Toshinobu "Toshi" Kubota is a Japanese singer, songwriter, musician, music producer, and radio personality. Toshinobu Kubota has produced six million-seller records and thirty-three Top 40 singles during his career. He is currently part of Sony Music Japan. In addition, Kubota has composed and written songs for many singers including Iwasaki Hiromi, Misia, Toshinori Yonekura, Koizumi Kyoko, and many other recording artists.
The English rock group The Rolling Stones has released 30 studio albums, 26 live albums, 25 compilation albums, three extended play singles, and 120 singles. The early albums and singles released from 1963 to 1967 were originally on Decca Records in the United Kingdom, and on their subsidiary label London Records in the United States.
...Nothing Like the Sun is the second solo studio album by English singer-songwriter Sting. The album was originally released on 13 October 1987 on A&M (worldwide). The album explores the genres of pop rock, soft rock, jazz, reggae, world, acoustic rock, dance-rock, and funk rock. The songs were recorded during March–August in 1987 in sessions that took place at Air Studios, in Montserrat, assisted by record producers Hugh Padgham, Bryan Loren, and Neil Dorfsman. It features a number of high-profile guest guitarists, including former Police member Andy Summers, Eric Clapton, Mark Knopfler, and Hiram Bullock, and is generally regarded as the culmination of the smoother, more adult-oriented sound of Sting's early work.
A maze is a type of puzzle that consists of a complex branching passage through which the solver must find a route.
Jun Onose, better known exclusively by his stage name J, is a Japanese musician, singer, songwriter and record producer. He is best known as bassist and co-founder of the rock band Luna Sea. After the band disbanded in 2000 he focused on his solo career, for which he performs lead vocals and bass. He rejoined Luna Sea when they reunited in August 2010.
"Keyword" / "Maze" is Tohoshinki's 21st Japanese single, released on March 12, 2008. The single is the fifth and last installment of the song "Trick" in the album T. It sold the most copies out of the TRICK singles in the first week, with a total of 21,097.
Pandora Hearts is a shōnen manga series written and illustrated by Jun Mochizuki. Individual chapters were serialized in Monthly GFantasy between May 2006 and March 2015, with bound volumes published by Square Enix. The series ended with twenty-four volumes having been released in Japan. It was originally licensed for an English language release by Broccoli Books, but was later dropped. It was relicensed by Yen Press.
Shibuya-AX was a concert hall in Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan, near the Yoyogi National Gymnasium.
Parallel Lives is a 2009 album by the Japanese rock band Nothing's Carved in Stone released on May 6, 2009. It reached No. 11 on the Japanese Oricon album charts.
Avengers in Sci-Fi is a Japanese rock band, signed to Victor Entertainment. Their multi-genre sound has been described as such things as "a spaceship of rock" and "spacey dance rock."
Sands of Time is a 2010 album by the Japanese rock band Nothing's Carved in Stone released on June 9, 2010. It reached No. 14 on the Japanese Oricon album charts.
"Around the Clock" is a single by the Japanese rock band Nothing's Carved in Stone released on December 9, 2009. It peaked at number 21 on the Oricon charts.
Revolt is a 2013 album by the Japanese rock band Nothing's Carved in Stone released on June 26, 2013. The album peaked at 17 on the Oricon charts.
South Korean boy group BTS have released six studio albums, four compilation albums and five extended plays.
Crush is the second and final Korean studio album by South Korean girl group 2NE1. The single was released digitally at midnight local time on February 14, 2014. It is the group's first album release since 2011's 2nd Mini Album and second full-length album following 2010's To Anyone. Production of the album was handled mainly by Teddy with contributions from Choice 37, Dee.P, Masta Wu, Choi Pil Kang and Peejay as well as the group's leader, CL. Lyrics were written mainly by Teddy Park and CL, with contributions from Big Bang's G-Dragon and Choi Pil Kang. The album is classified as pop, but features elements of other genres, such as R&B, dance, hip hop, reggae and electronic music. This was 2NE1's last release to feature Minzy as a member of the group before her departure in 2016.
Johnny's West is a seven-member Japanese boyband. The group's name comes from the fact that it originated within the Johnny's Entertainment talent agency, and that the members are from Kansai, the west region of Japan. They are the first group from Kansai Johnny's Jr. that has debuted in ten years, the last being Kanjani Eight. Debuting in 2014 with the single "Eejanaika", they sing mainly in the Kansai dialect.
The following is an overview of the year 2011 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 2011 in music.
"Zasetsu Chiten" is the seventh single released by Japanese artist misono. The single peaked on the Oricon charts at #39 and remained on the charts for two weeks.
The discography of the South Korean boy group Wanna One, an 11-member band formed through the 'survival' competition Produce 101 Season 2 in 2017 and is currently under Korean entertainment company Stone Music Entertainment.
