Sugar Soul
| Sugar Soul | |
|---|---|
| Origin | Japan |
| Years active | 1996–2001 |
| Labels |
Flava Records (1997) Warner Music Japan (1998—2001) |
| Associated acts | Hirofumi Asamoto, Dragon Ash, Shinichi Osawa, Zeebra |
| Website |
www |
| Past members | Aiko, DJ Hasebe, Kawabe |
Sugar Soul (シュガー・ソウル Shugā So'uru) was a Japanese three-member R&B group who first formed in 1996. They soon made their debut in January 1997 on the Flava Records label. The members featured DJ Hasebe (programming), Aiko Machida (vocals) and Kawabe (composer).[1] The band achieved success with the single "Garden" in 1999, which featured Kenji Furuya of Dragon Ash. The band was seen as one of the prominent new R&B-style musicians in Japan in the late 1990s.[2]
In 2001, the band went on a permanent hiatus after the release of the single "Soulmate." Vocalist Aiko went on to become the vocalist of drum and bass band Kam in 2010.[3]
Kumi Koda covered the Sugar Soul song "Ima Sugu Hoshii" in 2006, and in 2009 May J. covered "Garden."
Discography
Original albums
| Year | Album Information | Oricon Albums Charts [4] |
Reported sales [5] |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | On
|
10 | 139,000 |
| 2000 | Uzu (うず, "Swirl")
|
3 | 340,000 |
Other albums
| Year | Album Information | Oricon Albums Charts [4] |
Reported sales [5] |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | Sugar Soul Live: Balance
|
12 | 44,000 |
| 2002 | Soul Jam
|
97 | 3,000 |
Soul Mix
|
— | — | |
| 2003 | Sugar Soul
|
20 | 24,000 |
Singles
| Release | Title | Notes | Oricon singles charts [4] |
Oricon sales [5] |
Album |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1997 | "Those Days" | Re-released in 1999, sales pertain to re-release | 34 | 30,000 | — |
| 1998 | "Kanashimi no Hana ni" (悲しみの花に, "To a Flower of Sadness") | Debut single under Warner | 75 | 11,000 | On |
| "Sauce" | Produced by Shinichi Osawa | 51 | 33,000 | ||
| 1999 | "Namibia" (ナミビア) | Produced by Hirofumi Asamoto | 50 | 13,000 | |
| "Garden" feat. Kenji | 2 | 923,000 | Uzu | ||
| "Siva 1999" feat. Zeebra | 10 | 152,000 | |||
| 2000 | "Respectyourself" | 15 | 76,000 | ||
| "Ii yo" (いいよ, "It's Good") | 79 | 2,600 | |||
| 2001 | "Soulmate" | Final release as a band | 46 | 7,000 | — |
References
- ↑ "Sugar Soul". 2008. Retrieved 2008-04-04.
- ↑ Condry, Ian. Hip Hop Japan: Rap and the Paths of Cultural Globalization. Durham, NC: Duke University Press, 2006
- ↑ "Sugar Soulが10年ぶりに復活". RBB TODAY. 2010-06-22. Retrieved 2011-02-09.
- 1 2 3 "アーティスト： Sugar Soul". Oricon. Retrieved June 6, 2011.
- 1 2 3 "オリコンランキング情報サービス「you大樹」". Oricon. Retrieved June 6, 2011. (subscription only)
External links
- Web archive of official site (Japanese)
- Warner Music Japan label site (Japanese)
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