GAM (group)

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GAM
Origin Flag of Japan Tokyo, Honshū, Japan
Genre(s) Japanese pop
Years active 2006–present
Label(s) Hachama
Associated acts Morning Musume, Gomattou, Nochiura Natsumi, DEF.DIVA
Website Hello! Project.com
Members
Aya Matsuura
Miki Fujimoto

GAM (ギャム Gyamu?) is a J-pop unit 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. Because "gam" is slang for "attractive legs" in English, the girls are known for wearing very short skirts in their performances and PVs.

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.

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[edit] History

On September 13, 2006 their first single "Thanks!" was released in Japan and made its debut at number two on the Oricon Daily Ranking chart.[1] The single made its debut—and peak—the following week at number five in the Oricon Weekly Ranking chart. The song has so far stayed in the top 200 for five weeks.[2]

Their second single, "Melodies" (メロディーズ Merodīzu?), was released October 18, 2006 making its debut at number five on the Oricon Daily Ranking chart the same day.[3] The Ninki weekly singles chart ranked "Melodies" as the fourth most anticipated new release of the week.[4] In iTunes Store Japan, the PV for this song was ranked number one on the Top Music Videos list, presumably ranked by sales, as of November 3, 2006. "Melodies" features a more mature theme and contains several scenes implying an almost sexual 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 complete version of the PV released on the DVD showed that the two singers had actually kissed at the end of the video. Due to this, they have been compared to the Russian pop duo t.A.T.u. and dubbed among some listeners as the "Japanese t.A.T.u.".

Additionally, on the evening of the 28th of an uncertain month, Matsuura officially revealed her desire to go on a tour as part of GAM. Though her partner agreed, Fujimoto commented on how the group would need to record more original songs in order to do such a thing. Eventually, both members requested an album from producer Tsunku.[citation needed]

A third single, entitled Lu Lu Lu[5] was released on March 21, 2007. Three days later, "Daisuki Rakuten Eagles" was released as a theme song of the baseball team Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles—the third Hello! Project song to do so.

[edit] Members

[edit] Discography

[edit] Albums

# Title Release Date Peak Position Copies Sold
1 1st GAM ~Amai Yūwaku~ (1st GAM～甘い誘惑～?)[6] 2007-05-23 #12 22,506

[edit] Singles

# Title Release Date Peak Position Copies Sold
1 "Thanks!" 2006-09-13 #5 36,477
2 "Melodies" (メロディーズ Merodīzu?) 2006-10-18 #8 33,324
3 "Lu Lu Lu" 2007-03-21 #10 21,836
– "Daisuki Rakuten Eagles" (ダイスキ楽天イーグルス Daisuki Rakuten Īgurusu?)[7] 2007-03-24 - -

[edit] Single V DVD

# Title Release Date
1 Single V "Thanks!" 2006-09-20
2 Single V "Melodies" (メロディーズ?) 2006-11-02
3 Single V "Lu Lu Lu" 2007-03-28

[edit] Concerts

  • GAM 1st Concert Tour 2007 Shoka Natsu ~Great Aya & Miki~ – 2007-08-29

[edit] Notes and references

  1. ^ Oricon Daily Ranking (Japanese). Oricon Style. Retrieved on 2006-09-15.
  2. ^ GAM release (Japanese). Oricon Style. Retrieved on 2006-10-19.
  3. ^ Oricon Daily Ranking (Japanese). Oricon Style. Retrieved on 2006-10-19.
  4. ^ Ninki weekly singles ranking (Japanese). Oricon Style. Retrieved on 2006-10-19.
  5. ^ From the 226th episode of DokiMiki Night, broadcasted on February 5, 2007
  6. ^ Sweet, sweet GAM (2007-04-06). Retrieved on 2007-04-07.
  7. ^ Released under an indies label.

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GAM
Aya Matsuura | Miki Fujimoto
Singles
Thanks! | Melodies | LU LU LU | Daisuki Rakuten Eagles
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GAM 1st Concert Tour 2007 Shoka Natsu ~Great Aya & Miki~
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