[2009] Your favourite Asian Album and Single of 2009

[aloopy]

ALBUMS
1. Namie Amuro - Past<Future
2. Miliyah Kato - RING
3. Thelma Aoyama - Emotions

SINGLES
1. AKB48 - RIVER
2. Mika Nakashima - Over Load
3. Namie Amuro - WILD / Dr.

DVD
Namie Amuro - BEST FICTION tour 2008-2009

[Sadette]

Album

~NEXT LEVEL

Singles

~Rule/Sparkle
~WILD/Dr

DVD

~Asia Tour 2008

[SunshineSlayer]

Seems a lot of people missed that this is supposed to be from the 2009 Oricon year. Therefore Past<Future and You Were don't count unfortunately.

Originally Posted by Zemus

Momoe Yamaguchi - "The Best Ten" Complete DVD Box (five discs).



Complete footage of Momoe's appearances (1978-1980) on TBS' "The Best Ten" music TV show. One word: legendary. Was released only four days ago, but it's rare to be able to watch such old video in HQ. Easily DVD of the year for me.

I'm downloading that now. Up to disc 3. It would have been a toss up for me between that and Arashi, but Momoe's actually would technically count for 2010, not 2009. But damn, when I saw that release I was like I really hope they do that for other artists too. What's even more mind boggling is how many performances she did. Just on the Best 10 show alone she performed over 100 times in just 2 years!

[emi♡]

Albums:

Clazziquai Project - MUCHA MUSICA
hiromi - RAINBOW
Rie Fu - URBAN ROMANTIC
Sowelu - THE BEST 2002-2009 (Just a good thing for her, I didn't really...care for it lol)

Singles:

Mizca - Robotics
Ruppina+ - Return to Tomorrow
Sowelu - MATERIAL WORLD
koda kumi - alive/physical thing
namie amuro - wild/dr

DVD:
I didn't watch that many...only Namie's and kuu's...so...

BEST FICTION Tour lol

[Yumsushi]

Album
Tie between MUCC's Kyuutai and Dir en Grey's Uroboros

Single
Rule/Sparkle

DVD
Premium CDL 08-09

[ayumi.hamasaki]

Album --> namie amuro - Past<Future
Album --> Dir en grey - Uroboros

Single --> namie amuro - WILD/Dr.
Single --> ayumi hamasaki - Rule/Sparkle

DVD --> namie amuro - Best Fiction Tour 2008-2009
DVD --> ayumi hamasaki - Arena Tour 2008

[happiholic★]

Album: LOVE one. - Kana Nishino, NEXT LEVEL - Ayu

Single: Jidai - Hidemi Uematsu, Life2Die - SuG, Punky Heart - LM.C

DVD: TRICK Tour - Kumi Kuu

[Picaflor 7/4]

album
namie amuro - past<future

single
ayumi hamasaki - rule/sparkle

dvd
koda kumi trick tour 2009

[baybreeze]

ALBUM - B'z MAGIC
SINGLE - ayumi hamasaki Rule/Sparkle
DVD - L'Arc~en~Ciel LIVE IN PARIS

[mcluva420]

Album: PAST < FUTURE - Namie Amuro

Single: Big Bang - Koe wo Kikasete .. or Koda Kumi - 3 SPLASH

DVD: BEST FICTION TOUR 2008-2009 - Namie Amuro

[yuki_unmei]

Album
Ayumi Hamasaki - NEXT LEVEL

Single
Namie Amuro - WILD/Dr.

DVD
Ayumi Hamasaki - Asia Tour 2008

[asmAyumi1992]

Album:
NEXT LEVEL 2CD+DVD- Ayumi Hamasaki

DVD:
PCDL-Ayumi Hamasaki

[rookies]

Album: alan - Voice of EARTH

Single: Namie Amuro - Wild/Dr.

[Uemarasan]

Originally Posted by Zemus

DVD

Momoe Yamaguchi - "The Best Ten" Complete DVD Box (five discs).



Complete footage of Momoe's appearances (1978-1980) on TBS' "The Best Ten" music TV show. One word: legendary. Was released only four days ago, but it's rare to be able to watch such old video in HQ. Easily DVD of the year for me.

