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Archive for the ‘Namie Amuro’ Category

100,000 PAGE VIEWS !!!!!

Posted by redracer on May 6, 2009

At the beginning of this month, this Blog achieved a BIG milestone – the 100,000 page view count !!!

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Posted in Ayumi Hamasaki, hitomi, Hitomi Shimatani, J-Pop, Kumi Koda, Mika Nakashima, Namie Amuro, Sowelu, Statistics | Leave a Comment »

Who is the most popular artist ?

Posted by redracer on March 21, 2009

It is interesting to look back at the statistics, and see which search terms have brought readers to this blog in the last two & a bit years …

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Posted in Ami Suzuki, Aya Ueto, Ayumi Hamasaki, Hikaru Utada, hitomi, Hitomi Shimatani, Kumi Koda, melody., Mika Nakashima, mink, misia, Namie Amuro, Sowelu, ZARD | 2 Comments »

2008 J-pop Awards

Posted by redracer on February 7, 2009

Here are MY awards in a number of different categories for 2008, many of which will never be seen in any mainstream awards list. I also ‘made up’ a few new categories this year (and some categories got dropped because I would not find a worthy winner) !!!

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Posted in AAA, Ai Otsuka, alan, Ami Suzuki, Arashi, Aya Kamiki, Ayumi Hamasaki, Bird, Clazziquai Project, Double, Exile, Foxxi misQ, Hitomi Shimatani, Jamosa, Jyongri, Kumi Koda, Leah Dizon, m-flo, melody., Miho Fukuhara, Mika Nakashima, mink, misia, Namie Amuro, Orange Pekoe, Rei Fu, Sowelu, Superfly, Yuki Koyanagi, ZARD | 1 Comment »

Most popular posts for 2007

Posted by redracer on January 13, 2008

If you are interested in statistics, here is a list of the most popular posts for 2007 – the first year of this blog …

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Posted in Ami Suzuki, Ayumi Hamasaki, Food, hitomi, Hitomi Shimatani, Kumi Koda, Life in Australia, melody., Mika Nakashima, Namie Amuro, Sowelu, Statistics | Leave a Comment »

2007 J-Pop awards

Posted by redracer on January 6, 2008

Here are MY awards in a number of different categories for 2007, many of which will never be seen in any mainstream awards list.    Read the rest of this entry »

Posted in Ai Otsuka, Akina Nakamori, Ami Suzuki, Ayumi Hamasaki, Clazziquai Project, Foxxi misQ, Hikaru Utada, Hitomi Shimatani, J-Pop, Jamosa, Jyongri, Kumi Koda, m-flo, melody., Mika Nakashima, Miki Imai, Misato Watanabe, misia, Namie Amuro, Yuki Koyanagi, ZARD | 3 Comments »

Top 100 Japanese Pop Artists – The List So Far….

Posted by redracer on November 13, 2007

From HMV Japan’s web page, here is their ‘definative’ list – I gather from around 2003 ….

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Posted in Ayumi Hamasaki, Dreams Come True, Hikaru Utada, J-Pop, Life in Japan, misia, miwa yoshida, Namie Amuro, UA | 89 Comments »

New Namie Amuro album – ‘Play’

Posted by redracer on July 10, 2007

Released on the 27th June, this is the latest album release from Namie Amuro (安室奈美恵), and her 7th solo album, which is remarkable considering her 12 year music career. However she has taken 2 stretches of 2-3 years off, for various personal reasons.

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Posted in Album review, J-Pop, Namie Amuro | 7 Comments »

New J-pop releases

Posted by redracer on June 16, 2007

June/July could be an expensive month 😦

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Posted in Ayumi Hamasaki, Dreams Come True, Hitomi Shimatani, J-Pop, Kumi Koda, mink, misia, Monday Michiru, Namie Amuro, Sowelu, UA | 3 Comments »

New single from Kumi Koda (倖田來未)

Posted by redracer on May 1, 2007

On the 27th June, after a 3 month break, Kuu-chan will release a new summer ‘Maxi’ single.

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Posted in J-Pop, Kumi Koda, Namie Amuro | Leave a Comment »

2006 J-Pop awards

Posted by redracer on January 15, 2007

2006 was a big year for me musically, with a widening of my J-Pop experience & knowledge, and the ‘discovery’ of a number of ‘new’ artists.   Read the rest of this entry »

Posted in Ami Suzuki, Ayumi Hamasaki, Beni Arashiro, Dreams Come True, Hikaru Utada, hitomi, Hitomi Shimatani, J-Pop, Kumi Koda, Mai, Mika Nakashima, mink, misia, Nami Tamaki, Namie Amuro, Soulhead, Sowelu | 13 Comments »