Nami Tamaki: Thread 4.0 - New album "Singularity" (13/3/2024)
 

From the last thread:

I'm still going to follow Nami's music career, I'm just not really into seeing her naked. I'm not a very sexual being (so to say) so it's not my kind of thing. :shrug

i feel the same way! :yes i've gotten used to her UNIVERSAL music by now, so i'm still going to follow her even though i do think her sony days might be a bit better, lol. if i can do that, then i can also continue following nami even if she just went for a more "sexual" look for a period of time. just because this look may not be some people's preference, doesn't really mean we hate nami and will never listen to her ever again. :P

^^ Ditto.

kinda straying away from those pictures....here's a new pic of nami from her twitter:
http://i53.tinypic.com/1z4h7ht.jpg
that's the nami i love to see! :P :heart

Ooooh Okay :D I understand now haha :)


^^^ AND YES :) She looks pretty there. I think that she's filming her PV at the time... I'm not sure. She was talking about it last night on twitter a lot ... Hmm.

Ooo, I really like that color hair on her! And nice sunglasses XD

Me too, it's pretty!

^ How I wish I had flawless skin like that >.>

I KNOW RIGHT? She's got like... Mily-cream skin... So perfect >.<

FULL SONG: http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xg8...sic#from=embed

I seriously think this single is going to be a MASSIVE hit. =D It's just... so... PERFECT!

maybe it's because i dislike k-pop, but i don't love this song. nami's practically rapping throughout the whole song. only the chorus has her singing. not trying to be mean, but i just really don't like kpop, lol. sorry nami.

I like K-Pop, but I dislike rap so... I really only like the singing parts of the song.

this was a great song in K-POP..and i really love her rap :)

The song isn't that bad actually, which is surprising. Her voice in the chorus is so beautiful. The rapping wasn't that bad either. Not bad Nami, not bad.

I love the whole thing. It's like the perfect song for her. The PV is going to be amazing. Full of dancing. Haha. Can't wait =D

The song is alright, I just wish there was less rapping and more beautiful singing, like the chorus :heart

NEW INFORMATION:

The album, "READY", will feature a DVD containing the PV's and Making Of. (Not sure how many). It will also come with a photo-booklet, (probably like the one that came with Speciality LTD).

The album will feature a song with the KPOP Group "Girl's Day". It is unknown if this will be another cover or an original song.

Nami has decided to put more input into the album and it is going to have a heavier dance-feel to it, and will be inspired by KPOP bands such as T-ara and 2NE1 due to Nami being a fan of them.

So far, the songs confirmed to feature on the album are:

Missing You-Time To Love- Feat. (SUPERNOVA).
MY STYLE
(TBA) Feat. Girl's Day.

I'm excited! =D What do you guys think? :)

lol she must really be into the K-Pop phase in Japan at the moment.

Sounds great Nami! :)

at least the PV's nice. :P i love nami's look! it's kinda pointless to feature those rappers in the song, when they don't even appear in the PV, though.

NINKI:

I actually think the whole thing is bad.

She's wearing cheap clothes.
The camera used is obviously a cheap camera.
The area isn't eye-catching.
The tank looks stupid and pointless.
The dancers aren't even wearing any outfits. They're wearing potato sacks.
The dancing is stupid and doesn't go with the song.
The makeup is really pathetic and she looks too pale.
There isn't enough diversity (there's two different shots of her. Yay).
Choshinsei aren't even in the music video. Why? Were they too busy being PROMOTED!
It looks awkward when you can't see the guys rapping and Nami is just dancing alone looking like an idiot.
It starts off in a really awkward way.
The rose-flower-thing next to the tank looks like it was made of paper.
The rose is pointless.
There's no reason for anything represented.
The editing is atrocious. They cut it out for random shots of things we don't need to look at.


All in all, a terrible music video and quite possibly her worst yet.

I can't see this single getting in the top #100 or #200.

She might get #150 if she's lucky. If she's REALLY lucky.

I don't like it. This is the first time I've ever said this. I'm disappointed. It's so easy to get this song to become popular. But yeah.

