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Throughout her career, Mísia developed a new style: she modernized Amália Rodrigues's fado, shocking orthodox audiences by adding to the traditional instruments (bass guitar, classical guitar and Portuguese guitar) the sensuality of the accordion and the violin, and borrowing their finest verses from the greatest Portuguese poets.
Misaki Itō (伊藤 美咲, Itō Misaki) commonly known as Misia (ミーシャ, Mīsha, born July 7, 1978) and stylized in all caps, is a Japanese singer and songwriter. Born in Tsushima, Nagasaki , Misia moved to Fukuoka at the age of 14 to pursue a recording career.
Fresh off The Tour of Misia Discotheque Asia, where the musical emphasis was on lively, uptempo dance music, Misia wanted a change of pace with the next album.She was inspired by the positive feedback she received from concert audiences in relation to the ballad section of her Discotheque Asia setlist, and set out to make an album that could recreate the same "well-filled quiet" that garnered ...
On January 15, 2017, Misia added an additional date to the first leg of the tour in Japan, at the Hiroshima Bunka Gakuen HBG Hall in Hiroshima. [7] On March 29, 2018, Misia announced the tour would begin with a concert in Taipei on June 17, 2018, at the Taipei International Convention Center, marking her first concert in Taiwan in five years. [8]
Misia then gives the statue of a lion in the middle of the forest human form. As the second chorus kicks in, Misia is seen resting on large rock, singing, while the flower dancers surround her. As the chorus ends, the camera quickly pans to the sky where the lion man, who has now duplicated himself, is gesturing while standing on a cloud.
Eighth World (stylized as EIGHth WØRlD) is Misia's eighth studio album and her first since signing back with BMG Japan, released on January 9, 2008.It includes the singles "Any Love" and "Royal Chocolate Flush" as well as the J-Wave image song for Winter Campaign Holy December, Be in Love with J-Wave and "To Be in Love", the theme song to the Japanese release of the movie Bridge to Terabithia.
It went on to sell over 2.29 million copies, making Misia one of the three acts, alongside Globe and Chemistry, with the second most consecutive double million albums, behind Hikaru Utada. [2] Love Is the Message was the recipient of the award for best album at the 42nd Japan Record Awards .
Misia recorded two new tracks for the album, both written by Kiyoshi and composed by Kenji Hayashida. "Kuruzo Thrilling", a percussion-heavy brazilian jazz -inspired track, features Raúl Midón on the guitar, [ 3 ] and on "Unmei Loop", Misia welcomes Marcus Miller , whom she first collaborated with impromptu during the Blue Note Jazz Festival ...