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JYONGRI – Love Forever

by 1337rice on July 2, 2008 · 5 comments · AddThis

JYONGRI promoting Love Forever
Artist: JYONGRI
Product Code: TOCT-26579/80
Release Date: 2008.07.02
Genre: Pop
Label: EMI Music Japan
Format: CD, CD+DVD
Limited Edition: CD+DVD version

About a month ago, JYONGRI released her 5th single, Unchanging Love ~Kimi ga Ireba~. Today, she releases her 2nd album called Love Forever. It currently sits at #13 on the ranking chart.

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Kuu’s ‘Moon’

by trinka on June 25, 2008 · 16 comments · AddThis

Koda Kumi
Kumi promoting 'MOON'
Artist: Koda Kumi
Product Code: RZCD-45934/B
Release Date: 2008.11.06
Highest Ranking: #2
Genre: Pop/R&B
Label: Rhythm Zone
Format: CD+DVD

After the radio mishap back in January, Kuu’s been rebuilding her reputation back up. Contracts with Kose and Gillette have been renewed, ad campaigns have been relaunched, and Koda Kumi has finally returned to the public eye. Many were disappointed at the complete halt of Kingdom’s promotion, but were overjoyed to hear about the release of a new quad A-side.

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Someday / Boys ♥ Girls

by trinka on May 27, 2008 · 2 comments · AddThis

Koda Kumi
Kuu promoting Someday / Boys ♥ Girls
Artist: Koda Kumi
Product Code: RZCD-45312
Release Date: 2006.22.02
Genre: Pop/R&B
Label: Rhythm Zone
Format: CD

Someday / Boys ♥ Girls draws an end to the ~12 days of Christmas~, and I must say it ends it on a great note. Someday / Boys ♥ Girls is Kuu’s 30th single overall, it’s also one of the few singles to be released without a limited quantity. Someday / Boys ♥ Girls was used as the theme for “WATERS” , 2006 Japanese film.

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Ayu’s anniversary

by Rinoa on May 25, 2008 · 5 comments · AddThis

Mirrorcle World photoshoot
Ayumi on Cawaii, May 2008 Issue
Artist: Ayumi Hamasaki
Product Code: AVCD-31429/30/31/32
Release Date: 2008.04.08
Highest Ranking: #1
Genre: Pop/Rock
Label: avex trax
Format: CD or CD+DVD
Limited Edition: Deluxe long sleeve case
First Press: Poster

Ayumi Hamasaki has become a living legend throughout Asia. Since her debut in 1998, Hamasaki has inspired countless people throughout the globe with her powerful lyrics and her emotional vocals. Ten years have passed since then and Hamasaki is still working hard to maintain her successful career. With the advent of her 10th anniversary, avex was smart enough to schedule a plethora of releases in order to celebrate her anniversary with style and garner more profit from Hamasaki’s career. Her 43rd single, “Mirrorcle World” was released on the 8th of April, specifically ten years after her first single, “Poker Face”.

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sifow’s last Love Spell

by trinka on May 25, 2008 · 3 comments · AddThis

Love Spell promo
sifow promoting Love Spell
Artist: sifow
Product Code: AVCD-23333
Release Date: 2007.08.15
Genre: Pop/Techno
Label: avex trax
Format: CD+DVD

sifow is a very unique artist, she brings some great new genres in to J-Pop. With 2 studio albums under her belt you would guess she’d get some more promotion this time, but as with her previous album “CLARITY” she got little promotion and appeared on very few variety shows, as a result the album failed to chart on the Oricon 300. sifow is also a spokeswoman for G-GAL revolution, a company consisting of journals and interviews to recreate a “fresh” image of ganguro gyarus, which could explain avex’s half hearted promotion of this album.

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