The Official aiko Thread (New album: kanojo - 8/23)
 

aiko will be releasing her new album on August 23. I really can't wait for it, she has a lot of talent!

First Press
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v3...a23/aiko-1.jpg

Normal Edition
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v3...ya23/aiko4.jpg

New Album
「彼女」
aiko
2006.08.23 OUT
PCCA-2315
\3,059(tax in)

Tracklist:
01 「シャッター」
02 「気付かれないように」
03 「キラキラ」
04 「キスする前に」
05 「深海冷蔵庫」
06 「17の月」
07 「その目に映して」
08 「ひとりよがり」
09 「あられ」
10 「スター」
11 「恋ひ明かす」
12 「雲は白リンゴは赤」
13 「ある日のひまわり」
14 「瞳」
全曲作詞作曲：AIKO
(All Lyrics and Music by AIKO)

discussions? :luv2

I love both covers, I can't decide which one I want!

YAY! Awesomeness! :luv2 The covers are just so adorable!

It's about time she have her own official thread too!

She seems to like facial-zoom-ins.. XD

She's very good at what she does. She reminds me of Mackenzie Phillips or what's her name XD

Except you know, not as old looking. XD

http://img170.imageshack.us/img170/6...ckenziesc0.jpg

Yeah..she has been doing that a lot recently. I liked last year's album covers a lot. I would pay a TON to have the limited edition for Yume No Naka no Massuguna Michi. She looked uber cute there.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v3.../micp_0058.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v3...23/aiko3-1.jpg

I like the first press better, but I think that's because of the earings :D. I've only heard a few songs, but I liked them all. Any suggestions?

I've heard Kirakira and STAR.. and I like kirakira more XD :]

It's very upbeat and she gets all jazzed up on the piano LOL~

^^ Those 2 songs are my favorites! :D

That reminds me I still haven't bought "Yume~" yet. Damn. Only the regular edition is left on YesAsia. :( My friend (Akatsuki on AHS) has the limited edition of it. *steals*

Reviving this thread!

The album is coming out next week! Who is excited? :D I think the album will do great!

NICE COVERS!!!! :luv2

Check out the NINKI chart predictions:

149.80 - ａｉｋｏ - 彼女
27.30 - 川嶋あい - ピアノソングス～路上集２号～
22.50 - 矢野顕子 - いままでのやのあきこ
19.90 - カントリー娘。 - カントリー娘。大全集②
18.90 - パリス・ヒルトン - パリス・ヒルトン

AWESOMENESS! :P

Her high NINKI numbers are not really surprising. aiko's albums always have high sales (all 400 000+, the only exception is "chiisana...") and most of the time get to #1 :) Let's hope "kanojo" will sell better than "yume..."! :D

aiko did 250k first week yay.

After a few listens, I realise that I can't listen to aiko's albums all the way through anymore, I get bored out of my wits before I reach the end.

She still puts out good songs, and she usually has good choices of singles, and the opening songs of her albums are almost always winners, but her album-only material in general just doesn't cut it for me anymore. She has released an amazingly consistent level of good songs since her debut though, which is definitely respectable.

aiko is one of my favo j-singers ^ _ ^
Boy friend was the first song I heard from her. : ) and I still love it : )

250,059 copies! Woohoo!

I'm downloading her album on Jpopsuki. Hopefully it's a good one. :3

Btw, what's her genre?

a lot of happy, piano/drums/trumpet led pop music.

^^ Yup, yup! And kind of jazzy too!

zomg I love the album xD

彼女 (First Press;P) and 桜の木の下 are on the way via YesAsia -- should arrive this week; i can't wait!! this completes her album discography (for now); i just love her music.:)

UH WHAT THE HELL. aiko needs more luvin'. There was no action during Shiawase?! O_O

Anyway.

NEW SINGLE, Hoshi no Nai Sekai / Yokogao (星のない世界／横顔)!

http://img356.imageshack.us/img356/6...0707301tx3.jpg http://img356.imageshack.us/img356/2...0707302jp9.jpg
First press & regular edition.

1. Hoshi no Nai Sekai | WATCH
2. Yokogao | WATCH
3. Ren'ai
4. Hoshi no Nai Sekai (Instrumental)
5. Yokogao (Instrumental)

Full PVs and PV rips.

CDJapan, HMV, YesAsia.

