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Single (music)
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In music, a single or record single is a type of release, typically a song recording of fewer tracks than an LP record, an album or an EP record. This can be released for sale to the public in a variety of different formats, in most cases, a single is a song that is released separately from an album, although it usually also appears on an album. Typically, these are the songs from albums that are released separately for promotional uses such as digital download or commercial radio airplay and are expected to be the most popular, in other cases a recording released as a single may not appear on an album. As digital downloading and audio streaming have become prevalent, it is often possible for every track on an album to also be available separately. Nevertheless, the concept of a single for an album has been retained as an identification of a heavily promoted or more popular song within an album collection. Despite being referred to as a single, singles can include up to as many as three tracks on them. The biggest digital music distributor, iTunes, accepts as many as three tracks less than ten minutes each as a single, as well as popular music player Spotify also following in this trend. Any more than three tracks on a release or longer than thirty minutes in total running time is either an Extended Play or if over six tracks long. The basic specifications of the single were made in the late 19th century. Gramophone discs were manufactured with a range of speeds and in several sizes. By about 1910, however, the 10-inch,78 rpm shellac disc had become the most commonly used format, the inherent technical limitations of the gramophone disc defined the standard format for commercial recordings in the early 20th century.26 rpm. With these factors applied to the 10-inch format, songwriters and performers increasingly tailored their output to fit the new medium, the breakthrough came with Bob Dylans Like a Rolling Stone. Singles have been issued in various formats, including 7-inch, 10-inch, other, less common, formats include singles on digital compact cassette, DVD, and LD, as well as many non-standard sizes of vinyl disc. Some artist release singles on records, a more common in musical subcultures. The most common form of the single is the 45 or 7-inch. The names are derived from its speed,45 rpm. The 7-inch 45 rpm record was released 31 March 1949 by RCA Victor as a smaller, more durable, the first 45 rpm records were monaural, with recordings on both sides of the disc. As stereo recordings became popular in the 1960s, almost all 45 rpm records were produced in stereo by the early 1970s
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JUMP World
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JUMP World is the second studio album by Hey. It was released in Japan on June 6,2012, under the labels, Johnny & Associates. The album was certified Gold by the Recording Industry Association of Japan for shipping of 100, after almost 2 years since Hey. JUMPs first album JUMP No.1 was released, it was announced that the group would be releasing their album on June 6,2012. The album would contain their singles from Arigatō to SUPER DELICATE and this also marks their first album without Ryutaro Morimoto after his suspension. On May 25, TV Asahis Music Station revealed their artist line-up for the June 1st episode and they performed a special medley of Arigatō, Boku wa Vampire, and SUPER DELICATE. The group also appeared on NHKs Music Japan on June 3,2012 and they also performed their title song, Boku wa Vampire on Ichiban Song Show and The Shonen Club. All the singles that they released after JUMP No.1 were included on the album and these are OVER and Arigatō which were the last two singles in which Morimoto participated. Magic Power was used as the song for the Japanese dubbed movie The Smurfs. SUPER DELICATE was the song of the TV comedy Risou no Musuko, in which members Ryosuke Yamada. Boku wa Vampire was the song of the album. The song Hana Egao was used for Yuri Chinens romantic comedy TV series, perfect Life SUPER DELICATE Tsunagu Te to Te Boku wa Vampire OVER Hero Magic Power Hurry up. Sam & Pinky Arigatō Together Forever Snap - Hey,7 Single Medley Second Act Message from Members of Hey
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A-side and B-side
