Girls’ Generation Has Much Success in Japan, Matures Beyond What Fans Have Seen Before
After being judged as the “standard of success” for Korean singers in Japan, Girls’ Generation set a new record, over senior singer BoA, on the Oricon Charts. The members’ mature transformations, which have been revealed on their Japan tour, have been garnering attention from Japanese and Korean fans, opening up Girls’ Generation’s “success generation” in Japan. (more…)
Girls’ Generation’s 1st Japanese Album Debuts at No. 1 on Oricon Chart
The first Japanese album by Girls’ Generation topped the Oricon Chart as soon as it was released on Wednesday. (more…)
Yaguchi Mari and Nakamura Masaya want to get married
It was reported on Friday that former Morning Musume member Yaguchi Mari (28) and former D-BOYS member Nakamura Masaya (25) were planning to get married this month. Sure enough, they announced their marriage at a press conference on Sunday. The two submitted their marriage registration late at night on May 21, technically during the early hours of May 22. (more…)
SMAP plans concert in Beijing this September
Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao is currently in Japan, and on Saturday he met with boy band SMAP. Looking to improve relations between China and Japan, he asked the four members present (Katori Shingo, Kusanagi Tsuyoshi, Kimura Takuya, Nakai Masahiro) to sing a song for him, and they obliged with “Sekai ni Hitotsu Dake no Hana”. (more…)
Ninomiya Kazunari and Sasaki Nozomi rumored to be a couple
The Nikkan Sports newspaper reported today that Arashi member Ninomiya Kazunari (27) and popular model Sasaki Nozomi (23) are in a serious relationship, though the story has not been confirmed by any official sources. (more…)
Arashi Continues to Storm with their upcoming Single
According to Japanese online music shop Shinseido, popular idol group Arashi will be releasing a new single and DVD this summer.
The new single is titled “Beautiful World” and is set to release on July 6th. The first press will come with a special booklet and an alternate jacket, and according to Shinseido, it will have seven songs, five of which are said to be solo songs. (more…)
SM Ent. continues the “IC” hook with SNSD’s Mr. Taxi
The much anticipated single of SNSD, ‘Mr. Taxi’ is now out and is making a sensation among the fans. The song is still the ‘bubble gum pop’ that SM Entertainment kept promoting through this years. It also shows off the mature side of SNSD and the “IC” hook. This means there are words with the suffix -ic. Supersonic, Hypersonic to name them. These words are pretty much similar with the recent SME songs like Hurricane Venus, Lucifer, NU ABO, Ring Ding Dong etc. To which words like Loverholic, Robotonic, Electronic, Manic, Supersonic, Bionic, Hysterric, Fantastic, Elastic are being used. LISTEN TO SNSD’s MR. TAXI BELOW: (more…)
Johnny’s “Marching J” a Complete Success
The charity event “Marching J” by Johnny’s Entertainment was a complete success. About 389,000 people and almost all of the Johnny’s and Johnny’s Jr. artists have attended the event.
From April 1st to 3rd between 10am and 6pm the charity event “Marching J” organized by Johnny’s Entertainment was held at Yoyogi National Gymnasium to collect money for the areas affected by the earthquake/tsunami.
All Johnny’s and Johnny’s Jr. artists, except Jin Akanishi who sent a video message instead, showed up at the venue.
The number of participants constantly grew from day to day to a final of 389,000 people.
Here are some videos of “Marching J”, inclusive a short acapella version of KAT-TUN’s song Perfect. (more…)
[ON-GOING] UPDATE FOR SOME J-POP ARTISTS and other WELL KNOWN ICONS IN JAPAN
THIS IS A LIST OF SOME J-POP AND WELL KNOWN PERSONALITIES AND JAPAN. THESE ARE FROM DIFFERENT SOURCES. PLEASE KEEP ON SPREADING THIS, WILL UPDATE MORE.
