Chemistry (band)
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is a Japanese Pop
/R&B duo, composed of and . They were the winners of the Asayan
audition (similar to the American Idol
series) in 2000 organized by Sony Music Entertainment Japan
.
Their first single "Pieces of a Dream" was released on March 3, 2001, and was the best selling single that year (over 2 million). Most of their singles have reached #1 on the Oricon charts; all five albums have reached #1 the day they were released. Their #1 streak was broken by the KinKi Kids
' album H Album: Hand
, scoring them a #2 rank for Fo(u)r.
Chemistry is also known in Korea
for the popular collaboration song "Let's Get Together Now
," featuring talents from both Korea and Japan and for collaborating with Korean singer Lena Park
who appears in the b-side "Dance with Me" on the "Kimi ga Iru" single.
On March 6, 2008, Kaname Kawabata married model Miki Takahashi. They met after she appeared in the PV for "This Night."
Their recent single "Period" was selected as the fourth opening for the anime series Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood.
In 2010, CHEMISTRY worked together with the 4-person dance group Synergy to release "Shawty". Another joint work of the two groups will be released November 3, 2010, titled "Keep Your Love".
In 2011, CHEMISTRY was tapped by Bandai Visual
to record a song for the OVA series, Mobile Suit Gundam Unicorn
, due to be the title song for the 3rd episode, The Ghost of Laplace. merry-go-round, is due for release on March 2, 2011 as a follow up before the OVA's actual release on March 5, 2011.
Their 15th single "Wings of Words" was used as the last opening theme for Mobile Suit Gundam SEED DESTINY from PHASE-38 to 50
Pop music
Pop music is usually understood to be commercially recorded music, often oriented toward a youth market, usually consisting of relatively short, simple songs utilizing technological innovations to produce new variations on existing themes.- Definitions :David Hatch and Stephen Millward define pop...
/R&B duo, composed of and . They were the winners of the Asayan
Asayan
Asayan, originally known as , was a talent search variety show that aired on TV Tokyo from 1995 to 2002. Many Hello! Project artists and groups were discovered through Asayan auditions produced by Tsunku....
audition (similar to the American Idol
American Idol
American Idol, titled American Idol: The Search for a Superstar for the first season, is a reality television singing competition created by Simon Fuller and produced by FremantleMedia North America and 19 Entertainment...
series) in 2000 organized by Sony Music Entertainment Japan
Sony Music Entertainment Japan
is Sony's music arm in Japan. SMEJ is directly owned by Sony Corporation and independent from the United States-based Sony Music Entertainment due to its strength in the Japanese music industry....
.
Their first single "Pieces of a Dream" was released on March 3, 2001, and was the best selling single that year (over 2 million). Most of their singles have reached #1 on the Oricon charts; all five albums have reached #1 the day they were released. Their #1 streak was broken by the KinKi Kids
KinKi Kids
is a Japanese duo consisting of Koichi Domoto and Tsuyoshi Domoto under the talent agency Johnny & Associates. Although the members share the same surname, the only relation they have to each other is that they both hail from the Kinki region, hence the duo's name....
' album H Album: Hand
H Album: Hand
H Album: Hand is the eighth studio album of the Japanese duo KinKi Kids. After nearly a year without an album-release, the duo released H Album: Hand on November 16, 2005. It debuted at the top of the Oricon charts, selling 245,681 copies in its first week.-Track list:-References:* . Johnny's net....
, scoring them a #2 rank for Fo(u)r.
Chemistry is also known in Korea
Korea
Korea ) is an East Asian geographic region that is currently divided into two separate sovereign states — North Korea and South Korea. Located on the Korean Peninsula, Korea is bordered by the People's Republic of China to the northwest, Russia to the northeast, and is separated from Japan to the...
for the popular collaboration song "Let's Get Together Now
Let's Get Together Now
Let's Get Together Now is a K-Pop/J-Pop song used as an anthem for the 2002 FIFA World Cup Korea/Japan. Performed by the supergroup Voice of Korea/Japan , it was released in three separate versions: a full Japanese version, a full Korean version , and a merged version which combines the...
," featuring talents from both Korea and Japan and for collaborating with Korean singer Lena Park
Lena Park
Lena Park, also known as Park Jung-hyun, , is a Korean-American R&B singer. Early in her life, Park showed talent for singing, mainly in the choir of her father's church in Downey with her siblings Brian and Uriah. She also learned to play saxophone and piano...
who appears in the b-side "Dance with Me" on the "Kimi ga Iru" single.