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The terms A-side and B-side refer to the two sides of 78,45, and 33 1/3 rpm phonograph records, whether singles, extended plays, or long-playing records. Creedence Clearwater Revival had hits with both A-side and B-side releases, others took the opposite approach, producer Phil Spector was in the habit of filling B-sides with on-the-spot instrumentals that no one would confuse with the A-side. With this practice, Spector was assured that airplay was focused on the side he wanted to be the hit side, the earliest 10-inch,78 rpm, shellac records were single sided. Double-sided recordings, with one song on side, were introduced in Europe by Columbia Records. There were no record charts until the 1930s, and radio stations did not play recorded music until the 1950s, in this time, A-sides and B-sides existed, but neither side was considered more important, the side did not convey anything about the content of the record. The term single came into use with the advent of vinyl records in the early 1950s. At first, most record labels would randomly assign which song would be an A-side, under this random system, many artists had so-called double-sided hits, where both songs on a record made one of the national sales charts, or would be featured on jukeboxes in public places. As time wore on, however, the convention for assigning songs to sides of the record changed. By the early sixties, the song on the A-side was the song that the company wanted radio stations to play. It was not until 1968, for instance, that the production of albums on a unit basis finally surpassed that of singles in the United Kingdom. In the late 1960s stereo versions of pop and rock songs began to appear on 45s. The majority of the 45s were played on AM radio stations, by the early 1970s, double-sided hits had become rare. Album sales had increased, and B-sides had become the side of the record where non-album, non-radio-friendly, with the advent of cassette and compact disc singles in the late 1980s, the A-side/B-side differentiation became much less meaningful. With the decline of cassette singles in the 1990s, the A-side/B-side dichotomy became virtually extinct, as the dominant medium. However, the term B-side is still used to refer to the tracks or coupling tracks on a CD single. With the advent of downloading music via the Internet, sales of CD singles and other media have declined. B-side songs may be released on the record as a single to provide extra value for money. There are several types of material released in this way, including a different version, or, in a concept record
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CD single
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This article is about the 12cm single. Not to be confused with 8cm single, the standard in the Red Book for the term CD single. A CD single is a single in the form of a standard size compact disc. It is not to be confused with the Mini CD single, the format was introduced in the mid-1980s but did not gain its place in the market until the early 1990s. With the rise in digital downloads in the early 2010s, sales of CD singles have decreased, commercially released CD singles can vary in length from two songs up to six songs like an EP. Some contain multiple mixes of one or more songs, in the tradition of 12 vinyl singles, depending on the nation, there may be limits on the number of songs and total length for sales to count in singles charts. Containing four tracks, it had a limited print run. CD singles were first made eligible for the UK Singles Chart in 1987, the Mini CD single format was originally created for use for singles in the late 1980s, but met with limited success, particularly in the US. The smaller CDs were more successful in Japan and have become more common in Europe. By 1989, the CD3 was in decline in the US and it was common in the 1990s for US record companies to release both a two-track CD and a multi-track maxi CD. In the UK, record companies would also release two CDs but, usually, these consisted of three tracks or more each. Pressure from record labels made singles charts in some countries become song charts, allowing album cuts to chart based only on airplay, without a single ever being released. At the end of the 1990s, the CD was the single format in the UK, but in the US. In Australia, the Herald Sun reported the CD single is set to become extinct, while CD singles no longer maintain their own section of the store, copies are still distributed but placed with the artists albums. That is predominantly the case for popular Australian artists such as Jessica Mauboy, Kylie Minogue and, most recently, Delta Goodrem, the ARIA Singles Chart are now predominantly compiled from legal downloads, and ARIA also stopped compiling their physical singles sales chart. On a Mission by Gabriella Cilmi was the last CD single to be stocked in Kmart, Target and Big W, sanity Entertainment, having resisted the decline for longer than the other major outlets, has also ceased selling CD singles. In Greece and Cyprus, the term CD single is used to describe a play in which there may be anywhere from three to six different tracks. These releases charted on the Greek Singles Chart with songs released as singles, in September 2003, there was talk of ringtones for mobile phones outstripping CD singles sales for the year 2004
