Arashi was a Japanese boy band consisting of five members formed under the Johnny & Associates talent agency. The members are Satoshi Ohno, Sho Sakurai, Masaki Aiba, Kazunari Ninomiya, and Jun Matsumoto. Arashi officially formed on September 15, 1999, in Honolulu, Hawaii, and made their debut CD on November 3, 1999. The group was initially signed to Pony Canyon and released one studio album and six singles—beginning with their 1999 eponymous debut single before moving to the Johnny's subsidiary label J Storm in 2001, which was initially set up for their succeeding releases. While their debut single sold close to a million copies, the group took a mixture of pop and alternate/contemporary approach to its music which attracted core followers, but subsequently faced commercially slow sales.
The Grace, an acronym for Cheon Sang Ji Hui Deo Geureiseu, also known in Japan as Tenjochiki, was a South Korean girl group formed by SM Entertainment in 2005, with four members: Lina, Dana, Sunday and Stephanie. They debuted with the single Too Good on April 29, 2005. Throughout the group's career, they released and performed music in Korean and Japanese with a total of three studio albums and many more singles.
"Juicy Love" is the fourth Japanese single by South Korean girl group The Grace, released on July 12, 2006 by Rhythm Zone in both CD and CD+DVD versions. "Juicy Love" has been described as a hybrid reggae track, combining both a sweet lovers' rock melody and up-tempo dancehall beats and features Japanese reggae artist, Corn Head. The single also comes with "さよならの向こうに" which features group member Dana on main vocals. Each single thus far has featured a b-side with a different member on lead vocals each time and now with Dana's "Sayonara no mukou ni", all four members have featured on a track. It ranked #162 on the Oricon charts and charted for 1 week, selling 487 copies.
Rin' is a Japanese pop group which combines traditional Japanese musical instruments and style with elements of modern pop and rock music. It is a female trio of Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music alumni who graduated in 2003. The band made their performing debut in December 2003, at Meguro Gajoen, and in April 2004, their first single, called Sakitama, was released by avex trax.
Shim Mina, known simply as Mina (미나), is a South Korean singer and dancer. She rose to fame at the World Cup in 2002, eventually deciding to become a K-pop singer.
"Ai am Best" is the first "best of" compilation album by Ai Otsuka. The album contains 13 pre-2006 tracks with the respective music video for each. "Ai am Best" was released on March 28, 2007. The title of the album is a pun on her first name, Ai, which is pronounced like the English word "I".
One More Time, OK? is the first studio album by South Korean girl group The Grace. It was released on May 4, 2007 by SM Entertainment.
Harisu is the self-titled fourth studio album by Harisu, released in South Korea by Universal Music on January 24, 2006. It was seen as her comeback album following a two-year absence from the Korean music scene, and marked a change in her image with an emphasis on being "cute" rather than "sexy". The album itself features pop music that ranges in style between R&B, hip hop, disco and slow ballads. Harisu's then boyfriend Micky Jung also worked on the album, his contributions including a rap on "Winter Story", which was released as a digital single in December 2005. A music video was filmed for lead track "Reaction", a song written by Shin Myeong-gu, who had previously produced albums for Diva and NRG. The album peaked at #46 on the MIAK K-pop albums chart, selling 1,596 copies in its first month of release.
Boomerang is the first Japanese single by South Korean girl group The Grace. It was released on January 25, 2006 by Rhythm Zone, which released in both CD and CD+DVD versions. The single was previously released as B-side track of their Korean debut single "Too Good". The single ranked #110 on the Oricon charts and charted for 1 week, selling 967 copies.
Piranha is the fifth single in Japanese by South Korean girl group The Grace. It was released on August 1, 2007 by Rhythm Zone in both CD and CD+DVD versions. The single was consists of the lead single "Piranha", the Japanese version of "My Everything", "One More Time, OK?" and remix version of "The Club". It ranked #50 on the Oricon charts and charted for two weeks, selling 2,920 copies in Japan.
The Face is the sixth Japanese studio album by South Korean singer BoA. It was released on February 27, 2008. The album was released a week after her single, "Be with You." The full album is known to have total of fifteen tracks along with 3 different types of packaging: regular CD, CD+DVD, and first press. This is also BoA's third consecutive Japanese studio album released.
One OK Rock, is a Japanese rock band, formed in Tokyo, Japan in 2005. The band currently consists of Takahiro Moriuchi (vocalist), Toru Yamashita, Ryota Kohama (bassist), and Tomoya Kanki (drummer). They play many different styles of music, with songs ranging from alternative rock and emo to post-hardcore and pop rock.
Dsign Music is a songwriting/production company originally from Trondheim, Norway. Dsign Music was formed in 2005 by Robin Jenssen, Anne Judith Stokke Wik, Nermin Harambašić and Ronny Vidar Svendsen. Since the beginning they have been involved in numerous #1 singles worldwide, a total of 40 #1's on different Billboard Charts and multiple platinum and diamond albums. Dsign Music are also involved in other ventures such as music publishing, musicals, TV-shows, music applications and movie scores. The team was signed to a publishing deal with Universal Music Publishing Group from 2008 to 2016, they are now signed to a division of CTGA, called EKKO Music Rights, which they co-founded with Lee Soo-man. Dsign Music is represented worldwide by SESAC since 2015.
This is the discography of Taiwanese Mandopop artist Show Lo. From 1996 to 1998, he was part of a quartet boy band Four Heavenly Kings (四大天王), releasing five albums. Then in 1998, after two members left, he formed a duo Romeo (羅密歐), with Ou Han Sheng (歐漢聲); the other member of Four Heavenly Kings, released two albums and was active till 2000. In 2003, he debuted as a solo artist with the release of Show Time. He has since released eleven Mandarin studio, one Japanese studio, three compilation, one remix and three concert DVD albums.
SM Entertainment (Korean: SM엔터테인먼트) is a South Korean entertainment company established in 1995 by Lee Soo-man. It is currently one of the largest entertainment companies in South Korea. The company operates as a record label, talent agency, music production company, event management and concert production company, and music publishing house.
Checkmate! is a collaboration album by Japanese popsinger Namie Amuro, featuring a collection of her collaborations with other musicians released between 2003 and 2011, as well as four new collaborations. The album was released on April 27, 2011, about one month after its original release date, due to 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami.
Dear... is the second Japanese album by The Grace released on January 9, 2009. The album consists of nine tracks with the title track "Sukoshi de Ikara (少しでいいから) " being used as a soundtrack song for the movie Subaru and also includes their seventh single tracks, "Here" and "Near: Thoughtful 1220". It also marked their last release as a group prior to halting their activities in 2010.
BoA has released more than 100 music videos since her debut in 2000, for songs performed in Korean, Japanese and English. Since 2003, BoA has released 15 video albums, primarily recordings of her concert tours in Japan. These video albums have been commercially successful in Japan and Taiwan, consistently reaching the top 10 in both regions. BoA's most successful video album is the music video collection 8 Films (2003), which was certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of Japan for 100,000 copies shipped to stores.
Zanybros is a South Korean video production company specializing in music video and commercial film production.
Japanese rock band One Ok Rock has released nine studio albums, two EPs, 27 singles, 12 video albums, six cover versions, and 34 music videos. One Ok Rock was formed in Tokyo, Japan in 2005, currently consists of Takahiro Moriuchi (vocals), Toru Yamashita (guitar/leader), Ryota Kohama (bass), and Tomoya Kanki (drums). One Ok Rock have sold more than 3 million records worldwide.
