AAA (band)

AAA
トリプル・エー
Background information
Origin Japan
Genres Pop, eurobeat, techno, ballad
Years active 2005–present
Labels Avex Trax
Website www.avexnet.or.jp/aaa
Members
Takahiro Nishijima
Naoya Urata
Mitsuhiro Hidaka
Shinjiro Atae
Shuta Sueyoshi
Misako Uno
Chiaki Itō
Past members
Yukari Goto

AAA (トリプル・エー Toripuru Ē?, Triple A), and also known as Attack All Around, is a Japanese pop band signed to the label Avex Trax which debuted in September 2005. The group originally consisted of five young men and three young women who had all acted in commercials and had been dancers for other Japanese stars, such as Ayumi Hamasaki and Ami Suzuki.

Contents

History

2007–present: Media mix and acting, New Lineup + Larger Success

AAA is also performing the opening for 2007's Kamen Rider Den-O and also for Delicious Gakuin. For this single, "Climax Jump," they have temporarily changed their name to "AAA Den-O form". The single was certified Gold by the Recording Industry Association of Japan (RIAJ) for the shipment of 100,000 physical singles and 100,000 full-track ringtone music downloads (or Chaku Uta Full) each, making Climax Jump their most successful single to date.[1][2]

AAA appeared at Otakon 2007 in Baltimore, Maryland.[3] Yukari Goto officially left AAA due to health problems and has not returned to the group.

AAA had their first Oricon weekly number 1 single in 2008 with "Mirage." AAA also appeared on the theaters and Nishijima manifested interest in the acting. He appeared in the film Love Exposure, which was the first film for him to play the main role. He performed cross-dressing in the film[4] and eventually won the Sponichi Grand Prix New Face Award of the year 2009 on January 19, 2010.[5]

After a string of top 5-10 hits throughout 2007-2008, AAA had a successful era in 2009 with their album HEARTFUL, with the album and all of the preceding singles debuting in the top 3. In 2010, AAA's double A-side single "Aitai Riyū/Dream After Dream (Yume Kara Sameta Yume)" topped the Oricon weekly charts in May 2010, becoming their second number 1 single on the charts. Both songs were composed by Tetsuya Komuro, while those lyrics were written by others. Their next single "Makenai Kokoro" was released in August. The song is also composed by Komuro, but Uno and Ito sing the majority of the song while Hidaka provides backing rap vocals like their Heartful era. The single debuted at number 3 on the Oricon charts at over 45,000 sales.

Discography

Albums

Album # Album information
1st Attack
  • Released: 2006-01-01
  • Length: 54.1 minutes
  • Oricon top 200 position: #16
  • Weeks on Chart: 11
  • Sales: 56,693
  • Note: Debut album
2nd All
  • Released: 2007-01-01
  • Length: 57.9 minutes
  • Oricon top 200 position: #24
  • Weeks on Chart: 7
  • Sales: 32,825
  • Note: All but three tracks were not singles on this album, and only two songs did not have corresponding music videos.
3rd Around
  • Released: 2007-09-19
  • Length: N/A
  • Oricon top 200 position: #8
  • Weeks on Chart: 5
  • Sales: 28,242
4th depArture
  • Released: 2009-02-11
  • Length: N/A
  • Oricon top 200 position: #4
  • Weeks on Chart: 3
  • Sales: 22,656
  • Note: Title of the album means a depArture from their old music style.
5th Heartful
  • Released: 2010-02-17
  • Length: 61 minutes
  • Oricon top 200 position: #3
  • Weeks on Chart: N/A
  • Sales: 50,543
  • Note: Almost all of the songs are sung by units within the group. For example, Brand New World is sung by Urata, Ito, Atae, and Hidaka. Rising Sun is sung by Nishjima, Uno and Sueyoshi. As I Am is a Misako Uno solo with backing vocals by Urata and Nishijima.
6th Buzz Communication
  • Released: 2011-02-16
  • Length: N/A
  • Oricon top 200 position: 2
  • Weeks on Chart: 16
  • Sales: 71,744