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J-pop
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J-pop, natively also known simply as pops, is a musical genre that entered the musical mainstream of Japan in the 1990s. J-pop was further defined by new groups in the late 1970s, particularly electronic synthpop band Yellow Magic Orchestra. Eventually, J-pop replaced kayōkyoku in the Japanese music scene, the term was coined by the Japanese media to distinguish Japanese music from foreign music, and now refers to most Japanese popular music. The origin of modern J-pop is said to be Japanese-language rock music inspired by the likes of The Beatles, unlike the Japanese music genre called kayōkyoku, J-pop uses a special kind of pronunciation, which is similar to that of English. One notable singer to do so is Keisuke Kuwata, who pronounced the Japanese word karada as kyerada, additionally, unlike Western music, the major second was usually not used in Japanese music, except art music, before rock music became popular in Japan. At first, the term J-pop was used only for Western-style musicians in Japan, such as Pizzicato Five and Flippers Guitar, on the other hand, Mitsuhiro Hidaka of AAA from Avex Trax said that J-pop was originally derived from the Eurobeat genre. However, the became a blanket term, covering other music genres—such as the majority of Japanese rock music of the 1990s. O. A. Because the band did not want to perform J-pop music, their album featured the 1980s Pop of MTV, according to his fellow band member Toru Hidaka, the 1990s music that influenced him was not listened to by fans of other music in Japan at that time. Hide of Greeeen openly described their genre as J-pop. He said, I also love rock, hip hop and breakbeats, for example, hip hop musicians learn the culture of hip hop when they begin their career. We are not like those musicians and we love the music as very much. Those professional people may say What are you doing, but I think that our musical style is cool after all. By the Taishō period, Western musical techniques and instruments, which had introduced to Japan in the Meiji period, were widely used. Influenced by Western genres such as jazz and blues, ryūkōka incorporated Western instruments such as the violin, harmonica, however, the melodies were often written according to the traditional Japanese pentatonic scale. In the 1930s, Ichiro Fujiyama released popular songs with his tenor voice, Fujiyama sang songs with a lower volume than opera through the microphone. Jazz musician Ryoichi Hattori attempted to produce Japanese native music which had a flavor of blues and he composed Noriko Awayas hit song Wakare no Blues. Awaya became a popular singer and was called Queen of Blues in Japan. Due to pressure from the Imperial Army during the war, the performance of music was temporarily halted in Japan
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Electropop
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Electropop is a variant of synth-pop that places more emphasis on a harder, electronic sound. The genre has seen a revival of popularity and influence since the 2000s, the media in 2009 ran articles proclaiming a new era of different electropop stars and indeed, saw a rise in popularity of several electropop artists. In the Sound of 2009 poll of 130 music experts conducted for the BBC, lady Gaga had major commercial success since 2008 with her debut album The Fame. Music writer Simon Reynolds noted that Everything about Gaga came from electroclash, except the music, the second album by British singer Lily Allen released in 2009 called Its Not Me, Its You is largely electropop as opposed to her first ska album. Other female electropop acts that emerged were Ladyhawke, Kesha, Demi Lovato, Britney Spears, Selena Gomez, Elly Jackson of La Roux and Perfume. The Korean pop music scene has become dominated and influenced by electropop, particularly with boy bands and girl groups such as Super Junior, SHINee, F. Male acts that have emerged included British writer and producer Taio Cruz, who charted well in the U. S. along with one-man act Owl City, who had a U. S. number-one single, DJ Kaskade, and LMFAO. Singer Michael Angelakos of the Passion Pit said in a 2009 interview that while playing electropop was not his intention, so everything weve been put on to is electronic in nature. Music Projects with Propellerhead Reason, Grooves, Beats and Styles from Trip Hop to Techno
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J Storm