Wow, I'm impressed. Good choice. You have impeccable taste

[Zemus]

Originally Posted by SunshineSlayer

I'm downloading that now. Up to disc 3. It would have been a toss up for me between that and Arashi, but Momoe's actually would technically count for 2010, not 2009. But damn, when I saw that release I was like I really hope they do that for other artists too. What's even more mind boggling is how many performances she did. Just on the Best 10 show alone she performed over 100 times in just 2 years!

Ah, yeah, I always keep forgetting that the ORICON year doesn't end on Dec-31. The amount of performances is indeed unreal. She was ranked in the Top Ten 122 (or 120, depending on the count) times, does that mean she didn't refuse/cancel a single appearance? Well, we will know for sure once we have watched all five discs.

1978年(昭和53年)1月26日 - 1980年(昭和55年)9月25日 = 139 weeks.

The Best Ten was a weekly show. Basically, this means that Momoe appeared on TV all the time, doesn't it? I also hope that they will do other artists, too. It's a fantastic idea. I was quite surprised (in a good way) two months ago when I read about this release on a Japanese blog. A Seiko or Akina DVD box would be awesome. Although they both had more than 200 Top Ten ranking positions on the show, so the boxes would be humongous. It's a fact that Seiko turned down most of The Best Ten invitations during the later part of the 80s (1987-1989). I'm not too sure about Akina, but I've confirmed that she has done at least 180+ performances. Kyoko Koizumi and Miho Nakayama boxes would be welcome as well. Which artist(s) would you like to see?

Originally Posted by Uemarasan

Wow, I'm impressed. Good choice. You have impeccable taste

Thank you, sir.

[daybreak123]

Album
Koda Kumi - Trick
- I think Trick is a great album! It has alot of amazing songs, like Taboo or Driving. At first I wasn't really a big fan of the album, but now I've really started to love it!

Single
Ayumi Hamasaki - Rule/Sparkle
- Rule/Sparkle totally deserves the title! Even the covers are great (even though I didn't like them at first). I was really happy that Ayu finally released a single with lots of remixes, and all of them are great!

DVD
Koda Kumi - Trick Tour 2009
- I still haven't watched the whole concert yet (>.<), but I've watched some performances on YouTube and they were all amazing! I loved the opening of the concert and the performance of This is not a love song was amazingness.

[*-_Ayu-fan_-*]

Single

AAA - Break Down/Break Your Name/Summer Revolution
DA PUMP - SUMMER RIDER
Koda Kumi - 3 Splash
Koda Kumi - Alive/Physical Thing

Album
Koda Kumi - TRICK
Ayu - Next Level
AAA - DepArture

[koumori]

Best Album;

TRICK - Koda Kumi

Best Single:

RULE/Sparkle - Ayumi Hamasaki

3 SPLASH - Koda Kumi

BALLAD - alan

Best DVD:

BEST FICTION Tour - Namie Amuro

[Kingdom]

Single:
JEJUNG & YUCHUN - Colors ~melody & harmony~

Album:
Koda Kumi - TRICK

DVD:
Koda Kumi Live Tour 2009 TRICK

[ll moments ll]

i like making lists, so i hope no one minds me posting my top 10 stuff of the year. i'm going by the ORICON year, so here goes!


SINGLES:
01. Ayumi Hamasaki - Rule / Sparkle
02. KAT-TUN - RESCUE
03. flumpool - MW ~Dear Mr. & Mrs. Picaresque~ / Natsu dive
04. B'z - Ichibu to Zenbu / DIVE
05. Hideaki Takizawa - Hikari Hitotsu
06. LANDS - BANDAGE
07. YUI - again
08. Namie Amuro - WILD / Dr.
09. KANJANI8 - Kyuu★Jyou★Show!!
10. Arashi - My Girl


ALBUMS:
01. KAT-TUN - Break the Records -by you & for you-
02. KANJANI8 - KJ3 PUZZLE
03. Mr.Children - SUPERMARKET FANTASY
04. Ayumi Hamasaki - NEXT LEVEL
05. Perfume - ⊿
06. SWEET BLACK feat. MAKI GOTO - SWEET BLACK
07. MiChi - UP TO YOU
08. alan - Voice of EARTH
09. Meisa Kuroki - hellcat
10. MEG - BEAUTIFUL