List of Billboard JAPAN Music Awards nominees revealed~

The list of nominees for the anual BJMAs (Billboard JAPAN Music Awards), which will take place at Tokyo Midtown Hall, Billboard Live TOKYO on February 6th 2011 have been released.

The first Billboard Japan Music Awards were held in 2009 and were broadcast live on the TV channel Next Fuji. The live event honors top Japanese artists based on the Billboard Japan charts and votes from music fans. The charts include the Billboard Japan Hot 100 chart, where nominees are based on purchase and airplay data.

The selections for the categories of pop, jazz and indies for the year 2010 are listed below:

Top Pop Artists 2010

• Aiko
• Owl City
• Adam Lambert
• Amuro Namie
• Arashi
• Ikimono Gakari
• Inaba Koshi
• HY
• AKB48
• EXILE
• NYC
• Orianthi
• GIRL NEXT DOOR
• KAT-TUN
• Katou Miliyah
• Kanjani ?
• Kimura Kaela
• GReeeeN
• Kururi
• Kururi to Yuumin
• Kuwata Keisuke
• Ke$ha
• SID
• Shimizu Shota
• Justin Bieber
• SMAP
• Team Dragon from AKB48
• Tokyo Jihen
• Tohoshinki
• Tokunaga Hideaki
• DREAMS COME TRUE
• Nishino Kana
• NEWS
• Hamasaki Ayumi
• Hara Yuuko
• BUMP OF CHICKEN
• FUNKY MONKEY BABYS
• Fukuyama Masaharu
• Hey!Say!JUMP
• BENI
• Houkagou Tea Time
• Mizuki Nana
• MONKEY MAJIK
• Yazawa Eikichi
• Yamashita Tomohisa
• YUI
• Yuusuke
• YUKI
• universe
• LANDS
• Rake
• JUNSU/JEJUNG/YUCHUN
• Shoujo Jidai
• Domoto Koichi

Jazz Artist of the Year 2010

• Ozone Makoto
• Keni G
• J.A.M
• Takanaka Masayoshi
• T-SQUARE
• Terai Naoko
• Terakubo Erena
• Nikki Parrott
• Nora Jones
• Beegie Adair
• Bill Evans
• PE’Z

Independent Artist of the Year 2010 (Indie artists)

• “Ikeda Aya, Kudou Masayoshi”
• VAMPS
• HY
• AK-69
• Girls Dead Monster
• GACKT
• Kamiya Hiroshi + Ono Daisuke
• Ken Yokoyama
• Soutaiseiriron
• DJ FUMI*YEAH!
• DIR EN GREY
• Noa
• FACT
• 50TA
• Fukuyama Jun
• MUCC
• Yazawa Eikichi
• Lia
• clear
• Underworld

Source – JameWorld

Kanjani 8 to release new album “8UPPERS”~

Details of Kanjani8′s next album have been revealed. Titled “8UPPERS” (“Pacchi Uppers”), the album will be released on October 20 and will include a special 77-minute “music film” with the DVD editions.

The main CD consists of 13 tracks, written and arranged by artists such as Ulful Keisuke (Ulfuls), DJ KOHNO (Ketsumeishi), and Ken Yokoyama. The regular edition will come with a second CD containing 8 solo songs. The CD+DVD edition will have the “8UPPERS FEATURE MUSIC FILM” and original goods, while the special version of the CD+DVD edition will come with a making-of DVD and extra goods.

The “8UPPERS FEATURE MUSIC FILM” is set in the underworld and has the group’s seven members playing the parts of “shimatsuya,” a term that often refers to hitmen and literally means “someone who settles things.” The film will be screened for a single day (October 11) in approximately 50 Toho Cinemas across the country.

Source – Tokyograph

saiaku no hida

minna,, i'm very sad today..
nande okaasan to otousan doesn't believe me,,
ima, atashi 19 sai desu yo ne,,
demo nande whenever i want to go with my friend till 8.00 pm or more,
they always say...dame..

it's not fair, right??
i'm an adult now and i can look after myself ..
atashi wa kodomo jyanai desu yo ne..
ahh,, i want to go back to jakarta...

:( :( :(