BoA to release her first Japanese single in two and a half years

BoA has announced that she will be releasing a new Japanese single next year! This will be her first Japanese single in about two and a half years.

BoA’s anticipated single will be titled “Only One” and is slated for release on February 20th. It will include the Japanese version of “Only One” and “The Shadow“, which were included in her latest Korean album, “Only One”. Both songs are written and composed by BoA herself.

Check out the track list below!

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<CD+DVD>

CD:

01. Only One

02. The Shadow

03. Only One(INST)

04. The Shadow(INST)

(Total of 4 versions for the 2 songs)

DVD:

01. Only One(Music Video)

02. The Shadow(Music Video)

03. Only One(Making Footage)

04. The Shadow(Making)

(Total 25 minutes)

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<CD-Only>

CD:

01. Only One

02. The Shadow

03. Only One(INST)

04. The Shadow(INST)

(Total of 4 versions for the 2 songs)

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Source: BoA’s Official Website

EXILE tops Oricon’s weekly album chart with their best-of album

EXILE’s best-of album, “EXILE BEST HITS -LOVE SIDE／SOUL SIDE-” (released December 5th), has sold 382,000 copies in its first week and has topped Oricon’s album chart for the week of December 17th.

This is EXILE’s 5th consecutive album and 15th total to top the Oricon chart. With this, the group is now tied in 2nd place with Mr.Children for the male artists with the most number of albums to top the chart (1st place is B’z with 25 albums).

At the same time, EXILE ATSUSHI’s 1st solo single “MELROSE ~Aisanai Yakusoku~” (also released December 5th) has placed 2nd in Oricon’s single chart for the same week.

“EXILE BEST HITS~” is a 2-disc set made up of love ballads “LOVE SIDE” and up-tempo numbers “SOUL SIDE“. It’s a compilation of their hit tracks since their debut in 2001.

Source: Oricon

YUI’s 2 best-of albums grab 2nd & 3rd on album chart

Singer-songwriter YUI, who will be going on hiatus after this year, simultaneously released her two best-of albums, “GREEN GARDEN POP” and “ORANGE GARDEN POP“ on December 5th.

“GREEN GARDEN POP” sold 117,000 copies and “ORANGE GARDEN POP” sold 116,000 copies in its first week, placing 2nd and 3rd on Oricon’s album ranking for the week of December 17th.

Since her first album, “FROM ME TO YOU” (February 2006), this marks YUI’s 8th consecutive album to make it into the top 10. This also marks her first time appearing in the top 10 with 2 releases since debuting in February of 2005.

The best-of albums feature a total of 18 tracks each, including YUI’s 21 singles such as her debut number “feel my soul” (February 2005) and hit song “CHE.R.RY” (March 2007).

YUI is scheduled to perform on the New Year’s Eve program, ‘NHK Kohaku Uta Gassen‘, and will go on her 2nd hiatus once the new year starts.

Source: Oricon

AKB48’s latest single “Eien Pressure” sells over a million copies in the first week

AKB48’s 29th single “Eien Pressure” (released on December 5th) a song in which the winner of the “3rd Janken tournament”, Shimazaki Haruka served as the center for the first time, sold 1,073,000 copies in the first week. With this result, the single topped Oricon’s weekly single chart for the week of December 17th. This is their 10th consecutive single (and 11 singles in total) to sell over a million copies.

This new record allowed AKB48 to become the first female artist to sell a million copies for 10 consecutive singles, and this is the first time in 16 and a half years for any artist to achieve this since B’z accomplished this back in 1996.

Moreover, the group is now second all-time for the “total number of million-selling singles” after B’z whose record is 15 singles in total. They have also broken their own records for the “number of consecutive chart-topping singles” as well as the “total number of chart-topping singles” for a female group.

Shimazaki commented, “To be honest, I have felt uneasy and pressured that ‘what if the record stops with the song I served as the center’, but I feel relieved now. I am truly happy.”

Source & Image: Oricon

Details on Tohoshinki’s 5-dome tour revealed

The details on Tohoshinki’s upcoming live tour, ‘Nationwide 5 Dome Tour 2013 (Tentative)‘, has been revealed!

The tour will kick off with a 3-day Saitama Super Arena concert starting on April 27th. The boys will then perform at Nagoya Dome, Fukuoka Yahoo! JAPAN Dome, Kyocera Dome Osaka, Tokyo Dome, and Sapporo Dome.

Check out the tour dates below!