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[AH EXCLUSIVE] DJ MASA’s YouTube Account Terminated
Famous and brilliant asian music remixer, DJ MASA has recently got his YouTube channel terminated. Since AsiaHolics care about the promotion of the asian music to the world, we sent a personal message to DJ MASA about this matter. We’ve given him questions regarding the issue and fortunately he replied. Check out DJ MASA’s reply below. (more…)
AsiaHolics’ VALENTINE SPECIAL: LOVE PLAYLIST
Hello everyone! It’s Valentine’s day again!! And of course, we want you guys to still enjoy or feel love or pain? Pain as for the heartbroken and love for those aiming and are in a relationship 
So we have you guys a PLAYLIST of LOVE SONGS from different genres of asian music, either heartbreak or love song, to accompany you this Valentine’s day. MOST OF THEM ARE WITH ENGLISH SUBS. Check them out!!
Arashi sets ‘Guinness World Records’
It was just a mere try that Arashi will try to have three Guinness World Records through their 60 CMs for “Android au“.
Then on
January 31st, KDDI (Japanese telecommunications operator) announced that the records have been certified! The group made it through and won these titles:
- Most versions of CMs for the same product within 24 hours on terrestrial broadcasting
- Most versions of CMs for the same product within 8 hours on paid channel
- Most versions of CMs for the same product during a 30 minutes-long TV program
Congratulations to the storm of J-pop world! Truly this is a remarkable event in the Asian Music Industry.
AKB48 Reveals Details On Their Upcoming Single
AKB48 will be releasing a new single “Sakura no Ki ni Narou” on February 16th, and the details for the upcoming single have been revealed recently. “Sakura no Ki ni Narou” will be used as a main theme song for the short drama series “Sakura Kara no Tegami~AKB48 Sorezore no Sotsugyou Monogatari~“, which all AKB48 members make appearance. The show will air from February 26th to March 6th.
The new single will be released as three different types, “Regular Edition Type-A” , “Regular Edition Type-B” and “Theatrical Edition”. Check out the track lists for each type!
<Regular Edition Type-A> (<Regular Edition Type-A> with a ticket for the handshake event will be limited)
-CD
1. Sakura no Ki ni Narou
2. Guuzen no Juujiro (Sang by Under Girls)
3. Kiss made 100 mile (Sang by MINT)
4. Sakura no Ki ni Narou off vocal ver.
5. Guuzen no Juujiro off vocal ver.
6. Kiss made 100 mile off vocal ver.
-DVD
1. Sakura no Ki ni Narou MUSIC CLIP
2. Guuzen no Juujiro MUSIC CLIP
3. Kiss made 100 mile MUSIC CLIP
4. Privilege video : Gachi Shifuku Fashion Show (Fashion show of members’ private clothes) Type-A
<Regular Edition Type-B> (<Regular Edition Type-B> with a ticket for the handshake event will be limited)
-CD
1. Sakura no Ki ni Narou
2. Guuzen no Juujiro (Sang by Under Girls)
3. Area K (Sang by DIVA)
4. Sakura no Ki ni Narou off vocal ver.
5. Guuzen no Juujiro off vocal ver.
6. Area K off vocal ver.
-DVD
1. Sakura no Ki ni Narou MUSIC CLIP
2. Guuzen no Juujiro MUSIC CLIP
3. Area K MUSIC CLIP
4. Privilege video : Gachi Shifuku Fashion Show (Fashion show of members’ private clothes) Type-B
<Theatrical Edition>
-only CD
1. Sakura no Ki ni Narou
2. Guuzen no Juujiro (Sang by Under Girls)
3. Ougon Center (Sang by team Research Students)
4. Sakura no Ki ni Narou off vocal ver.
5. Guuzen no Juujiro off vocal ver.
6. Ougon Center off vocal ver.
＊A ticket for the handshake event included
＊A member’s individual photo included (randomly)
May J. Will Release A New Album – “Colors”
R&B vocalist May J. is set to release her new album, “Colors“, on January 26th.
