30 Monday Sep 2013
Posted in ayu's Twitter, ayumi hamasaki
ayu_19980408: Had a beautiful day <333
ayu_19980408: Going for a session with Kato-sensei now! This is our second session since morning!! Terrible energy drain~ m(_ _)m
go_mi_sweetback: Yesterday was a really great night! Thank you, everyone! I’m grateful to all who came down to support! It’s been a long time since I danced, and it was fun.
ayu_19980408: Wow~ Mummy is so pretty! ☆ You really shone… Fufufu.
30 Monday Sep 2013
Posted in ayu news, ayumi hamasaki
Original article [here].
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Hamasaki Ayumi’s new release ranks 7th. Attains a tie for the record of “female artiste with highest number of TOP10 albums”
25 September 2013.
Hamasaki Ayumi released live album “ayumi hamasaki 15th Anniversary TOUR ~A BEST LIVE~” on 18 September, which ranked 7th on Oricon’s weekly album ranking charts, helping her to reach the record of “female artiste with highest number of TOP10 albums”.
Hamasaki Ayumi has accumulated 46 albums which have ranked TOP10, and now holds the record together with Matsutoya Yumi. This is also the first live album by a female artiste to rank in TOP10 after a long time, 2 years and 10 months after YUKI’s “YUKI“The Present”2010.6.14,15 Bunkamura Orchard Hall”.
The album contains popular tracks like “A Song for XX”, “M”, “Voyage” and “HEAVEN”, as well as rare tracks like “teddy bear”, which has not been released in CD format since album “Duty”, released in 2000 13 years ago. The album also contains “Key ~ eternal tie ver.~”, performed during the encore of the semi-finale, which will not be included in the live DVD release.
29 Sunday Sep 2013
Posted in ayu news, ayumi hamasaki
Original article [here].
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Shock: Oricon 7th place!! Why Hamasaki Ayumi continues to receive VIP treatment despite 15,000 sales
25 September 2013.
On the 18th of this month, Hamasaki Ayumi released 15th debut Anniversary commemorative album “ayumi hamasaki 15th Anniversary TOUR ~A BEST LIVE~”. As of the 22nd, it had sold only 15,218 copies, a fact that has stunned both the music industry and fans.
The new album is a best-of live CD of sound recordings from her live show in July, and includes 14 popular tracks such as “A Song for XX”, “poker face” and “Voyage”.
In its first week, the album ranked 7th on Oricon’s CD album weekly charts. No.1 went to AAA, a group also under avex, with sales of more than 46,006 copies. The album also lost to releases by Hamasaki’s junior Nishino Kana on her 3rd week on the charts, SPITZ on their 2nd week, Kobukuro’s Kobuchi Kentarou, and relatively unknown seiyuu Miyano Mamoru.
Hamasaki, who holds the reputation of a “big-shot singer”, still receives many invitations to be the closing act on music programmes and large-scale festivals. This month, aside from closing the show at music festival “a-nation” held at Ajinomoto Stadium, she also secured a spot right before closing act SMAP during the 4-hour long music special programme “FNS Summer Song Festival”, where she belted out “evolution”.
Furthermore, to commemorate her 15th Anniversary, she appeared near-nude on women’s fashion magazine “Majesty JAPAN”, with an article announcing her intentions to continue her stay at the top with the words “After a long 15 years, she still continues to reign as top artiste…”
“The topic of when ayu will lose her position as a top star is often discussed, even outside of the industry. Even though her ratings have gone down, her closeness with avex ensures that she still receives VIP treatment. She is often involved in scandals, and with the cushioning of her past successes and her celebrity status, the media cannot afford to drop her.” (source from a programme production company)
Last year, she was the opening act at “NHK Kouhaku Utagassen”, where she performed a special medley of 3 songs. Even with declining CD sales this year, her appearance at Kouhaku will probably still be guaranteed.
28 Saturday Sep 2013
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23 Monday Sep 2013
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23 Monday Sep 2013
from I LOVE album.
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Running through the city at night
The train’s window holds passing memories
Can I say it? I will say it, I will
I continued to whisper in my heart
Before I knew it, I’ve become an adult
A distance had appeared in our sky
I’ll put on a ribbon on it and go
Mustering up my courage now
Holding back my tears, I embraced you
I can still feel your warmth
I can’t return to that day anymore
I want to stay with you more
I could never say those words
Holding back my tears, I let you know
Even though we’re apart, I’ll always love you
This feeling won’t change no matter where I go
I didn’t know
The place which we could always see
Held photos of the two of us
And Santa Claus too, as well as
Lots of hidden dreams
Where are you going? When will you come back?
Swayed by a small lovers’ affliction
I unfastened the ribbon
At 15, when I first knew love
Holding back my tears, I embraced you
I can still feel your warmth
I can’t return to that day anymore
I want to stay with you more
I could never say those words
Holding back my tears, I let you know
Even though we’re apart, I’ll always love you
This unchanging feeling to the faraway you
I’ll always love you love you love you love you love you
Even now, I love you love you love you love you
The ribbon stretches across our sky once more
I’ll never unfasten it ever again
Holding back my tears, I want to let you know
Even though we’re apart, you’re always with me
This feeling won’t change no matter where I go
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23 Monday Sep 2013
Posted in Anime OSTs, lyrics, One Piece, Shinzato Kouta
from HANDS UP! single.
