Mai Kuraki is a Japanese pop and R&B singer-songwriter and record producer. After releasing her US debut single "Baby I Like" in 1999, Kuraki signed with Giza Studio and released her Japanese debut single "Love, Day After Tomorrow" in 1999. In 2000, she released her debut album, Delicious Way, which debuted at number-one and sold over 2.2 million copies in its first week. The album has spawned four top-three singles, "Love, Day After Tomorrow", "Stay by My Side", "Secret of My Heart", and "Never Gonna Give You Up". Eventually, the album sold over 3.5 million copies nationwide and became the best-selling album in Japan in 2000, and has been the ninth best-selling album in Japan of all-time.
Crystal Kay Williams is a Japanese singer, songwriter, actress and radio host.
Uverworld is a Japanese rock band consisting of six members and originating from Kusatsu, Shiga. They have released nine studio albums and over twenty singles and have sold over three million records worldwide.
The 7th Blues is the seventh album released by Japanese hard rock band B'z, released on March 2, 1994.
The discography of Japanese R&B singer Misia consists of nine studio albums, three compilation albums, one extended play (EP), one live album, six remix albums, twenty-six singles, twelve promotional singles, eighteen video albums and thirty-seven music videos. In 1997, Misia signed a recording contract with BMG Japan and joined the then up-and-coming talent agency, Rhythmedia. Under the sub-label Arista Japan, Misia released her first single, "Tsutsumikomu Yō ni..." in February 1998, followed by "Hi no Ataru Basho" in May. In June, her debut album, Mother Father Brother Sister, opened at number three on the Oricon chart. The album peaked at number one three weeks later and stayed in the top five for eleven consecutive weeks. Mother Father Brother Sister was certified double million and won a Japan Record Award for Best Album, as well as a Japan Gold Disc Award for Pop Album of the Year. In 2000, Misia's second studio album, Love Is the Message, debuted at number one and was certified double million. It won a Japan Record Award for Best Album and a Japan Gold Disc Award for Pop Album of the Year. The album spawned three top ten hits: "Believe," "Wasurenai Hibi" and "Sweetness." Misia's first remix album, Misia Remix 2000 Little Tokyo, was released three months later and shot to number one. It sold over 800,000 copies and is the second best-selling remix album of all time in Japan.
B'z The Best "Pleasure" is the third compilation album by the Japanese rock duo B'z and released in 1998. It includes many of the group's hit singles from 1989 to 1998. With the exception of "Be There", all the songs are #1 hits on the Oricon charts.
Japanese rock duo B'z has released 21 studio albums, 12 compilation albums, eight extended plays (EP), 57 singles and 19 live albums. With more than 82 million sales in Japan, the duo is the best-selling artist in Japan and with 100 million sales one of the best-selling music artists of all time.
"Super Love Song" is the forty-fourth single by B'z, released on October 3, 2007. The song peaked at number one on the Oricon Charts, and is B'z 40th consecutive number one single, with 180,650 sales. The following week it dropped to #3. The B-side "Friction" was featured on the racing games Burnout Dominator and Burnout Paradise.
B'z The Best "Ultra Pleasure" is a compilation double-album by the Japanese hard rock duo B'z. It was released on June 18, 2008, and it is part of their 20th anniversary celebration. It peaked at #1 at Oricon charts and Billboard Japan Top Albums.
B'z The Best "Ultra Treasure" is a compilation album by the Japanese hard rock duo B'z. It was released on September 17, 2008, and it is part of their 20th anniversary celebration. The album track listing was decided by fans who voted on a poll at the B'z 20th anniversary website. The fans could vote for all but three songs that have ever been released by B'z. "Brotherhood" was voted number one.
Touch Me! is Japanese singer-songwriter Mai Kuraki's eighth studio album, which was released on January 21, 2009, in Japan by her record label Northern Music. The album was released in two formats; the regular single CD version and a limited CD+DVD version, whose content contained a behind the scenes look at the making of the album, as well an interview and clips from her 2008 tour. The album follows the same pattern as "One Life", in which Kuraki collaborated with new composers.
Hideaki Tokunaga is a Japanese pop singer-songwriter and actor.
"Yume no Chikara" is the eleventh single by Japanese recording artist Aya Ueto. It was released on June 8, 2005 as the first single from Ueto's fourth studio album License.
Uta ga Chikara is Kokia's fourth album, released in July 2004, eight months after her last album, "Remember Me." The album centres on inspirational songs, including the official song for the Japan team at the 2004 Summer Olympics, "Yume ga Chikara."
Arisa II: Shake Your Body for Me is the second studio album by Japanese recording artist Arisa Mizuki, released through Nippon Columbia on October 1, 1992. Arisa II: Shake Your Body for Me is predominately a pop and dance music album. It is written and produced by an array of famous Japanese musicians, including Anri, Keizō Nakanishi, Takao Konishi, and Tetsuya Komuro.
Fiore is the first compilation album by Japanese recording artist Arisa Mizuki, released through Nippon Columbia on October 1, 1993. The eleven-track set features a selection of songs from Mizuki's first two studio albums, Arisa and Arisa II: Shake Your Body for Me, as well as two original songs. It is Mizuki's first album to include the original versions of both "Densetsu no Shōjo" (1991) and "Too Shy Shy Boy!" (1992).
"Blood on Fire" is the debut single by Japanese pop group AAA. The song was written by Osamu Sasaki and Mitsuhiro Hidaka, and produced by Max Matsuura. The single was released in Japan on September 14, 2005, under Avex Trax in two editions: a CD-only edition, and a CD and DVD edition. "Blood on Fire" debuted at number nine on the weekly Oricon singles chart. The single charted for 19 weeks and went on to sell over 46,000 copies in Japan.
B'z The Best XXV 1988-1998 is a compilation album by the Japanese hard rock duo B'z. It was released on June 12, 2013, simultaneously with B'z The Best XXV 1999-2012, and it is part of their 25th anniversary celebration. It reached #1 at Oricon charts and Billboard Japan Top Albums.
B'z The Best XXV 1999-2012 is a compilation album by Japanese hard rock duo B'z. It was released on June 12, 2013, simultaneously with B'z The Best XXV 1988-1998, and it is part of their 25th anniversary celebration. It reached #2 at Oricon charts, while B'z The Best XXV 1988-1998 itself reached the top, the same happening at the Billboard Japan Top Albums.