Remix albums

Album # Album information
1st Remix Attack
  • Released: 2006-01-01
  • Length: 1.2 hours
  • Oricon top 200 position: #92
  • Weeks on Chart: 2
  • Sales: 3,651
2nd AAA Remix: Non-Stop All Singles
  • Released: 2009-03-04
  • Length: N/A
  • Oricon top 200 position: N/A
  • Weeks on Chart: N/A
  • Sales: N/A

Cover album

Album # Album information
1st CCC: Challenge Cover Collection
  • Released: 2007-02-07
  • Length: N/A
  • Oricon top 200 position: #13
  • Weeks on Chart: 3
  • Sales: 16,578

Mini-albums

Mini-Album # Mini-Album information
1st Attack (half-album)
  • Released: 2006-01-01
  • Length: N/A
  • Oricon top 200 position: #16
  • Note: Charting details are the same as the full album, as both were released on the same day and counted as different versions of the same release.
2nd All/2 （ニブンノオール）
  • Released: 2006-09-13
  • Length: N/A
  • Oricon top 200 position: #12
  • Weeks on Chart: 6
  • Sales: 26,217
3rd AlohAAA
  • Released: 2007-03-21
  • Length: N/A
  • Oricon top 200 position: #39
  • Weeks on Chart: 2
  • Sales: 5,886
4th Choice Is Yours
  • Released: 2008-06-18
  • Length: N/A
  • Oricon top 200 position: #10
  • Weeks on Chart: 2
  • Sales: 16,471

Compilation albums

Album # Album Information
1st Attack All Around
  • Released: 2008-03-05
  • Studio Album: N/A
  • Oricon top 200 weekly position: #5
  • Weeks on Chart: 7
  • Sales: 41,929
  • Note: Contains all of the title songs of previous singles
2nd # AAABEST
  • Released: 2011-09-14
  • Studio Album: N/A
  • Oricon top 200 weekly position: #1
  • Weeks on Chart: 12
  • Sales: 93,192
  • Note:

Singles

Single # Single Information
1st "Blood on Fire"
  • Released: 2005-09-14
  • Studio Album: Attack
  • Oricon top 200 weekly position: #9
  • Weeks on Chart: 19
  • Sales: 58,052
  • Lead Vocals: Takahiro Nishijima, Misako Uno, Naoya Urata, Mitsuhiro Hidaka
  • End of Year Charts: #191
  • Tracklisting
  • CD

1 Blood On Fire
2 Blood On Fire (Insturmental)

  • DVD

1 Blood On Fire (Music Video / PV)
2nd "Friday Party"
  • Released: 2005-10-05
  • Studio Album: Attack
  • Oricon top 200 weekly position: #17
  • Weeks on Chart: 10
  • Sales: 17,331
  • Lead Vocals: Misako Uno, Takahiro Nishijima, Naoya Urata
  • End of Year Charts: #505
  • Tracklisting
  • CD

1 Friday Party
2 Friday Party (Insturmental)

  • DVD

1 Friday Party (Music Video / PV)
3rd "きれいな空 (Kirei na Sora) (Beautiful Sky)"
  • Released: 2005-11-16
  • Studio Album: Attack
  • Oricon top 200 weekly position: #17
  • Weeks on Chart: 9
  • Sales: 12,728
  • Lead Vocals: Takahiro Nishijima, Naoya Urata, Misako Uno, Mitsuhiro Hidaka
  • End of Year Charts: #878
  • Tracklisting
  • CD

1 Kirei na Sora
2 Kirei na Sora (Insturmental)

  • DVD

1 Kirei na Sora (Music Video / PV)
4th "Dragon Fire"
  • Released: 2005-12-05
  • Studio Album: Attack
  • Oricon top 200 weekly position: #20
  • Weeks on Chart: 8
  • Sales: 20,689
  • Lead Vocals: Takahiro Nishijima, Misako Uno, Naoya Urata
  • End of Year Charts: #401
  • Tracklisting
  • CD

