Shawn Yue Man-lok is a Hong Kong actor and singer. A former model,he has starred in many films,such as Jiang Hu,Infernal Affairs II,the Love in the Buff film series,Mad World and The Brink,and has established himself as a recognisable face in Hong Kong cinema.
Japanese singer Ayumi Hamasaki has released eighteen studio albums,five compilation albums,twenty-six remix albums,four live albums and numerous singles and promotional singles. She debuted in 1995 under Nippon Columbia with the stage name Ayumi,releasing an extended play Nothing from Nothing,which was a collaboration with Dohzi-T and DJ Bass. Three years later,Hamasaki debuted again as a singer under Avex Trax with the single "Poker Face" (1998). Her first album A Song for ×× (1999) debuted at number one on Oricon's albums chart,and sold over 1.4 million copies.
"Flavor of Life" is Hikaru Utada's 18th Japanese single. The physical single was officially released on February 28,2007.
Asia Tour 2007 A:Tour of Secret is the first Asia-wide and ninth overall concert tour held by Japanese singer Ayumi Hamasaki,in support of her album Secret (2006). The tour started March 10,2007,and ended in mid June of the same year,with legs not only in Japan but in other Asian countries as well,making it Hamasaki's first concert tour with non-domestic stops.
"Funky Town" is Namie Amuro's 32nd solo single under the Avex Trax label. It was released in CD and CD&DVD formats on April 4,2007,three months after the release of her previous single "Baby Don't Cry".
"Talkin' 2 Myself" is J-Pop singer-songwriter Ayumi Hamasaki's 42nd single,which was released on September 19,2007. The single contains two rock tracks,one acoustic orchestra remix of her previously released "Fated",and the instrumentals of the main tracks. It is her 29th #1 single,breaking her own record for the most #1 singles by a solo female artist. The drums in both Talkin' 2 Myself and Decision are played by Andy Selway from the band KMFDM.
Guilty is the ninth studio album by Japanese recording artist Ayumi Hamasaki. It was released on January 1,2008 by Avex Trax. Guilty marks Hamasaki's ninth consecutive album to be fully produced by Japanese producer and manager Max Matsuura,while she contributes to the album as the lead vocalist,background vocalist,and songwriter to all songs. Recorded in Japanese with minor phrases in English,Guilty is a rock album with numerous musical elements such as pop rock,heavy metal,synthrock,and power ballad melodies.
"Mirrorcle World" is the forty-third physical single and forty-fourth single overall by Japanese singer Ayumi Hamasaki. The title track is an extended version of the song "Mirror," a two-minute introductory track on Hamasaki's ninth studio album,Guilty. The single was released on April 8,2008,exactly ten years after her debut single,"Poker Face";the single features two new recordings of her second and fifth singles,both released in 1998,"You" and "Depend on You," respectively.
"Hot Limit" is the 8th single from T.M. Revolution,Takanori Nishikawa’s solo project,released on June 24,1998.
"Days"/"Green" is the forty-fourth single by the Japanese singer Ayumi Hamasaki,released on December 17,2008. In addition to the A-sides "Days" and "Green",the single contains re-recorded versions of Hamasaki's songs "Love:Destiny" and "To Be". The single was Hamasaki's 31st single to reach number one on the Oricon chart and 19th consecutive single to do so.
Rock 'n' Roll Circus is the eleventh studio album by Japanese recording artist Ayumi Hamasaki. It was released on April 14,2010,by Avex Trax. It was also released just a little over a year after her 2009 album,Next Level. Rock 'n' Roll Circus marks Hamasaki's eleventh consecutive album to be fully produced by Japanese producer and manager Max Matsuura,while she contributes to the album as the lead vocalist,background vocalist,and songwriter to all songs. Recorded in Japanese with minor phrases in English,Rock 'n' Roll Circus is a rock album with numerous musical elements such as electropop,J-pop,rock,pop ballad,and dance music.
Ayu-mi-x 6:Gold and Ayu-mi-x 6:Silver are two remix albums released by Japanese pop singer Ayumi Hamasaki on March 26,2008. They are the sixth and seventh entries in Hamasaki's Ayu-mi-x remix album series,and the first Ayu-mi-x albums since 2003's Ayu-mi-x V. Following 2005's My Story Classical,they are the first remix albums in roughly four years.
"Ai o Komete Hanataba o" is a song by Japanese pop-rock act Superfly. Used as Edison no Haha's theme song,"Ai o Komete Hanataba o" was released as the band's fourth single on February 27,2008. The song was Superfly's break-through single,breaking into the Oricon physical singles chart's top 20. As of 2011,it is Superfly's most successful single,being certified as a million ringtone download,triple platinum as a cellphone download,and single platinum for digital sales.
"How Beautiful You Are" is a song by Japanese musician Ayumi Hamasaki. It was released on February 8,2012,as the leading digital single from her thirteenth studio album,Party Queen. The song was used at the theme song for the Kyōko Koizumi-starring Fuji Television drama Saigo Kara Nibanme no Koi.
"Progress" is a song by Japanese musician Ayumi Hamasaki. It was one of the promotional tracks from her third extended play Five,released on August 31,2011. The song was used as the theme song for the PlayStation 3 role-playing game Tales of Xillia,the thirteenth main entry in the Tales series. The song was a commercial success,certified gold by the RIAJ.
The discography of Japanese pop singer Kana Nishino consists of seven studio albums,six compilation albums,thirty-four singles and ten video albums. Nishino debuted in 2008 under Sony Music Japan,and gained national recognition with the singles "Tōkutemo" and "Kimi ni Aitaku Naru Kara" (2009). Nishino has released some of the most digitally successful songs in Japan:"Motto..." (2009),"Dear..." (2009),"Best Friend" (2010),"Aitakute Aitakute" (2010),"If" (2010) and "Kimi tte" (2010),all of which were certified million by the RIAJ.
"Next Level" is a song recorded by Japanese recording artist and songwriter Ayumi Hamasaki taken from her tenth studio album Next Level (2009). The song was written by Hamasaki herself while the composition was by Dai Nagao and arrangement by HΛL. The song was conceived while Hamasaki was working on the studio album during her anniversary year,which was in April 2008. This year was to commemorate her ten-year anniversary since her debut single "Poker Face". "Next Level" was released as the album's lead and only promotional single on the same date as the album release digitally.
The discography of Japanese pop group AAA includes eleven studio albums,six extended plays,seven compilation albums,eight live albums,one cover album,three remix albums,and 52 singles. All of the group's releases have been with Avex Trax,a subsidiary of Avex Group.
"You Were.../Ballad" is Japanese singer Ayumi Hamasaki's forty-seventh single,released on December 29,2009. The single was intended to be released on December 16,but Avex Trax pushed the release date two weeks back. The first song on the single "You were..." is the theme song for the Japanese version of the Disney movie Tinker Bell and the Lost Treasure,while the second song "Ballad" is tied up with The Firmament of the Pleiades,a NHK's historical and political drama based on Jiro Asada's book of the same name. The single became Hamasaki's 22nd consecutive single to debut at number-one position since her 2002 single "Free &Easy" on the Oricon weekly charts,making her the first solo artist and the female artist to have 22 consecutive singles to debut at number-one position. It is also her 34th number-one single on the Oricon weekly charts.
