Meg (singer)
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Meg (メグ, Megu, born October 3, 1980[1] in Hiroshima, Japan)is a Japanese singer-songwriter, composer, and fashion designer. Meg made her indies debut in 2001 with the single "Kasa to Shizuku", under the all-lowercase stage name of "meg".[2] In July 2002, Meg made her major label debut with the single “Scanty Blues”, produced by Okamura Yasuyuki. In the summer of 2004, Meg started her own fashion brand called “cheryl”, and soon after Yasuyuki stopped producing her music, rumored to be because of her attitude. In January 2006 she changed the capitalization of her stage name from "meg" to "MEG". Her third studio album, Aquaberry, reached #1 on the Pop albums chart on the Japanese iTunes Store upon its release[3]. Her ninth single, “Amai Zeitaku”, was the first to be produced by capsule’s Yasutaka Nakata[4], and she has been working with him since, among other producers, including the new rave English band Hadouken!, most recently for her 14th single, "Freak".[5] Her sixth studio album Beautiful, was released on May 27, 2009[6].
Discography
Albums
| Title | Peak (Oricon Weekly Charts) | Sales | Release date |
|---|---|---|---|
| mgrmx | N/A | 300 | March 12, 2003 |
| Room Girl | #87 | 30,280 | July 9, 2003 |
| Dithyrambos | #291 | 670 | November 22, 2006 |
| aquaberry | #139 | 1,180 | March 28, 2007 |
| Beam | #24 | 28,920 | December 5, 2007 |
| Step | #8 | 29,048 | June 18, 2008 |
| Beautiful | TBA | 45,200 | May 27, 2009 |
| Untitled Mini-Album | TBA | TBA | November 2009 |
Singles
| Release | Title | Peak (Oricon) |
Peak (Billboard) |
Sales | Album |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| November 28, 2001 | "Kasa to Shizuku" | — | — | — | "Room Girl" |
| July 10, 2002 | "Scanty Blues" | — | — | — | |
| September 11, 2002 | "Ikenai Kotokai" / "Kasa to Shizuku" | 84 | — | — | |
| March 26, 2003 | "Kouro" | 156 | — | — | |
| June 11, 2003 | "Groove Tube" | 131 | — | — | |
| December 1, 2004 | "Stereo04" | — | — | — | "Dithyrambos" |
| March 15, 2006 | "Rockstar"1 | — | — | — | |
| September 20, 2006 | "Dawn" 1 | — | — | — | |
| May 30, 2007 | "Amai Zeitaku" (甘い贅沢) | 183 | — | 570 | "Beam" |
| October 3, 2007 | "OK" | 43 | — | 5,186 | |
| March 5, 2008 | "Magic" | 42 | — | 4,305 | "Step" |
| May 7, 2008 | "Heart" | 26 | 62 | 5,504 | |
| September 17, 2008 | "Precious" | 17 | 49 | 8,041 | "Beautiful" |
| February 11, 2009 | "Freak" | 21 | — | 3,572 | Untitled Mini-Album |
1 Limited Edition single
References
- ^ http://www.universal-music.co.jp/meg/bio/inline.html Biographical Info
- ^ http://www.oricon.co.jp/music/release/d/465802/1/ "Kasa to Shizuku" Detail At Oricon Style
- ^ http://www.universal-music.co.jp/meg/bio/inline.html "aquaberry" Detail In Bio On Univeral Website
- ^ http://www.universal-music.co.jp/meg/bio/inline.html "Amai Zeitaku" Info
- ^ http://www.oricon.co.jp/music/release/d/797823/1/ Oricon Style "Freak" Information
- ^ http://www.oricon.co.jp/music/release/d/814579/1/ Oricon Style "Beautiful" Detail