On March 6, 2008, Kaname Kawabata married model Miki Takahashi. They met after she appeared in the PV for "This Night."
Their recent single "Period" was selected as the fourth opening for the anime series Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood.
In 2010, CHEMISTRY worked together with the 4-person dance group Synergy to release "Shawty". Another joint work of the two groups will be released November 3, 2010, titled "Keep Your Love".
In 2011, CHEMISTRY was tapped by Bandai Visual
Bandai Visual
, is a Japanese anime, film production and distribution enterprise, established by Bandai Co., Ltd. and a subsidiary of Namco Bandai Holdings, Inc., which is based in Minato, Tokyo, Japan. Since the reorganisation of Namco Bandai Holdings in 2006, Bandai Visual now heads the group's Visual and...
to record a song for the OVA series, Mobile Suit Gundam Unicorn
Mobile Suit Gundam Unicorn
is a novel by popular Japanese author Harutoshi Fukui . The novel takes place in Gundam's Universal Century timeline. Character and mechanical designs are provided by Yoshikazu Yasuhiko and Hajime Katoki, respectively...
, due to be the title song for the 3rd episode, The Ghost of Laplace. merry-go-round, is due for release on March 2, 2011 as a follow up before the OVA's actual release on March 5, 2011.
Their 15th single "Wings of Words" was used as the last opening theme for Mobile Suit Gundam SEED DESTINY from PHASE-38 to 50
Albums
| # | Title | Release date | Ranking |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Way We Are The Way We Are (Chemistry album) The Way We Are is an album by the Japanese R&B duo Chemistry, released on November 7, 2001 by Sony Music Japan.-Track listing:# "Intro-lude ~The Way We Are~"# "合鍵"# "PIECES OF A DREAM"# "愛しすぎて"# "BROTHERHOOD"# "Point of No Return"# "C'EST LA VIE"... |
2001-11-17 | #1 |
| 2 | Second to None Second to None (Chemistry album) Second to None is an album by the Japanese R&B duo Chemistry, released on January 8, 2003 by Sony Music Japan.-Track listing:# "Intro-lude~You're My Second to None~"# "It Takes Two"# "STILL ECHO"# "My Gift to You"# "Running Away"... |
2003-01-08 | #1 |
| 3 | Between the Lines Between the Lines (Chemistry album) Between the Lines is an album by the Japanese R&B duo Chemistry, released on June 18, 2003 by Sony Music Japan.-Track listing:# "Naturally Ours"# "It Takes Two "# "Point of No Return "# "恋するカレン"... |
2003-06-18 | #1 |
| 4 | One X One One X One One X One is an album by the Japanese R&B duo Chemistry, released on February 18, 2004 by Sony Music Japan.-Track listing:# "Intro-lude"# "Us"# "YOUR NAME NEVER GONE"# "my Rivets"# "This age"# "Bound for Identity～dear friend～"... |
2004-02-18 | #1 |
| 5 | Hot Chemistry | 2005-01-26 | #1 |
| 6 | Fo(u)r | 2005-11-16 | #2 |
| 7 | Re:fo(u)rm | 2006-08-09 | #25 |
| 8 | All the Best | 2006-11-22 | #1 |
| 9 | Face to Face | 2008-01-30 | #3 |
| 10 | Winter of Love | 2008-11-19 | #7 |
| 11 | the CHEMISTRY joint album | 2009-03-11 | #10 |
| 12 | regeneration | 2010-02-24 | #7 |
| 13 | CHEMISTRY 2001-2011 | 2011-03-02 | # |
Singles
| # | Title | Release date | Ranking | No. of weeks in Charts |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "Pieces of a Dream" | 2001-03-07 | #1 | 32 weeks |
| 2 | "Point of No Return" | 2001-06-06 | #1 | 22 weeks |
| 3 | "You Go Your Way" | 2001-10-11 | #1 | 14 weeks |