Hoshi no Nai Sekai / Yokogao got a NINKI rating of 91.40 and is second for the week of 08/22. I hope this single is as successful as Shiawase or even more. They're both top notch songs. And Hoshi no Nai Sekai's PV is the most complicated PV I've seen since BONNIE PINK's Water Me. :| [that is saying a lot. :P] It's really... touching and moving as well.

I hope her new single will sell better than Shiawase. GO FOR THE 100K+!!!! My fav out of the 2 a-sides is Yokogao. :)

I like Hoshi no Nai Sekai a bit more than Yokogao. Hoshi no Nai Sekai just screams out "MEANINGFUL. TOUCHING. SAYING SOMETHING." while Yokogao is a little Shiawase ~part II~. :P Though both songs are, like, in my top 12 of 2007. :|

This is technically a double post, but I have important news. Hoshi no Nai Sekai / Yokogao is #1 in today's Oricon daily chart! ^______^ The indicator is 16,388 x 1,75 = ~28679.
A nice first-day amount.
I'm really surprised that aiko managed to hold off Kuwata Keisuke. :O But who knows what will happen in the coming days.

#1!!
Yay I knew it!!
Good aiko san!!
thx for the info criminal!

Sadly, aiko is #2 today. Darn Kuwata Keisuke and his immense popularity! D:

xx->01->02 - aiko - 16388 + 11763 (x1.7) = 47,857
xx->02->01 - Kuwata Keisuke - 13386 + 12175 (x1.7) = 43,434

(by Martzb@JPM)

I'm thinking Kuwata is more of a steady seller than aiko during the first week. UGH. I don't know what's going to happen but AIKO NEEDS TO BE #1 BECAUSE SHE... dare I say it... DESERVES it.

That's the spirit! You'll have plenty of time to enjoy Kuwata in 40 years when you'll reach the demographic of his core audience. :yes

I just discovered her by downloading yokogao, and I love it so much! <3 Hoshi no nai sekai is awesome as well /o/
Can you guys reccomend me her best songs? I wanna get to know her work a little more ^^'

I'm sure you will like the A-side of her previous single, Shiawase, if you liked Yokogao. :) And that's actually everything I've heard from aiko. XD Um, I've heard that people like Star and Kirakira among others, though.

Sorry for double posting yet again, but this is important information! aiko's new single Hoshi no Nai Sekai / Yokogao reached the #2 spot in the Oricon weekly charts with sales of 76,405! In comparison, aiko's previous single, Shiawase, also debuted at the #2 spot, but with sales of about 70,000. Anyway, congratulations for yet another successful release! :D

Hm, that's good news! (Although I'm a bit late lol)
I downloaded her 'kanojo' album and it's really great. The song 'Kumo wa Shiro Ringo wa Ara' is awesome! And so is the video xD love it! <3
aiko's really great.

SO! 23RD SINGLE! MARCH 5! FUTARI! SO EXCITED!
I can't believe two of my honeys [aiko and ayaka] are going head-to-head. :O

aiko - 『Futari』
http://aiko.can-d.com/news/img/080212-11.jpg http://aiko.can-d.com/news/img/080212-12.jpg
First Press Edition and Regular Edition.

Tracklist
01 二人 (Futari)
02 ひまわりになったら (Himawari ni Nattara)
03 寒いね... (Samui ne...)
04 二人（instrumental）

^ aiko is the artist with the prettiest simple covers ever. Seriously. Any artist could try to make a simple cover, but they will always fail compared to aiko. Her face shots are always so impressive compared to, say, Ayu. And it's the perfect combination of simpleness + background scenery.

I hope she'll release another album soon!

Spot on, a songforXX.

God, I love the white+blue combination. My two favorite colors on the cover of my favorite singer! SO PRETTY. I hope the song is up to aiko standards.

elepop I totally agree! I always love her covers simple and AMAZING!

I just saw the PV for Futari and I love it!
Can'

NEW ALBUM
aiko
秘密 (Himitsu)

2008/04/02

First Press
http://aiko.can-d.com/news/img/080313-11.jpg

Regular Edition
http://aiko.can-d.com/news/img/080313-12.jpg

01. You & Me both
02. 二人
03. 学校
04. キョウモハレ
05. 横顔
06. 秘密
07. ハルとアキ
08. 星電話
09. 恋道
10. 星のない世界
11. シアワセ
12. ウミウサギ
13. 約束

wow she's releasing an album already o_o

I haven't listened to Futari yet... I'm gonna listen to it :P

Album covers are gorgeous! Can anyone translate the tracklisting?

