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Sunday, March 4, 2012

Artist Award winners for ‘Billboard JAPAN Music Awards 2011′ + Performances

The Artist Award winners for ‘Billboard JAPAN Music Awards 2011‘ have been announced!

Billboard JAPAN established this awards festival back in 2009. They nominate artists who have topped the Billboard Charts throughout the year. The winners are chosen by votes submitted through cell phones or the internet.

For 2011, the ‘Artist of the Year‘ award went to none other than AKB48. The group also claimed the ‘Top Pop Artist‘ award, the ‘Hot 100 of the Year‘ award, and the ‘Hot 100 Single Sales of the Year‘ award, making them the first artist to win 4 awards in one year.

Check out the full list of winners below!

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- AKB48

- Avril Lavigne

- AKB48

- JUJU

- T-ara

- Tohoshinki

- Uehara Hiromi

- Miyamoto Emiri

- Mizuki Nana

- AK-69

- Yuki Saori

<K-POP New Artist of the Year>

- GUMMY

- BIGMAMA

- Kaoru to Tomoki, Tama ni Mook

<AKB48>

<T-ARA>

source billboard-japan

credit to tokyohive

Digital Single from Versailles Digital Single from Versailles

Visual kei band Versailles -Philharmonic Quintet- will release a new single on April 25th.

Titled Rhapsody of the Darkness, this will be a digital release. The title track is said to be a metal song with gothic influences, featuring harpsichord and pipe organs. Rhapsody of the Darkness will be accompanied by the B-side Illusion. Both songs will be avaliable for download via iTunes stores.

source VERSAILLES OHP

credit to jame-world

L'Arc~en~Ciel - Live@HONGKONG [pictures]

source and credit to larcom.jp@FB

Saturday, March 3, 2012

Laurier Go With Thin & JKT48 (Complete Version)

JKT48 Heavy Rotation MV [JAPAN VERSION]

JKT48 - kimi no koto ga suki dakara live balai kartini

SCANDAL - On Ryu [2012.02.25] [MF]

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480 MB

pass : boatchan

credit to idevs@boatchanexteen

Members of JKT48 launches Google+ accounts

It’s been revealed that 25 members of JKT48 have launched their personal Google+ accounts!

To commemorate the launch of these new accounts, AKB48 and JKT48’s joint concert for the ”JAPAN POP CULTURE FESTIVAL” in Jakarta will be streamed Live via AKB48’s official YouTube channel on March 3rd at 7:00 pm JST. Until now, AKB48 has only used YouTube to distribute their performances in Japan.

Additionally, from 6:30 pm, the members of JKT48 will hold a talk session with their fans on Google+ Hangout while watching a digest of the concert.

The members of AKB48 who were 18 years of age and older launched their personal Google+ accounts in December of last year. This allowed fans to add the members into their circles to keep up with the idols in real-time.

Under the “Acceptable Use Policy”, members from ages 13 to 18 also launched their personal accounts earlier this year. As 25 members of JKT48 have joined the social networking site, a total of 217 members of AKB-related groups are now participating in this global project.

Make sure you tune into AKB48’s official YouTube channel at 6:30 pm JST!

Source: Oricon

credit to tokyohive

GACKT sings for high school graduates in disaster-stricken area

On March 1st, GACKT held a surprise live during a graduation ceremony at Tohoku High School Komatsushima Campus in Sendai.

GACKT called out to the 247 graduates, “As you leave this place, I want you to become a person who will be able to push the backs of other people. With these feelings, I will gift my song.”

After singing the graduation song, “No ni Saku Hana no You ni“, GACKT expressed, “Dreams aren’t something you see. Dreams are something you fulfill. I am looking forward to your futures! Congratulations on graduating!”

Tohoku High School has a reputation of nurturing athletes, as some of their alumni include professional baseball player Darvish Yu and female golfer Miyazato Ai. The teachers asked GACKT to sing for the ceremony as they felt he would give the graduates the power to step forward.

Take a look at the photos from the surprise live below!