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Ayumi Hamasaki’s 11th album Rock ‘n’ Roll Circus (CD+DVD) and DVD Ayumi Hamasaki Arena Tour 2009 A – Next Level will release on April 14th. The DVD features footage from her concert on October 22nd at Yoyogi National Gymnasium. Track list below.

CD:
・ Sunrise ～LOVE is ALL～
・ Sunset ～LOVE is ALL～
・ You were…
・ BALLAD
・ Don’t look back ※Panasonic デジタルカメラ LUMIX FX66 & ZX3 TV-CFソング
・ Microphone ※Honda ZEST SPARK CMソング
（他、全14曲収録予定・曲順未定）

DVD1:
・ Sunrise ～LOVE is ALL～ (Video Clip)
・ Sunset ～LOVE is ALL～ (Video Clip)
・ You were… (Video Clip)
・ BALLAD (Video Clip)
・ Microphone (Video Clip)
・ Don’t look back (Video Clip)
・ Sunrise ～LOVE is ALL～ (Making Clip)
・ Sunset ～LOVE is ALL～ (Making Clip)
・ You were… (Making Clip)
・ BALLAD (Making Clip)
・ Microphone (Making Clip)
・ Don’t look back (Making Clip)
※ bonus track “ARENA TOUR 2009 ～NEXT LEVEL～” DIGEST （全17トラック収録予定）

DVD2: [ayumi hamasaki ARENA TOUR 2009 ～NEXT LEVEL～]
00 Pieces of SEVEN
01 Rule
02 UNITE!
03 Disco-munication
04 EnergizE
05 Sunrise ～LOVE is ALL～
06 Load of the SHUGYO
07 LOVE ‘n’ HATE
08 identity
09 In The Corner
10 HOPE or PAIN
11 GREEN
12 Days
13 evolution
14 SIGNAL
15 rollin’
16 Sparkle
17 Bridge to the sky
18 NEXT LEVEL

DVD3: [ayumi hamasaki ARENA TOUR 2009 ～NEXT LEVEL～]
19 Curtain call
20 Sunset ～LOVE is ALL～
21 everywhere nowhere
22 Humming
23 Boys & Girls
24 MY ALL
・スクリーン映像

DVD4: [ayumi hamasaki ARENA TOUR 2009 ～NEXT LEVEL～]
・全公演MC集（ほか予定）

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New campaign ads of SNSD’s Yuri and Daniel Henney from their upcoming Biotherm Homme CF. The commercial is slated to air later this month. I’ll post ASAP when it releases.

New wallpaper and commercials for Coca-Cola’s Wild Health campaign featuring Namie Amuro and sexy Hidetoshi Nakata.

Namie’s Coca-Cola commercial HERE.

Hidetoshi Nakata’s Coca-Cola commercial HERE.

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Arashi’s Arashi no Shukudai-kun (Arashi’s Homework) will air on NTV through March 22nd and then it’s over folks. The variety TV show premiered in 2006. The five member jpop group is reportedly returning to TV in a new primetime show in April. I’ll keep you posted on the details.

Just in case you didn’t know…

Arashi’s new song Yurase, Ima o (揺らせ、今を, lit. Shake It Now) was selected to be the theme song for the 2010 Winter Olympics news coverage on NTV. Nice.

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BoA’s upcoming album Identity was leaked online, specifically on Youtube, today. Just how this person or group got their hands on the album is  unclear. Identity releases February 10th. You can listen to ALL the album’s tracks by clicking HERE.

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Koda Kumi released a new best album, Best: Third Universe, and her eighth studio album Universe today. Both albums are packaged together. Check out Koda’s new MV You’re So Beautiful from the best album below.

The track list below ya’ll.

