From the monthly archives:

July 2007

Hitomi’s Neva Eva

by Rinoa on July 15, 2007 · 8 comments · AddThis

Neva promotion
Neva Eva promo photo
Artist: Hitomi Shimatani
Product Code: AVCD-31233/4
Release Date: 2007.06.06
Debut Ranking: #16
First Press: Offshot Clip
Label: avex trax

Hitomi’s 2007 has certainly been yet another hectic year. With two singles and one album under her belt, Hitomi would immediately start working on a summer single. Apparently sales do not equate to Hitomi’s energy since she has been very busy and rather positive, despite the fact that sales kept sliding miserably. In any way, summer was sounding rather promising with yet another change of style. With her stunning looks and her bright personality, Hitomi would yet release another exotic single for 2007.

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ERIKA’s FREE

by Rinoa on July 11, 2007 · 12 comments · AddThis

Promo photo for ERIKA's FREE
Promotional photograph shot in France
Artist: Erika Sawajiri
Product Code: SRCL-6590/6588
Release Date: 2007.07.04
Highest Rank: #1
First Press: 12 page booklet and bonus DVD
Label: Sony Music

Erika Sawajiri has definitely become a prominent celebrity in Japan throughout these past couple of years. Her acting career has pushed her in the spotlight, especially due to the choice of parts she was set to star in. Consequently Erika became a household name, through “1 Litre of Tears” and “Taiyou no Uta”. Last year, during the airing of Taiyou no Uta, Erika would release a single as the fictional character, Kaoru Amane. To everybody’s surprise, this single would become the highest selling singles in the female category and sell almost 500,000 copies.

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Koi Shiyou♪

by Rinoa on July 3, 2007 · 13 comments · AddThis

Promo photo for Koi Shiyou
Promo picture for the single 'Koi Shiyou♪'
Artist: Leah Dizon
Product Code: VICL-36290/VIZL-232
Release Date: 2007.05.30
Highest Rank: #6
First Press: CD+DVD
Label: Victor Entertainment

With her debut single, Leah Dizon was launched as a household name in Japan. She is a frequent guest in several variety shows and is featured on magazines. This encouraged her record label to provide Dizon a busy schedule. In fact, Leah Dizon didn’t take long to start polishing her vocal and dancing skills to release her second single. This single was described as a “a grooving, up tempo dance song” and became a moderate success to hit off spring 2007.

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