The nominees for the '12th CD Shop Awards' have been announced.The nominated works that were announced include original albums released between January 1 to December 31 of last year. At this time, 15 works were selected by 495 sales clerks nationwide. The winners will be announced at an awards ceremony to be held in March. Check out the nominees below! [12th CD Shop Awards Nominees]Aimyon - "Shunkanteki Sixth Sense"THE YELLOW MONKEY - "9999"Ozaw

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The artist line up for MUSIC STATION's three-hour special, which will air on October 18th, has been revealed. The airtime for MUSIC STATION will be changing this month. The upcoming broadcast will be a special program titled 'Viewers & Artists Participate... MUSIC STATION that everyone creates together.' At this time, we know that 14 artists will be making appearances including Ikimonogakari, King & Prince, Cocco, THE YELLOW MONKEY, Johnny's WES

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All of Spitz's songs are now available on music subscription services. Spitz just released their new album "Mikke" on October 9. You can now listen to all songs from their debut album "Spitz" (released in 1991) to their latest "Mikke" on Apple Music, Spotify, LINE MUSIC, etc. Source: natalie

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Spitz have uploaded the PV for their new song "Arigatosan" onto YouTube.  "Arigatosan" will be included in the band's upcoming album "Mikke" to drop on October 9. The PV was shot in a room of an apartment as the members requested to perform the song in a super narrow room. Director Kitayama Daisuke (THREE IS A MAGIC NUMBER Inc.) commented, "The band has grown up and performs openly in a Showa worldview. It's a PV that shows that although it's R

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The schedule for Spitz's nationwide tour 'SPITZ JAMBOREE TOUR 2019-2020: MIKKE' has been revealed. The tour will be held to coincide with the release of the band's new album "Mikke" (October 9) and will run from this November to July of next year. Take a look at the schedule below!  [SPITZ JAMBOREE TOUR 2019-2020: MIKKE]November 30 - Ecopa Arena (Shizuoka)Thursday, December 5 - Musashino no Mori Sogo Sports Plaza (Tokyo)Saturday, Decem

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Spitz's new album "Mikke" will drop on October 9. The band's 16th original album comes over three years since their last album "Samenai" was released in July of 2016. It will be available for purchase in six different versions: two limited editions, regular edition, analog edition, and two fan club "Spitzbergen" editions. You can check out the track list below the cut.To commemorate the album's release, Spitz will hold a nationwide tour called '

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Spitz will release their new single "Yasashii Ano Ko" on June 19. "Yasashii Ano Ko" has been picked up as the theme song for NHK morning drama 'Natsuzora' starring actress Hirose Suzu. It's been a little over three years since the band released their last single "Minato" (April 2016 release). As the coupling track, the single will include "Akuyaku."Source & Image: natalie

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The theme song for NHK morning drama 'Natsuzora' will be Spitz's new song "Yasashii Ano Ko."  'Natsuzora' is NHK's 100th morning drama series, and it tells a story of Okuhara Natsu (played by Hirose Suzu), a young girl raised in Tokachi, Hokkaido who enters the animation industry after graduating from high school. Besides Hirose, the drama will star Matsushima Nanako, Fujiki Naohito, Okada Masaki, Yoshikawa Ryo, Takahata Atsuko, and Kusak

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Recochoku have updated their weekly charts for the week of December 13th to December 19th. Check out the top ranking digital singles, albums and music videos for this week below! - < Digital Single - Weekly Ranking > 01 - "Anata" - Utada Hikaru 02 - "Kaede" - Spitz 03 - "Jupiter" - Little Glee Monster 04 - "Christmas Song" - back number 05 - "Togetsukyou ~Kimi Omou~" - Kuraki Mai 06 - "Yokoku" - aiko 07 - "Kimi-shi Ayauk

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Recochoku have updated their weekly charts for the week of July 5th to July 11th. Check out the top ranking digital singles, albums and music videos for this week below! - < Digital Single - Weekly Ranking > 01 - "Kinen Satsuei" - BUMP OF CHICKEN 02 - "Sora" - GENERATIONS 03 - "RAIN" - SEKAI NO OWARI 04 - "Ozora de Dakishimete" - Utada Hikaru 05 - "Still Alive" - B'z 06 - "Seimei" - B'z 07 - "HANABI" - Mr.Children 08 -

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