1 Dragon Fire
2 Dragon Fire (Insturmental)

  • DVD

1 Dragon Fire (Music Video / PV)
5th "ハレルヤ (Hallelujah)"
  • Released: 2006-02-15
  • Studio Album: All
  • Oricon top 200 weekly position: #8
  • Weeks on Chart: 8
  • Sales: 27,814
  • Lead Vocals: Misako Uno, Mitsuhiro Hidaka, Takahiro Nishijima, Naoya Urata
  • End of Year Charts: #314
  • Tracklisting
  • CD

1 Hallelujah
2 Hallelujah (Insturmental)

  • DVD

1 Hallelujah (Music Video / PV)
6th "Shalala キボウの歌 (Kibou no Uta) (Song of Hope)"
  • Released: 2006-03-23
  • Studio Album: All
  • Oricon top 200 weekly position: #20
  • Weeks on Chart: 5
  • Sales: 13,484
  • Lead Vocals: Takahiro Nishijima, Misako Uno, Naoya Urata
  • End of Year Charts: #589
  • Tracklisting
  • CD

1 Shalala キボウの歌
2 Shalala キボウの歌 (Insturmental)

  • DVD

1 Shalala キボウの歌 (Music Video / PV)
7th "ハリケーン・リリ，ボストン・マリ (Hurricane Riri, Boston Mari)"
  • Released: 2006-05-31
  • Studio Album: All
  • Oricon top 200 weekly position: #10
  • Weeks on Chart: 6
  • Sales: 19,832
  • Lead Vocals: Misako Uno, Takahiro Nishijima, Naoya Urata, Shuta Sueyoshi, Mitsuhiro Hidaka
  • End of Year Charts: #432
8th "ソウルエッジボーイ／キモノジェットガール (Soul Edge Boy/Kimono Jet Girl)"
  • Released: 2006-07-12
  • Studio Album: All
  • Oricon top 200 weekly position: #12
  • Weeks on Chart: 7
  • Sales: 22,706
  • End of Year Charts: #369
  • Lead Vocals: (Soul Edge Boy) Takahiro Nishijima, Naoya Urata, Mitsuhiro Hidaka (Kimono Jet Girl) Yukari Goto, Misako Uno, Chiaki Ito
  • Note: Soul Edge Boy is sung by the male members while Kimono Jet Girl is sung by the female members.
9th "Let It Beat!"
  • Released: 2006-08-30
  • Studio Album: All
  • Oricon top 200 weekly position: #7
  • Weeks on Chart: 5
  • Sales: 21,302
  • Lead Vocals: Misako Uno, Takahiro Nishijima, Naoya Urata, Mitsuhiro Hidaka
  • End of Year Charts: #391
10th "Q"
  • Released: 2006-09-06
  • Studio Album: All
  • Oricon top 200 weekly position: #10
  • Weeks on Chart: 4
  • Sales: 14,809
  • Lead Vocals: Takahiro Nishijima, Naoya Urata, Misako Uno
  • End of Year Charts: #539
11th "チューインガム (Chewing Gum)"
  • Released: 2006-11-15
  • Studio Album: All
  • Oricon top 200 weekly position: #7
  • Weeks on Chart: 5
  • Sales: 14,571
  • Lead Vocals: Naoya Urata, Takahiro Nishijima
  • End of Year Charts: #551
  • Note: Sung by members Takahiro Nishijima and Naoya Urata
12th "Black & White"
  • Released: 2006-12-06
  • Studio Album: All
  • Oricon top 200 weekly position: #15
  • Weeks on Chart: 7
  • Sales: 24,883
  • Lead Vocals: (Samurai Heart) Takahiro Nishijima, Naoya Urata, Misako Uno, Mitsuhiro Hidaka, Shuta Sueyoshi, Shinjiro Atae (Winter Lander) Takahiro Nishijima, Naoya Urata, Mitsuhiro Hidaka, Misako Uno
