miwa x YUI


And according to natsu style, miwa sold more than 20k and the week isn't over

Best sales? I think she's getting more popular than ever...! Hearing a possible top five...? (for the first time ever among miwa singles!?)

Day 0 : #4 4,398 (released early coz' of Obon festival)
Day 1 : #3 7,129 (total : 11,527)
Day 2 : #5 4,658 (total : 16,185)
Day 3 : #6 2,363 (total : 18,548)
Day 4 : #3 2,930 (total : 21,478)
Day 5 : #4 2,363 (total : 23,841)
Day 6 : ?
Weekly : ?

so far, miwa's already got #4 until now. Well, just in day 2, she's already OVERSOLD Kataomoi which is her best selling single that sold 15,634 weekly.

Feel not satificated with the sales? Don't worry, miwa's hikari e topped chaku uta + chaku uta full and digital download on many many many charts like rechocoku, dwango and music.jp.

Hikari e is a hit ♥ I've been playing it all day long, I kinda feel sad not getting the cd+dvd while it was still available :( I'll try to grab the regular whenever I can ♥

^It's available on play-asia

http://www.play-asia.com/Hikari_E_CD...n-70-50jl.html

Hikari e is her best selling single so far, position doesn't count though.

Anyway, still happy for this! Congratulations girl!
She really becomes more popular after this single.

^thanks, she sounds nice, but YUI's voice fits the song better IMO

live DVD/bluray miwa concert tour 2012 “guitarium”

footage from 6/23 - Tokyo Dome City Hall

release date : 2012/12/05

limited editon
DVD SRBL-1542 | ¥4286 (¥4500 tax in)
Blu-ray SRXL-32 | ¥5286 (¥5550 tax in)
3-way fold-able special box、deluxe booklet、bonus track

regular edition
DVD SRBL-1543 | ¥4000 (¥4200 tax in)
Blu-ray SRXL-33 | ¥5000 (¥5250 tax in)

Preorder links :
CDJapan DVD regular | bluray regular | DVD limited | bluray limited


SETLIST (credit to http://ameblo.jp/spilove-4690/entry-11287315703.html)
１．いくつになっても
２．Chasing　hearts
３．FRiDAY-MA-MAGiC
４．Take＠chance
５．メリーゴーランド
６．コットンの季節
７．ハツナツ
８．クレアデルネ
９．Jexxxa
１０．またね
１１．don’t　cry　anymore
１２．醒めない夢
１３．hys-
１４．４４１
１５．ふたりのサタディ
１６．chAngE
１７．again×again

～アンコール①～
１８．片想い
１９．始まりは終わりじゃない
２０．春になったら

～アンコール②～
２１．リトルガール

Just want to remind anyone here, miwa MAGiC forum is celebrating their 1st anniversary and to celebrate, miwa MAGiC staff will be awarding one lucky winner a Regular Edition version of any miwa single CD of your choice, if you're interested, GO HERE.

For the DVD release, I can see it coming, but the "bonus track" kinda make me curious.

^ I hope not that limited edition come with encore, and regular edition not having it. Well, since the successful BOOM of hikari e, I think sorny wants to milk potentially new fans with that limited-limited-thingy.

just some very late info I got recently, lol.

And with miwa now available on iTunes, I'm hearing recent reports that even on iTunes today, after three months out, they're #1...I just can't believe the overwhelming popularity of "Hikari e"!

the first picture is so cute!! I really like her with longer hair <3

yay!! new song !!
To be honest, with her recent popularity with Hikari e, i thought she could release something sooner

Oh yeah, I forgot she's doing a new song...I can't wait for it as well! (But I have a feeling that's going to come in 2013, based on the fact that she has to be quite busy with the "39 tour" and COUNTDOWN JAPAN 2012-13...

Funny...I heard this clip on Weibo and this Chinese show's theme song completely copied Hikari e

http://t.cn/zjPCb7k

wow lol that's bad.

New single, ホイッスル～君と過ごした日々～, out 2013.01.16 :)
http://natalie.mu/music/news/80679

details here~

【First Press Limited Edition A】
CD+DVD (「ホイッスル～君と過ごした日々～」Music Viceo Special Version+Making)
SRCL-8218〜8219
with Color Tray
￥1,575(tax included)

【First Press Limited Edition B】
CD+DVD(miwa acoustic live tour 2012“acoguissimo 2” live video recording and more)
SRCL-8220〜8221
with Color Tray
￥1,575(tax included)

【regular edition】
CD only
￥1,223(tax included)　

Cover will be different each versions。
Color Tray between limited A & B will be differ。

★Tracklists to be announced




fark... they started to milk miwafan =="

Whoa...new single - in THREE EDITIONS!? :thud

Now I have to wonder about this...is Sony trying to make more money out of this? :no

^Of course

I don't like the song at all, maybe it could grow on me later

Hahahah, no thanks miwa, I won't buy it for sure, plus you're already popular.
Your making video will be less than 5 minutes, I believe.
"acoguissimo 2" live recording is interesting, but I think only 2-3 songs included, so sad.

The new song is just bland, not catchy, not memorable, boring after few minutes, even more awkward it's a theme song for a Soccer Tournament. Her lowest-selling single song is even better than this song. Sorry, I need to hear the B-side.

To be honest, I haven't even heard the song at all yet.

(And I've heard KeyHoleTV is a bit more restrictive now - unless you "pay" for the "premium module", every few minutes you're going to get disconnected, so this is a setback for listening to miwa no All Night Nippon or tuning in to any other broadcast on KHTV...)

B-Side is confirmed in Tower Records website~


1. ホイッスル～君と過ごした日々～ [4:05]
lyrics+composer miwa
arranger Quatre-M

2. カラ*フル [5:00]
lyrics+composer miwa
arranger NAOKI-T


====================
track 3 and 4 and 5
====================

＜limited edition A＞
3. HiKaRiE (English×guitar version) 00:02:57
4. HiKaRiE (humming×guitar version) 00:02:57

＜limited edition B＞
3. HiKaRiE (English×piano version) 00:03:08
4. HiKaRiE (humming×piano version) 00:03:08

＜regular edition＞
3. HiKARiE (original ～English version～) 00:04:52
4. ヒカリヘ (instrumental ～synth theme version～) 00:02:41

This gets pretty confusing... AKB48-style "different-song-per-version" situation...

Seems like Sony's trying to milk money here... (>_<)

i listened to one of this chicks' songs before

quick, someone recommend me some songs to get into this chick, please and thank you :)

my favourites songs from her are:

441
chAnge
don't cry anymore
Clair de lune
Arienai !
Hikari e
Ikutsu ni Natte Mo
Haru ni Nattara

Hard to give recommendation (since mostly I like them all) so I will just go like this...

Try her debut single called don't cry anymore.
She has one song that sounds like Western-influenced song called Little girl.
If you like pop-rock style with a bit anime-themed, try chAngE.
She also has one pop-rock-party song called FRiDAY-MA-MAGiC.
If you like ska, also try Ikutsu ni Natte mo.

One of her amazing ballad is called Otoshimono.
If you like piano ballad, go for Kataomoi.
Her latest single, that makes her quite popular is also nice, the danceable Hikari e.

Her debut album guitarissimo is nice, mostly one genre.
Her 2nd album guitarium is also nice, this one has variety of genres.

Oh and she covered a lot of songs too, including Ayu's BLUE BIRD, some are Western songs as well and most of them sounds very nice. At least for me.

Anyway, I have a feeling that the B-side for this upcoming single will be better than the A-side.

I've never heard her cover of BLUE BIRD Oô thanks for the tips!

She did.
I think it's one of her most favorite summer song as well.
She got an experience with this song.
In case if you want to listen.



I just realized that the intro sounds like July 1st :laugh

^Don't know this singer but I happened to click into the thread. Her cover of BLUE BIRD is really sweet. Is that on a cd anywhere?

Well sadly, she never release her cover songs in CD, except 2 old songs from Yutaka Ozaki called Boku ga Boku de Aru Tame ni and from THE BLUE HEARTS band called Aozora. Also YUI's Good-bye days and some Beatles songs, if I'm not mistaken.

