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MAY J 1988年6月20日出生，現在為21歲大學生。精通日文、伊朗、土耳其、俄羅斯、西班牙等多國語言。年幼時也學習舞蹈、鋼琴、歌劇、樂曲創作、服裝設計等等。
2006年以「ALL MY GIRLS」這張專輯首次亮相。後來加入avex/rhythm zone，發行第二張專輯「FAMILY」。專輯裡面也收入10年前Sugar Soul feat. Kenji的成名曲「Garden」，出眾的歌唱實力以及具有穿透力的歌聲，深受現代年輕人的廣泛討論。這張專輯在ORICON的初登場排行榜就獲得第四名的好成績，也連續兩週都在排行榜10名以內。另外在來電鈴聲中也有100萬人下載，現在MAY J的風潮正席捲著全日本。
MAY J也在全球180個國家收看的到的NHK WORLD音樂節目裡擔任VJ以及FM YOKOHAMA的「Dancing Groove 〜HOT JAM〜 M.J. RADIO」裡擔任DJ。 |
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May J. was born on June 20, 1988 to a Japanese father and an Iranian mother. At the age of 14, May J. was successful at a Sony Music Japan audition and soon signed onto Sony Music. Before making her major debut, May J. was a dancer for Aaron Carter's Japanese concert and was featured the track "Luyva: Another Episode" from Sphere of Influence's album Big Deal, credited simply as MAY.
Released July 12, 2006 under Neosite Discs, the hip-hop division of Sony's Ki/oon Records, the music of her debut mini-album All My Girls has been described as "Jennifer Lopez/Beyonce/Rihanna-type music which has never before existed in Japan."[2] While she is yet to breakthrough to mainstream success, music critics have praised her vocal abilities.[3] That said, some fans consider her voice to lack substance, while others believe her voice changes depending on the production of the song. To celebrate the 10 year anniversary of Neosite Discs, the single "I Say Yeah!" was released on October 4, 2006 as a collaboration by all 5 of the label's signed artists.[4] The single marked May J.'s first appearance in the Oricon top 10, although she has yet do so solo. May J. performed as the opening act for Cassie alongside Rōma Tanaka at her concert at Shibuya O-EAST on November 28, 2006.[5] December 20 saw her first solo single release when "Here We Go feat.Verbal(M-Flo)" dropped and charted at #70 on the weekly charts.
Her follow-up single, "Dear…" was released on May 30, and was unlike most of her previous work. Despite the ballad being much more Japanese-friendly than "Here We Go", the single charted at just #90, her lowest ranking yet. May J. was then featured on Zeebra's new album World of Music on the track "Shinin' Like A Diamond". In October, it was announced that May J. will be releasing her 3rd single, "Do tha' Do tha'" on November 21, followed shortly by her first full-length studio album, Baby Girl on December 5. The album will feature all three singles released thus far, along with "My Girls", remixes of previously released tracks "Destination", "Baby Eyes" and "Love Blossom", along with 7 brand-new tracks, making it a total of 14 tracks. Both CD-only and CD+DVD versions will be released, with the latter being a limited release.
In October 2008, she became the co-host of the NHK music program, J-Melo, with Shanti.
On 6 March 2009, label Rhythm Zone openend a new official site for May J. and also announced that she switched labels. The website promoted a song named もし君と... featuring キマグレン On the 23rd of May the official website announced a new album named Family featuring the songs Garden (featuring DJ Kaori, Diggy-MO', クレンチ＆ブリスタ) as well as もし君と・・・ to be released on the 27th of May, 2009[6]. The album charted at the #4 place on the Oricon weely chart. |
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