Here they are, though i'm not sure of track 9 romaji.

01. You & Me both
02. Futari　>> the two of us/ us /
03. Gakkou >> school
04. Kyou mo Hare >> today there will be also good weather
05. Yokogao >> profile (a person's face profile)
06. Himitsu >> secret
07. Haru to Aki >> spring and autum
08. Hoshi Denwa >> star cellphone
09. Koi Michi (恋道) >> love road
10. Hoshi no nai Sekai >> starless world
11. Shiawase >> happy
12. Umi Usagi >> sea rabbit
13. Yakusoku >> promise

Edit: track 9 was Koi Michi, sorry >_<

Thanks ~Matt~!

"Star Cellphone and "Starless World" sound pretty!

You're welcome :) I think they're correct

man this thread is dead...

Himitsu

02 -> 167,490 copies sold
Looks to be on the path to be 7 or 6 for week 2

Hopefully this will be a long charting album. For the record, she was beat out by EXILE by the weekend :(

I'll be writing up a review soon

I think her new album is very good!
It's not that different from her older albums though.. But it's worth listening!

WHY ISNT HER ALBUM UPLOADED HERE???
(if it has, can someone provide me with the URL...sry for being blind)

Tip: your day is dependent on the way it starts. For a great day, start your day with watching the Music Station performance of Futari. Guaranteed to work!

All of her albums are excellent. :yes

This album is excellent. There's no doubt about that. I stayed up really late just listening to all of the new tracks and she did a great job. It's such a relaxing album.

OMG, I just finished with the single tracks and have now finished the album from start to finish. Now that's how you make a freakin' good album.

http://amaiwana.wordpress.com/2008/0...-studio-album/

Review for Himitsu!!

Amai Yume, I'm dropsintheocean. xD Glad to see you are reviewing aiko stuff, I'm gonna be posting my review of Kanojo soon.

Himitsu is a great album, not her best, but still great. I'm excited to receive my copy.

Wow. I'm so glad I downloaded the Himitsu album, lol. Although the limited cover looks too much like BoA's cover for ther "be with you." single, lol.

Oh cool!! I haven't listened to Kanojo but I'll read your review to see what tracks you recommend.

Weird, I could swear I had you on my blogroll at one point...Well I'm having some problem figuring out the new wordpress format but I'll add you again A.S.A.P.

OMGOSH I just listened to Futari and Hoshi no something and I LOVE THOSE SONGS <333 I think I am becoming an Aiko fan lol ~! I am so buying himitsu =3 What other albums do u guys recommend for an aiko newbie? XD

She's been chosen to do the insert song for "Hana Yori Dango Final" (premiers on 6/28).
It's described as a "sweet, painful ballad" if I am reading this correctly, and as of now the working title "Tsukushi's Theme Song" (for those of you who don't know, Tsukushi is the main character of "Hana Yori Dango"), although that definitely won't be the final title. No release date yet, more information to come soon.
The other song is "One Love" by Arashi.
Credits; tetsuki

"KissHug" will be aiko's next single release for 07.23.08. The song will be used as the insert song for Hana Yori Dango Final. there will be 3 songs on the single as well as instrumentals.

Get excited guys!!! We've seen what this drama can do for sales [Flavor Of Life] so maybe aiko will a surge in sales!!!

Go aiko!

I think I will like this new single if it will be a sweet/painful ballad

Those ballads are aiko's best :P

I'm listening to her latest album right now and am becoming a fan of hers. Can anyone recommend some more albums?

You should definitely go for "Kanojo" and "Sakura no ki no Shita" but all of her albums are amazing. :yes

OH I'm so excited ^^ ~! I saw it on wikipedia and I was like WTF it can't be real LOL ~! Yay for Aiko ~! Its about time she got put in HYD lol ~! ^^ I'm still waiting on my copy of himitsu >=( Very unhappy lol ~

http://i115.photobucket.com/albums/n...ers/aaikoo.jpg
She's still Kawaii!

^ isn't the right one from kuumo wa Shiro, Ringo wa Aka? I LOVE THAT SONG ~ !

I really hope KissHug sells, like, at least 150k. It'd be so cool, right?

I hope she gets 400K!!!
Hana Yori Dango better push the sales of this single as well as Arashi's One Love!