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J Storm, Inc. is a Japanese music and film company owned by Johnny & Associates. It was established on November 12,2001, initially as a label for the Johnnys group, Arashi, aside from producing and releasing CDs and DVDs, the company also produces films for Johnnys various talents. J Storm also has the strict policies for portrait rights of its talents with its parent company. Among others, images of their talents are prohibited to appear in websites, though recently, on 28 February 2011, the ban was lifted and loosened the regulations. J Storm produced Arashis singles and albums since 2002 with the release of the single, JUMP debuted and began to release singles and albums under J Storm. They became the largest group to debut in Johnnys history, in 2008, another Johnnys group, Tokio, began to release under the J Storm label. JUMP Arashi TOKIO Kanjani Eight J-One records is KAT-TUNs exclusive record label and it was named J-One for the labels thrust of releasing chart-topping releases. Currently, all of their singles and albums have reached the top of the Oricon charts
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Johnny & Associates
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In 1962, Kitagawa launched his first group, Johnnys. Six years later, Four Leaves became successful, since then Kitagawa has formed a number of successful acts, such as solo artist Masahiko Kondo and Hikaru Genji, the first Johnny group with three singles on the Japanese Oricon yearly chart in 1988. Another reason cited was that the nominations would engender competition among Johnny groups, SMAP debuted in 1991, hosting television and radio shows, appearing in commercials and acting on television and film. The groups 2003 single, Sekai ni Hitotsu Dake no Hana, sold over 2.57 million copies, in 1997 the agency founded a record label, Johnnys Entertainment. Johnny & Associates sued the publisher, Bungeishunjū. In 2002 the Tokyo District Court awarded the agency ¥8.8 million in damages, the court reduced the damages to ¥1.2 million, ruling that the allegations of sexual exploitation were true but the reports of drinking and smoking were defamatory. Ugaya condemned the action as a lawsuit against public participation. In 2007, temporary Johnnys Jr. group, Hey,7, broke a record as the youngest male group to ever top Oricon charts, with an average age of 14.8 years. JUMP broke a record as the largest group to debut in Johnnys history, after the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami Johnny & Associates cancelled or postponed 18 concerts, including shows by Tomohisa Yamashita and Tackey & Tsubasa. Generators, trucks and 2,000 litres of gasoline which would have used at the concerts were donated to the relief effort. The agency began a project, Marching J, for the Tōhoku earthquake victims. JUMP, SMAP, Tokio, KinKi Kids, V6, Arashi, Tackey and Tsubasa, NEWS, Kanjani8, KAT-TUN and Johnny’s Juniors participated in the fundraiser, which included talk sessions, the agency planned to hold one fundraiser per month for a year. The next event, a tournament featuring Johnny’s Juniors, was held on May 29. On September 18,2011, Kitagawa received Guinness World Record awards for the most number-one singles and his shows have been attended by an estimated 48,234,550 people. Toma Ikuta Shunsuke Kazama Ex-Otokogumi member, Kenichi Okamoto Ex-Hikaru GENJI members, Koji Uchiumi, Atsuhiro Sato Ex-NEWS member, Takahiro Moriuchi Ex-NEWS member, Hironori Kusano Ex-Hey. JUMP member, Ryutaro Morimoto Ex-KAT-TUN member, Koki Tanaka Ex-KAT-TUN member, Jin Akanishi Ex-KAT-TUN member, Juniors perform their songs and those by established artists on variety shows, such as The Shōnen Club, and are backup dancers for the agencys established groups
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Hitomi no Screen
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Hitomi no Screen is a single by Hey. JUMP, released on February 24,2010, the single debuted at No.1 on the Oricon weekly charts. Hitomi no Screen was used as the song for the drama Hidarime Tantei EYE starring Hey. JUMP member Ryosuke Yamada, Kanjani Eights Yu Yokoyama, and actress Satomi Ishihara, 7s Lotte commercial song is also included in the single. Both limited edition and regular edition are released, the limited edition includes a DVD of the Promotional Video of Hitomi no Screen and making. The regular edition includes a song called Romeo & Juliet, which is not in the limited edition, CD Hitomi no Screen Kagayaki Days - Hey. 7 Romeo & Juliet Hitomi no Screen Kagayaki Days - Hey,7 Romeo & Juliet CD Hitomi no Screen Kagayaki Days - Hey
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Over (Hey! Say! JUMP song)
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JUMP, released on June 29,2011. In its first week, OVER sold 265,390 copies, over 18,000 more than the first week sales of their single Ultra Music Power in 2007, jUMPs highest selling single to date. It was certified Platinum by the Recording Industry Association of Japan, OVER was released in three versions, two limited CD+DVD editions and a regular CD-only edition. CD OVER Aiing, Aishiteru You Got More - Hey, BEST OVER Aiing, Aishiteru You Got More - Hey. BEST CD OVER OVER DVD OVER CD OVER Born in the EARTH DVD Aiing, Aishiteru
