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Pochi (song)
''Pochi'' (ポチ) is the sixth single by Japanese artist misono and first bringing in her new era after her first studio album ''Never+Land.'' The single charted at No. 36 on the Oricon charts and remained on the charts for two weeks. Background ''Pochi'' is the sixth single by Japanese singer-songwriter misono. It was her first single after the release of her fairy tale-themed studio album ''Never+Land.'' The single became her first to rank outside of the top 20, coming in at No. 36 and only remaining on the charts for two weeks. The single was released in both standard CD and a CD+DVD combo. Both editions carried the title track and b-side, along with their corresponding instrumentals. The DVD contained the music video for the title track. Unlike the singles that led into her debut album, ''Pochi'' did not carry a fairy tale theme. Instead, the music video carried a theme of a dog, named "Pochi," who loved their owner. Throughout the video, misono is shown to be a humanized ve ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Misono
, publicly known :wikt:mononym, mononymously as Misono (stylized in lower case), is a Japanese singer-songwriter and TV personality. She was born in Kyoto, Japan, and is the younger sister of singer Koda Kumi. Career In 2000, Misono participated in the summer vacation audition organized by Japanese label Avex, and was subsequently chosen by the label to become one of their artists. In 2002, she debuted as the vocalist of Day After Tomorrow (band), Day After Tomorrow (dat), a J-pop band formed by the Avex Trax label under the production of Mitsuru Igarashi. Only five months after their debut, they received the Newcomer of the Year award at the Japan Record Awards. In August 2015, after the release of their first greatest hits album, dat went on an indefinite hiatus. In 2006, Misono debuted as a solo artist with the release of her first single, "VS", which was used as the theme song for the Nintendo DS videogame ''Tales of the Tempest'', following previous songs by day after tom ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rock Music
Rock is a Music genre, genre of popular music that originated in the United States as "rock and roll" in the late 1940s and early 1950s, developing into a range of styles from the mid-1960s, primarily in the United States and the United Kingdom. It has its roots in rock and roll, a style that drew from the black musical genres of blues and rhythm and blues, as well as from country music. Rock also drew strongly from genres such as electric blues and folk music, folk, and incorporated influences from jazz and other styles. Rock is typically centered on the electric guitar, usually as part of a rock group with electric bass guitar, drum kit, drums, and one or more singers. Usually, rock is song-based music with a Time signature, time signature and using a verse–chorus form; however, the genre has become extremely diverse. Like pop music, lyrics often stress romantic love but also address a wide variety of other themes that are frequently social or political. Rock was the most p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Avex Trax Singles
Avex Inc. ( kabushiki gaisha , commonly known as Avex and stylized as avex) is a Japanese entertainment conglomerate led by founder Max Matsuura and headquartered in Tokyo, Japan. Founded in 1988, the company manages J-pop talents like Ayumi Hamasaki, TVXQ! and internet sensation PikoTaro. It has also shifted into other business domains like anime, video games and live music events, partnering with Ultra Music Festival and hosting the annual A-nation. The company is a member of the Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group (MUFG) ''keiretsu''. Name AVEX is an acronym of the English words Audio Visual EXpert. Since its foundation, its corporate name was Avex D.D., Incorporated, and ten years later it was changed to Avex, Incorporated. The current name, Avex Group Holdings, Incorporated, was adopted in 2004 as part of reconstruction process after Tom Yoda's resignation. Avex Group Holdings, Incorporated was used for the main subsidiaries, while the old name (Avex, Incorporated) was f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Misono Songs
, publicly known :wikt:mononym, mononymously as Misono (stylized in lower case), is a Japanese singer-songwriter and TV personality. She was born in Kyoto, Japan, and is the younger sister of singer Koda Kumi. Career In 2000, Misono participated in the summer vacation audition organized by Japanese label Avex, and was subsequently chosen by the label to become one of their artists. In 2002, she debuted as the vocalist of Day After Tomorrow (band), Day After Tomorrow (dat), a J-pop band formed by the Avex Trax label under the production of Mitsuru Igarashi. Only five months after their debut, they received the Newcomer of the Year award at the Japan Record Awards. In August 2015, after the release of their first greatest hits album, dat went on an indefinite hiatus. In 2006, Misono debuted as a solo artist with the release of her first single, "VS", which was used as the theme song for the Nintendo DS videogame ''Tales of the Tempest'', following previous songs by day after tom ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2007 Songs
7 (seven) is the natural number following 6 and preceding 8. It is the only prime number preceding a cube. As an early prime number in the series of positive integers, the number seven has symbolic associations in religion, mythology, superstition and philosophy. The seven classical planets resulted in seven being the number of days in a week. 7 is often considered lucky in Western culture and is often seen as highly symbolic. Evolution of the Arabic digit For early Brahmi numerals, 7 was written more or less in one stroke as a curve that looks like an uppercase vertically inverted (ᒉ). The western Arab peoples' main contribution was to make the longer line diagonal rather than straight, though they showed some tendencies to making the digit more rectilinear. The eastern Arab peoples developed the digit from a form that looked something like 6 to one that looked like an uppercase V. Both modern Arab forms influenced the European form, a two-stroke form consisting of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2007 Singles
7 (seven) is the natural number following 6 and preceding 8. It is the only prime number preceding a cube (algebra), cube. As an early prime number in the series of positive integers, the number seven has symbolic associations in religion, mythology, superstition and philosophy. The seven classical planets resulted in seven being the number of days in a week. 7 is often considered lucky in Western culture and is often seen as highly symbolic. Evolution of the Arabic digit For early Brahmi numerals, 7 was written more or less in one stroke as a curve that looks like an uppercase vertically inverted (ᒉ). The western Arab peoples' main contribution was to make the longer line diagonal rather than straight, though they showed some tendencies to making the digit more rectilinear. The eastern Arab peoples developed the digit from a form that looked something like 6 to one that looked like an uppercase V. Both modern Arab forms influenced the European form, a two-stroke form cons ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
It's All Love!