The album features a large amount of collaborations with other Japanese urban artists. Rapper Zeebra will be working with Nanba Akihiro on the track “ONE MORE KISS“, and the song was produced and written by Kubota Toshinobu, who wrote the lyrics and chorus to the 2010 year-end NHK charity image song, “Kimi no Tonarini.” Other participants will be RYO the SKYWALKER, Urata Naoya (AAA), WISE, and KG.
The album will be available in the standard CD regular and DVD limited edition. The limited edition comes with clips from her first national tour at the SHIBUYA-AX stop. It will feature five videos from the tour, including a special live of “Garden” featuring DJ KAORI, Diggy-MO, Clench & Blistah.
May J.「Colors」Track List
DVD Limited
01. ONE MORE KISS / May J.×Zeebra×Nanba Akihiro -Music Video-
02. Ano Hi ga Arukara feat. RYO the SKYWALKER -Music Video-
03. Shiny Sky -Music Video-
04. 「May J. Tour 2010 ～LIVE for you～」Special Movie -2010.5.23 Tokyo・SHIBUYA-AX-
Scene1. Garden (CLASSIC HOUSE ANTHEM) -English ver.- / May J.×DAISHI DANCE ～DO tha’ DO tha’～HERE WE GO（Medley）
Scene2. Be mine ～Kimi ga suki dayo～
Scene3. Tabitsukimini
Scene4. Sing For You / May J.×MAY’S
Scene5. Garden feat. DJ KAORI, Diggy-MO’, Clench & Blistah
CD Regular
01. ONE MORE KISS / May J.×Zeebra×Nanba Akihiro
02. FYI
03. Say My Name feat. KG
04. Kimi no tonari ni
05. Step By Step feat. WISE
06. Shiny Sky
07. Super Star
08. Colors
09. One In a Million
10. My Pride
11. Every Single Day feat. URATA NAOYA（AAA）
12. Ano hi ga Aru kara feat. RYO the SKYWALKER
Koda Kumi’s new album will come soon
The release of Koda Kumi’s newest single, “POP DIVA“, has been hyped up for the song’s electric and powerful feel. Now fans can look forward to more.
Several online shops, such as 95music, and other reliable sources such as fan-net, have listed the singer’s 9th studio album for a release on February 23rd, just two weeks after the release of her latest single.
Furthermore, the title “Dejavu” has been listed as the name of the album. No tracklists have been included, but the plans are to release the album in just two formats: CD-Only and CD+2DVD.
Koda will have released three singles in preparation for this album, so there are seven tracks that have already been released that have the potential to make it onto the album.
Check out some of what the singer has released so far:
The Oricon “2010 Single Ranking”
The year of 2010 for Jpop is about to end, and to give a scope of who sold the most for singles on this year, Oricon released their ‘Single Ranking’ Check it out!