Maybe she will release it in the future, since she covered a lot of songs already.

^Aww. Well thanks for telling me. :)

cover

limited A
http://i1117.photobucket.com/albums/...ps8e20b8d9.jpg

limited B
http://i1117.photobucket.com/albums/...ps5875ba6e.jpg

regular
http://i1117.photobucket.com/albums/...psd6667111.jpg

For some reason I think I see the same person from your post and your signature, lol.

Nice covers, as usual from her, so far never disappoint.
I'm not buying it though, so sad.

Btw, I cannot decide between Limited B and Regular, I like that red string.

She is so beautiful, oh miwa amazing covers again !!

oh my, those are gorgeous once again ♥

The late afternoon effect... I'm quite speechless - hopefully this could make up some ground from the (currently negative) music that we're hearing...

confirmed tracklists and details

bigger

http://i388.photobucket.com/albums/o...ps99a71676.jpg

http://i388.photobucket.com/albums/o...psd7c01619.jpg

http://i388.photobucket.com/albums/o...psbcde0f54.jpg

.ホイッスル～君と過ごした日々～ PV

http://v.youku.com/v_show/id_XNDkxNjM1NDQ4.html

She looks pretty.

Valentine's Day is just around the corner, so Oricon's own magazine, Only★Star, has released various rankings, all chosen by their fellow female peers.

There are several categories: Women's Top 10 Favourite Female Artists, Women's Top 10 Favourite Female Talents, Women's Top 10 Favourite Actresses, Women's Top 10 Favourite Female Entertainers, Women's Top 10 Favourite Female Idols, Women's Top 10 Favourite Female Models and Women's Top 10 Favourite Female Announcers.

Women's Top 10 Favourite Female Artists

1. aiko
2. YUI
3. Namie Amuro
4. Utada Hikaru
5. Yoshioka Kiyoe (Ikimonogakari)
6. Shina Ringo
7. JUJU
8. YUKI
9. Perfume
10. miwa

Source: aramatheydidnt + Oricon

If you want to see the rest of other categories, just check that source.

I guess we can say that miwa is widely popular now, even I saw such a big name like Utada, Perfume, YUKI, and Shina Ringo, omg.

I wonder if she's also in at Male choice.

I saw many polls, and miwa & YUI are always there, maybe their personalitites and their pretty faces are good for japanese people

She will release a new single on April 24th :)
http://www.miwa-web.com/info/

yay !!! I can't wait

Although playing cautiously, I can't wait for it...good thing to have something new! (Doesn't make sense to make a third album right now when you only have two singles since guitarium last year...)

I hope is something rock-ish and then a new album

cover is out

http://img15.hostingpics.net/pics/84...miraclejkt.jpg

new single release with a big tie-in is going to be released.
and since it going to be LIMITED EDITION, we recommend to book early.

April, 24th release, 11th single 「title TBA」
limited release (CD+DVD)/SRCL-8267/¥1575(tax in)
★DVD (miwa live history, including debut live at Shibuya Eggman and the rare loft in Shimokitazawa)
★sparkling color tray
★「LOWRYS FARM」 tie-up 「カラ＊フル～MY STYLE ver.～」 recording

other details will be announced soon.

updated 27/3/2013 -new details-
tracklists (leaked by someone in 2ch)
1. ミラクル (Miracle)
vocal: miwa
lyrics: miwa
composer: miwa 、 NAOKI-T
arranger: NAOKI-T

2. スマイル (Smile)
vocal: miwa
lyrics: miwa
composer: miwa
arranger: NAOKI-T

3. カラ＊フル～MY STYLE ver.～ (color*ful~MY STYLE ver.~)
vocal: miwa
lyrics: miwa
composer: miwa

4. ミラクル ~Instrumental ver.~ (Miracle ~Instrumental ver.~)
composer: miwa 、NAOKI-T
arranger: NAOKI-T

wonder why it's limited though, maybe an album is coming right around the corner?