This is just a hideous music video. In more than one aspect I'm sure :/

I don't like the style she's using in it =/ Still love the song though.

missing you~TTL~ (photo version) PV preview:

^ ^ Why didn't they film the PV when taking those photos? So that it didn't look ugly! The song only needs a little dancing. I don't see the point on the "Photo Version". Nobody is going to flipping see it.

I like the song it's really good - I'm not too sure about the PV and Nami's look :(

Prettty ~

full PV:

Love the song :heart

She released Ready. It flopped.

Really? What position?

I haven't followed Nami since graduation singles... haha yes I'm bad... but I discovered Ayu.... then I stopped following her!
What do you think are her best releases since Graduation Singles?
:)

1st week:

Position: #63
Sales: 1,918

She's also having an Asia tour for the album.

Well thats.... not toooooo bad >.< poor Nami chan...

And my favorite release by her recently its omoide ni naru no? Its such a good ballad upbeat song! I really loved it :3

For me, her best single since Graduation is Moshimo Negai ga... (but I'm a sucker for R&B piano driven ballads).

I feel sorry for Nami. She used to be really popular, and then she changed labels and started sucking. Hard. I mean, the original version of TTL (By T-ara and Supernova) is much better than Nami's. I'm sorry but, my love for her is over.

^ I've never heard the original by T-ara, but I think the chorus in Nami's version is absolutely beautiful.

But yes, ever since she switched labels, things have only been bad for her chart wise. I actually feel bad for her. But hey, it's life. What can you do? Some stars stay, and some stars fade.

I tought Girlie Night was a really nice song..
but yea, sad for her. She was really big during all the Gundam stuff

Poor nami x.x but yea she seems to have lost her magic

You have to keep in mind that both the album and single had literally no promotion besides "NEO Gekkan".

Missing You wasn't a tie-in for anything at all. So therefore only Nami fans would know about it. It's music video didn't air until 2 weeks after the single was released. The albums promotional song "Girlie Night" managed to rank at #4 on Yahoo's Music Download Japan (similar to Chaku-Uta) the only reason it didn't rank well on recochoku is because it wasn't available for download from there until the album was finally released.

The album sold out twice on CDJapan (which isn't counted on Oricon sales) as well as being the #2 most ordered limited album from outside asia on HMV Japan.

Although Oricon reports 1,000 or so sales. These sales are strictly from only a few areas which Nami doesn't sell well in. The actual sales would probably be around 5,000-10,000 due to the amount of websites (even Amazon & Tower Records Online) reporting copies selling out.

The DVD managed to reach as high as #18 on the DVD charts with it's debut and sold well over 3,000 copies. Great considering STEP DVD sold 600 or so copies. Not only that but the DVD was the #2 most pre-ordered DVD on HMV Japan.

The booklet (it's sales aren't counted on Oricon) have been reported to sell over 120,000 copies. The Limited Edition is currently out of stock (permanently) on CDJapan. The HMV store only has a few copies left. And both sites go down to "2 copies left" within weeks of re-stocking. So I'd estimate the DVD & Booklet together would have sold a little over 200,000 copies.

The music video (photo version) of Missing You received over 9 million views on recochoku within 2 days of it's release. This was reported by the recochoku website itself.

So I think it's unfair to say that her album 'flopped'. Even on HMV store. It is listed as her 3rd best selling item.

The reason she is having an Asia Tour is because of the amount of money she has made from her NEO Gekkan DVD&Booklet. The Asia Tour will most likely be released on DVD once Nami returns with more power. She will now, definitely, recieve serious promotion from UNIVERSAL-J.

Nami and Universal J are aware of how popular she used to be. They both know that she has what it takes to become HUGE. They aren't going to waste her talents.

: )

I have just bought Nami Tamaki - Graduation ～Singles～ CD+DVD and I'm a new fan

has her music really changed so much after she has changed her label ?

her music became more R&B type stuff (compared to electro/techno-ish songs on "Don't Stay"). but just recently she's been having a kpop phase or something, i guess, lol. i haven't been following her since like...january. but she had a new album this year, called "READY", but i think it's more on the kpop style side as well. since that album's release, i have no idea what she's up to. but i follow her on twitter anyway, lol. :P

overall, her music has really changed compared to when she was on Sony. it's really sad because i lose so much interest in her lately. :(

where could I get this concert ?

