lyrics often stress romantic love but also address a wide variety of other themes that are frequently social or political. Rock was the most p ... [...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 Statistics (from German language, German: ', "description of a State (polity), state, a country") is the discipline that concerns the collection, organization, analysis, interpretation, and presentation of data. In applying statistics to a s ... 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 () 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 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oricon Singles Chart
The Oricon Singles Chart is the Japanese music industry-standard Single (music), singles popularity chart issued daily, weekly, monthly and yearly by Oricon. Chart rankings are based on physical singles' sales. Until 2017, Oricon did not track download sales. In Japan, physical sales decreased sharply in the 2000s, while download sales hit three to four times the amount of single sales. In November 2017, Oricon introduced its first digital songs chart, separate from its main physical singles chart. On December 24, 2018, Oricon launched a streaming chart, and introduced a combined singles chart that utilizes physical single sales, downloads, and streams. Original Confidence Inc., the original Oricon company, was founded by the former Snow Brand Milk Products promoter Sōkō Koike in 1967. That November, the company began publishing a singles chart on an experimental basis. Entitled . The chart became official on January 4, 1968. Charts are published every Tuesday in Oricon Style and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Being Inc
(aka B ZONE Group), formerly known as (aka Being Giza Group), is a Japanese private entertainment conglomerate and recording label based in Tokyo's Roppongi district, founded on November 1, 1978, by music producer Daiko Nagato. The company and its subsidiaries are the main supplier of theme music for the anime series ''Detective Conan''. As of May 2023, over 130 theme songs have been supplied to the anime television series and movies by the B ZONE Group. On 4 April 2023, Being changed company name to B Zone. Labels Nowadays production-based record company are no longer a rare thing, however the B ZONE Group has established a dedicated record company and label system in quick succession since 1991. Label companies that are part of the group are also subsequently owned by the holding company. It includes indie labels as well. Major labels *Vermillion Records (1990, previously named as BMG ROOMS) – formerly a joint venture with BMG Japan (now Sony Music Entertainment Japan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Billboard Japan Hot 100
The ''Billboard Japan'' Hot 100 is a record chart in Japan for songs. It has been compiled by ''Billboard Japan'' and Hanshin Contents Link since February 2008. The chart is updated every Wednesday at Billboard-japan.com ( JST) and every Thursday at Billboard.com ( UTC). The first number-one song on the chart was " Stay Gold" by Hikaru Utada on the issue dated January 16, 2008. The first number-one song on the chart by a non-Japanese artist was " Bleeding Love" by Leona Lewis in the issue dated April 30, 2008. The current number-one on the chart as of the issue dated June 11, 2025, is "Boyz" by SixTones. Methodology From the chart's inception in 2008, to December 2010, the chart combined CD single sales data from SoundScan Japan, tracking sales at physical stores across Japan, and radio airplay figures from Japan's then 32 AM and FM radio stations sourced from the Japanese company Plantech. In December 2010, the chart expanded to include sales from online stores, as well as sal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