Whoa, limited edition only? I'm quite surprised it's limited edition only...but yeah, maybe new album should come soon!

HTMSD, have you ordered it yet?

I can wait to hear the song !!

It's limited probably because the previous single has 3 versions.

Not yet, still waiting for money to come :3



Anyway, the flyer~
http://i50.tinypic.com/2rnin8x.jpg

Anyone who guessed for a new album...?

THAT'S RIGHT!!!

miwa to release new album on 5/22!!! http://bit.ly/10coi9t/

^The URL is dead, anyway it's a really good new !!

http://www.excite.co.jp/News/music/2...660854867.html
≪リリース情報≫
■3rd Album
『タイトル未定』
2013.05.22リリース
※商品詳細・予約開始日などは随時オフィシャルサイトで発表

and a live tour

≪ツアー情報≫
2013年7月13日（土）東京・オリンパスホール八王子
2013年7月21日（日）北海道・ニトリ文化ホール
2013年7月25日（木）東京・中野サンプラザ
2013年8月1日（木）兵庫・神戸国際会館こくさいホール
2013年8月2日（金）香川・サンポートホール高松 大ホール
2013年8月10日（土）宮城・仙台サンプラザホール
2013年8月11日（日）岩手・盛岡市民文化ホール
2013年8月17日（土）大阪・オリックス劇場（旧大阪厚生年金会館）
2013年8月23日（金）石川・金沢市文化ホール
2013年8月24日（土）新潟・新潟県民会館
2013年8月27日（火）神奈川・神奈川県民ホール
2013年8月31日（土）愛知・名古屋国際会議場センチュリーホール
2013年9月7日（土）広島・上野学園ホール
2013年9月8日（日）福岡・福岡サンパレスホール
2013年9月12日（木）大阪・オリックス劇場（旧大阪厚生年金会館）
2013年9月15日（日）東京・東京国際フォーラム ホールA


I'll try to get tickets for one of the shows, could be fun <3

I wonder what's the guitar-esque theme miwa will have for this album...

^Mmmm guitarazzo ??

^ I liked your idea xD




Based on this info, I can assume that MIRACLE or SMILE will not going to be in the tracklist, so grab your limited single while it still available. Also, no info available in sonymusic website that poster will be available until now, please wait future announcement



Oh, and another info, DIGEST is not full live, it just a collage of some songs from the live and pushed to maximum 20 minutes =="

In case anyone wanted the full setlist, I made it available ;p


2012/12/22 miwa -39 live tour- "miwanissimo 2012" Zepp Tokyo
01. Hikari E
02. Chasing hearts
03. Take@chance
04. LITTLE GIRL
05. don't cry anymore
----
06. Napa
07. Mata ne
----
08. megorugawa (弾き語り)
09. OTOSHIMONO
----
10. Hajimari wa Owari Jyanai
11. Clair de Lune
12. Arienai!!
13. Anata ga inai to sekai wa konnani tsumaranai
14. futari no SATURDAY
----
15. 441
16. Ikutsu ni Natte mo
17. again×again
----
アンコール
18. MERRY GO ROUND
19. chAngE
20. Haru ni natta ra
21. Kataomoi
source: http://msmw.blog.fc2.com/blog-entry-41.html


2013/3/30 miwa private live Shimokitazawa Loft
01. Wake Up, Break Out!
02. OTOSHIMONO
03. don't cry any more
04. 441
05. HIKARI E
06. Megurogawa
07. True Colors (cover song)
source: http://awabi.2ch.net/test/read.cgi/m...1364397350/333

What about Budokan on 3/29???

^ I think it will be available on individual DVD/bluray (along with 3rd album tour)...

and yeph, another money raep.



ah anyway, miwa new song "Delight"

I quite like it but not as much as Hikari e though.

I quite like Delight

Also, I'm in Japan right now and I heard Hikari He on the radio the other day <3

Smile PV
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xz6...wa-yyyy_webcam

I like it :)

^ that's "Smile" :) Miracle's b-side I believe

Miracle is actually much better than that, wonder why there's no PV though..
preview here -> http://www.sonymusic.co.jp/?70005933...RCL-8267_01SFL

^You're right, the title is in the end of the video, i'm so stupid, XD. Anyway, i like Smile, it's so relaxing, and the pv is really cute!

