Utada Hikaru will sing theme song for Innocent Love
Good news for Hikki fans, or Maki fans, and especially good news for me as I’m a fan of both. I’ll be uploading Innocent Love.
Hikaru Utada will be singing the theme song for the drama series “Innocent Love,” which stars popular actress Maki Horikita. This will be Utada’s first song for a drama in Fuji TV’s prized Monday night time slot since “Can You Keep A Secret?” for the 2001 hit “HERO.”
This past spring, Utada sang the theme for the popular drama “Last Friends.” That show’s production staff are also working on “Innocent Love,” and they decided to offer her another tie-in. But rather than requesting a new song, they chose the ballad “Eternally,” originally recorded for her second album “Distance” in 2001. The producers reportedly felt that the song strongly matched the image of the drama.
Apparently, the song will use a re-edited version of the original vocal recording. It was remixed at a London recording studio to emphasize the vocals more, resulting in a new version titled “Eternally -Drama Mix-.”
The song will be released digitally and as a chaku-uta, starting on the drama’s premiere date of October 20. Currently, there are no plans for a CD release.
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(Oricon) Top sale albums/singles for the first half of 2008
2008 FIRST HALF SINGLE RANKING TOP 25
01 Aoyama Thelma feat. Soulja - Soba ni Iru ne
02 KAT-TUN - DON’T U EVER STOP
03 KAT-TUN - LIPS
04 Shuchishin - Shuchishin
05 Arashi - Step and Go
06 Sugimoto Masato - Waremokou
07 NEWS - Taiyou no Namida
08 Amuro Namie - 60s 70s 80s
09 GReeeeN - Kiseki
10 NEWS - SUMMER TIME
11 Kanjani8 - Wahaha
12 JERO - Umiyuki
13 Hey!Say! JUMP - Dreams come true
14 B’z - BURN -Fumetsu no Face-
15 Hamasaki Ayumi - Mirrorcle World
16 SMAP - Dangan Fighter
17 EXILE - Pure / You’re my sunshine
18 SMAP - Sono Mama / White Message
19 Aqua Timez - Niji
20 V6 - way of life
21 Hikawa Kiyoshi - Genkai Funauta
22 Maizu Tsukasa - No more
23 Shimizu Shota - HOME
24 Ketsumeishi - Deai no Kakera
25 L’Arc~en~Ciel - DRINK IT DOWN
2008 FIRST HALF ALBUM RANKING TOP 25
01 EXILE - EXILE LOVE
02 Kobukuro - 5296
03 EXILE - EXILE CATCHY BEST
04 Utada Hikaru - HEART STATION
05 DREAMS COME TRUE - AND I LOVE YOU
06 BUMP OF CHICKEN - orbital period
07 Koda Kumi - Kingdom
08 Hamasaki Ayumi - GUILTY
09 Shibasaki Kou - Single Best
10 YUI - I LOVED YESTERDAY
11 Various Artists - Ai no Uta
12 Tokunaga Hideaki - Vocalist 3
13 Hirai Ken - FAKIN’ POP
14 Aoyama Thelma - DIARY
15 Various Artists - R35 Sweet J-Ballads
16 Perfume - GAME
17 Bank Band - Soushi Souai 2
18 Superfly - Superfly
19 Arashi - Dream “A”live
20 Kobukuro - ALL SINGLES BEST
21 HY - HeartY
22 Tokunaga Hideaki - Vocalist
23 aiko - Himitsu
24 Oda Kazumasa - Jikou Best 2
25 KAT-TUN - KAT-TUN III -QUEEN OF PIRATES-
If you like any of the songs, buy the CD to support the artists and nhatkyviet.com
Which song do you listen to before sleeping ?
Oricon Japan has a survey on the website asking visitors which kind of songs that make them sleep well and relax. The result came out to be rather suprising. The trend of fangirls who vote for their dream-boys no matter what kind of poll it is, dominating most of the previous polls, is no longer kept. The top 3 songs belong to female singers.
#1 Ayaka – “Mikazuki” (translated lyrics)
#2 Aoyama Thelma - “Soba ni iru ne” (translated lyrics)
#3 aiko - Oyasuminasai (translated lyrics)
#4 BUMP OF CHICKEN – “Planetarium” (translated lyrics)
#5 Janne Da Arc – “Dear my..” (translated lyrics)
The gem created by Ayaka, “Mikazuki” is the ranked #1 as the most suitable song because she captures the emotion of feeling adrift in the night sky.
Then we become wrapped up in the soft vocals in“Soba ni iru ne” by Aoyama Thelma and “Oyasuminasai” by aiko, which will definitely guide us to a good sleep. “
There are those who want to listen to a boy’s voice before sleeping… which BUMP OF CHICKEN and Janne Da Arc lead the way.
Good news for Jpop lovers: Google, copyright body strike deal allowing cover songs on YouTube
Closet pop idols breathed a little easier Thursday after the announcement of a deal between video site YouTube and a large recording rights body, allowing punters to record and post their own versions of songs by major artists like Mr. Children and Spitz without fear of legal reprisal.
Japan Rights Clearance Inc. (JRC) announced that it had made a comprehensive contract with YouTube’s parent Google over the use of about 5,000 recordings that JRC manages.
It is the first time that Google has struck a contract with a rights management company in Japan over the use of music.
Under the contract, Google will pay an undisclosed royalty to JRC on behalf of YouTube users. In turn, JRC will no longer ask Google to delete videos of users’ cover versions of songs by JRC artists, except where they defame the artist.
However, users can still be accused of violating the Copyright Law if they post footage from music TV programs or music DVDs without permission, since those copyrights are also shared by broadcasters and record companies.
A similar deal between Japan’s largest rights management body, the Japanese Society for Rights of Authors, Composers and Publishers (JASRAC) and video sites run by Yahoo! Japan Corp. and two other companies has been in place since July last year.
Click here for the original Japanese story
Send your happy birthday wish directly to Utada Hikaru ^_^
My first, and favorite Japanese singer, Utada Hikaru, or Hikki, born today 25 years ago: Jan 19th, 1983, 1 year and 3 days younger than me.
11 Japanese Women of the Year by Vogue Magazine
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