, born on November 26, 1975 is a
Zainichi Korean
comprise ethnic Koreans who have permanent residency status in Japan or who have become Japanese citizens, and whose immigration to Japan originated before 1945, or who are descendants of those immigrants. They are a group distinct from South ...
reggae
Reggae () is a music genre that originated in Jamaica in the late 1960s. The term also denotes the modern popular music of Jamaica and its diaspora. A 1968 single by Toots and the Maytals, " Do the Reggay" was the first popular song to use ...
artist. She is signed to
Sony Music Japan's
Ki/oon Records
is a Japanese record label, a subsidiary of Sony Music Entertainment Japan.
Artists
Their artists include L'Arc-en-Ciel, Asian Kung-Fu Generation, Home Made Kazoku, Puffy AmiYumi, Polysics, Supercar, Pushim, Chatmonchy, Denki Groove, Tomoe ...
division.
She began performing in the
Kansai reggae scene in 1995. In 1998, she contributed back-up vocals for the Refugee Camp's "
It's Too Late", a
Carole King cover. After being signed to Sony Music Japan, she recorded and released her first single, "
Brand New Day" on June 19, 1999 to much critical acclaim. In September 1999, she released her second single "Strong Woman", which was also a commercial success. The following spring, her debut album ''Say Greetings'' was released, having been recorded in Jamaica the previous year.
[Campbell, Howard (2007)]
Japanese Pushim records her sixth album in Jamaica
", '' Jamaica Gleaner'', 15 June 2007, retrieved 2011-04-03 She performed at
Reggae Sumfest
Reggae Sumfest is the largest music festival in Jamaica and the Caribbean, taking place each year in mid-July in Montego Bay.Johnson, Richard (2014)All Set for Sumfest, ''Jamaica Observer'', 8 July 2014. Retrieved 8 July 2014 Sumfest started in 19 ...
in 2003.
Her 2006 album ''
Sing A Song... Lighter!'' featured
Luciano on one track.
She has regularly visited Jamaica to record, and in 2007, she recorded in Jamaica with musicians including
Sly & Robbie
Sly and Robbie were a prolific Jamaican rhythm section and production duo, associated primarily with the reggae and dub genres. Drummer Sly Dunbar and bassist Robbie Shakespeare teamed up in the mid-1970s after establishing themselves separ ...
.
In 2010 she was nominated for the 'Best Reggae Video' award at the MTV Video Music Awards (VMA) Japan.
[Jackson, Steven (2010)]
Sean Paul, Kingston empty-handed as Japanese wins reggae award again
, '' Jamaica Observer'', 5 June 2010, retrieved 2011-04-03
Her younger sister,
Youngshim, is also a
reggae
Reggae () is a music genre that originated in Jamaica in the late 1960s. The term also denotes the modern popular music of Jamaica and its diaspora. A 1968 single by Toots and the Maytals, " Do the Reggay" was the first popular song to use ...
musician in the
Osaka
is a designated city in the Kansai region of Honshu in Japan. It is the capital of and most populous city in Osaka Prefecture, and the third most populous city in Japan, following Special wards of Tokyo and Yokohama. With a population of ...
area.
Discography
Extended plays
Studio albums
Singles
*
999.06.19Brand New Day
*
999.10.01STRONG WOMAN
*
000.02.02GREETINGS!
*
000.05.03Fruit Moon (Kajitsu no Gatsu/ 果実の月)
*
000.10.12
Tenth may refer to:
Numbers
* 10th, the ordinal form of the number ten
* One tenth, , or 0.1, a fraction, one part of a unit divided equally into ten parts.
** the SI prefix deci-
** tithe, a one-tenth part of something
* 1/10 of any unit of me ...
SET ME FREE (feat. DJ Premier)
*
001.04.25heavenly
*
001.06.20 1. is the ordinal form of the number one in a number of European languages.
1. may also refer to:
Association football Austria
* 1. FC Vöcklabruck, a defunct Austrian association football club
Czech Republic
* 1. FC Karlovy Vary, a Czech asso ...
Music Is Mystic (feat. BOXER KID)
*
002.08.07FOREVER
*
003.02.05
3 is a number, numeral, and glyph.
3, three, or III may also refer to:
* AD 3, the third year of the AD era
* 3 BC, the third year before the AD era
* March, the third month
Books
* '' Three of Them'' (Russian: ', literally, "three"), a 1901 ...
I Wanna Know You
*
003.04.23DANCE HALLIC
*
004.01.07Like a sunshine, my memory
*
004.06.16SOLDIER
*
004.07.22a song dedicated
*
005.07.27Anything For You
*
006.07.05I pray
*
006.10.04I Say Yeah!
*
007.08.22
7 (seven) is the natural number following 6 and preceding 8. It is the only prime number preceding a cube (algebra), cube.
As an early prime number in the series of positive integers, the number seven has greatly symbolic associations in religion ...
HEY BOY
*
008.07.02RAINBOW
*
008.10.22Renaissance
*
009.09.23My Endless Love
*
012.10.10
1 (one, unit, unity) is a number representing a single or the only entity. 1 is also a numerical digit and represents a single unit of counting or measurement. For example, a line segment of ''unit length'' is a line segment of length 1. I ...
Setting Sun
*
013.03.13HEAT (feat. Ego-Wrappin')
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014.06.04Light Up Your Fire
*
015.12.14Feel It
*
016.01.13People In The Shadow
References
External links
PUSHIM's official homepageSony Music Online JapanPUSHIM's page on her label's website
* https://www.sonymusic.com/
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Japanese reggae musicians
1975 births
Ki/oon Music artists
Living people
21st-century Japanese singers
21st-century Japanese women singers
Zainichi Korean people