Mama's Family is an American television sitcom starring Vicki Lawrence as Thelma Harper (Mama). The series is a spin-off of a recurring series of comedy sketches called "The Family" featured on The Carol Burnett Show (1974–78) and Carol Burnett & Company (1979). The sketches led to the made-for-TV movie Eunice, and finally the television series.
Vicki Ann Lawrence, sometimes credited as Vicki Lawrence Schultz, is an American actress, comedian, and pop music singer known for the many characters she originated on CBS's The Carol Burnett Show, where she appeared from 1967–78, for the entire series run. One such character was "The Family" matriarch Thelma Harper/Mama, the cold, unaffectionate mother of the neurotic, misfortunate, Eunice (Burnett) although Lawrence is 16 years younger than Burnett. Thelma Harper was the central character of the television situation comedy series Mama's Family on NBC and, later, in first-run syndication. She is currently starring in the Fox sitcom series The Cool Kids.
Emotion, in psychology and common use, refers to the complex reaction of an organism to significant objects or events, with subjective, behavioral, physiological elements.
Diary is Japanese Pop/R&B singer Thelma Aoyama's debut album. It was released on March 26, 2008 in Japan.
My Short Stories is the first B-side compilation album by the popular Japanese singer-songwriter Yui that was released on November 12, 2008. This album contains all the past B sides of her past singles and a new song titled "I'll be".
The 50th Annual Japan Record Awards took place at the New National Theatre in Shibuya, Tokyo, on December 30, 2008, starting at 6:30PM JST. The primary ceremonies were televised in Japan on TBS.
Dohzi-T is a Japanese rapper, singer and songwriter who has been active since 1989.
Love!: Thelma Love Song Collection is a compilation of love songs by Thelma Aoyama. It was released on February 11, 2009 in Japan and became her first #1 album on the Japanese Oricon Weekly Chart. The last track "Again" is a cover of the Janet Jackson song of the same name. The album was preceded by the four singles "Soba ni Iru ne", "Nando mo", "Mamoritai Mono" and "Daikkirai Demo Arigatou". The DVD section includes music videos for these singles. The album is certified Gold for shipment of 100,000 copies.
Party Party: Thelma Remix is a remix album by Japanese Pop/R&B singer Thelma Aoyama. It was released on December 10, 2008. The album debuted outside Oricon album Chart Top 40, #79, with initial sales of 2,705 copies.
12 Love Stories is an album released by Japanese rapper Dohzi-T. The album came in 2 versions: CD only and CD+DVD. The CD+DVD was a limited edition containing 2 promotional videos. This was the first album from Dohzi-T to chart in the top 10 on the Oricon Chart and selling over 200,000 copies. All the songs in the album have the same theme: love. This album contains a lot of collaborations with various artists. The album had as single release "Mō Ichi do..." which was a long charting hit selling over 80,000 copies. This album is ranked as #55 on the yearly Oricon chart.
"Todoketai..."/"Kono Mama Zutto" is Thelma Aoyama's sixth single, and her first in 2009. It was released on March 11, 2009. The CD+DVD edition of the single includes a music video. "Todoketai..." is an answer song to "Todoketakute... feat. Aoyama Thelma" by Ken the 390. This is Aoyama's first double A-side single.
"Daikkirai Demo Arigato" is Thelma Aoyama's fifth single, and her last in 2009. It was released on December 10, 2008. The song "Daikkirai Demo Arigato" is a collaboration with Dreams Come True, whom Aoyama has been a fan of since she was in kindergarten. The song is also featured on Dreams Come True's album "Do You Dreams Come True?" with vocals by the band. "Walk" was written by Aoyama herself.
SoulJa is a Japanese hip-hop musician and songwriter. He is best known for his collaborations with singer Thelma Aoyama, "Koko ni Iru yo" and "Soba ni Iru ne" - the latter of which was the former Guinness World Records holder for the best selling digital single of all-time in Japan.
Ring Tour 2009 is the name of Miliyah Kato's third tour. It was released as a DVD on May 26, 2010. The DVD was recorded on November 18, 2009 at the Nippon Budokan arena. It's the #34 Music DVD of 2010 in Japan.
The 2011 MTV Video Music Aid Japan were held in Chiba on June 25, 2011 at the Makuhari Messe. The VMAJ were the culmination of MTV Japan's Music of Hope campaign, the channel's multiplatform response to the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami. The 2011 awards were marked the ten-year anniversary of the MTV Video Music Awards Japan.
Fall in Love is a song by Kenny Chesney.
Braided is the second studio album by female duo Soulhead and was under the Sony Music Entertainment Japan sub-label onenation. The album reached #4 on Oricon.
The following is an overview of the year 2009 in Japanese music. It includes notable awards, lists of number-ones, yearly best-sellers, albums released, groups established and disestablished, deaths of notable Japanese music-related people as well as any other relevant Japanese music-related events. For overviews of the year in music from other countries, see 2009 in music.
Masao Akashi is a Japanese musical arranger in distributors Being Inc., mainly in their label B-Gram Records.
