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2018 In Asian Music
Events *January 2 – Police in India arrest singer and instrumentalist Ghazal Srinivas following claims of sexual harassment by an employee of his radio station. *January 4 – It is reported that British singer Jessie J will be among the competitors in the new season of Chinese talent show ''The Singer 2018'', to be broadcast on Hunan TV. *January 16 – Chinese fans and musicians pay tribute to Dolores O'Riordan, lead singer of The Cranberries, who performed in China in 2011. *January 21 – ''The Voice of Mongolia (season 1), The Voice of Mongolia'' talent contest is launched on Mongol TV, and is eventually won by Enguun. *March 2 – The 14th Jakarta International Java Jazz Festival opens in Jakarta, Indonesia, lasting until 4 March. *March 25 – Sinta Wullur's ''Tagore's Fireflies'' is premièred at Symphony Hall, Birmingham, during the Debussy Festival. *April – Indonesian actress and singer Maudy Ayunda releases a volume of autobiography in English, titled ''Dear Tomor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
January 2
Events Pre-1600 * 69 – The Roman legions in Germania Superior refuse to swear loyalty to Galba. They rebel and proclaim Vitellius as emperor. * 366 – The Alemanni cross the frozen Rhine in large numbers, invading the Roman Empire. * 533 – Mercurius becomes Pope John II, the first pope to adopt a new name upon elevation to the papacy. *1492 – Reconquista: The Emirate of Granada, the last Moorish stronghold in Spain, surrenders. 1601–1900 *1680 – Trunajaya rebellion: Amangkurat II of Mataram and his bodyguards execute the rebel leader Trunajaya. *1777 – American Revolutionary War: American forces under the command of George Washington repulsed a British attack at the Battle of the Assunpink Creek near Trenton, New Jersey. *1788 – Georgia becomes the fourth state to ratify the United States Constitution. *1791 – Big Bottom massacre in the Ohio Country, North America, marking the beginning of the Northwest Indian War. * 1818 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maudy Ayunda
Ayunda Faza Maudya (born 19 December 1994), known as Maudy Ayunda, is an Indonesian pop singer and actress. Personal life and education Ayunda was born to parents Didit Jasmedi R. Irawan and Mauren Jasmedi (born 1968). She has a younger sister named Amanda Khairunissa. She married Jesse Jiseok Choi, a Korean-American businessman, in May 2022. Ayunda was a runner-up in a speech competition at her school. She speaks English, Javanese, Indonesian, Mandarin, and Spanish. After graduating from the British School Jakarta, Ayunda enrolled at St Hilda's College in University of Oxford to study Philosophy, Politics and Economics (PPE) and graduated in 2016. Maudy has decided to join Stanford for her master's degree instead of Harvard, because the former offers a joint degree of MBA and Education, which is a combination of her passions. Career Maudy Ayunda's first film role was in '' Untuk Rena'' (2005) alongside Surya Saputra. Her next film was '' Sang Pemimpi'' (2009), directed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Koda Kumi
, known professionally as , is a Japanese singer from Kyoto, known for her urban and R&B songs. After debuting with the single " Take Back" in December 2000, Koda gained fame in March 2003 when the songs from her seventh single, " Real Emotion/1000 no Kotoba", were used as themes for the video game '' Final Fantasy X-2''. Her popularity grew with the release of her fourth studio album '' Secret'' (2005), her sixteenth single "Butterfly" (2005), and her first greatest hits album '' Best: First Things'' (2005), reaching the number-three, number-two, and number-one spots respectively. Though her early releases presented a conservative, quiet image, she has become a fashion leader among young women, setting trends such as the ero-kakkoii style. In 2006 and 2007, Oricon named Koda as the top selling artist of the year. Life and career Early life Koda was born into a family of musicians. Her grandfather was a Shakuhachi master and her mother was a Koto teacher; she is the o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gugudan
Gugudan (), also stylized as gu9udan or gx9, was a South Korean girl group formed in 2016 by Jellyfish Entertainment and the company's first girl group. The group debuted on June 28, 2016, with their EP ''Act. 1 The Little Mermaid''. The group was composed of eight members: Mimi, Hana, Haebin, Nayoung, Sejeong, Sally, Soyee and Mina. Originally a nine-piece group, Hyeyeon left the group in October 2018. Following two years with no group activities, Gugudan disbanded on December 31, 2020. History Pre-debut In January 2016, Nayoung, Sejeong and Mina were introduced as Jellyfish Entertainment's first female trainees on the Mnet survival show, ''Produce 101'', where 101 female trainees from various companies competed to debut in an eleven-member girl group that would promote for a year under YMC Entertainment. After placing 2nd and 9th respectively in the final episode, Sejeong and Mina debuted as members of I.O.I in May 2016. 2016: Debut with ''Act. 1 The Little Mermaid'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
World Domination (Band-Maid Album)
''World Domination'' is the fifth studio album by Japanese all-female rock band Band-Maid. It was released on February 14, 2018, and was supported with the World Domination Tour 2018. Music videos were made for the single "Daydreaming", the lead track "Domination" and the last track "Dice". The album debuted at number nine on the Japanese Oricon Albums Chart, selling 8,140 copies in its first week. The international version of the album from JPU Records includes English lyric translations, Romaji transliterations and bonus track "Honey". The song "Carry On Living" was used on the anime ''Quiz Tokiko-san''. Composition and lyrics "I Can't Live Without You." and "Dice" were both considered to released as the lead song, but ultimately "Domination" was chosen instead. The working title for "Domination" was "World Domination" which was then used as the album title. Lead vocalist Saiki Atsumi, told lead guitarist Kanami Tōno, to write a song based on the image of world domination. Tō ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Band-Maid