<2010 Oricon Yearly ranking TOP 50 : Singles>
1. “Beginner” – AKB48 : (954,283)
2. “Heavy Rotation” – AKB48 (713,275)
3. “Troublemaker” - Arashi : (698,542)
4. “Monster” – Arashi : (696,022)
5. “Ponytail to Shushu” – AKB48 : (659,959)
6. “Hatenai Sora” – Arashi : (656,343)
7. “Løve Rainbow” – Arashi : (620,057)
8. “Chance no Junban” – AKB48 : (596,769)
9. “Dear Snow” – Arashi : (591,207)
10. “To be free” – Arashi : (516,142)
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11. “Love yourself~Kimi ga Kirai na Kimi ga Suki~” – KAT-TUN : (439,736)
12. “Sakura no Shiori” – AKB48 : (390,957)
13. “This is Love” – SMAP : (350,322)
14. “Mata Kimi ni Koi Shiteru/Asia no Kaizoku” – Sakamoto Fuyumi : (311,215)
15. “LIFE~Me no mae no Mukou e~” – Kanjani 8 : (305,478)
16. “BREAK OUT!” – Tohoshinki : (289,412)
17. “Going!” – KAT-TUN : (282,901)
18. “Wonderful World!!” – Kanjani 8 : (275,891)
19. “Hatsukoi” – Fukuyama Masaharu : (269,765)
20. “CHANGE UR WORLD” – KAT-TUN : (254,150)
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21. “Hitomi no Screen” – Hey!Say! JUMP : (250,206)
22. “Hotaru/Shonen” - Fukuyama Masaharu : (239,768)
23. “I Wish For You” – EXILE : (236,456)
24. “Shamisen Tabigarasu” – Hikawa Kiyoshi : (236,218)
25. “Sakura Girl” – NEWS : (232,752)
26. “Toki wo Tomete” – Tohoshinki : (228,448)
27. “Motto Tsuyoku” – EXILE : (228,189)
28. “XIAH (Intoxication)” – XIAH junsu : (225,638)
29. “One in a million” – Yamashita Tomohisa : (204,561)
30. “Yukai Tsu-kai Kaibutsu-kun” – Kaibutsu-kun (Kaibutsu Taro) : (196,258)
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31. “Family~Hitotsu ni naru koto~” – KinKi Kids : (179,927)
32. “Fighting Man” – NEWS : (173,206)
33. “Arigatou” – Ikimonogakari : (165,507)
34. “Onara Hazukashikunaiyo/Pirameki Taiso” – Hannya, Fruits Punch : (164,203)
35. “Nijiiro no Bayon” – Hikawa Kiyoshi : (160,683)
36. “HAPPY” – BUMP OF CHICKEN : (157,324)
37. “Maho no Ryouri ~Kimi kara Kimi e~” – BUMP OF CHICKEN : (152,501)
38. “My Soul, Your Beats!/Brave Song” – Lia, Tada Aoi : (147,479)
39. “GO!GO! MANIAC” – Houkago Tea Time : (147,355)
40. “Hontou wa Kowai Ai to Romance” – Kuwata Keisuke : (145,354)
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41. “1!2!3!4! Yoroshiku!” – SKE48 : (144,973)
42. “Ryusei” – Kobukuro : (144,874)
43. “GIFT~Midori~(Yuki wo Kudasai/One day in winter/Snow White)” (Limited Edition) – Kanjani 8 : (136,508)
44. “GIFT~Shiro~(Fuyukoi/Kimi no Uta wo Utau)” (Limited Edition) – Kanjani 8 : (136,003)
45. “Okay” – Inaba Koshi : (134,381)
46. “GIFT~Aka~(I wish/Minus 100 do no Koi)” (Limited Edition) – Kanjani 8 : (133,978)
47. “NO, Thank You!” - Houkago Tea Time : (133,922)
48. “Kokoro no Hane” – Team Dragon from AKB48 : (130,957)
49. “Gee” – Shoujo Jidai : (130,145)
50. “Listen!!” – Houkago tea Time : (130,137)
Source: Tokyohive
Koma Kudi’s “POP DIVA” covers unveiled
Jpop sensation Kumi Koda has just announced that she will be having her new single entitled ‘Pop Diva’. And just recently, the covers for her single are unveiled.
‘Pop Diva’ serves as her 49th single and is set to be released on February 2, 2011.
Here are the covers of the single:
4 Minute releases ‘DIAMOND’
Following the release of their single First/Dreams Come True, the candy funk style girl group finally unveiled their first-ever full length Japanese album entitled DIAMOND.
The album consists of the Japanese versions of their Korean hits ‘MUZIK’ and ‘I MY ME MINE’, as well as four new tracks namely ‘Hide and Seek’, ‘Already Gone’, ‘Can’t Make Up My Mind’ and ‘December’.
