Mari Hamada

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Mari Hamada ( 浜田麻里 born July 18, 1962 in Tokyo, Japan ) is a Japanese female rock singer , songwriter and producer. She must not be confused with another singer and actress also named Mari Hamada (濱田マリ), but with different kanji, who also released two solo albums and solo singles in the 90's, and who was the singer of two japanese band: "Modern Choki Chokies" and "Unknown Soup & Spice".

Mari started her professional singing career in 1983, as a heavy metal idol, produced by Munetaka Higuchi, drummer of japanese metal band Loudness. Her records were succesful in the Japanese rock market. Later, she changed her musical style to AOR (adult oriented rock), with mainstream commercial and even international success. In 1989, she hit No. 1 on the oricon music charts for the first time, and performed at the Budokan hall two days successfully in the same year. Two of her songs where used by the NHK to promote the 1988 Seoul olympics games TV diffusions in Japan. She is one of the best-selling female artists in Japan from late 80's to mid-90's.

She released her only international album in 1994, "Introducing...", a compilation of songs in english, supported by a european tour with Kim Wilde, and the same year released an international duet with australian boys-band Indecent Obsession: "Fixing a Broken Heart".


Contents

[edit] Albums

  • Lunatic Doll - 1983 - (heavy metal)
  • Romantic Night - 1983 - (heavy metal)
  • Misty Lady - 1984 - (heavy metal)
  • Rainbow Dream - 1984
  • Magical Mystery Mari Live '85 - 1985 - (Live)
  • Blue Revolution - 1985
  • Promise in the History - 1986
  • In the Precious Age - 1987
  • Love Never Turns Against - 1988
  • Return to Myself - 1989
  • Colors - 1990
  • Tomorrow - 1991
  • Anti-Heroine - 1993
  • Persona - 1996
  • Philosophia - 1998
  • Blanche - 2000
  • Marigold - 2002
  • Sense of Self - 2003
  • Elan - 2005
  • Sur Lie - 2007

[edit] International albums

  • Introducing... - 1993 - (first compilation in english for Asia)
  • All My Heart - 1994 - (second compilation in english for Asia)
  • Introducing... - 1994 - (different compilation for Europe, with mixed titles from the ones for Asia)

[edit] Compilations

  • First Period - 1984
  • Mari's Collection! - 1986
  • Now and Then - 1986
  • Anthology - 1987
  • Heart and Soul - 1988
  • Sincerely - 1989
  • Inclination - 1994
  • Cats and Dogs - 1998
  • Greatest Hits - 2000
  • Inclination II - 2003
  • Sincerely II - 2005

[edit] Singles

  • Blue Revolution　(1985.10.21)
  • Crime OF Love　(1986.05.21)
  • Love And Free　(1986.12.16)
  • Magic -Adventurous Heart-　(1987.06.21)
  • 999 - One More Reason　(1987.08.21)
  • Forever　(1988.03.21)
  • Call My Luck　(1988.06.08)
  • Heart and Soul　(1988.09.07)
  • Return to Myself (1989.04.19)　(N°1 oricon charts)
  • Open Your Heart　(1989.11.08)
  • Heaven Knows　(1990.07.11)
  • Nostalgia　(1991.12.16)
  • Paradox　(1991.10.10)
  • Tele-Control　(1992.02.05)
  • Cry For The Moon　(1993.01.27)
  • Company　(1993.07.28)
  • Hey Mr. Broken Heart　(1996.01.24)
  • Antique　(1996.06.05)
  • Until the Dawn　(1998.08.26)
  • Millenia　(2000.01.26)
  • Frozen Flower　(2002.02.27)
  • Ash And Blue　(2003.07.30)
  • Fly High／Moonlight Shadow　(2005.09.22)　

[edit] Homonymy

The following albums (and unlisted singles) have been released by an homonymous Mari Hamada (濱田マリ):

  • フツーの人 (Futsu no hito) - 1995
  • 編む女 (Amu onna) - 1997


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