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JYONGRI - Love Forever

July 2nd, 2008 by 1337rice · 5 Comments · ★★★★☆

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.

Close to Fantasy

January 9th, 2008 by oroitsme · 4 Comments · ★★★½☆

JYONGRI is a singer of Korean Heritage who was born in Osaka. She went to international school and is fluent in English as well as Japanese, and incorporates English into her songs. She started writing her own lyrics and music from a young age…

Utada United 2006

December 22nd, 2006 by tomba · 66 Comments · ★★★★☆

What started as the best tour of Utada ever fell apart because of its enormous length - over 2 hours.

Ultra Blue

August 27th, 2006 by tomba · 26 Comments · ★★★★☆

Utada’s 4th original Japanese album “Ultra Blue” topped the charts but only sold a modest amount. Released 4 years after her last effots, “Ultra Blue” shows a large development musically for Utada.

Be My Last

October 9th, 2005 by Jason · 8 Comments · ★★★☆☆

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…