  • End of Year Charts: #470
13th "Get チュー! / She の 事実 (Get Chuu! / She no Jijitsu)"
  • Released: 2007-04-18
  • Studio Album: Around
  • Oricon top 200 weekly position: #5
  • Weeks on Chart: 9
  • Sales: 41,294
  • Lead Vocals:(Get Chu) Misako Uno, Takahiro Nishijima, Naoya Urata (She no Jijitsu) Misako Uno, Takahiro Nishijima, Naoya Urata, Chiaki Ito, Yukari Goto
14th "唇からロマンチカ / That's Right (Kuchibiru Kara Romantica / That's Right)"
  • Released: 2007-05-16
  • Studio Album: Around
  • Oricon top 200 weekly position: #6
  • Weeks on Chart: 7
  • Sales: 32,271
  • Lead Vocals: (Kuchibiru Kara Romantica) Misako Uno, Takahiro Nishijima, Naoya Urata (That's Right) Takahiro Nishijima, Naoya Urata, Misako Uno
  • Note: Yukari Goto's last appearance in AAA, after this the female members are Misako Uno and Chiaki Ito
15th "夏もの (Natsu Mono) (Summer stuff)"
  • Released: 2007-07-18
  • Studio Album: Around
  • Oricon top 200 weekly position: #5
  • Weeks on Chart: 4
  • Sales: 32,722
  • Lead Vocals: (Sunshine) Naoya Urata, Takahiro Nishijima, Misako Uno, Chiaki Ito, Mitsuhiro Hidaka (Hanabi) Misako Uno, Chiaki Ito (No End Summer) Takahiro Nishijima, Naoya Urta, Mitsuhiro Hidaka, Shuta Sueyoshi, Shinjiro Atae
  • The song Hanabi is girls only and No End Summer is boys only
16th "Red Soul"
  • Released: 2007-09-19
  • Studio Album: Around
  • Oricon top 200 weekly position: #15
  • Weeks on Chart: 2
  • Sales: 9,267
  • Lead Vocals: Misako Uno, Takahiro Nishijima, Naoya Urata, Mitsuhiro Hidaka
  • Note: This single was released the same day as the album, making it a re-cut single.
17th "Mirage"
  • Released: 2008-01-09
  • Studio Album: Attack All Around
  • Oricon top 200 weekly position: #1
  • Weeks on Chart: 5
  • Sales: 32,695
  • Lead Vocals: Takahiro Nishijima, Naoya Urata, Misako Uno
  • Note: The first AAA single that topped the weekly Oricon Charts.
18th "Beyond: カラダノカナタ (Beyond: Karada no Kanata) (Beyond: The Other Side of the Body) "
  • Released: 2008-05-28
  • Studio Album: DepArture
  • Oricon top 200 weekly position: #6
  • Weeks on Chart: 4
  • Sales: 20,536
  • Lead Vocals: Takahiro Nishijima, Misako Uno, Naoya Urata, Shuta Sueyoshi, Chiaki Ito, Mitsuhiro Hidaka, Shinjiro Atae
19th "MUSIC!!! / ZERØ"
  • Released: 2008-08-27
  • Studio Album: DepArture
  • Oricon top 200 weekly position: #9
  • Weeks on Chart: 8
  • Format:CD+DVD A and B, CD-Extra
  • Sales: 31,978
  • Lead Vocals: (MUSIC!!) Takahiro Nishijima, Misako Uno, Naoya Urata, Chiaki Ito, Mitsuhiro Hidaka, Shuta Sueyoshi, Shinjiro Atae (ZERO) Naoya Urata, Takahiro Nishijima, Misako Uno, Mitsuhiro Hidaka
  • Note: Theme song of anime "World Destruction: Sekai Bokumetsu no Rokunin
  • Tracklisting
  • CD