"My Graduation" Live DVD

Tracklist
Opening.My Graduation
M1. High School Queen
M2. Realize
M3. Sunrize
~MC~
M4. Promised Land
M5. Shining Star ☆忘れないから☆
M6. Medley(Be Positive -光の中で輝いて-~DreamerS~IDentity)
M7. Heroine
M8. You
< Dance Number >
M9. Get Wild
M10. Reason
M11. Medley(Fortune~MY WAY~Fortune)
M12. 大胆にいきましょう↑Heart&Soul↑
M13. Sanctuary
M14. Result
EN1. Medley(Prayer -Programless Beat Mix- ~ i CAN FLY)
~MC~
EN2. CROSS SEASON
EN3. Believe
~MC~
EN4. 19 GROWING UP-ode to my buddy-

I think everyone lost interest in her, judging by her sales numbers lol. Because she fell way down the charts ever since she switched.

I think she got a boob job since Ive seen her last. GOD what happen to Daitain ni ikimashou????

I think that Nami should do more tie-ins with animes like she used too her music was so great back then - I miss those days :)

All artists' sales go down eventually. Lol.

She's transferred from UNIVERSAL MUSIC to Imperial Records Japan!

Never heard of this label so I don't know if this is good news or not.

Someone tell me if I should be excited? All I know is it was confirmed after her collaboration song was announced with PaniCrew 'Right on time feat. Nami Tamaki'.

She's also confirmed it on her twitter : )

Yes, they do. But Nami's dived REALLY hard.

imperial records has kanjani8 (JE group). that's the only reason why i've heard of this label. i dunno much else about it, though. but maybe nami will have better luck with this label? :P i've totally forgotten about her, though, lol. but we'll see! :P

Hopefully she'll do well :(

she's moved labels again? hopefully her music style will change like before

Recently, Nami had a small concert in China. The songs she performed were:


1. GIVE ME UP
2. Missing You -Time To Love-
3. Girlie Night
MC
4. Speedway
5. Sanctuary
6. Get Wild
7. My Style
8. Reason
9. Realize
10. Believe
11. Good-bye
MC
Encore- Believe
MC

You can also see some of the performances in these videos:

GIVE ME UP - http://v.youku.com/v_show/id_XMzA2NzExODE2.html
Missing You - http://v.youku.com/v_show/id_XMzA2NjgxMzgw.html
Girlie Night - http://v.youku.com/v_show/id_XMzA2Njk5Nzgw.html
Speedway - http://v.youku.com/v_show/id_XMzA2NjgwNDAw.html
Sanctuary - http://v.youku.com/v_show/id_XMzA2Njk5MzUy.html
Reason - http://v.youku.com/v_show/id_XMzA2Njg4MjI4.html
Realize - http://v.youku.com/v_show/id_XMzA2NjkyNDQw.html
Believe - http://v.youku.com/v_show/id_XMzA2Njk1MjIw.html

Get Wild IN HQ!!!
http://www.tudou.com/programs/view/RJO4a_e5yi4/

its kind of sad she had surch poor promo . i hope her new label wil promote her better .
she have a lot of fans overseas ,she should start expending outside asia .

for those who are interrested here is her fanpage (unofficial) http://www.facebook.com/pages/Nami-T...10333489013998

This is cool seeing how she's not totally flopping, but im pretty sure CDJapan counts for Oricon

^ It doesn't : ) You can see a list of sites that Oricon counts. I'm pretty sure HMV and Tower Records online and Amazon are the only online stores :D

I think we need a new thread for this... but Nami's 21st single has been announced. It comes in a CD & DVD Edition and will be released on the 25th of January, 2012.

Title: LADY MIND

Track-list:
01. LADY MIND
02. UNKNOWN
03. LADY MIND -Instrumental-
04. UNKNOWN

DVD:
01. LADY MIND PV (Other content TBA)

Info: http://www.tsutaya.co.jp/works/20298683.html

The single is also amazingly priced! It's 1,200 for the Regular Edition and 1,500 for the CD+DVD Limited Edition. This is also Nami's first CD/DVD single release since Moshimo Negai Ga 2 years ago!

