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Morning Musume to Cover Pink Lady
Submitted 2008-09-08 07:26 AM
The 37th single from Morning Musume has finally been announced. "Pepper Keibu" will be a cover of the legendary jpop duo Pink Lady's debut single, and it will be released on September 24th.
This follows Takahashi Ai and Niigaki Risa's recent appearance as Pink Lady on the drama "Hitmaker Aku Yuu Monogatari", which was a retrospective of the life of the late songwriter Aku Yuu. The c/w will be "Romance", another Aku Yuu song originally performed by the singer Iwasaki Hiromi.
In addition, on the 26th of November Morning Musume will release "COVER YOU", an album featuring songs all written by Aku Yuu. It will include a cover of "Izakaya", a duet between Takahashi and the original singer Hiroshi Itsuki.
Fujimoto Miki to release a new single
Submitted 2008-02-14 06:48 AM
It was announced yesterday that Fujimoto Miki will be releasing a new single "Oki Tegami" on April 23, 2008, ending speculation over her future in the business.
This will be the first time Fujimoto has appeared in a non-futsal role since the end of the GAM tour in July last year, which followed her resignation from Morning Musume.
The song, written Sugimoto Masato, will also be recorded by Up-Front singer Horiuchi Takao, and the two singles will be released at the same time. It is said to be more of a folk song, and quite different from her previous work.
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Morning Musume become Japan's biggest selling female group
Submitted 2007-04-30 06:06 PM
With their latest single selling 54k for its first week, Morning Musume have surpassed Pink Lady in total sales and become the highest selling female group in Japanese history.
Kanashimi Twilight reached number 2 in the Oricon weekly chart, beating out new songs from ORANGE RANGE and WaT. It is their most successful first week since Iroppoi Jirettai was released in July 2005; both songs received a boost from including the chance to win tickets to handshaking events. It was also the final release before the graduation of Morning Musume's popular leader Yoshizawa Hitomi, and also the last before the debut of Chinese members Junjun and Linlin.
Pink Lady sold a total of 11,036,000 singles in their career, while Morning Musume have now so far sold over 11,085,000 singles with line-ups featuring 25 different girls over ten years.
Kago Ai released after new scandal
Submitted 2007-03-26 03:46 PM
Not long ago we reported that Kago Ai was on the way back after her smoking scandal, moving back to Tokyo and beginning work behind the scenes for the company. Now it seems that she had become romantically involved with a man 18 years older then her, and last weekend the magazine "Weekly Gendai" captured a series of photographs of them holding hands and reportedly travelling to a public bath-house and hotel together.
Today, in a statement from Kawaguchi Yuukichi, the "Representative Director" of UFA, Kago Ai's contract was officially terminated. link
C-ute's major debut single hits #5
Submitted 2007-02-27 05:01 AM
Sakura Chirari, the major debut single from Hello! Project's youngest group C-ute, has reached number 5 in its first week of release with 23,827 singles sold. The single sales were boosted by coming with the chance to win tickets for an upcoming C-ute event tour.
To compare: their sister group Berryz Koubou have never broken 20k in a first week, and C-ute look certain to beat their highest figure of 24,449 for Special Generation.
C-ute have slowly built up their fan base over the last two years, releasing four indie-singles last summer, and they performed their first proper solo concert this past weekend at the Nippon Seinenkan.
Koharu's solo debut released with surprising success
Submitted 2006-07-12 04:48 PM
8th gen Morning Musume member Kusumi Koharu's first solo single "Koi*Kana (恋☆カナ) by Tsukishima Kirari starring Koharu Kusumi (Morning Musume)" was released yesterday, and managed reach number 8 on its first day in the Oricon Daily Chart.
The song is the opening theme to the TV Tokyo anime series Kirarin Revolution, which Koharu stars in as a young girl trying to become an idol.
Konno's last photobook released
Submitted 2006-07-11 05:44 PM
Konno Asami yesterday released her last photobook before she leaves the Hello! Project. "See you again" is the fourth release from the 5th generation Morning Musume member, who is graduating later this month to enter university.
Another book, collecting the best photos from the three Wanibooks releases, is scheduled to be released in September.
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