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<Nationwide 5 Dome Tour 2013 (Tentative)>

Saturday, April 27th – Saitama Super Arena Stadium Mode (Saitama)

Sunday, April 28th – Saitama Super Arena Stadium Mode (Saitama)

Monday, April 29th – Saitama Super Arena Stadium Mode (Saitama)

Friday, May 10th – Nagoya Dome (Aichi)

Saturday, May 11th – Nagoya Dome (Aichi)

Saturday, May 25th – Fukuoka Yahoo! JAPAN Dome (Fukuoka)

Sunday, May 26th – Fukuoka Yahoo! JAPAN Dome (Fukuoka)

Wednesday, June 5th – Tokyo Dome (Tokyo)

Thursday, June 6th – Tokyo Dome (Tokyo)

* Sapporo Dome (Hokkaido) dates to be revealed later.

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Source: natalie

AKB48 holds their 7th anniversary concert

 On December 8th, idol group AKB48 held their 7th anniversary concert at AKB48 Theater in Akihabara.

AKB48 general manager Takahashi Minami placed the group’s 7th ribbon onto the two pillars of AKB48 Theater. She greeted, “It feels like we’ve started running into our 8th year. I want to go towards infinite possibilities.” Oshima Yuko added, “It’s 7. I want it to be our lucky 7.”

The concert featured a total of 87 members including SNH48’s Miyazawa Sae and Suzuki Mariya. Each of the 14 generations got to perform a song one by one. They celebrated their anniversary with 250 fans.

Maeda Atsuko, who graduated from the group in August, also sent a congratulatory message through her official Twitter account. “Congratulations on your 7 years,” she said.

Source & Photos: Sanspo

SUG : NEW LOOK~~

LYNCH - COMMENT ON VIF

[SINGLE] RONO☆CRO - KOIBANA (2012/08/04)

Tracklist
1.コイバナ
2.雷帝ドリーマー
3.コイバナ off vocal ver.
4.雷帝ドリーマー off vocal ver.

Download Here

Credit: stylelover

NIGHTMARE - New Look

Vo: YOMI

Gt: Hitsugi

Gt: Sakito

Ba: Ni~ya

Dr: RUKA

Sources - OHP

BLU-BILLION - MOSAIC [FULL PV]

[SINGLE] AMARANYX - SILHOUETTE [28-11-2012]

 

TYPE A+B Of their latest single SILHOUETTE.




Tracklist:
1.シルエット
2. Fragment of Father Freak
3. PARADE

Download Here

Credit: bountyxhunter

[ALBUM] UNITE. - MEANING [2012/12/05]

Tracklist
01 - grow into UNiTE.
02 - Meaning
03 - 失望エミュレイター (Shitsubou Emulator)
04 - 約束 (Yakusoku)
05 - L for U
06 - 可塑性MAGIE (Kasosei MAGIE)
07 - cinema verite
08 - イオ (io)
09 - Cocky-discuS
10 - アポカリプティックサウンド (Apocalyptic Sound)
11 - 青と白のコトバ (Ao to Shiro no Kotoba)
12 - AIVIE
13 - AIVIE pf ver.
13 - life time relation
14 - クオリア (Qualia)

Download Here (Both Editions)

Credits: CaRaN

ROCK AND READ 45: TATSURO & MAYA

[Cover & Top Feature] Tatsuro/MUCC & Maya/LM.C

Source: Maxcaz, CDJapan

KAYA - PV [Longer Preview] & Samples New Release

You can preview all them on amazon HERE

JIN-MACHINE - New Look

UNSRAW LAST LIVE 【GATE OF BIRTH】

NEGA - DISBANDING New & Last Look

NEGA have announced that they shall be disbanding after the live event "UNDER CODE PRODUCTION LAST EVENT LAST ONEMAN TOUR", in April 2013.

They are extremely sorry for this news and thank everyone for their support, they also hope that their fans will continue to be with them until the end.

Vo: JIN

Gt: SAN

Ba: Ray

Dr: YU

Sources - YU's Blog, OHP

J-Rockers Without Make-up[Alice Nine]

Alice Nine

ALICE NINE

~Shunkashuutou PV~

 HIROTO

 

HIROTO (no make-up)

 

HIROTO

HIROTO 

 

HIROTO

 

SAGA

 

SAGA (less make-up)

 NAO

NAO (no make-up)

NAO (less make-up)

TORA 

 

TORA (less make-up)

TORA (less make-up)

SHOU x HIROTO

HIROTO x SHOU

 OMG!!!

HIROTO x SAGA x NAO 

 TORA x HIROTO

 HIROTO x SHOU 

SHOU

SHOU

SHOU

SHOU 

 SHOU