NEWS in 2007.11.12 issue of Oricon Style
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Artist: NEWS
Product code: JECN-0149/0150
Release date: 2007.11.07
Highest Ranking: #1
Label: Johnny’s Entertainment
Limited Edition: 2 extra tracks, photo booklet
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After two members were put onto suspension for underage drinking, NEWS were taken out from public view despite their upcoming single “SAYAENDOU/Hadashi no Cinderella Boy” and, after the release of the single with almost no promotion, went on hiatus in spring of 2006. During this time, the remaining six members continued on with other musical and acting projects. They rejoined on New Years Eve 2007 as a six member group, at which time the ban of NEWS images and promotion were lifted.
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Aragaki Yui promoting Sora
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Artist: Aragaki Yui
Product code: WPZL-30074/10446
Release date: 2007.12.05
Highest Ranking: #3
Label: Warner Music
Limited Edition: no DVD, lower price
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Okinawa-born Aragaki Yui started off her career by winning a contest with and becoming a model of Nicola magazine. Nicknamed Gakki, she became increasingly popular while dabbling in gravure, television, and acting. In 2005, she graduated from the magazine and focused more on her acting, even appearing in popular, high-profile dramas like Dragon Zakura and My Boss My Hero.
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JYONGRI promoting Love Forever
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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
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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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sifow promoting Love Spell
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Artist: sifow
Product Code: AVCD-23333
Release Date: 2007.08.15
Genre: Pop/Techno
Label: avex trax
Format: CD+DVD
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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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