The Empress Of J-Pop Queen Kuu is about to release her new single "Gossip Candy" next Wed July 7th. Hope she does well the single is her strongest since Taboo IMO.
"WRONG" is a masterpiece! The chorus is mind blowing. I love the end to the song, the melody is so infectious.
"You are the one" is amazing as well, my favourite ballad from the album.
New music from AAA, ICONIQ, Yuya Matsushita and Kana in August
YES YES YES so many great new releases coming out in August!! Though i'm more excited for July! Ayu's new single, Ku's new single, namie's new single, lecca album, jasmine album, miliyah kato album = little space on my hard drive
& Kana Nishino's new album is great! "WRONG" is just ...
Her album debuted at #1 with 290k BTW! She's on track to outsell Kumi's & Ayu's releases this year.
Looks like a new contender for the Queen of J-Pop throne has arised...
Also the Oricon Half-Year album chart was recently released & the queen is on top:
01. Namie Amuro - PAST < FUTURE (566k)
02. FUNKY MONKEY BABYS - FUNKEY MONKEY BABYS BEST (548k)
03. Tohoshinki - BEST SELECTION (547k)
04. Ikimono-gakari - Hajimari no Uta (533k)
05. Kaela Kimura - 5years (449k) http://www.oricon.co.jp/news/rankmusic/77484/full/
Namie's been in the game since 1995 and she's still slaying in 2010. BOW @ the longevity Hopefully 'PAST < FUTURE' will remain in the top 5 for the full year album chart.
I'm jackin' this idea from the thread Reeces started but since 2010 is halfway over, post your top 10 favorite J-Pop & K-Pop singles/promotional songs of the year so far.
Here's mine:
J-POP
01. Meisa Kuroki - Are ya Ready?
02. Namie Amuro - Defend Love
03. Namie Amuro - LOVE GAME
04. AI - FAKE (feat. Namie Amuro)
05. Ayumi Hamasaki - Microphone
06. Ayumi Hamasaki - Don't look back
07. Namie Amuro - FAST CAR
08. BIG BANG - Tell Me Goodbye
09. Kana Nishino - Aitakute Aitakute
10. Yuya Matsushita - Trust Me
K-POP
01. Lee Hyori - Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
02. MBLAQ - Y
03. After School - Bang!
04. Epik High - Run
05. Super Junior - BONAMANA
06. SORI - Hero
07. Kara - Lupin
08. Girls' Generation - Run Devil Run
09. f(x) - NU ABO
10. 4minute - Huh
^^ We'll probably get a new album next year.
& yea, "Break It" is great! The music video premiered in Japan some hours ago so we should be getting it soon.
Some caps from the video:
Choreography better be fierce! LOL @ the Star Wars hair though
so many great new releases coming out in August!! Though i'm more excited for July! Ayu's new single, Ku's new single, namie's new single, lecca album, jasmine album, miliyah kato album = little space on my hard drive 
Here are the covers for her new single:
