Heartsdales
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| Heartsdales | |
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| Origin | Tokyo/New York |
| Genre(s) | Urban contemporary |
| Years active | 2001-2006 [As a duo] |
| Label(s) | AVEX TRAX [1] |
| Website | Heartsdale's official web site |
| Members | |
| Rum Jewels |
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Heartsdales was a Japanese hip hop group composed of sisters Yumi Sugiyama (Sugiyama Yumi (杉山ユミ))[1] and Emi Sugiyama (Sugiyama Emi (杉山エミ))[2], known by their stage names Rum and Jewels, respectively.
Yumi was born on December 17, 1981, and Emi on December 4, 1976 in Tokyo, Japan. Their family moved to the Yonkers area of New York right after Yumi was born, due to their father's job as an interior designer. In 1995, the family moved back to Japan, and Yumi attended Tama Art University and Emi attended Keio University.
In summer 2001, Yumi and Emi appeared on the TV audition program ASAYAN. They won the competition, and landed a contract with AVEX Entertainment . They adopted the name "Heartsdales" as a reference to the city Hartsdale, New York.
They released their first album, Radioactive, in 2002 under AVEX Record's sublabel Cutting Edge. Their first single, "So Tell Me," was ranked 6th on the Oricon music rankings. Since then, they released 6 albums and 14 singles. Artimage is Heartsdales' management office, who also manages other Japanese hip-hop artists such as m-flo and Double.
On June 22, 2006, Heartsdales announced on their official website that they were going to break-up to pursue new endeavors. [3] Yumi now lives in New York City and has started a design studio, "Studio Yumi," (http://www.studioyumi.com) and attends the Parsons The New School for Design. Jewels lives in Tokyo.
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[edit] Trivia
- Many of the songs on the album "SUGAR SHINE" were co-written, co-arranged, and co-produced by Verbal of m-flo.
- Jewels and Rum both practiced kendo, along with their brother and both parents.
[edit] Discography
[edit] Albums
| # | Information |
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| 1st | Radioactive |
| 2nd | Sugar Shine
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| 3rd | Heart Attack! ~The Remixes & Video Clips~ (CD+DVD)
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| 4th | Super Star |
| 5th | Heart Attack 2 ~The Remixes & Video Clips~ (CD+DVD) |
| 6th | Ultra Foxy
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| 7th | Heart Attack 3 ～The Remixes & Video Clips～ (CD+DVD) |
| 8th | THE BEST OF Heartsdales "THE LEGEND" |
[edit] Singles
| # | Single |
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| 1st | So Tell Me
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| 2nd | That's Why |
| 3rd | BODY ROCK |
| 4th | Should Have What!? featuring DOUBLE
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| 5th | Thru With You |
| 6th | CANDY POP feat.SOUL'd OUT
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| 7th | I See You |
| 8th | LOVE & JOY
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| 9th | Fantasy
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| 10th | Shining
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| 11th | Hey DJ! |
| 12th | Angel Eyes
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| 13th | 冬 gonna love
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| 14th | STAY / Foxy Lady |
[edit] Collaborations / Compilations
- Woman - Keizo Nakanishi featuring Heartsdales (CD Album Idenshi - 07.30.2003)
- Helpless Game - Heartsdales Featuring Verbal and Mika Nakashima (CD Album Radioactive)
- Helpless Rain ( But I'm Falling too Deep Version) - Mika Nakashima Feat. Verbal and Heartsdales (CD Single Helpless Rain)
- SWITCH - LISA featuring Kumi Koda & Heartsdales (CD Single SWITCH/I ONLY WANT TO BE WITH YOU)
- SWITCH - LISA featuring Kumi Koda & Heartsdales (CD Album Gratitude)
- Wet N' Wild - Heartsdales featuring SUITE CHIC (CD Album Sugar Shine)
- STARSTRUCK~"The Return of the LuvBytes" - m-flo loves AI & Hinouchi Emi & RUM(Heartsdales) (CD Album ASTROMANTIC - 05.26.2004)
- It's a small World - Kumi Koda & Heartsdales (Soundtrack 80 Days - 11.03.2004)
- It's a small World - Kumi Koda & Heartsdales (CD Album secret (first press) - 02.09.2005)
- Oh Boy - JHETT featuring Heartsdales (CD Album JHETT a.k.a. YAKKO for AQUARIUS - 03.24.2005)
- Push It (Compilation We Love Dance Classics Vol. 1 - 03.24.2005)
- speedster - three NATION feat. Heartsdales (CD Album Dance Floor Lovers - 3.15.2006)
- player - Origa featuring Heartsdales (Soundtrack Ghost in the Shell: S.A.C. Solid State Society OP Song 11.22.2006)
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