''It's all Love!'' is a collaboration single by Japanese singer-songwriters Koda Kumi and misono. The single was originally set to be released on March 4, but was pushed back to its official release date of March 31, 2009. The single charted at No. 1 on Oricon, making it Kumi's third consecutive number-one single and misono's first number-one single. It stayed on the charts for eleven weeks. Information ''It's all Love!'' is a collaboration single between Japanese sisters Koda Kumi and misono. It charted No. 1 on the Oricon Singles Charts charts, becoming Kumi's third consecutive number-one single (seventh overall) and misono's first number-one single. It remained on the charts for eleven weeks. ''It's all Love!'' became the first time a sibling collaborative effort charted since 1980's ''Dancing Sisters'' album by The Nolans. The single had been long-awaited by Japanese fans, due to both Koda sisters being musicians under the same label, Avex, despite having differing mus ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kumi Koda
, 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 ol ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hard Rock
Hard rock or heavy rock is a heavier subgenre of rock music typified by aggressive vocals and Distortion (music), distorted electric guitars. Hard rock began in the mid-1960s with the Garage rock, garage, Psychedelic rock, psychedelic and blues rock movements. Some of the earliest hard rock music was produced by the Kinks, the Who, the Rolling Stones, Cream (band), Cream, Vanilla Fudge, and the Jimi Hendrix Experience. In the late 1960s, bands such as Blue Cheer, the Jeff Beck Group, Iron Butterfly, Led Zeppelin, Creedence Clearwater Revival, Golden Earring, Steppenwolf (band), Steppenwolf, Grand Funk, Free (band), Free, and Deep Purple also produced hard rock. The genre developed into a major form of popular music in the 1970s, with the Who, Led Zeppelin and Deep Purple being joined by Black Sabbath, Alice Cooper, Aerosmith, Kiss (band), Kiss, Queen (band), Queen, AC/DC, Thin Lizzy and Van Halen. During the 1980s, some hard rock bands moved away from their hard rock roots and m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Finger 5
was a Japanese pop group, initially composed of the four Okinawan Tamamoto brothers Kazuo, Mitsuo, Masao, Akira, and sister Taeko. Their greatest hit was . The Okinawa-based group performed catchy songs, wore matching outfits and had choreographed dance routines. They even performed cover versions of Motown hits, including those of the Jackson 5. The band was formed in 1967 with only the three brothers Kazuo, Mitsuo and Masao, who performed as All Brothers. Conveniently their father owned a bar in Okinawa at which they performed. After winning a local talent contest it was decided that they could go farther if based in Tokyo, although at the time the eldest brother Kazuo was still only 14. The group, who were partly inspired by the Partridge Family TV show, struggled in the Tokyo area, often playing at venues that catered to US military, as they had done in Okinawa. In 1970, they signed with King Records as the Baby Brothers, but their three releases did not sell well. In ea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kojin Jugyō
''Kojin Jugyou'' (個人授業 / ''Private Lessons'') is the second solo single by former lead vocalist of day after tomorrow, misono. The single peaked on the Oricon charts at No. 15 and remained on the charts for four weeks. The title track is a cover of the song of the same name originally by Japanese group Finger 5. Information ''Kojin Jugyou'' is the second solo single by Japanese singer-songwriter misono, the former lead vocalist of the Japanese band day after tomorrow. The single performed well, debuting at No. 8 on the Oricon Singles Charts and taking No. 15 for the weekly ranking, remaining on the charts for four consecutive weeks. Despite performing well, it did not surpass the ranking or sales of her debut single, '' VS,'' which peaked at No. 4. The title track was a cover of the 1973 song "Kojin Jugyou" by Japanese group pop group Finger 5, which was made up of Okinawan siblings Kazuo, Mitsuo, Masao, Akira and Taeko Tamamoto. The song has been covered by an array ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Synth-pop
Synth-pop (short for synthesizer pop; also called techno-pop; ) is a music genre that first became prominent in the late 1970s and features the synthesizer as the dominant musical instrument. It was prefigured in the 1960s and early 1970s by the use of synthesizers in progressive rock, electronic music, electronic, art rock, disco, and particularly the Krautrock of bands like Kraftwerk. It arose as a distinct genre in Japan and the United Kingdom in the post-punk era as part of the New wave music, new wave movement of the late 1970s. Electronic musical synthesizers that could be used practically in a recording studio became available in the mid-1960s, and the mid-1970s saw the rise of electronic art musicians. After the breakthrough of Gary Numan in the UK Singles Chart in 1979, large numbers of artists began to enjoy success with a synthesizer-based sound in the early 1980s. In Japan, Yellow Magic Orchestra introduced the TR-808 rhythm machine to popular music, and the band ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