“We view this full album to be a good turning-point of 4minute’s popularity in Japan, as the first ever Korean girl group to advance into Japan,” stated Cube Entertainment
4Minute is all set to hype up both Japanese and Korean market with this album since it is a combination of Korean and Japanese songs.
Listen to the tracks:
Hey! Say! JUMP Arigatou Sekai no Doko ni Itemo PV Released
The PV or Promotional Video for Hey! Say! JUMP’s new single entitled Arigatou Sekai no Doko ni Itemo has been released. This serves as their sixth single after their successful release of their first full-length album in the summer of 2010. The title track of the single is an upbeat dance song marking a change for the ten members of the group.
Here is the tracklist of the single:
01.「ありがとう」～世界のどこにいても～
02. FLY
03. スノウソング
04. 二人掛けの場所
05.「ありがとう」～世界のどこにいても～(オリジナル・カラオケ)
06. FLY（オリジナル・カラオケ)
07. スノウソング (オリジナル・カラオケ)
08. 二人掛けの場所 (オリジナル・カラオケ)
Check out the PV!!
Kumi Koda Unleashes Her Stunning 2011 Calender Photos
Gotta hand it to miss Kumi Koda definitely nailed it with this year’s calander its hot, fierce, and yet its got fun and flirty qualities that make her who she is!
Check out the pictures after the cut
2010 MAMA awards was a success!
The 2010 M-net Asian Music Awards (MAMA) was held overseas for the first time in it’s history, at the Cotai Arena, Venetian Hotel in Macau where a host of stars from Korea and around the world attended, with millions watching it live (or delayed) through tv broadcasts and online streaming sources.
If you missed watching the awards night, here is the list of the winners (in bold) from this year’s show!
Daesang Awards
Artist of the Year
2AM
2NE1
2PM
miss A
SNSD
Album of the Year
2AM – Won’t Let You Go Even If I Die
2NE1 – To Anyone
BoA – Hurricane Venus
Super Junior – BONAMANA
Taeyang – SOLAR
Song of the Year
2AM – “Won’t Let You Go Even If I Die”
2NE1 – “Can’t Nobody”
2PM – “I’ll Be Back”
DJ Doc – “I’m This Kind of Person”
miss A – “Bad Girl Good Girl”
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Female Rookie Award
G.NA
miss A
Nine Muses
Rainbow
SISTAR
Best Dance Performance – Male Group
2PM – “I’ll Be Back”
B2ST – “SHOCK”
MBLAQ – “Y”
SHINee – “Lucifer”
Super Junior – “Bonamana”
Best Asia New Artist
iMe
Best Digital Single
MC Mong – “Hurt to Death”
Monday Kiz – “Spread Away”
Park Bom – “You and I”
Supreme Team – “Then Then THen”
Jung Yeob – “Without You”
Best Asian Pop Artist
Perfume
Female Group Award
2NE1
4minute
KARA
T-ara
SNSD
Male Singer Award
PSY
Se7en
Rain
Taeyang
Wheesung
Best Rap Performance
DJ Doc – “I’m This Kind of Person”
Epik High – “Run”
Outsider – “Acquaintance”
UV – “Sorry I’m Not Cool”
Supreme Team – “Dang Dang Dang”
Best Vocal Performance – Solo
K. Will – “Miss Miss Miss”
Gummy – “Because You’re A Man”
Seo In Young – “You Write It As Love and Call It Pain”
Jung In – “Hate”
Wheesung – “I Thought of Marriage”
Best Asia Artist
Zhang Jie
Male Group Award
2AM
2PM
B2ST
MBLAQ
Super Junior
Best Dance Performance – Solo
Narsha – “Bbiri Bbabba”
Rain – “Love Song”
Lee Hyori – “Chitty Chitty Bang Bang”
Taeyang – “I’ll be There”
Hyuna – “Change”
Best Band Performance
CNBlue – “Love”
FT Island – “Love Love Love”
Hot Potato – “Confession”
Boohwal – “Love Is”
TransFixion – “The Shouts of Reds”
Best Dance Performance – Female Group
2NE1 – “Can’t Nobody”
4minute – “HUH!”