Thanks, i like the little preview of Miracle, it sounds really nice !! I hope we can watch a PV for this song

Radio Rip is out a week ago actually.

^thanks, i really like it :)

The full single is now available !!!
One of my favourites !

Miracle PV
http://jpopsuki.tv/video/miwa---Mira...6108e4dee511b7

miwa will perform Miracle next week on MUSIC STATION SP

2013年5月3日（金・祝）20:00～21:48

・Kuriyama Chiaki「Toyosu☆Luciferin」
・Sandaime J Soul Brothers「SPARK」
・Spitz「Sarasara」
・Domoto Tsuyoshi「I LOVE YOU」. Originally sung by Ozaki Yutaka
・miwa「Miracle」
・Yuzu「Irotoridoリ」

thanks Karen !


And i like the PV.

I heard miwa's third album is going to be called "Delight", it seems.
Breaking away from "guitarissimo" and "guitarium"...any opinions?

It's Delight!!! and yeah, so that means less guitar more pop dance tune like Hikari e or Delight itself, maybe?

yeph, it's confirmed that her 3rd album title is "Delight"
Still disappoint to know that it doesn't have "guitarxxxxx" theme like 2 previous albums...


Source : http://z2-ec2.images-amazon.com/imag...369788938_.jpg

^ :yes i was expecting something with the word guitarxxxxx. Maybe she doesn't like any word.

I can't wait for the album

http://i41.tinypic.com/2m3fr49.jpg

I hope I'm not the only one think that this cover really looked like ayu's during her fairyland era....

omg so pretty <3 I'll order this tomorrow

She is gorgeous !!!
<3

Yeah, same thoughts here...

miwa 3rd Album 『Delight』
2013.05.22 release

CD+DVD
http://img15.hostingpics.net/pics/38...0430142213.jpg
CD
http://img15.hostingpics.net/pics/99...0430142306.jpg

01 Delight（フジテレビ系ドラマ「 リッチマン、プアウーマン in ニューヨーク」挿入歌）
02 ヒカリへ（フジテレビ系ドラマ「 リッチマン、プアウーマン」主題歌）
03 321
04 サヨナラ
05 Sparrow
06 ホイッスル～君と過ごした日々～（第91回全国高校サッカー選手権大会 応援歌）
07 ミラクル（資生堂 SEA BREEZE CMソング）
08 My Best Friend
09 LOUD!～憂鬱をぶっとばせ～
10 Napa（フジテレビ系ドラマ「リッチマン、プアウーマン」挿入歌）
11 ぬくもり

DVD
Zepp Tokyo 2012.12.22 concert digest
Shimokitazawa Loft live performence digest
flyer enclosed tour ticket lottery Pre serial number
Smile MV

Extra: deluxe booklet, sleeve, flyer for tour ticket lottery Pre serial number

Gorgeous covers :heart

I love them !!!
11 songs, i was expecting more, but i hope they are good

Gorgeous covers! :heart

2. Hikari he
4. Sayonara ("goodbye")
6. Whistle
7. Miracle
11. Nukumori ("warmth")

Whoa... The covers...

...but only 11 songs? Whoa... Really, that much for an album? Previous albums were 14...

I decided to try miwa's recent singles out after rediscovering that I really liked some of the tracks from guitarissimo and woah; Hikari e (every damn version) and Delight (the song), SOOO GOOD, Miracle and Whistle, really nice - I've been systematically blown over by her stuff. I really like the new direction she's taken with her music, can't wait to hear the rest of Delight!

Delight was released as digital single, and i like it !!!

Delight PV
http://jpopsuki.tv/video/miwa---Deli...bc73a5fcec0199

At first I was like, "WOAH THE PV!"

But the whole PV is actually nothing but visual effects, not my favorite, but still good.
Hikari e is much better.

