Jin Akanishi has released the details of his upcoming new album “JAPONICANA” set for release on March 6th in the US and March 7th in Japan (with time difference it will be basically at the same time). The album will come in a Limited CD+DVD edition, Regular CD edition, and an Import US edition. All the details released so far follow,
The charts for December 2011 are dominated by another 1+ million selling single by AKB48 with their “Uekara Mariko” selling a huge 1,273,748 and putting it nearly 1 million ahead of the second place single. The rest of the top 5 singles is dominated by boy groups with Kis-My-Ft2, KAT-TUN, Tohoshiniki, and SMAP landing in the 2nd through 5th spots.
On the album side EXILE with album that includes member ATSUSHI’s solo debut “EXILE JAPAN/ Solo” takes the #1 spot with 350,277 sold. This album dropped on January 1st 2012 which was included in the last chart of the 2011 and they sold another 150,000+ the first week of January. In the #2 spot is Perfume and their album “JPN” just ahead of KARA’s consistent charting album “Super Girl” (charted for 6 weeks in the top 7).
The top 10 chart for the singles and albums follow,
AKB48’s newest single, “Ue kara Mariko” sold over 1 million copies making AKB48 the first group ever to have 4 consecutive first week million selling singles. They are tied now with rock band GLAY with 5 consecutive million selling singles (their first single of the year took more than a week to reach the milestone). And they now have a total of 6 million selling singings which has puts them past other top female artists such as Namie Amuro, Ayumi Hamasaki and Utada Hikaru. Expect AKB48 to continue to re-write the records.
Of course the important news is Ho-Kago Tea Time having two singles on the charts this week (not the first time for this fictional band). The K-ON! movie opening theme song “Unmei♪wa♪Endless!” at #5 and ending theme song “Singing!” at #4 sung by the character seiyuu’s in the fictional band Ho-Kago Tea Time. The K-ON! movie opened December 3rd and has so far had very strong two weekends at the box office (#2 and #4).
On the album charts Jin Akanishi’s American debut album, “TEST DRIVE featuring Jason Derulo” topped the charts and in second is Sandaime J Soul Brothers with their album “TRIBAL SOUL.”
The complete top 10 for singles and albums follows,
Jin Akanishi’s new single “Seasons” has been announced for release on December 28 and he will hold a fan appreciation event at the Yokohama Arena in Kanagawa on January 7, 2012. More details on the single follow,
Before his concert on Sunday, Jin Akanishi held a press conference to talk about his upcoming U.S. plans. He announced that his debut U.S. single will be a collaboration with singer-songwriter Jason Derulo, produced by J. R. Rotem.
Akanishi said that he plans to release a full album this fall, and one of the songs will be a collaboration written by Derulo. The song is still being worked on, but he indicated that it would be a pop tune.
Derulo debuted in 2009 with the hit song “Whatcha Say,” which was also produced by Rotem. Rotem also produced his later songs, such as “In My Head” and “Ridin’ Solo.”
Besides the news of his single, Akanishi announced that he will release a DVD of his current tour on May 4, titled “Yellow Gold Tour 2011.”
Source – Tokyograph
Akanishi Jin is active as a singer and actor and next year in spring he will be making his American debut under the official name of JIN AKANISHI. This had been announced at a press conference he had been holding after his triumphant return from his tour through five major North American cities.
In July this year he had announced his withdrawal from KAT-TUN. On October 3rd a farewell party had been held, where he talked about releasing a CD in Japan and in America at the same time, along with releasing a solo single at the beginning of next year, which is still fresh in everyone’s memory.
At the press conference this time he said: “I was able to form a global contract with the Warner Music Group. And I think you can look forward to more, as always.” Certainly not changing his usual stance he added with vigor in English: “As a Japanese artist, I would like to face an even bigger audience. Please look forward to my songs and my performances.”
Following his American Tour, he will be holding triumphant return-lives under the title “Yellow Gold Tour 3011″ from January 14th to 16th, 2011 at Saitama Super Arena and again at Osaka Jo Hall from January 21st to 23rd. Moreover, he will be releasing his American debut single next year in spring, with an album following there after. An American tour is planned as well.
Eventually, Akanishi is broadening his activities further and will certainly gather more attention in the near future.
Source – mjp
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The official U.S. website of former KAT-TUN member Jin Akanishi has revealed some information about his upcoming U.S. tour, titled “Yellow Gold Tour 3010.” The site lists five concert dates in November.
Akanishi performed his first solo concerts in the U.S. this past June. At that time, he stated that he was aiming to perform in seven U.S. cities in September and October, but those plans apparently did not turn out as hoped. His tour will take him to five of the seven cities:
Tickets are scheduled to go on sale on October 8.
