[alan] Singing her Nameless Love Song in her 21st Thread

[Polyrhythm]

「Welcome to the 21st Official alan Thread」

「alan @ a-nation 2009:

Spoiler:

Tracklist (thus far):
Kuon no Kawa
BALLAD ~名もなき恋のうた~

alan in a traditional yukata:



http://news.pia.jp/pia/news.do?newsCd=200908210006
http://beauty.oricon.co.jp/news/68579/full/

thank's pommy48

「New Song? (Bourbon CM):

Spoiler:

「New Japanese Single (BALLAD ~名もなき恋のうた~):

Spoiler:

Title: BALLAD ~名もなき恋のうた~ (BALLAD - Namonaki Koi no Uta)


CD+DVD
http://www.yesasia.com/global/ballad...0-en/info.html


CD ONLY
http://www.yesasia.com/global/ballad...0-en/info.html

Theme song of the movie of the same name
Releases 9/02/09



PV

「Just who IS alan?:

Spoiler:

alan (アラン, 阿兰, or 阿蘭), born Alan Dawa Dolma, is an ethnically Tibetian Chinese vocalist born in July of 1987 in Kangding, Sichuan Province. She was discovered by avex trax during their Chinese auditions in 2006 and released her debut single "Ashita e no Sanka" on November 21st, 2007. On March 4th, 2009 she released her Japanese debut album "Voice of EARTH", and on July 10th, 2009 she released her Chinese major debut album "Xīn De Dōng Fāng".

-Wiki @ JpopStop

Alan Dawa Dolma (Tibetan: Alan Dawa Dolma ཨ་ལན་ཟླ་བ་སྒྲོལ་མ་; Chinese: 阿兰达瓦卓玛; Pinyin: Ālán Dáwǎ Zhuōmǎ; born in 1987), professionally known as alan (Japanese: アラン, Chinese: 阿兰 or 阿蘭), is a female Chinese singer of Tibetan descent active in the Japanese music industry. Discovered by Avex Trax at an audition in China in 2006, she made her debut in Japan the following year. Her main producer and composer is Kazuhito Kikuchi and she is also known for playing the erhu.
In 2009, her ninth Japanese single "Kuon no Kawa" debuted at #3 on the Oricon weekly charts, the highest ever by a singer from China.

A native of Garze Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture in Sichuan Province, China, alan was born in Kangding, but grew up with her grandparents in nearby Danba, often referred to as "Beauty Valley".[2] alan's father was a local government official and her mother was a singer in the local Art Troupe. She started to play the erhu at an early age, and in 1997 left her hometown for the Affiliated Middle & High School of the Sichuan Conservatory of Music in Chengdu, after ranking first in the erhu audition as a fourth grader.
In 2003 she was accepted to the prestigious PLA Art Academy in Beijing and double majored in vocal music and erhu. Playing the erhu, she performed traditional Chinese music with a group of girls at the 2006 gala performance near Cairo, which celebrated the 50th anniversary of the establishment of China-Egypt diplomatic ties.[3]
During this time, alan also performed as a singer throughout China. In 2005 she released her first Chinese album, Sheng Sheng Zui Ru Lan, covering songs by more established C-pop singers. In October 2006, selected to represent mainland China together with Wei Chen (with whom she later collaborated for Jia You! Ni You ME!), alan won second place at the 9th Asia New Singer Competition,[4] narrowly losing to Filipina singer Maria Donna Taneo by 0.005 points.