And also you can check the whole songs preview here:
http://www.sonymusic.co.jp/?70005933...RCL-8267_01SFL

Seriously the previews are all amazing, especially Sparrow, My Best Friend, and LOUD.

I like the PV, especially, because i wasn't expecting one for the song.
And this is going to be a good album with ballads, rock-songs, pop, and a really interesting country song (I consider My best friend as a country song, but maybe i'm wrong, XD)

And, you can watch the video here
http://www.jpopasia.com/celebrity/mi...ht::34588.html
because Jpopsuki isn't working now (at least for me)

I got bored, so here's a summary of miwa's latest interview with Uta-Net about her new album Delight :yes

Uta-Net Interview (May 2013):
- She tried out new things with this album: a bigger range of music styles.
- She graduated university in April. Her friends have all gotten jobs which means they can only meet up in the weekends nowadays. She feels everyone is giving their own separate ways.
- She debuted while in university so it felt strange and scary to suddenly only be focusing on music at first. But she is as determined as ever to continue down “the path of music”.
- Why the title ‘Delight’? => She made this album hoping people will feel joy/delight when listening to it.
- She works a lot with Naoki-T on this album. He already arranged songs for miwa before her debut. They’re well in sync. Before she met him she could only sing while playing the guitar, but he helped her learn arranging, mixing etc.
- She usually first creates a song and then writes lyrics to it.
- Miracle is her first song with ‘summer’ as its theme. She thinks it’ll be a good summer festival song.
- She loves the summer, because there are festivals, firework shows and lots of events etc. It’s the season when people open their hearts the most; it’s the season when miracles are most likely to happen. Miracle’s lyrics also reflect this summer theme.
- She wrote Hikari He for the drama series Rich Man Poor Man. She wrote it after reading the script.
- Whistle is a high school soccer promo song. Miwa was part of the track and field club in high school, but she also loves soccer. She wrote the song after watching a Yamagata Prefecture soccer contest.
- Delight (the song) was the first new song she wrote for the new album.
- The new album has many different styles. Miwa likes to try out new things.
- My Best Friend is a song she wrote to her best friend when she was 18. Back during her high school days she performed in secret with friends and didn’t reveal this until after graduation. My Best Friend was already released once on cd back then. In April this year, her friend gave her a letter saying “It still remember that gave me the cd My Best Friend”. This made miwa remember the song. She has included the original song (i.e. the original vocals etc.) on the new album.
- Nukumori is a song written for her mother. But because she uses ‘anata’ (means ‘you’. Usually used towards dear friends, lovers etc), listeners might perceive the song in different ways.
- She has graduated and is now starting a new chapter in her life. She think many people who are also starting new chapters in their lives (graduation, new job etc) can sympathize with the songs on this album. Trying out new things can be difficult and scary but she hopes this album can offer support to everyone.

@tenshi
THANKS SO MUCH!! She's graduating from college so fast O__Oa
can I post it to miwa-magic?
I'll give credit to you.

^ You're welcome :D
Sure, go ahead.

Let's go miwa!!!

01 70.50 miwa - Delight
02 32.50 the HIATUS - The Afterglow Tour 2012
03 26.50 CRAZY KEN BAND - FLYING SAUCER
04 23.80 GARNET CROW - THE ONE ~ALL SINGLES BEST~
05 23.00 Hanaregumi - Dareso Kareso
06 22.10 DAFT PUNK - Random Access Memories
07 19.00 Hasono Haruomi - Heavenly Music
08 18.60 S/mileage - ②Smile Sensation
09 18.10 Hasono Haruomi - Hasono Haruomi Archives Vol. 1
10 17.30 Deep Purple - Now What?!

Pretty much a good chance for her to get #1 here.

Good Ninki, i'm expenting nice sales for this album

The album is out now, what do you think ?

I can't get it on JPS (along with AKB48, Leo Ieiri, Perfume and SCANDAL singles) all because of DDOS - I'm still waiting for files to come there, but this DDOS is preventing anybody (not just me) from accessing JPS!!!

:mad

You can find the album here


And Leo Ieiri's single is there too.