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Title: you
Product Code: AVCD-30892/3
Release Date: 2005/12/07
Debut Ranking: #1
Label: avex trax
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After Koda Kumi’s sudden explosive popularity with the release of her best album compilation BEST ~first things~, avex trax launched a new project to further elevate the popularity of this artist at a much higher level. This project consisted to the release of 12 singles, one per week with 12 different covers with Kumi sporting outfits from different countries around the world. Nine singles out of twelve were limited to 50,000 copies which automatically made these singles into collectibles for any Kumi fan.
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Title: Everlasting
Release Date: 06/01/18
Label: avex trax
Oricon Debut Rank: 4
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Pop princess BoA released her 18th and first single of 2006, “Everlasting”, on January 18th. After the less-than-successful fall singles “make a secret” and “Dakishimeru” (“Holding You”), many speculated about the quality and potential success of this new single. The jacket photos show an overjoyed BoA smiling in front of pastel-colored flowers. As for the PV, it appears that the director attempted to create symbolism, but whether or not it worked is open to interpretation. With its debut at number 3 on both the Oricon Daily and Weekly charts, it seems that BoA is caught up in a sales slump due to many possible factors: lack of interest, lack of promotion, lack of quality, or simply the announcement of a new album, “OUTGROW”, that came too early, discouraging single sales. Whatever the case may be, shall we look at the songs?
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Ayumi on Sweet, January 2006 Issue
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Artist: Ayumi Hamasaki
Product Code:AVCD-30892/3
Release Date: 2005.11.30
Highest Ranking: #1
Genre: Pop/Gospel
Label: avex trax
Format: CD or CD+DVD
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Around a little more than two months after the release of “HEAVEN”, Ayumi Hamasaki surprised her fans and released her 38th single which was recorded and filmed in New York. It was titled “Bold&Delicious” and was released only one month prior to her eighth studio album.
This single has created quite a lot of commotion amongst fans of Japanese Pop and Hamasaki alike. It has a very different feel from her previous releases, it sounds rather urban and daring. The music itself sounds rather “American” and this fact was emphasized especially since both of her promotional videos were filmed in New York. Ayu herself admitted in a magazine interview, GirlPop, that she herself did not know how her fans would react to the release of this single. In a way, she released this single as if to test the people’s reactions and to surprise the public with something unexpected.
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Ami Suzuki promoting her 10th anniversary album, Supreme Show
Ami Suzuki is an exceptional artist and role model in many ways. She has defied and challenged the rules of Japanese entertainment, where idols are perceived have no control over their musical career and where they are at the mercy of their record label. She achieved the feat of returning back to the competitive and fickle entertainment scene after being effectively blacklisted, something which is unheard of in Japan. Armed only with sheer persistence, Ami has proven that she is not your average idol who will take a fight lying down.
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Title: make a secret
Release Date: 31/08/05
Label: avex trax
Oricon Debut Rank: #4
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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, which, combined with powerful dance routines, undoubtedly attributed to some of the most stunning performances of BoA’s career. Fans have been wondering what BoA could possibly do to top her amazing performances in Korea this year, and this is her answer. “make a secret”, a funky mid-tempo song, and “LONG TIME NO SEE”, a soothing, clean track written by BoA herself comprise this single’s tracklist. In the cover picture, BoA’s hair is messy and wild and she is holding her finger, which I find to be a very unique and interesting pose, perhaps like the title track itself. After proving to be more powerful than ever this summer, will BoA continue to improve or will she regress?
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