[Ami Suzuki] • • • Feel the beat in the 17th thread • • •

[TeamAyu2004]

is that to her new release??
it looks so bad... lol

[Delicious n Bold]

That's what some guy on randomjpop said
And I was like he must be right

[Utena]

that's not the cover, it's a picture they used as a "happy new year" card
It might be a promo pic though.

[Delicious n Bold]

At least it's not ASB bad

[TeamAyu2004]

it doesnt even look like her, lol...
I hope its not the cover... it looks so un-done.

[Delicious n Bold]

I think it looks like her
I'm sure that one new song will be good

[Gustavopc]

Shouldnt we have some info by now? :|

[Delicious n Bold]

Maybe if we keep this thread going...

[TeamAyu2004]

Originally Posted by Delicious n Bold

I think it looks like her
I'm sure that one new song will be good

maybe, i dont look at her enough... just going by her covers I dont think so, lol...
it could just be the side view as well.

[Delicious n Bold]

^ you don't think so?

Maybe one day we'll get a real new album.

[TeamAyu2004]

this is just one song right? and a bunch of remixes... I dont mind at all, but I dont think of myself as a hard core fan... I think I have listen to about 2 or 3 of her albums, lol...
what I hear I like, but shes just not active enough for me to care sadly.

[Delicious n Bold]

Ever since that scandal...
Her greedy parents were the end of ami's rein.

[TeamAyu2004]

pretty much... and i think the direction her musicc went in... the trance stufff was never really huge there.

[Delicious n Bold]

It's too bad
Bitter... > some basic jpop discographies I think

[visionfactory]

it's not the cover! just a new promotional picture!

[Delicious n Bold]

that's too bad
its better that way i think
its a hot promo pic

[Twinkle !]

omg what scandal ? yay juicyyy gossip !

[Utena]

^ that's quite old news though, back when Ami was under Sony Music Japan
From wikipedia

In 2000 Suzuki's career came to an abrupt halt when Eiji Yamada, the President of her production company AG Communication, was convicted on tax evasion charges. AG Communication was avoiding tax by underreporting their earnings, and by consequence were underpaying royalties to artists. Suzuki Ami's parents Tadao and Miyako Suzuki[2] sued AG Communication for termination of her contract on these grounds, and that the association would taint her squeaky clean image. They attempted to set up a subsidiary called Music Tribe to solve the problem. The Tokyo District Court found in her favor, but the lawsuit resulted in Ami Suzuki's blacklisting because of an unwritten rule of the entertainment business in Japan: artists who get into legal disputes with their masters are blacklisted.[3]
In court documents it was revealed that AG Communication was paying her very little to begin with: Despite eight-figure record sales that year, Ami Suzuki earned just $1500 a month at the start of her career, and a minuscule 0.4% royalty rate on CDs, raised to $9780 and 0.55% in 1999.[6]
Having lost all of her endorsements too, Ami was faced with the problem of production companies refusing to sign her and tried to make a comeback in the next two years with little to no success. Her relationship with her producer, Tetsuya Komuro, also ceased. Many people were convinced that her chances for making a comeback were nil.[7] In 2003, Ami finally negotiated an out-of-court agreement with Sony. Her contract with the label was scheduled to end in December 2004.[7]
Eiji Yamada was subsequently fined for his role in the tax evasion. Government officials linked to the scandal included former Education Minister Takashi Kosugi and two other legislators, who allegedly received 34 million yen in unofficial payments for referring AG Communication and other clients seeking tax evasion.[3]
Particular credit for covering Suzuki Ami's legal problems goes to music journalists Steve McClure writing for The Japan Times and Rori Caffrey for the Daily Yomiuri. The blacklisting was not discussed in the mainstream Japanese Press, and McClure himself was warned against reporting it, but claims that getting court records themselves was fairly easy.[2]
Of the period, Suzuki herself has said "I really didn't know what was going on, lots of lies were being thrown about in the media. For people to hear little things on the TV and believe that to be the truth was a surprise, and I suddenly realized the kind of world I was in. What kept me going was the thought of one day being able to tell the truth myself"[2]

[inthezone]

[CD]
1. Snow Ring
　　 マキナ×ドールズ テーマソング
　　 株式会社日成アドバンスCMソング(2013)
2. Shining
3. Last Birthday
4. Future
　　 株式会社日成アドバンスCMソング(2012)
5. CAN'T GET YOU OUT OF MY HEAD
6. Snow Ring club remix［Sunset In Ibiza Remix］
7. BE TOGETHER［Shohei Matsumoto EDM Remix］

[DVD]
Ami Suzuki 29th Anniversary Live
at LIQUIDROOM (2011.2.9)
1. Delightful
2. Evenful
3. ねがいごと
4. AROUND THE WORLD
5. To be Free
6. Fantastic
7. Alright
8. Like a Love?
9. O.K. Funky Go
10. それもきっとしあわせ
11. Peaceお届け!!♡
12. FREE FREE
13. Potential Breakup Song
14. ONE
15. can’t stop the DISCO
16. Reincarnation
17. KISS KISS KISS
18. Reality
19. THANK YOU 4 EVERY DAY EVERY BODY
20. Don’t need to say good bye
21. HAPPY NEW MILLENNIUM
22. OUR DAYS
23. BE TOGETHER
24. Don’t leave me behind
25. Nothing Without You
26. White key
27. all night long
28. alone in my room
29. love the island
30. 強いキズナ

[SURREAL__RAINBOW]

I might buy this!!