Band-Maid (stylized as BAND-MAID® until 2016) is a Japanese rock band formed in 2013, consisting of singer Saiki Atsumi, guitarist/singer Miku Kobato, lead guitarist Kanami Tōno, bassist Misa, and drummer Akane Hirose. The band combines a rock sound with a maid image modeled on Japanese maid cafés. They are currently signed to Pony Canyon, and their most recent full-length album ''Unseen World'' was released in 2021. History Early years The band formed in July 2013. Guitarist/singer Miku Kobato, formerly an employee of a Japanese maid café, envisioned forming a band that juxtaposed the maid image with rock music. Kobato recruited lead guitarist Kanami Tōno after an Internet search. Tōno had performed as a singer-songwriter and suggested her occasional backing drummer Akane Hirose for the new band. Hirose in turn suggested bassist Misa, with whom she had attended music school. On July 24, 2013 they had their first live performance at the PP Audition held at Osaka Dee ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Khram (album)
''Khram'' (russian: «Храм») is the eighth full-length album by the Russian pagan metal band Arkona. It was released on 19 January 2018 through Napalm Records. The title means "Temple" in English. Reception '' Metal Hammer'' Germany's reviewer wrote that Arkona continued with the same intensity that was known from their previous albums. Influences of Black metal and "unusual melodies" were, however, noted in this release. According to the ''Sonic Seducer ''Sonic Seducer'' is a German music magazine that covers gothic rock, new wave, EBM and other kinds of electronic music and culture. The magazine is noted for organizing the annual M'era Luna Festival. Since its inception in 1994, the ''Sonic S ...'', the album shows the natural development of the band in terms of vocals, composition and instrumentation. Thematically, it constitutes a "tribute to the ... worship of flora and fauna". A review by ''Teamrock'' called ''Khram'' "wildly adventurous" and noted Arkona's sinc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arkona (band)
Arkona (russian: Аркона) is a Russian folk metal band. Their lyrics are heavily influenced by Russian folklore and Slavic mythology, and their music incorporates several traditional Russian musical instruments. The name of the band "Arkona" refers to the last Pre-Christianized Slavic city-castle. History The band was founded in February 2002 by two members of Dolgoprudny Slavic Neopaganism Society: Masha "Scream" Arkhipova and Alexander "Warlock" Korolyov, originally as Giperboreya (Гиперборея – Hyperborea). At the end of 2002 the group (featuring also Evgeny Knyazev on guitar, Evgeny Borzov on bass and Olga Loginova on keyboards, and now as Arkona) entered the Moscow CDM Studios. Having recorded the ''Rus'' demo (its three tracks re-surfaced in 2006 as bonuses for the live set ''Zhizn vo Slavu''), the band started playing live, performing with fellow Russian folk metal bands, like Butterfly Temple, Pagan Reign, Svarga, and Rossomahaar. In September 2003 Ar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
AGA (singer)
Agatha Kong Hoi-ka (; born 21 January 1988), better known by her stage name AGA, is a Hong Kong singer-songwriter. She debuted under Universal Music Hong Kong in 2013 with the song "Hello". Life and career AGA was born in Hong Kong on 21 January 1988. She has two older sisters Catherine and Regina, who died from cancer in 2015. Prior to becoming a singer, AGA worked as a flight attendant, hoping to save enough money to study music abroad. After being discovered by renown Hong Kong producer Schuman (), she began composing demos for him. Her first song to be used by a singer was Stephanie Cheng's "The Fifth Kind" (). In 2012 she signed with Universal Music Hong Kong as a singer. She made her debut as a solo artist in 2013 with the single "Hello" (). Her debut eponymous EP was released digitally on 2 September 2013. AGA won the Best Newcomer Award Gold Prize () at the 2013 Ultimate Song Chart Awards. She returned to the charts with the single "One" in July 2014. One was a criti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vidi Aldiano
Oxavia Aldiano or better known as Vidi Aldiano (born in Jakarta, Indonesia on March 29, 1990) is an Indonesian singer, musician and songwriter of Javanese and Minangkabau descent. Background Vidi was raised in a family that highly appreciated music. His father, Harry Kiss, was an owner of a famous event organizer business. His mother was a piano teacher. As a result of her teachings, Vidi could play the piano since he was 3 years old. At the age of 2, he won second place at a singing competition for children. In elementary school, Vidi was chosen to be the art ambassador of his school. In his teenage years, Vidi began to focus on the violin. In high school, Vidi joined a band and won first place in the 1ncredible Band Festival 2007 with his band mates. Vidi's career as an artist began when his father, realizing how talented his son was, promoted Vidi's demo album to some owners of recording companies that he knew. Unfortunately, the demo album was rejected because male s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Voice Indonesia
''The Voice Indonesia'' is a reality television singing competition created by John de Mol which premiered in Indonesia on 10 February 2013 on Indosiar. The format is Dutch and the original Dutch version of the programme was broadcast in the Netherlands for the first time in 2010 as ''The Voice of Holland''. The show replaced the previous singing contest show Akademi Fantasi Indosiar. Season 2 will be aired in the RCTI. RCTI once again appointed Fabian Dharmawan to produce The Voice Indonesia after successful seasons with Indonesian Idol, X Factor Indonesia and Sasuke Ninja Warrior Indonesia. This program replaces the previous programs singing talent contest, Indonesian Idol because the broadcast is over from 2004 to 2014 and now otherwise been removed from list of programs RCTI. Indosiar dropped ''The Voice Indonesia'' after the first season due to poor ratings. In 2016, the RCTI won the rights to the show, and a second season went into production. In June 2017, RCTI announce ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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