BEST realese half 2008

[Alessia_Tateno]

ALBUM: PERFECT SINGLES+ by DEEN (with BEST FICTION by Amuro Namie and HEART STATION by Utada Hikaru)
SINGLE: 60s70s80s by Amuro Namie (with Tsubasa wo Hirogete/Ai wa Kurayami no Naka de by ZARD)
DVD: PLAY TOUR 2007 by Amuro Namie

[Beauty4123]

album: I LOVED YESTERDAY (YUI) PROGLUTION (UVERworld) HEART STATION (Utada Hikaru) T (Tohoshinki)
single: truth/Kaze no Mukou e (Arashi), DON'T U EVER STOP/LIPS (KAT-TUN) Taiyou no Namida (NEWS) Prisoner Of Love (Utada Hikaru) Love Paradox (Leah Dizon) 60s70s80s (Namie Amuro)
DVD: haven't watched any tours yet, lol.

sorry, i couldn't just pick only one for album/single. i love too many singles this year.

[KarenPang]

DVDs wise , ARASHI's SUMMER TOUR 2007 FINAL Time -Kotoba no Chikara- DVD was amazing & so's their previous 1 ARASHI AROUND ASIA + in DOME .

I will not forget the part where Aiba was crying so badly in the SUMMER TOUR 2007 FINAL Time -Kotoba no Chikara-

so much so that he can't sang Be with you proper when the song came up bless him

[Richieooxx]

ALBUM: Kitchi Island by Jewelry
Single: Stand Up People by Tenjo Chiki
Dvd : dunno lol

[Aderianu]

Album: MUCC - Shion
Single: Ayumi Hamasaki - Mirrorcle World
DVD: Ayumi Hamasaki - CDL 2007-2008
Photobook: HYDE is dead

[Kobayashiwoof]

Jpop only~

Single: 60s70s80s - Namie Amuro
Studio Album: Koda Kumi - KINGDOM / Tokyo Star - Kato Miliyah
Mini Album - n/a (Maybe LISA's when it's out)
Compilation Album: DOUBLE - 10 YEARS BEST
Live DVD: Koda Kumi - Black Cherry Live Tokyo Dome

Overall, a VERY disappointing year in J-Pop

[njanjayrp]

Album: Ayumi Hamasaki - GUILTY
Single(s):Mirrorcle World, Rocket Sneaker (Ai Otsuka), VIVID (BoA), 60s70s80s (Amuro Namie)
DVD:Ayu's Asia Tour 2007, AAA 3rd Attack Live in Budokan

[Choyan]

i share the same opinion as riozz XD~~

ALBUM : Sing to the Sky (<3) By AYAKA realese on 25th june 2008
SINGLE : Mirrorcle World (<3) by Ayumi Hamasaki realese on 8th April 2008
DVD : Asia Tour 2007 ~Tour Of Secret~ (<3) By Ayumi Hamasaki

lol~

[hpg23]

Here I go! I had to make a detailed list, I just couldn´t resist LOL

Best albums:
1.Kingdom by Koda Kumi
2. GUILTY by Ayumi Hamasaki
3. HEART STATION by Utada Hikaru (tied)
3. Sing to the Sky by Ayaka (tied)

Best Singles
1.Mirrorcle World by Ayumi Hamasaki
2. 60s70s80s by Namie Amuro
3. Namida no Saki Ni by Crystal Kay
4. Okaeri by ayaka
5. Prisoner of Love by Utada Hikaru

Haven´t watched any DVD... so...

Best Songs (Not in singles)
1. BLACK DIAMOND by Namie Amuro feat. DOUBLE
2. Do Me More by Namie Amuro

Biggest dissappointments (songs)
1. Moon Crying by Koda Kumi
2. Sexy Girl by Namie Amuro
3. That ain´t cool by Koda Kumi and Fergie (would have been great if not for Kumi´s back up vocals and the repeating-until-death chorus)

Biggest Surprises (Songs)
1.Namida no Saki Ni by Crystal Kay
2. I DON´T KNOW by Mica 3 Chu
4. Lady Go! by Koda Kumi
5. Once Again by Koda Kumi

[Nanako]

Honestly, I can't think of a best album of the year. Crystal Kay, Thelma Aoyama, Miliyah Kato, SATOMI', Jamosa, and Kumi Koda all released good albums but I can't say they're the best. This year to me is the year of the Best-of collections. Pretty much half the artists in the J-pop industry have released best albums (DOUBLE, Namie Amuro, EXILE, Ayumi Hamasaki, Kou Shibasaki, MINMI, Bennie K, m-flo, Zeebra, Ryohei, melody., HI-D, Home Made, Toshinori Yonekura). The best albums have been outshining the original albums. There have been a few good mini albums like Hiromi's True Colors, Youngshim's Love Rain, ARIA's PHEROMONE, Metis's Bless, and Shion Miyawaki's Dear.

Singlewise the industry has been really good. I'd say Miho Fukuhara's Himawari is my favorite with Shota Shimizu's Aishiteru and HOME also being highlights. Munehiro, Crystal Kay, Daichi Miura, Yuko Ishida, Tenjo Chiki, Meisa Kuroki and SONOMI have been releasing good singles as well. A few big disappointments were Thelma Aoyama's Nando mo and Kumi Koda's MOON.

One great thing about this year are some great debuts from Shota Shimizu, Miho Fukuhara, Tiana Xiao, Hiromi, Youngshim, Kikyo Shiraishi, Shion (Candy Girl) and Kana Nishino. Plus, a few good reinventions like Juan to Yuko Ishida, Munehiro, and NUDYLINE. I'd put Maki Goto's name in there but I'd have to see if her switch to Avex really makes her a better artist.

[KarenPang]

Originally Posted by hpg23

Biggest Surprises (Songs)
1.Namida no Saki Ni by Crystal Kay
2. I DON´T KNOW by Mica 3 Chu
4. Lady Go! by Koda Kumi
5. Once Again by Koda Kumi

best in a good way or bad way ?

I'm going to go with good

[hpg23]

^In a good way. My expectations were really low for Namida no Saki Ni and Lady Go!, I wasn´t expecting much of Once Again and I DONT KNOW was such an interestind debut LOL

[stepho_chan]

hmm...lets see...

Album - BEST FICTION by Namie Amuro
Single - DISTANCE by Zwei
DVD - Ayu Tour of Secret 07 and Black Cherry TOur by Koda Kumi
and im just gonna add fave PV

PV - Do me more by Namie Amuro

[CoriKaru]

Best Album: "Heart Station" by Utada Hikaru

Best Single: "60s70s80s" by Namie Amuro