^ Isn't HYDF a movie? because if it is =x it won't help as much as we would hope =( But Aiko's songs are REALLY good so it'll make up for it ;D ~! lol I'm sure she will sell 150k =D ~! lol

yeah the movie but I figured since it is Hana Yori Dango, that name alone will at least help the sales a little bit. I know it helped Hikki with her 600K single and because it won't be airing weekly like a dorama, then maybe 400K?
I'm probably being too hopeful here but ya never know ;)

^ lol I think its possible, Tenth year Anniversary + HYDF + aiko's amazing talent = GOOD SALES =)?

I forgot it was her 10th anniversary, so yeah, that should push sales hopefully. If it's something like her signature sound then that should help!
Go aiko, you can do it!!!

KissHug is going to be huge. I can just sense it.

"I can feel it in me waters." XD

I hope everyone's right... D:
aiko better bring it!

Though... I remember that Ketsumeishi had that movie tie-in with Deai no Kakera and that, well, didn't go so good. D:
I hope KissHug will be, like, the new Tabidachi no Uta. o_o

Someone has scans of aiko's stuff?

aiko's KissHug is on youtube!!
It's Beautifuuulll!

AH!!
Thanks for the link, I will watch like right now!

not a fan of those covers, especially after the beautiful ones for Himitsu...
but I hope KissHug is a smash success :)

i love the covers and the song. the song is really nice!

I like the covers. aiko never fails to do well for me.

wow, i think i'm gonna get into aiko because of kisshug and HYD, lol. i love her last single "futari". i think i'll DL her "himitsu" album to try her out. :) she's BEAUTIFUL too, btw. :yes

I lvoe the first press copy but the regular edition kinda scares me lol ~ >< ~! The song is pretty good tho ~ Although compared to her Himitsu singles it wasn't as good T^T ~! But I still like it <3 ~!

i just heard "KissHug" because of HYD and it's beautiful! :)
i might possibly buy the single.

What awesome covers!
I can't wait for the single to come out, I hope it's gonna be huge also ^_^

^ I want it to be huge too ~ its been awhile sinve Aiko was a SUPER Seller lol ~! She deserves it too T^T ~! her music is really good =) ~! I'm surprised she got famouse from such a small record label ~! lol ! well its small IMO XD

OMGOSH lol sorry I just had to post that I finally got my copy of himitsu and it is <333 ~! Lol ~! I LOVE THE ALBUM TRACK <333 ~! I really wanna get kanojo now lol I loved kumo wa shiro ringo wa aka a lot lol.

Himitsu is really great! Umi Usagi is lovely ^_^
And Kumo wa shiro.. is my favourite song from her! I wanna have a pink umbrella like hers in the video *-*'

^ lol ~! I love Umi Usagi too ^^ lol ~! I think my most favourite album track has to be Koi Michi =) ~! I love that umbrella too lol ~! its so pretty O_O ~! I hope aiko's b-sides on kisshug are good lol ~! I think I might buy the single =)

I hope she gets #1!

First press is so aiko.
The regular one looks like something I've already seen. :O

OH YEAH. I freaked out today. I was looking at the top albums of 2000 and aiko was #10. :|

^ lol aiko's sales are pretty good IMO from 2005 -> 2008 her singles sales practically stayed the same XD Kumo wa shiro ringo wa aka is around the same as futari =) ~! I'm just surprised her album charted so poorly =/ ~!

Does anyone know the lyrics + translations to Hoshi no nai Sekai and Futari? lol I can't find a site with them XD ~!

KissHug PV: http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x66...sshug-pv_music

How uncanny, KissHug's NINKI rating is 91.10. :O
I think it's okay. I still think that it will sell more than Hoshi no Nai Sekai / Yokogao did, but I'm keeping my expectations at a relatively safe amount of 150k.

just watched kisshug pv!
aiko rocks! love this song very much!

KissHug debuted at the #2 spot, as expected. The first day sales are well on par with aiko's recent singles, but I think that this one will have more longevity than the rest of them.

26,084 Shiawase
28,679 Hoshi no Nai Sekai / Yokogao
29,307 Futari
26,003 KissHug

lol, I always forget there's an aiko thread XD
But I love KissHug and I'm waiting for the single to leak anyday now...
Keep fighting aiko!!!
...tie-in is helping much though...it should've been released closer to the movie...

I loooooove the song <3
I hope it has a good chart-run, #2 is already great ^^~

#2 isn't so bad since she's up against hey! say! JUMP, lol.

^ agreed ~! Her debut day seems really good =) ~! Thanks criminal forshowing me the comparison lol! I like seeing that kinda stuff XD ~! GO aiko!!!