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JUMP No. 1
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JUMP No.1 is the first studio album by Hey. JUMP, released on July 7,2010, under the label J Storm, JUMP No.1 was released in both limited edition version and a regular edition. The limited edition included a 40-page premium booklet while the Regular Edition included 28-page special booklet, the album contains 17 songs including their previous 5 singles. Hikaru Yaotome both composed and wrote the song titled Ai☆Sukuriimu, kota Yabu, Yuya Takaki, Ryosuke Yamada, Yuto Nakajima, and Yuri Chinen participated in writing lyrics for the new songs. Daiki Arioka arranged one of the songs that Yuya Takaki wrote, kei Inoo and Keito Okamoto participated in the studio session for the new songs as musical performers. The lyrics for the song titled Thank you were written by Hey, CD DREAMER INFINITY Ultra Music Power Thank You 28-page special booklet CD DREAMER INFINITY Hitomi no Screen Shinku Ganbarettsugo. 7 Jounetsu JUMP Smile Song Memories Dreams Come True Time Score - Hey, BEST Your Seed I☆Scream Mayonaka no Shadow Boy Dash. Ultra Music Power Thank You 40-page premium booklet Hey
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Recording Industry Association of Japan
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The Recording Industry Association of Japan 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, the RIAJs 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 summary of each years music sales. The association is responsible for certifying gold and platinum albums and singles in Japan, in 1989, the Recording Industry Association of Japan introduced the music recording certification systems. It is awarded based on shipment figures of compact disc or cassette tape which was reported by record labels, in principle, the criteria are limitedly applied to the materials released after January 21,1989. Currently, all music sales including singles, albums, digital download singles are on the same criteria, unlike many countries, the highest certification is not called Diamond or Platinum, but Million. Before the unification of criteria and introduction of music videos category in July 2003, certifications for songs and albums released digitally began on September 20,2006, using download data collected since the early 2000s. From 2006 until 2013, there were three categories for certifications, Chaku-uta, Chaku-uta Full and PC Haishin for songs purchased on services such as iTunes, on February 28,2014, the Chaku-uta Full and PC categories were merged to create the Single Track category. And Hikaru Utadas sixth studio album Fantôme among others, Avex Group¹ Avex Entertainment Being Inc
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Chance no Junban
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Chance no Junban is Japanese idol girl group AKB48s 19th single, released on December 8,2010. The tournament was a bracketed, single knockout format with 51 members, the top 16 were given senbatsu status and participated in the single. 12 of which would be given media senbatsu members, the tournament was held at Nippon Budokan on September 21, and was won by Team Ks Mayumi Uchida, who was given the center headlining position. Chance no Junban was released in four different versions and cover variations, with the version being exclusively sold in the AKB48 theater in Akihabara. Versions A, K, and B contained a different third track aside from the track and Yoyaku shita Christmas. The theater version included a track that was performed by Team Research Students. In addition to including their music videos, versions A, K. All first press releases was enclosed with an event ticket. Chance no Junban sold 471,242 copies in its first day, placing it on top of the Oricon daily chart, the single has been certified triple platinum by the RIAJ for physical sales. All succeeding singles after Chance no Junban sold 1 million copies in their first week of release, starting the AKB48 Million Streak, all lyrics written by Yasushi Akimoto. Nakagawa made her return to senbatsu since last making it in Heavy Rotation, kuramochi has not appeared in senbatsu since Iiwake Maybe, the 13th single. Kana Kobayashi and Natsuki Sato both reappeared in senbatsu after an absence of 3 years and 8 months. Finally, other such as Uchida, Ami Maeda, Tanabe, Nakatsuka, Sakiko Matsui, Ishida, Sumire Sato
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AKB48
