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X3 (album)
X3 (pronounced "Triple") is Aya Matsuura's third album. It was released on January 1, 2004, and sold 110,874 copies. It contains three of her previously released singles, as well as a solo version of GET UP! Rapper that she originally sang as part of SALT5 and a remix of Yeah! Meccha Holiday. The album was certified gold by 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 pr .... Track listing # # # # # # # " The Last Night" # # # # "LOVE TRAIN" References {{DEFAULTSORT:X3 (Album) 2004 albums Aya Matsuura albums ... [...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] |
H!P Summer Shuffles
was a Japanese idol project group formed by Up-Front Promotion in 2000 and associated with Hello! Project. Beginning in 2000, the Shuffle Unit project was a yearly collaboration among existing Hello! Project acts, where members were recombined into three different groups to release a single for each. After a four-year hiatus, the project was briefly revived in 2009, where several old sub-groups saw a return under new names and new members. After 2009, the project became defunct. History 2000-2005: Initial beginnings Beginning in 2000, Tsunku created a music collaboration project with members of Hello! Project rearranged into three separate teams. The first theme, "color", consisted of , , and . All groups released their singles on March 8, 2000, with Akagumi 4's single "Akai Nikkichō" charting the highest at #2 on the Oricon Weekly Singles Charts. In 2001, the groups were rearranged under the theme "party", with the three groups , , and . All groups released their single ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yeah! Meccha Holiday
is the sixth single from Aya Matsuura, who was a Hello! Project solo artist at the time. It was released on May 29, 2002 under the Zetima label. Tsunku composed and wrote the lyrics, and it was arranged by Yuichi Takahashi. The song appears in 2012 Japanese game, ''Just Dance Wii 2'' Track listing # – 3:50 # – 4:38 # "Yeah! Meccha Holiday" (Instrumental) – 3:46 Covers by other artists The title song was covered by AKB48's Rino Sashihara on her debut solo single "Soredemo Suki Da yo is the debut solo single by Rino Sashihara, released in Japan on May 2, 2012. Background The single was released in four versions: Type-A, Type-B, Type-C, and Type-D. "Soredemo Suki Da yo" was released on the same day with Nogizaka46's "Oide S ...". External links Yeah! Meccha Holiday entryon the Up-Front Works official website Aya Matsuura songs Zetima Records singles 2002 singles Japanese-language songs Songs written by Tsunku Song recordings produced by Tsu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 promotion of music sales, enforcement of copyright law, and research related to the Japanese music industry. It publishes the annual ''RIAJ Year Book'', a statistical summary of each year's music sales, as well as distributing a variety of other data. Headquartered in Minato, Tokyo, the RIAJ has twenty member companies and a smaller number of associate and supporting members; some member companies are the Japanese branches of multinational corporations headquartered elsewhere. The association is responsible for certifying gold and platinum albums and singles in Japan. RIAJ Certification In 1989, the Recording Industry Association of Japan introduced the music recording certification systems. It is awarded based on shipment figures of com ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Good Bye Natsuo
is the tenth single by Aya Matsuura, a former Hello! Project solo artist. It was released on June 4, 2003, under the Zetima label. The single peaked at #3 on the 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 Nov ... weekly singles charts, charting for eleven weeks. Track listing References Aya Matsuura songs Zetima Records singles 2003 singles Songs written by Tsunku Song recordings produced by Tsunku {{Hello!Project-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ne~e?
is the ninth single from Aya Matsuura, who was a Hello! Project solo artist at the time. It was released on March 12, 2003 under the Zetima label. The Single V DVD was released on the same day. Track listings CD ''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 Coco ....'' # – 3:31 # – 3:50 # "Ne~e?" (Instrumental) – 3:28 DVD # "Ne~e?" # "Ne~e?"(Dance Shot Ver.) # External links * Ne~e? entries on the Up-Front Works official websiteCD Aya Matsuura songs [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Last Night (Matsuura Aya)
Last Night, The Last Night or Last Nite may refer to: Film * ''The Last Night'' (1928 film), a German silent film * ''The Last Night'' (1934 film), a French film * ''The Last Night'' (1936 film), a Soviet film * ''The Last Night'' (1949 film), a German film by Eugen York * ''Last Night'' (1964 film), an Egyptian film * ''Last Night'' (1998 film), a Canadian film by Don McKellar * ''Last Night'' (2010 film), a dramatic romance starring Keira Knightley and Sam Worthington * ''Last Night'' (2017 film), a Philippine dark-romantic drama film, starring Piolo Pascual and Toni Gonzaga * ''Last Night'', a 2004 short starring Frances McDormand * "Last Night", a mini-episode from the ''Doctor Who'' shorts "Night and the Doctor" Music * Last Night (band), a Romanian pop band formed in 2015 Albums * ''Last Night'' (Carey Bell album) (1973) * ''Last Nite'' (Larry Carlton album) (1986) * ''Last Night'' (His Name Is Alive album) (2002) * ''Last Night'' (Moby album) (2008) * '' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
