Utada Hikaru’s 14th single, “Be My Last”, was released on the 28th of September 2005. This single debuted at the top position on the daily Oricon charts on its release day. “Be My Last” also managed to achieve the first position on the weekly chart, selling about 80,043 copies to date. By taking a look at the sales amount of Hikki’s earlier releases, one can notice that, compared to Hikki’s standards this single didn’t fare well, at all…
Be My Last
October 9th, 2005 by Jason · 8 Comments · 
BoA’s “make a secret”
October 9th, 2005 by spellcheck · 4 Comments ·
After spending the summer in Korea performing her butt off to promote her 5th album “Girls on Top”, BoA has made her return to Japan with “make a secret”, released on August 31. Before the release of “Girls on Top”, she took some vocal lessons in New York to strengthen and define her voice. Fans have been wondering what BoA could possibly do to top her amazing performances in Korea this year, and this is her answer. …
REIRA starring YUNA ITO - ENDLESS STORY
October 8th, 2005 by Rinoa · 24 Comments ·
Yuna Ito, a new artist in the Japanese entertainment scene, debuts with “ENDLESS STORY”, an excellent single full of emotions and hopes for the future for this upcoming artist.
Ai Otsuka - Planetarium
October 7th, 2005 by eyn · 73 Comments · 
Ai Otsuka’s 10th single, “Planetarium”, was released on 2005.09.21. “Planetarium” gained the first place on the Oricon daily single charts on its first day of release. This single also managed to achieve the top position on the Oricon weekly single charts, having more than 121,000 copies sold so far. This is Ai’s first ballad single that has achieved such excellent results, which is quite a feat.
flashback to “heavenly”
September 27th, 2005 by Leanne · 6 Comments ·
The album “heavenly” by L’Arc~en~Ciel is oft abandoned by new fans. It doesn’t maintain the importance that “Tierra” had as their debut, nor is it distinguished as being a million seller as with the band’s first #1 junior effort “True”. It’s the middle child of the sakura-era albums that’s lacking much needed attention and needs to be recognized. Let’s see how this much forgotten album fares…