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AKB48 is a Japanese idol girl group named after the Akihabara area in Tokyo, where the groups theater is located. The group has expanded since then to include over 130 members as of December 2015, aged from their early teens to their mid-20s. AKB48s producer, Yasushi Akimoto, wanted to form a group with its own theater. This idols you can meet concept includes teams which can rotate performances and perform simultaneously at several events and handshake events, Akimoto has expanded the AKB48 concept to several sister groups in China, Japan and Indonesia, with upcoming groups announced for the Philippines, Taiwan and Thailand. The group is one of the musical performers in Japan, with 2013 sales of over $128 million. As of December 2015 the group has sold over 41 million records, including over 36 million singles, as of September 2016, the group has sold over 40 million singles. AKB48 is the highest selling act in Japan in terms of singles sold. AKB48s thirty-two latest singles have topped the Oricon Weekly Singles Chart and their highest selling single, Tsubasa wa Iranai, sold over 2.5 million in 2016 according to Billboard / Soundscan. In 2010, Beginner and Heavy Rotation placed first and second, respectively, from 2011 to 2016, AKB48s singles have occupied the top four or five spots of the Oricon Yearly Singles Chart. AKB48 was founded as idols you can meet, the AKB48 Theater is in the Don Quijote store in Akihabara, Tokyo. The group is split into teams, reducing its members workload. According to member Misaki Iwasa, each team has its own theme, Team A represents freedom, Team B is idol-like, with cute costumes, and Team K has a strong, powerful image. New members are called trainees who are understudies for the group, in addition to their performances with the group, members are promoted by the Japanese mass media. AKB48 regularly hosts events, where fans can interact with the members, the group members ages range from their early teens to over 20, and they are selected from regular auditions. Members are not allowed to date, and must be well-behaved, any violation of these used to be punished. AKB48 has a system allows members to graduate from the group when they are older and are replaced by trainees who are promoted. Monica Hesse of The Washington Post described the AKB48 audition process as rolling American Idol-esque, in July 2005, Yasushi Akimoto held an audition for a new theater-based idol girl group. Of the 7,924 who auditioned,24 were chosen as first-generation group members, on December 8,20 members debuted as Team A in the AKB48 Theater performing PARTY ga Hajimaru yo to an audience of seven, attendance quickly increased
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Ayumi Hamasaki
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Ayumi Hamasaki is a Japanese recording artist, lyricist, model, and actress. Through her entire career, she has all her lyrical content, produced her own music and has sometimes co-composed her music. Born and raised in Fukuoka, she moved to Tokyo at fourteen in 1993 to pursue a career in singing and acting, in 1998, under the tutelage of Avex CEO Max Matsuura, Hamasaki released her debut single Poker Face and debut major-label album A Song for XX. The album debuted at the top of the Oricon charts and remained there for four weeks, selling over a million copies and her next five albums shipped over a million copies in Japan, with her third, Duty, selling nearly three million and becoming her best-selling studio album. A Best, her first compilation album, is her best-selling album, in 2009, after her album Next Level was released, album and single sales declined due to competition from upcoming artists. Throughout her career, Hamasaki has had all her albums within the top five position in Japan and has five million-selling singles, including Boys & Girls, A, Seasons, M and H. Called Ayu by her fans, Hamasaki has been dubbed the Empress of J-pop because of her popularity and influence in Japan and she has appeared in or lent her songs to many advertisements and television commercials. Though she originally supported the exploitation of her popularity for commercial purposes, she later reconsidered, Hamasaki has sold over 50 million records, making her best-selling Japanese solo artist of all time. From 1999 to 2010, Hamasaki had at least one each year topping the charts. Hamasaki is the first female recording artist to have ten studio albums since her debut to top the Oricon, Born in Fukuoka Prefecture, Hamasaki was raised as an only child by her mother and grandmother. Her father had left the family when she was three and never came into contact with her. Hamasakis mother worked to support the family, so Hamasaki was primarily taken care of by her grandmother and she described herself as a tomboy when she was a teenager, and as a “strange kid” who “liked to be alone”. At age seven, Hamasaki began modeling for local institutions, such as banks and she continued this career path by leaving her