Minmi : biography
December 8, 1974 –
, United Daily News (in Chinese), August 22, 2008 is a Japanese hip-hop, soca, and reggae musician, as well as a singer-songwriter and record producer. She is the first soca artist from Japan. Since 2007, she has been married to , a member of Japanese reggae group Shōnan no Kaze.
She began playing reggae music in Japanese clubs in 1996. Her 2002 debut single, "The Perfect Vision", went on to sell over 500,000 copies.
Discography
Original albums
Year | Album Information | OriconAlbumsCharts | Reportedsales (subscription only) |
---|---|---|---|
2003 | Miracle
|
2 | 476,000 |
2004 | imagine
|
3 | 190,000 |
2006 | Natural
|
6 | 100,000 |
2010 | Mother
|
5 | 64,000 |
Other albums
Year | Album Information | OriconAlbumsCharts | Reportedsales |
---|---|---|---|
2005 | Friends: Minmi Featuring Works Best
|
16 | 71,000 |
2007 | The Love Song Collection 2006—2007
|
3 | 75,000 |
2008 | Minmi Best 2002—2008
|
2 | 230,000 |
2009 | Summer Collection with Music Clips
|
5 | 38,000 |
Singles
As lead artist
Release | Title | Chart positions | Oriconsales | Album | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Oricon Singles Charts | Billboard Japan Hot 100† | RIAJ digital tracks† | ||||
2002 | "The Perfect Vision" | 4 | — | — | 353,000 | Miracle |
"T.T.T." | 8 | — | — | 74,000 | ||
2003 | "Another World" | 17 | — | — | 37,000 | Imagine |
2004 | 19 | — | — | 15,000 | ||
"Are Yu Ready" | 45 | — | — | 7,000 | Natural | |
2005 | 19 | — | — | 27,000 | ||
2006 | 78 | — | — | 3,000 | ||
"I Love You Baby" | 42 | — | — | 9,000 | Love Song Collection | |
2007 | 17 | — | 13* | 36,000 | ||
2009 | 14 | 16 | 2 | 18,000 | Mother | |
25 | 42 | 7 | 7,000 | |||
2010 | 27 | 30 | 8 | 7,000 | ||
58 | 70 | 25 | 2,000 | TBA | ||
* charted on monthly Chaku-uta Reco-kyō Chart.†Japan Hot 100 established February 2008, RIAJ Digital Track Chart established April 2009. |