GAM (group)

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GAM
GAM, June 2006 L to R: Aya Matsuura, Miki Fujimoto
Background information
Origin	Japan
Genre(s)	Japanese pop
Years active	2006—present
Label(s)	hachama
Associated acts	Morning Musume, Gomattou, Nochiura Natsumi, DEF.DIVA
Website	http://www.helloproject.com
Members
Aya Matsuura Miki Fujimoto

GAM (, gyamu^?) is a new project under the Hello! Project umbrella consisting of Aya Matsuura and Miki Fujimoto. This pairing was announced mid June 2006. Previously, Matsuura and Fujimoto worked together in the one-off group Gomattou with Maki Goto.

According to Hello! Project producer Tsunku, the term GAM stands for Great Aya and Miki. Since GAM's debut, Tsunku has decided to make this group a solid unit, instead of a one-time deal. On 13 September 2006 their first single "Thanks!" was released in Japan and made its debut at #2 on the Oricon Daily Ranking chart. ^[1] The single made its debut - and peak - the following week at number 5 in the Oricon Weekly Ranking chart. The song has so far stayed in the top 200 for 5 weeks^[2].

Their second single, "Melodies" (メロディーズ, merodīzu^?), was released 18 October 2006 making its debut at number 5 on the Oricon Daily Ranking chart the same day^[3]. The NINKI weekly singles chart ranked "Melodies" as the 4th most anticipated new release of the week ^[4]. In iTunes Store Japan, the music video for this song was ranked number 1 on the Top Music Videos list, presumably ranked by sales, as of Novermber 3, 2006. "Melodies" features a more mature theme and contains several scenes implying an almost homosexual relationship between the two singers, such as the near kiss sequence featured in the televised form of the PV; just as the two of them are about to kiss the video comes to an abrupt end. The completed version of the PV was uploaded onto YouTube on October 26th, which shows the 2 singers kissed at the end of the video.^[5]. This is featured on the DVD release of the PV.