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Right now, more HANDS UP! Yes, sing out your dreams. Always STAND UP! Hoist the unbreakable flag
We’ll surmount walls again and again! Without stopping, come, let’s go! HANDS UP!!
“We just need to progress a little more to reach the answer.”
Believing that, we pushed on to reach this new world
Yes, the pieces of our dreams have become one
Connected by unshakable bonds, to the brilliant future!
Right now, more HANDS UP! Yes, sing out your dreams. Always STAND UP! Hoist the unbreakable flag
We’ll surmount walls again and again! Without stopping, come, let’s go!
More LOOK UP! Yes, puff out your chest! Always STEP UP! Fly through the waves!
Quietly join our wishes into one for the future, come, let’s go! HANDS UP!!
The footprints we’ve left behind will surely become
Someone’s guide someday when they embark on an “endless long journey”
The beginning comes suddenly for everyone
If you take one step out from your place… Your dreams will start to move!!
Right now, more HANDS UP! Yes, sing out your dreams. Always STAND UP! Hoist the unbreakable flag
We’ll surmount walls again and again! Without stopping, come, let’s go!
More LOOK UP! Yes, puff out your chest! Always STEP UP! Fly through the waves!
Quietly join our wishes into one for the future, come, let’s go! HANDS UP!!
Floating on the waves as they break and recede. Meeting and separating, then again under this flag…
The pain I don’t want to forget was carved onto this chest quietly that day
I won’t lose to anyone. Grabbing freedom in this hand, I’ll go!
Right now, more HANDS UP! Yes, sing out your dreams. Always STAND UP! Hoist the unbreakable flag
We’ll surmount walls again and again! Without stopping, come, let’s go!
More LOOK UP! Yes, puff out your chest! Always STEP UP! Fly through the waves!
Quietly join our wishes into one for the future, come, let’s go! HANDS UP!!
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23 Monday Sep 2013
Posted in Anime OSTs, Dream, Inuyasha, lyrics
from My will single + Dear… album.
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I quietly awaken
No matter the season, I always pray
For these ephemeral emotions to reach you…
I can’t step out to cross the final distance
The way is always closed before my eyes
Wanting to see you but unable to, as these days increase
Strong heartbeats become sorrow
If forever really exists
I want to believe in it, even if we have to take the long road
“Because we are awkward, so we get hurt”
I understand that but I won’t stop, I won’t lose to anyone anymore
Just by thinking of you
The tears overflow even now
No matter the season, I always pray
For these ephemeral emotions to reach you…
I’ve only known how to act tough
But since then, my doubts have vanished
There are surely things I want to show you
Lots of words I want to tell you
I want you to see it all, my smiles and tears
I’ll stop waiting and grab the chance
Just by thinking of you
I feel that my heart can grow strong
No matter the season, I always pray
For these ephemeral emotions to reach you…
Just by thinking of you
The tears overflow even now
You’re far away so my voice won’t reach, but someday
I will surely reach you
I believe La la…
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23 Monday Sep 2013
青い光 (Aoi hikari) – Blue light
from Yume no naka no massugu na michi album.
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A piercing sunny day
Again and again, as if confirming it, you repeat the words “I like you”
Non-stop words, without waiting for my reply
The tips of these hands embracing you
Were numb with cold from the wind blowing through
Even though you can’t express it well
It’s not the first time I’ve looked up at the sky, but
Somehow, it seemed more beautifully ephemeral than usual
That is just like you as you waved
A piercing sunny day
I cannot decide on my heart’s destination
But I somehow wish to smile more tomorrow
Even if it’s for the last time
If I can live strong through these long days
I want to meet you at my side, as you change colours
Even the sorrow noone knows of
Even your slightly embarrassing kindness
Even though you can’t express it well, I can’t do it too
It’s just sad, I like you, I like you
It’s not the first time I’ve looked up at the sky, but
Somehow, it seemed more beautifully ephemeral than usual
That is just like you as you waved
A piercing sunny day
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23 Monday Sep 2013
木星 (Mokusei) – Jupiter
from Aki soba ni iru yo album.
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In order to deliver my feelings to you
With all this untold impatience
I cry lots and laugh lots
In front of you
Our time may just be a speck of dust in the universe
The careless gestures I show sometimes may only be 1 split second
Goodbye, let’s start off again when we reach Jupiter
The fallen leaves bury our feet
They’re beautiful, but I hate how they obstrust us
Looking down, the dripping sweat
Melts the unforgettable, hot memories
Because you are kind, I entrust my hands and feet and bonds to you
Let’s welcome beginnings, endings, mornings and darkness together
So let’s separate, then grow tired, then fall asleep once more
Embracing all that can be delivered with both hands
As I fly down from the sky
Our time may just be a speck of dust in the universe
The careless gestures I show sometimes may only be 1 split second
Goodbye, let’s start off again when we reach Jupiter
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