Same Same
Encyclopedia
Same Same was a pop
band consisting of identical twins, Bob and Clint Moffatt, originally members of the Canadian boyband The Moffatts
. Same Same was based in Thailand
and they sold albums and perform mainly in Thailand, Indonesia
, Malaysia and the Philippines
.
On March 26, 2006, Same Same released their first album, The Meaning of Happy
, and in the summer of 2006 started an international tour through Thailand, Indonesia and the Philippines.
For The Meaning of Happy, they have collaborated with Thai producer Warut Rintranukul and with several Asia
n artists, such as Arpaporn Nakornsawan and Nui of The Peachband, Lovi
, Audy, Jaclyn Victor
and duo Michelle & Vickie. For their music videos, they worked with famous Thai director Nonthee Nimitbut. They have hosted the MTV
Asia Awards primer, Road To Bangkok and were presenters for the said awards as well. Same Same also sang for the World Cup
2006 album entitled Voices from The FIFA World Cup, for the songs Give It All You Got (with Arpaporn Nakornsawan) and Believe In Your Dream with The Sony BMG All-Stars (Thailand).
Hit Chart for the week of June 4–10, 2006. The next single, "Without You", featuring upcoming singer Lovi, has stayed on the 12th position of the MYX Hit Chart for three weeks. They reached number one in the RX93.1 Countdown Top 7 and 96.3 WRock Top 5 Favorites. The Philippines' magazine Top 40 Hits included an article on Same Same and featured them on the cover of the issue. They have also been featured in articles in the Philippine Star, Filipino Journal and many other newspapers and magazines. Same Same's The Meaning of Happy has attained gold award status in Thailand and platinum in Indonesia.
In September 2006 Same Same decided to take a hiatus. On January 2007, the band announced that they would be holding a contest for fans to choose a new band name for them. Their fansite, Same Same Music, shut down the next month. They are currently working on new material for an upcoming country album, under a different band name Two Bullet Parade.
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...
band consisting of identical twins, Bob and Clint Moffatt, originally members of the Canadian boyband The Moffatts
The Moffatts
The Moffatts were a Canadian pop/rock band, composed of brothers Scott, Clint, Bob and Dave Moffatt. Eldest brother Scott was born on March 30, 1983 in Whitehorse, Yukon. Less than a year later, on March 8, 1984, triplets Bob, Clint and Dave were born in Vancouver, British Columbia...
. Same Same was based in Thailand
Thailand
Thailand , officially the Kingdom of Thailand , formerly known as Siam , is a country located at the centre of the Indochina peninsula and Southeast Asia. It is bordered to the north by Burma and Laos, to the east by Laos and Cambodia, to the south by the Gulf of Thailand and Malaysia, and to the...
and they sold albums and perform mainly in Thailand, Indonesia
Indonesia
Indonesia , officially the Republic of Indonesia , is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania. Indonesia is an archipelago comprising approximately 13,000 islands. It has 33 provinces with over 238 million people, and is the world's fourth most populous country. Indonesia is a republic, with an...
, Malaysia and the Philippines
Philippines
The Philippines , officially known as the Republic of the Philippines , is a country in Southeast Asia in the western Pacific Ocean. To its north across the Luzon Strait lies Taiwan. West across the South China Sea sits Vietnam...
.
On March 26, 2006, Same Same released their first album, The Meaning of Happy
The Meaning of Happy
The Meaning of Happy is the first album released by Pop group Same Same.-Track listing:# "Supermodel" – 3:05# "City Lights" – 3:58...
, and in the summer of 2006 started an international tour through Thailand, Indonesia and the Philippines.
For The Meaning of Happy, they have collaborated with Thai producer Warut Rintranukul and with several Asia
Asia
Asia is the world's largest and most populous continent, located primarily in the eastern and northern hemispheres. It covers 8.7% of the Earth's total surface area and with approximately 3.879 billion people, it hosts 60% of the world's current human population...
n artists, such as Arpaporn Nakornsawan and Nui of The Peachband, Lovi
Lovi Poe
Lourdes Virginia Moran Poe, better known by her screen name Lovi Poe , is an award-winning Filipina actress and singer who is currently a contract star of GMA Network. She is the daughter of the legendary actor Fernando Poe, Jr...
, Audy, Jaclyn Victor
Jaclyn Victor
Jaclyn Joshua Thanaraj Victor is a singer and actress, popularly known as Jac, who won the inaugural Malaysian Idol and Ikon Malaysia. For being the winner of Malaysian Idol, she won a recording contract under Sony BMG Entertainment. She is under the management of The 8 Unit. She represented...
and duo Michelle & Vickie. For their music videos, they worked with famous Thai director Nonthee Nimitbut. They have hosted the MTV
MTV
MTV, formerly an initialism of Music Television, is an American network based in New York City that launched on August 1, 1981. The original purpose of the channel was to play music videos guided by on-air hosts known as VJs....
Asia Awards primer, Road To Bangkok and were presenters for the said awards as well. Same Same also sang for the World Cup
FIFA World Cup
The FIFA World Cup, often simply the World Cup, is an international association football competition contested by the senior men's national teams of the members of Fédération Internationale de Football Association , the sport's global governing body...
2006 album entitled Voices from The FIFA World Cup, for the songs Give It All You Got (with Arpaporn Nakornsawan) and Believe In Your Dream with The Sony BMG All-Stars (Thailand).
Reception
Same Same's single "Love Isn't" debuted at number seventeen on the MYXMyx
myx or MYX is the music channel of ABS-CBN brand and the #1 music channel in the Philippines. It is also a part of Studio 23's program line-up. In 2007, MYX North America was launched in the United States....
Hit Chart for the week of June 4–10, 2006. The next single, "Without You", featuring upcoming singer Lovi, has stayed on the 12th position of the MYX Hit Chart for three weeks. They reached number one in the RX93.1 Countdown Top 7 and 96.3 WRock Top 5 Favorites. The Philippines' magazine Top 40 Hits included an article on Same Same and featured them on the cover of the issue. They have also been featured in articles in the Philippine Star, Filipino Journal and many other newspapers and magazines. Same Same's The Meaning of Happy has attained gold award status in Thailand and platinum in Indonesia.
In September 2006 Same Same decided to take a hiatus. On January 2007, the band announced that they would be holding a contest for fans to choose a new band name for them. Their fansite, Same Same Music, shut down the next month. They are currently working on new material for an upcoming country album, under a different band name Two Bullet Parade.