was a Japanese rock band that had a great deal of success throughout the 1980s, fronted by singer
Nokko. The band's 1985 album ' sold one million copies in the year, surpassing
Yuming, the first truly commercially successful rock album in Japan. The band's song ''Friends'' reached number 3 on the Japanese singles chart in 1986 according to ''Billboard''. They won the
Japan Gold Disc Award for Japanese artists in 1988. Rebecca disbanded in 1991.
Discography
Studio albums
*' (1984)
*' (1984)
*' (1985)
*''Rebecca IV ~maybe tomorrow~'' (1985) Oricon LP chart number 1;
Music Labo album chart number 1
*' (1986)
*''
Poison
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'' (1987)
*' (1989)
Oricon
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number 1
[アルバム売上TOP12作品]
Oricon News
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.
Live albums
*''Live Selection 1'' (1992) Oricon number 24
[
*''Live Selection 2'' (1992) Oricon number 25][
* (2013)
]
Remix albums
*''Remix Rebecca'' (1987)
*''Olive'' (1988) Oricon number 1[
]
Singles
*''Friends'' (1985) Oricon
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Statistics (from German language, German: ', "description of a State (polity), state, a country") is the discipline that ...
number 3[シングル売上TOP15作品]
Oricon News.
*''Raspberry Dream'' (1986) Oricon number 4[
*''Lonely Butterfly'' (1986) Oricon number 6][
*''Monotone Boy'' (1987) Oricon number 3][
*''Nervous but Glamorous'' (1987) Oricon number 7][
*''Moon'' (1988) Oricon number 20][
*''One More Kiss'' (1988) Oricon number 5][
*''Vanity Angel'' (1989) Oricon number 12][
*''Super Girl'' (Super Remix) (1989)
*''Little Rock'' (1989) Oricon number 4][
*''Kamisama To Nakanaori'' ( Japanese: 神様と仲なおり) (2000) Oricon number 20][
*''Koini Ochitara'' (Japanese: 恋に堕ちたら) (2017) Oricon number 11.][ Sara Minami starred in the music video.新人女優・南沙良、レベッカ17年ぶり新曲MVに初主演「運命を感じました」]
Oricon News. 20 October 2017.
12 inch singles
*''Bottom Line'' (1985) Oricon number 6[
*''Motor Drive'' (1986) Oricon number 3][
*''Cheap Hippies'' (1987) Oricon number 12][
]
References
Further reading
1985年11月15日、レベッカ『REBECCA IV~Maybe Tomorrow』がオリコン・アルバム・チャート1位を獲得
News Online. Nippon Broadcasting System
, or JOLF, is a Japanese radio station based in Yurakucho, Chiyoda ward, Tokyo, headquartered near the Tokyo Imperial Palace. It is also the main company of the Nippon Broadcasting Group. Nippon Broadcasting System is a subsidiary of Fu ...
. 15 November 2018.
REBECCA、DREAMS COME TRUEのデビュー・アルバムから読み解く女性のロックのはじまり
Rolling Stone Japan. 5 July 2024.
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Japanese pop rock music groups
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