family at fourteen and moving to Tokyo as a model under SOS, a talent agency. Her modeling career did not last long, SOS eventually deemed her too short for a model and transferred her to Sun Music, under the name of Ayumi, Hamasaki released a rap EP, Nothing from Nothing, on the Nippon Columbia label in 1995. She was dismissed from the label when the failed to chart on the Oricon. After this failure, Hamasaki took up acting and starred in B-movies such as Ladys Ladys, sōcho Saigo no Hi and television dramas such as Miseinen, which were poorly received by the public. From August 1995 to March 1996, Hamasaki also co-hosted the SoundLink magazine Hōkago no Ōsama for the Nintendo Satellaview once a week with Shigeru Izumiya, growing dissatisfied with her job, Hamasaki quit acting and moved in with her mother, who had recently moved to Tokyo. Hamasaki was initially a student, earning good grades in junior high school
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Billboard (magazine)
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Billboard is an American entertainment media brand owned by the Hollywood Reporter-Billboard Media Group, a division of Eldridge Industries. It publishes pieces involving news, video, opinion, reviews, events and it is also known for its music charts, including the Billboard Hot 100 and Billboard 200, tracking the most popular singles and albums in different genres. It also hosts events, owns a publishing firm, and operates several TV shows, Billboard was founded in 1894 by William Donaldson and James Hennegan as a trade publication for bill posters. Donaldson later acquired Hennegens interest in 1900 for $500, in the 1900s, it covered the entertainment industry, such as circuses, fairs and burlesque shows. It also created a service for travelling entertainers. Billboard began focusing more on the industry as the jukebox, phonograph. Many topics it covered were spun-off into different magazines, including Amusement Business in 1961 to cover outdoor entertainment so that it could focus on music. After Donaldson died in 1925, Billboard was passed down to his children and Hennegans children, until it was sold to investors in 1985. The first issue of Billboard was published in Cincinnati, Ohio, on November 1,1894 by William Donaldson, initially, it covered the advertising and bill posting industry and was called Billboard Advertising. At the time, billboards, posters and paper advertisements placed in public spaces were the means of advertising. Donaldson handled editorial and advertising, while Hennegan, who owned Hennegan Printing Co. managed magazine production, the first issues were just eight pages long. The paper had columns like The Bill Room Gossip and The Indefatigable, a department for agricultural fairs was established in 1896. The title was changed to The Billboard in 1897, after a brief departure over editorial differences, Donaldson purchased Hennegans interest in the business in 1900 for $500, to save it from bankruptcy. That May, Donaldson changed it from a monthly to a paper with a greater emphasis on breaking news. He improved editorial quality and opened new offices in New York, Chicago, San Francisco, London and he also re-focused the magazine on outdoor entertainment like fairs, carnivals, circuses, vaudeville and burlesque shows. A section devoted to circuses was introduced in 1900, followed by more prominent coverage of events in 1901. Billboard also covered topics including regulation, a lack of professionalism, economics and it had a stage gossip column covering the private lives of entertainers, a tent show section covering traveling shows and a sub-section called Freaks to order. According to The Seattle Times, Donaldson also published articles attacking censorship, praising productions exhibiting good taste
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Kaela Kimura
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Kaela Kimura, born Rie Kaela Kimura, is a Japanese pop rock singer, songwriter, fashion model, and television presenter. Born in Adachi, Tokyo, Japan to a British father and Japanese mother and she went on to host the morning television show Saku Saku from April 14,2003 to March 31,2006. Kimura released her only single, titled Level 42, but it was later released as her major label debut single on June 23,2004. The song was used over the end credits of Saku Saku, on October 27, Kimura released her second single, Happiness. Which was followed by her album, Kaela, on December 8,2004. Following the release of her single, Rirura Riruha, on March 30,2005. The song was used in a series of Vodafone commercials in Japan and it sold over 100,000 copies, her best-selling single to date, and it also received a nomination for Best Video in the MTV Video Music Awards Japan 2005. Nearly seven months later, her single, Beat, was released. The song was composed