Meg (singer)

Meg (singer)
Meg
Born October 3, 1980 (1980-10-03) (age 31)
Origin Hiroshima, Japan
Genres Pop, electro-pop, dance, pop rock, electronica
Occupations Singer-songwriter, composer, model, fashion designer
Years active 2001-present
Labels Burger Inn, Dream Machine, Local Sound Network, Shampoo Nine Records, Universal J (former)
unBORDE Records (current)
Associated acts Yasutaka Nakata
Capsule
Perfume
Website Official Site
Universal Site
Official Blog

Meg born on October 3, 1980[1] in Hiroshima, Japan, is a Japanese singer-songwriter, composer, and fashion designer.

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History

Meg made her singing debut in July 2002 with the song "Scanty Blues", produced by Yasuyuki Okamura.

In the summer of 2004, Meg started her own fashion brand called "Cheryl". In January 2006, she changed the capitalization of her stage name from "meg" to "MEG".

Her third studio album, Aquaberry, reached number 1 on the pop albums chart on the Japanese upon its release.[2]

Meg began working with producer Yasutaka Nakata in 2007 and released her ninth single, "Amai Zeitaku" in May 2007, switching to the electropop genre.[3] She has since worked with other producers, including the new rave English band Hadouken! for her 14th single, "Freak", and the Shanghai Restoration Project for a mini album titled Journey.[4]

Meg's 2008 album Step became her best-selling album in her career, peaking at number 8 in the Oricon chart, selling 29,048 units.

Her sixth studio album Beautiful, was released on May 27, 2009.[5] Her seventh full studio album, Maverick, was released on June 23, 2010, once again featuring production and songwriting work by Yasutaka Nakata.

In July 2010, Meg wrote in her blog informing fans that she would be leaving Universal Music Japan and travelling to Paris for a break. She would release the single "Passport/Paris" and a compilation album titled Best Flight with her label before going on indefinite hiatus.[6]

In 2011, she returned to Warner Music, on the newly launched Unborde Records label. Starting June 20, 2011 Meg began releasing digital singles only available in the French iTunes Store. Her fourth digital single, Rouge No Dengon, was originally supposed to be released on September 26, 2011 but due to issues getting it onto the iTunes France Store, it was delayed and released on September 27 instead.

Discography

Albums

Year Title Oricon
albums
charts
Sales
2003 Mgrmx 300
Room Girl 87 4,000
2006 Dithyrambos 291 800
2007 Aquaberry 139 2,000
Beam 24 29,000
2008 Step 8 29,000
2009 Beautiful 10 18,000
Journey 38 6,000
2010 Maverick[7] 20 6,012
2010 Best Flight 22 5,138

Singles

Year Title Peak
(Oricon)
Peak
(Billboard)
Sales Album
Room Girl
2002 "Scanty Blues" (スキャンティブルース Sukyanti Burūsu?)
"Ikenai Kotokai/Kasa to Shizuku" (イケナイコトカイ/傘としずく?) 84 4,000
2003 "Kōro" (光露?) 156 700
"Groove Tube" 131 1,400
2004 "Stereo04" Dithyrambos
2006 "Rockstar" 1
"Dawn" 1
2007 "Amai Zeitaku" (甘い贅沢?) 1 183 600 Beam
"OK" 43 8,000
2008 "Magic" 42 4,000 Step
"Heart" 26 62 6,000
"Precious" 17 49 8,000 Beautiful
2009 "Freak" 21 5,000 Maverick
2010 "Secret Adventure" 20
2010 "Passport/Paris" 75
Digital Singles
  • Discothèque/Banana No Namida, covered from Rosario + Vampire and Le College fou, fou, fou [2011.6.20]
  • Ma Mélissa covered from Les Minikeums [2011.7.25]
  • Believe, covered from One Piece [2011.8.29]
  • Rouge No Dengon, covered from Kiki's Delivery Service[2011.9.27]
  • Still Love Her (Ushinawareta Fuukei), covered from City Hunter[2011.10.31]
  • Tough Boy, covered from Ken Le Survivant [2011.11.28]

References

External links



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