miss A – “Bad Girl Good Girl”
Secret – “Magic”
T-ara – “Bo Peep Bo Peep”
Best International Artist
Far East Movement
The Shilla Duty Free Asian Wave Award
2PM
4minute
CNBlue
KARA
SNSD
Best Music Video
2NE1 – “Can’t Nobody”
Epik High – “Run”
UV – “Sorry I Can’t Be Cool”
Ga-In – “Irreversible”
Taeyang – “I’ll Be There”
Female Singer Award
BoA
Gummy
Seo In Young
Son Dambi
Lee Hyori
Best R&B Group
Chemistry
So, what do you think of the results of this year’s MAMA awards? Are they worthy or not? Well, if you missed watching the show, don’t hesitate in looking at their awesome performances on the internet. It is a must-see awards night! Congratulations to all the winners!
credits to: allkpop.com
You Have Been Cordially Invited To The 61st NHK Kouhaku Uta Gassen
Oh yes you know you have been waiting for this
This week NHK unveiled its full list for the 61st NHK Kouhaku Uta Gassen!!!
Did your favorite artist make the cut? Find out + mini review
KARA, 2PM, BEAST On Oricon, Oh My!
Its idol madness on Oricon!
This week KARA released their 1st original album Girl’s Talk while BEAST released their first album BEAST – Japan Premium Edition and 2PM released their 1st Japanese DVD Hottest ~2PM 1st MUSIC VIDEO COLLECTION & The History~
But sadly, neither one has made no.1
KARA unfortunately picked a nasty week to go against Utada Hikaru one of the Japan’s biggest and most popular singers who released her farewell album Utada Hikaru SINGLE COLLECTION VOL. 2 as she goes on hiatus, throwing KARA in the no.3 spot which is still impressive and a first for female K-pop groups but clearly everyone from SNSD to Big Bang is itching for that no.1 spot that no other Korean group besides TVXQ has held.
Despite their relative unknown status BEAST faired not too bad debuting at no.6 for a group only in their 2nd year.
And finally 2PM shined bright on the charts as the only reason they didn’t win no.1 was because of the King of Pop, Micheal Jackson’s Visions DVD so that certainly is still impressive!
THE ASIAN MUSIC CHARTS/DOWNLOAD BAZAAR
Here are the list the top 5 songs from January-November 2010. We based them as for comeback strength, concept, views from our channels, and how long they stayed as TOP 1.
** ALL SONGS ON THE CHARTS ARE HANDPICKED BY US. SO EXPECT MOST OF THEM ARE THE BEST OF 2010**
K-POP
1. Miss A – Bad Girl Good Girl
T-POP
2. Faye Fang Kaew (FFK) – ไม่ใช่อิจฉา Jealous
4. SWEE:D – ฉากเรียกน้ำตา Sad Scene
P-POP
1. Young JV – Can’t Get Enough
3. Pointen – A Fairy Tale Song
C-POP
1. Yen-j – Wo Xi Huan, Bu Wo Ai (I Like, No I Love)
2. Jolin Tsai – Wan Ai Zhi Tu (Love Player)
4. Ni Andong – Sorry That I Loved You
J-POP
1. Utada Hikaru – Goodbye Happiness
V-POP
(as much as we want we cannot provide download links, just watch their mv ^_^)
2. Chu Bin – Hay Xem La Giac Mo
KPOP: My Girlfriend is Gumiho OST
JPOP: Yamato Nadeshiko Live Action OST
CPOP: Hi My Sweetheart OST
PPOP: ILUMINA OST
TPOP: Yark Yood Tah Wan Wai Tee Plai Fah OST