In April 2006, alan distinguished herself from roughly 40,000 hopefuls when Avex Trax held auditions throughout Chinese cities that year. After graduating with excellence a year later, she became Avex's first inked artist from China and moved to Tokyo, Japan in September 2007. In November 2007, her first Japanese single "Ashita e no Sanka" was released.
In May 2008, alan released Shiawase no Kane/Ai Jiu Shi Shou and all profits from the songs were donated to the Red Cross to help the victims of the Sichuan Earthquake in her home province.[5] A later Japanese single titled Gunjou no Tani was also dedicated to the people of Sichuan.
In June 2008, alan sang the theme song Natsukashii Mirai: longing future for NHK's Save the Future special TV programs which raised awareness of the environment nationwide. Beginning with this song, which was themed on earth, alan's next five Japanese singles each dealt with a traditional Buddhist element from the Japanese Godai or Tibetan Bön.
Chosen to sing the theme songs (Xin Zhan: Red Cliff and Chi Bi: Da Jiang Dong Qu) of the two-episode Chinese blockbuster Red Cliff, alan performed at the Cannes Film Festival in May 2008.[6] The Japanese versions Red Cliff: Shin-Sen and Kuon no Kawa were recorded for the films' showings in Japan.

In addition to Mandarin Chinese and Japanese, alan also sings in Tibetan, especially in her native Kham Ke (e.g. "sign" in Hitotsu and "Tennyo ~interlude~" in Voice of Earth). alan is still learning Japanese. In addition to erhu alan can also play the piano. She has recently started composing her own songs (e.g. "Together" in Voice of Earth).
alan is a Tibetan Buddhist[7] and aims to sing about "love and peace".[8] One distinctive singing style of alan's is the so-called "Tibetan wail", where she is able to stretch her vocals for a long period of time at very high notes.

-Wikipedia

「Japanese Discography:

Spoiler:

Note: Bolded numbers are weekly peak positions on the Oricon Charts. The images are CD Only version followed by CD+DVD. Some releases only have a single cover

Singles
1.Ashita e no Sanka (明日ヘの讃歌; A Hymn For Tomorrow) #69

2.Hitotsu (ひとつ; One) #100

3.Natsukashii Mirai ~longing future~ (懐かしい未来 ～longing future～; Longing Future) #19 *10,267

4.Sora Uta (空唄; Sky Song) #34 *4,537

5.Kaze no Tegami (風の手紙; Letter of the Wind) #34 *3,914

6.RED CLIFF ~Shin Sen~ (RED CLIFF ～心・戦～; Heart, War) #23 *15,642

7.Megumi no Ame (恵みの雨; Rain's Blessing) #30 *5,422

8.Gunjou no Tani (群青の谷; Ultramarine Valley) #30 * 4,580 (same cover both version)

9.Kuon no Kawa (久遠の河; River of Eternity) #3 *37,740

10.BALLAD ~Namonaki Koi no Uta~ (BALLAD ～名もなき恋のうた～; Nameless Love Song) #xx



Albums
1.Voice of EARTH #12 *23,568



Digital Releases
1. Shiawase no Kane

「Chinese Discography:

Spoiler:

Singles
1. Xīn Zhàn ~RED CLIFF~ (心•战 ～RED CLIFF～; Heart, War)



Albums
1.Shēng Shēng Zuì Rú Lán (声声醉如兰; Entranced With the Voice of Alan)

2.Yù Jiàn Ālán (遇见阿兰; Meeting Alan)

3.Xīn De Dōng Fāng (心的東方; East of the Heart)


Digital Releases
1. Ai Jiu Shi Shou (愛就是手)

2. Jia You! Ni You ME! (加油！你有ME！)

3.Chi Bi: Da Jiang Dong Qu (赤壁 〜大江東去〜; Red Cliff: Great River Gone East)

「Links:

Support alan by buying her releases:
YesAsia

CDJapan

Other Useful Links
pommy48's alan gallery

pommy48's blog

alan's Official Japanese Website

alan's Japanese blog

alan's Chinese blog

[NintendoHTF1242]

I never noticed how boring Kaze no Tegami was until I listened to it again today on my iPod.