Nami has said the song will follow in her new sound - "KPOP-styled-Ero-Kawaii"-. She recently released an album this year titled 'READY' which also used this style. However, with a new label and definitely better promotion, Nami might just climb back up the charts. I don't know what to expect from this single, but I'm sure it will do perfectly fine.

Nami also stated on twitter that she has finished filming the PV for the single. The shoot for the PV lasted from 7AM until 12AM the next day! It's said to be loaded with dance-choreography by SHUN. For those who don't know, Shun choreographed her dances for 'Get Wild', 'Result', 'Brightdown', 'My Way,' & everyones favourite... REASON! He also choreographed her "MY GRADUATION" concert.

I hope Teichiku Records doesn't screw her over!

i really like the title! looking forward to seeing the covers. :D

it's also nice to see nami back with music, and i hope the PV will be amazing. :P i love all the dances that SHUN has choreographed for nami.

Not sure about the "KPOP-styled ero-kawaii" thing, but I'm happy she's releasing a new single! Go, Nami!

http://www.sanspo.com/geino/news/111...0512018-n1.htm

http://i1218.photobucket.com/albums/...sandra/rc1.jpg

http://i1218.photobucket.com/albums/...P1010290-1.jpg

http://i1218.photobucket.com/albums/...ndra/mnp-1.jpg

LADY MIND is a danceable, innovative pop number, produced by Shinichi Osawa.

^ http://www.rcd.co.jp/music/news/2011/11/20/001_01.html

covers, PV preview will be shown tonight during her LIVE.

^ http://ameblo.jp/tamakinami-blog/

nice photoshoot! hope "LADY MIND" is an awesome song. :D

NEW WEBSITE PROMOTION

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COVERS: TOP [LIMITED DVD EDITION] BOTTOM [REGULAR CD EDITION]
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SONG CREDITS:

作詞：Hayato Kimura／作曲・編曲・プロデュース：Shinichi Osawa

Some of you Ayumi, BoA, Kumi, Namie, etc. fans might appreciate Shinichi's input into her new single. Shinichi Osawa is a very famous Japanese Producer who works with and is signed by Avex Trax. The reason Nami was able to use him on her new single is because she's close friends with Ami Suzuki, another Avex singer. Shinichi has produced songs for Namie Amuro and even provided a few remixes for some of Ayumi Hamasaki's songs like 'Startin'. The PV is also being directed by someone who has worked with Namie Amuro and Koda Kumi, but his name is yet to be revealed.

IMPERIAL RECORDS has said that they hope to boost Nami to the top with this release and are putting a lot of effort into it. It's said that the song will use a sharp PV loaded with Gundam-song-styled dancing.

Her website for her new label:

http://www.teichiku.co.jp/artist/tamaki-nami/

the normal version's cover is awesome haha.

i'm excited :D

she looks so different!

the RE is absolutely amazing. :heart love it! but both covers are fierce, and i'm definately looking forward to this release now! :D

^ i just wished that they used a real leopard. hehehe. can't wait for this dance/club track!

Hope she makes it bigger this time!!! Cant wait for the new track :)

I really do hope this helps, because it looks great!

Wow, I love her new look. It's badass!

seems promising enough, hope she can return to the top :)

I love her new look! Can't wait for the song and PV!

I really hope she manages to jump back into the spotlight again. She has amazing dancing skills and I adore her vocal abilities. Time will tell...

NEW PV!

I love the PV. Much better debut than GMU. This really is a completely different artist. I'm not sure what I think about the song... was expecting something with a bit more mmph to it. It'll grow on me.

i really like it!

though it is totally different than what I was expecting! haha
it has a bit of an indies feeling to it, but maybe that's just me. haha

it sounds pretty original and the video is appealing!

it reminds me of the covers of Maki Goto's Gloriosa album.
Lady Gaga's Bad Romance video.
and... Ayumi Hamasaki's "Sexy Little Things" & "Crossroads" video. I love it :)

the song is..not what i expected lOL..still...mixed about it. i expected something stronger in terms of melody and essence. :X from that image.
the MV is quite creative though..haha
i love the scenes with her hair flushed back and its just white-ish

wow...I actually like the song and the video. :yes Nami definitely has come a long way since her debut. She's like a completely different artist now. :P

omg, i love the song & the PV. :heart i'm very happily surprised, because i didn't know what to expect from nami this time, and the song is just amazing. and the PV, too. awesome dancing. :D nami's different looks in the PV are so cool, too.