by Tamio Okuda, the song had a more pop punk influence. On January 18,2006, Kimura released her fifth single, in March 2006, Circle was released and debuted at number two on the Oricon chart. She continued promoting Kit Kat with a single titled Circle. At this point, Kimura decided to leave the TV show, Saku Saku and her last appearance as host was on March 31,2006. That year, she also covered Roy Orbisons Oh, Pretty Woman and she appeared on the program in a cameo role as an airline passenger in episode 10. On June 28, a new single, Magic Music, was released, followed by the release of Tree Climbers three months later and her eighth single, Snowdome, was released in conjunction with her third studio album, Scratch, on February 7,2007. The song Snowdome was composed by Japanese pop punk band Beat Crusaders, the album Scratch topped the Oricon Albums Chart for two weeks and sold over 300,000 copies. Kimuras ninth single, Samantha, was released on July 18,2007, the song was inspired by Samantha Stephens, the protagonist from the ABC TV series, Bewitched, and the music video features Hanna-Barbera designs. In September, a second DVD from her Scratch Tour was released, followed by her single, Yellow. She released her single, Jasper, a dance song very different from her previous works
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Mayonaka no Shadow Boy
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Mayonaka no Shadow Boy is a single released by Hey. It was released on October 22,2008, jUMPs first actual love song, which is used as a theme to the TV drama Scrap Teacher starring Hey. JUMP members Daiki Arioka, Ryosuke Yamada, Yuto Nakajima, Yuri Chinen, the song has sad, passionate lyrics and a melancholic melody with a Spanish taste. Limited edition includes a bonus DVD with the video of Mayonaka no Shadow Boy, making-of footage. Regular edition features three bonus karaoke versions, by the end of the year, Mayonaka no Shadow Boy was reported by Oricon to sell 266,193 copies and was later certified Platinum by RIAJ denoting over 250,000 shipments. CD Mayonaka no Shadow Boy School Kakumei Deep Night Kimi Omou Mayonaka no Shadow Boy School Kakumei Deep Night Kimi Omou CD Mayonaka no Shadow Boy School Kakumei DVD Mayonaka no Shadow Boy
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Magic Power (Hey! Say! JUMP song)
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Magic Power is a single release by Hey. It was released in three different versions, a limited CD+DVD edition 1, a limited CD+DVD edition 2, and this was the groups first single without Morimoto, due to the smoking scandal and suspension. It was certified platinum by the RIAJ, CD Magic Power Beat Line Nemuri no Mori BE ALIVE Magic Power Beat Line Nemuri no Mori BE ALIVE CD Magic Power School Days - Hey. BEST DVD Magic Power CD Magic Power GET,7 DVD30 minute footage of Hey. JUMP & Yuuki 100% Concert with Yuma Nakayama Spring Concert in Nagoya
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Super Delicate
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SUPER DELICATE is a single by Hey. It was released on February 22,2012, and topped the Oricon Daily Single Chart selling 110,000 copies on its first day, the single was certified Platinum by the Recording Industry Association of Japan SUPER DELICATE serves as the opening theme song for drama Risou no Musuko. A comedy drama which stars Hey, JUMP members Ryosuke Yamada and Yuto Nakajima. The song lyrics were written by the scenario writer Shinji Nojima who also wrote the script for the drama as well, the single was released on three versions, two limited edition and one regular. On February 3, a clip and a behind the scene footage of the singles PV was shown on the Japanese television. Another 26-second preview was shown on February 7,2012, a short version of the PV was released by J Storm last February 10,2012 via We Believe in Music. The full PV was released on February 22,2012, jUMPs performance of the song was shown on Shonen Club last 13 February 2012. The group performed the single on the 10th February 2012 episode of Music Station, performed Ichiban song show on 22 February 2012. Group performed in Music Station 25 February 2012, CD SUPER DELICATE JUMP Around The World. Succeed CD SUPER DELICATE Su・Ri・Ru - Hey, BEST DVD SUPER DELICATE CD SUPER DELICATE Wonderland Train - Hey. 7 DVD Th • ri • ll - Hey
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Come On A My House
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Come On A My House is a single by Hey. The single was released in three different versions, two limited editions and a regular edition, the first limited edition comes with a DVD while the two other versions are CDs each with a different list of song. The title song was used as the CM song for House Foods’ Vermont Curry, BEST Come On A My House Just For You - Hey