Disc 1 [3rd Best]
01 恋のつぼみ
02 I’ll be there
03 人魚姫
04 With your smile
05 夢のうた
06 BUT
07 FREAKY
08 girls
09 愛のうた
10 LAST ANGEL feat.東方神起
11 anytime
12 Moon Crying
13 That Ain’t Cool
14 Lady Go!
15 TABOO
16 stay with me

Disc 2 [8th ALBUM]
01 Step Into My World
02 Can We Go Back
03 SUPERSTAR
04 You’re So Beautiful
05 Lick me
06 Work It Out!
07 No Way
08 Stay
09 Comes Up
10 Physical thing
11 ECSTASY
12 UNIVERSE
13 It’s all Love!
14 Alive
15 MoonCrying Live ver. In taiwan※初回盤のみ収録

DVD:
01 恋のつぼみ
02 人魚姫
03 夢のうた
04 BUT
05 FREAKY
06 愛のうた
07 LAST ANGEL feat.東方神起
08 anytime
09 Moon Crying
10 TABOO
11 stay with me
12 It’s all Love!
13 Lick me
14 ECSTASY
15 Physical thing
16 Can We Go Back
17 SUPERSTAR ※新曲
18 You’re so beautiful ※新曲

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Last night’s winners

The first Billboard Japan Music Awards took place on Sunday in Tokyo. The big winner of the night was EXILE, who won the coveted Album Of The Year 2009 award. The winners list below.

* Top Pop Artists 2009: EXILE, Kobukuro, AI, Remioromen
* Jazz Artist of the Year 2009: akiko
* Classical Artist of the Year 2009: Nobuyuki Tsujii
* Independent Artist of the Year 2009: HY
* New Artist of the Year 2009: Yusuke
* Rising International Artist 2009: VAMPS
* K-Pop New Artist of the Year 2009: After School
* US Billboard Publisher’s Award 2009: Judith Hill, BoA
* Hot 100 of the Year 2009: B’z, “Ichibu to Zenbu”
* Album of the Year 2009: EXILE, “EXILE BALLAD BEST”
* Hot 100 Single Sales of the Year 2009: Junko Akimoto, “Ai no Mama de”
* Hot 100 Airplay of the Year 2009: ROCK’A'TRENCH, “My SunShine”
* Classical Album of the Year 2009: Nobuyuki Tsujii, “debut”
* Jazz Album of the Year 2009: Hiromi Uehara, “Place To Be”
* Adult Contemporary of the Year 2009: Black Eyed Peas, “I Gotta Feeling”
* Overseas Soundtrack Album of the Year 2009: Michael Jackson, “This Is It”
* Independent of the Year 2009: flumpool, “Unreal”

After School

ROCK’A'TRENCH

EXILE leader Hiro

(source 1, source 2, source 3)

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Namie’s ninth album, PAST < FUTURE, is now her sixth # 1 studio album. Even better, Namie can now brag she is the first Japanese female artist to have a # 1 album in FIVE countries – Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, Hong Kong and Singapore. Pretty hawt. Congrats.

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Van Ness’ Reason MV featuring actress Tiffany Xu just released. Check it out below.

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Film stills from Van Ness’ MV Reason

Van Ness’ third Japanese single Reason is set to release on January 20th. The MV teaser featuring actress Tiffany Xu is now out. Click HERE to watch.

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Well, it looks like BoA’s fans can rejoice because the singer announced her seventh Japanese album Identity will release on February 10, 2010. The album was abruptly canceled last month without a reason given. Identity track list below.

CD Tracklist:
1:   This Is Who I Am
2:   EASY
3:   BUMP BUMP! feat. VERBAL(m-flo)
4:   LAZER
5:   Interlude#1
6:   Is This love
7:   Interlude#2
8:   まもりたい ～White Wishes～
9:   ネコラブ
10: THE END そして and… (album ver.)
11: Possibility (duet with 三浦大知)
12: Fallin’
13: My All

CD+DVD
1： BUMP! BUMP! feat.VERBAL(m-flo) Music Video
2：まもりたい ～White Wishes～ Music Video
3：BoA Release Party 2009 “BEST & USA”
～Thank You For Your Support!!～
Live at Studio Coast April 6th.2009

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