[pommy48]

thank god for no more poll XD it kept on confusing me when people only voted and the thread gets bumped up

you can also add info about a-nation, she sang Kuon no Kawa and BALLAD~


Kaze no Tegami is one of those singles that I like the b-side better, Kagome <3

Same thing with Megumi no Ame, I liked Namida better

[OogoeDiamond]

A) Chi bi was also a single but digital only
B) You forgot about digital ones for Japan and China
C) SHeng Shen Zui Ru LAn and Yu Jian Alan are not indies

[KarenPang]

Originally Posted by NintendoHTF1242

I never noticed how boring Kaze no Tegami was until I listened to it again today on my iPod.

oh really ? o_O

that's 1 of the songs that I had it on repeat mode over & over & over again when it was 1st released xD

it beats her ballads anytime of the day imo

anyway YAY for new thread & I'm so relieved the poll option's gone

[zyoeru]

Hello new alan thread, haha now everything is in the first post I can cope with missing a few pages.

[NintendoHTF1242]

I think the only up-beat song by alan I would ever have on repeat is BRAVE xD Her ballads are my favorite <3

[KarenPang]

I finally saw the BALLAD PV earlier on

pretty OK to me but it's unusually dull , colour wise & who styled alan this time round ?

that big hairget up with curls is & she was dressed in Victorian style outfits that gone wrong

not my fave PV but at least it's decent

[pommy48]

oo also the guy playing the piano is kazuhito, lol i thought that i recognized him~

btw there's a rumor going on that alan is with kazuhito XD many fans think so, but someone posted a thread on tieba saying they're not and that kazuhito is married

.....i thought they were together...idk why, but i was rooting for them XD

[KarenPang]

this's what happens when you're bored 1 day & decided to stir up some rumours in alan world

[pommy48]

in alan world? it's more like in the japanese/chinese forums

[love in music]

there was a quote of alan saying something about being sexy i think.. does anyone have it?

[octocoffee]

Caved in and listened to BALLAD. It's pretty, I love how it utilizes her voice. The wailing felt strange. I sort of wish they kept up the layering of the introduction though, it was so magical.

Odd hair in the PV.

[pommy48]

Originally Posted by identity

there was a quote of alan saying something about being sexy i think.. does anyone have it?

do you mean this one?

Interviewer: Japanese celebrites are rather bold, do you think that you'll go down the sexy route later on?

alan: I will never shoot bikini pictures or any very exposing pictures. Even if I'm at the sea, I won't pose suggestively. It's because I'm a singer, I don't need to depend on those things to attract other people.

[Polyrhythm]

Originally Posted by karakotomia

A) Chi bi was also a single but digital only
B) You forgot about digital ones for Japan and China
C) SHeng Shen Zui Ru LAn and Yu Jian Alan are not indies

Originally Posted by pommy48

you can also add info about a-nation, she sang Kuon no Kawa and BALLAD~

Thank you for telling me! I have updated the first post

[pommy48]

oo! and you can also add these links for a-nation more pics of alan in her yukata, haha not kimono

http://news.pia.jp/pia/news.do?newsCd=200908210006
http://beauty.oricon.co.jp/news/68579/full/

[mcluva420]

i swear kuon no kawa was #1
are the bolded numbers in the singles section of the first post peak positions? o_O

[Polyrhythm]

^Weekly peaks. Sorry i should make that more clear

[pommy48]

ah let's pray for the success of BALLAD, hope it gets good rankings like KnK!

also my gallery is acting up again >_>...grr...but it should be back by tomorrow~

[glowlydays]

and I have a little pic spam for everyone ^^
if that was already posted, forgive me!

Chinese ViVi - September 2009


Ray - September 2009


Anecan - September 2009


and are those yukata pictures from a-nation? I'd say it's from BALLAD promotion event... and the date is 2009.08.21 if anyone, like me (xD), saved pictures in folder with date x'DDD

EDIT

and pommy-san, can i have a request for you?
I'd be so, sooooo greatful, if you could pack all alan's blog pictures into a rar file and upload them for me, please ^^' both Japanese and Chinese blog... I know you have them and there is too much to click and save all of them!