Reminds me of Maki Goto's Avex music, and also Ravex. I like it! :D

she's changed so much! X) hehe she's really good I hope this brings her success :)

totally different...from pop rock to electro techno - i feel a lot ami suzuki vibe...i can totally imagine ami sing this song...i feel the song is so flat...

How does she go from straight-up R&B to this so fast? Damn.

Sadly, I thought I was going to like the song...but it's so flat and boring :/ But those strings (or synthesizer strings) are UNF!!

Yeah... there's this annoying note that plays for the entire song. There's no chord progression > . < I can't see this charting well... but I still prefer it to Give Me Up & Friends

Covers look a lot like Lady GaGa

Nami will be performing on some christmas special. I think it will be broadcasted on TV... I'm not sure.

Here's hoping we get some live promotion of LADY MIND.

^I hope so too!

I really like both the song and video for LADY MIND. I love the choreography and I love the styling (My favorite looks are the one w/ the white background where she has her hair pulled back and the more boyish look, where her hair is shorter and messy)!

Amazing song! So fresh and fun...I absolutely love it. And she looks great with her hair up and in that sweater. So glad to see something so amazing from her!

The new song is so boring. It doesn't go ANYWHERE. and that background noise is annoying. I miss her old stuff! It was very energetic and fun!

I've been listening to 'LADY MIND' a lot lately and I actually really love it. The song definitely sounds better in higher quality. The PV quality of it on youtube really doesn't do it any justice. There's so many different layers of beats and synths to the song that are just brilliantly put together.

If she gets a few performances on CDTV, Happy Music, Heyx3 or Music Station, this could really be a hit. Imperial Records better not screw her over T_T

ALSO, Nami recently performed on a Christmas Party Live TV show for Music Japan (I think). She performed:

1. New Song
2. Reason
3. Lady Mind
4. Believe
~MC~
5. (Ballad that I forgot the name of)

Already a new song! =D I hope it gets an April release to coincide with her special 9th Anniversary Concert.

Higher Quality version of the PV. It looks and sounds better in Higher Quality=D

Edit: Never mind, it got blocked haha.

ENGLISH VERSION

Love Lady Mind the song and the PV, both are so great! :heart
Going to buy this single for sure!

Nami Tamaki's special live performance will be aired on Friday at 5PM (Japan Time).

The perfomance will be aired on Music Japan TV (GREAT PROMOTION) and she will be performing the following songs:

・Missing You(*)
・Reason(*)
・LADY MIND(*)
・Believe(*)
・Good-bye(*)
・LADY MIND

Not sure why she's performing LADY MIND twice... Who knows XD
The performance will also get aired again on the 20th and 27th of January :)
This is more TV promotion than Nami EVER got from Universal-J.

Source: http://www.mjtv.jp/lineup/tamakinami/index.html

OTHER NEWS:

Nami will also be featured in the following magazines, promoting the new single:
2012-01-15
「月刊songs」
2012-01-19
「Barfout」
2012-01-20
「TSUTAYA V.A」
2012-01-25
「月刊ウララ（福井）」
2012-02-10
「MARQUEE」

OTHER TV APPEARANCES FOR LADY MIND

2012-01-13
テレビ高知「music Moove」コメントO.A.
2012-01-23
岩手めんこいテレビ「BEATNIKS」コメントO.A.（予定）
2012-01-26
愛媛朝日テレビ「Love Chu！Chu！」コメントO.A.
2012-01-27
NHK「あほやねん！すきやねん！」17:10～17:57

Sadly, none of the other TV appearances are performances, but it's still good promotion. She will also be performing at various Tower Record stores in order to do a signing and photograph with her fans!

WOO!

Believe...!!! LOVE!LOVE!LOVE! that song

Isn't it just amazing? Haha.