| 4 | 2002-05-09 | #2 | 12 weeks | |
| 5 | "Floatin'" | 2002-07-17 | #1 | 6 weeks |
| 6 | "It Takes Two" | 2002-11-13 | #1 | 14 weeks |
| 7 | "My Gift to You" | 2002-12-18 | #4 | 2 weeks |
| 8 | 2003-08-06 | #1 | 13 weeks | |
| 9 | "Your Name Never Gone" | 2003-11-19 | #2 | 13 weeks |
| 10 | "So in Vain" | 2004-02-04 | #3 | 6 weeks |
| 11 | "Mirage in Blue" | 2004-07-07 | #4 | 7 weeks |
| 12 | "Long Long Way" | 2004-10-27 | #4 | 6 weeks |
| 13 | 2004-12-01 | #8 | 6 weeks | |
| 14 | 2005-02-23 | #4 | 9 weeks | |
| 15 | "Wings of Words" | 2005-07-27 | #2 | 12 weeks |
| 16 | "Almost in Love" | 2005-11-02 | #6 | 8 weeks |
| 17 | 2006-10-04 | #4 | 11 weeks | |
| 18 | 2006-11-01 | #9 | 5 weeks | |
| 19 | "Top of the World" | 2006-12-06 | #28 | 5 weeks |
| 20 | 2007-04-25 | #9 | 4 weeks | |
| 21 | "This Night" | 2007-08-01 | #13 | 5 weeks |
| 22 | "Saigo no Kawa" | 2007-10-24 | #4 | 11 weeks |
| 23 | (supported by Monkey Majik Monkey Majik Monkey Majik is a Japanese pop-rock band formed in 2000, consisting of two Canadian brothers and two Japanese members .- Profile :... ) |
2007-12-05 | #18 | 3 weeks |
| 24 | "Life goes on Life Goes On -Music:* Life Goes On * Life Goes On * Life Goes On * Life Goes On * Life Goes On, an album by BMX Bandits* "Life Goes On" * "Life Goes On"... " |
2008-08-20 | #12 | 5 weeks |
| 25 | 2008-11-05 | #16 | 4 weeks | |
| 26 | "A Place for Us" (with Toko Furuuchi) | 2009-02-18 | #21 | 2 weeks |
| 27 | 2009-11-04 | #19 | 4 weeks | |
| 28 | "Period" | 2010-01-27 | #12 | 1 week |
| 29 | "Shawty Shawty "Shawty" is the title of a 2007 single by rapper Plies featuring T-Pain. It is Plies' debut single off his album The Real Testament and samples "Fantasy" by Earth, Wind & Fire.-Remixes:... " (CHEMISTRY+Synergy) |
2010-08-18 | #18 | 3 week |
| 30 | "Keep Your Love" (CHEMISTRY+Synergy) | 2010-11-03 | #11 | 3 week |
| 31 | "a better tomorrow" | 2011-02-16 | #16 | 2 week |
| 32 | "merry-go-round" | 2011-03-02 | # | week |
Videos
- 2002-04-10 R.A.W. ~Respect and Wisdom- Chemistry Acoustic Live (in DVDDVDA DVD is an optical disc storage media format, invented and developed by Philips, Sony, Toshiba, and Panasonic in 1995. DVDs offer higher storage capacity than Compact Discs while having the same dimensions....
and VHSVHSThe Video Home System is a consumer-level analog recording videocassette standard developed by Victor Company of Japan ....
) - 2003-02-14 Chemistry the Videos: 2001-2002 ~What You See is What You Get~ (in DVD and VHS)
- 2003-09-10 Two as We Stand ~Live and Documentary 2002-2003~ (in DVD and VHS)
- 2005-01-26 Chemistry in Suntory Hall ~Hibiki~ (in DVD and UMDUniversal Media DiscThe Universal Media Disc is an optical disc medium developed by Sony for use on their PlayStation Portable handheld gaming and multimedia platform...
) - 2006-08-09 Chemistry the Videos: 2003-2006 ~We Sing, Therefore We Are~ (in DVD and VHS)
- 2006-11-22 Chemistry 2006 Tour Fo(u)r (Blu-ray DiscBlu-ray DiscBlu-ray Disc is an optical disc storage medium designed to supersede the DVD format. The plastic disc is 120 mm in diameter and 1.2 mm thick, the same size as DVDs and CDs. Blu-ray Discs contain 25 GB per layer, with dual layer discs being the norm for feature-length video discs...
)
External links
- Chemistry Club
- Chemistry website on Sony Music Online Japan
- Nippop Profile: Chemistry