1 Music
2 Zero
3 Crash (Exetended Version)
4 Music (Insturmental)
5 Zero (Insturmental)

  • DVD

1 Music (Music Video / PV) (Type A only)
2 Zero (Music Video / PV) (Type B only)
20th 旅ダチノウタ (Tabidachi no Uta) (Song of Departure) "
  • Released: 2009-01-12
  • Studio Album: DepArture
  • Oricon top 200 weekly position: #4
  • Weeks on Chart: 3
  • Sales: 24,777
  • Lead Vocals: Takahiro Nishijima, Misako Uno, Naoya Urata, Chiaki Ito, Mitsuhiro Hidaka, Shuta Sueyoshi, Shinjiro Atae
21st "Break Down/Break Your Name/Summer Revolution"
  • Released: 2009-07-29
  • Studio Album: HEARTFUL
  • Oricon top 200 weekly position: #3
  • Weeks on Chart: 5
  • Sales: 49,133
  • Lead Vocals: (Break Down) Misako Uno, Mitsuhiro Hidaka, Takahiro Nishijima, Naoya Urata (Break Your Name) Takahiro Nishijima, Naoya Urata, Mitsuhiro Hidaka (Summer Revolution) Misako Uno, Chiaki Ito
  • Note: Break Your Name is a boys only track and Summer Revolution is girls only
22nd "Hide-Away"
  • Released: 2009-10-21
  • Studio Album: HEARTFUL
  • Oricon top 200 weekly position: #2
  • Weeks on Chart: 7
  • Sales: 52,575
  • Lead Vocals: (Hide-away) Misako Uno, Chiaki Ito, Mitsuhiro Hidaka, Takahiro Nishijima, Naoya Urata (Hide&Seek) Takahiro Nishijima, Naoya Urata, Mitsuhiro Hidaka (Find You) Misako Uno, Chiaki Ito
  • Note: The CD single includes "Hide-Away," "Hide & Seek," "Find You" and "With You." The four songs are all the same song with different lyrics. "Hide-Away," "Hide & Seek" and "Find You" were arranged by different musicians and were sung by different members of the band. "Hide-Away" is a soft electro-pop song sung by all members, "Hide & Seek" is a boys only electronic-rock song, "Find You" is a girls only pop-rock song and "With You" is identical to "Hide-Away" but with changed lyrics. "With You" was the 1st ending song of anime InuYasha: The Final Act.
23rd "Heart and Soul"
  • Released: 2010-01-27
  • Studio Album: HEARTFUL
  • Oricon top 200 weekly position: #3
  • Weeks on Chart: 4
  • Sales: 35,736
  • Lead Vocals: Misako Uno, Chiaki Ito, Takahiro Nishijima, Naoya Urata, Mitsuhiro Hidaka
24th "Aitai Riyū/Dream After Dream (Yume Kara Sameta Yume)"
  • Released: 2010-05-05
  • Oricon top 200 weekly position: #1
  • Weeks on Chart: 9
  • Sales: 59,833
  • Lead Vocals: (Aitai Riyuu) Takahiro Nishijima, Misako Uno, Chiaki Ito, Naoya Urata, Mitsuhiro Hidaka (Dream After Dream) Misako Uno, Chiaki Ito, Takahiro Nishijima, Naoya Urata, Mitsuhiro Hidaka
  • Notes: Their 2nd number 1 single and their 2nd single to be beat their debut in sales.
25th "Makenai Kokoro"
  • Released: 2010-08-18
  • Oricon top 200 weekly position: #3
  • Weeks on Chart: 8
  • Sales: 57,707
  • Lead Vocals: Misako Uno, Chiaki Ito, Mitsuhiro Hidaka
  • Notes: Makenai Kokoro was used as the theme song to a drama, Gakeppuchi no Eri.
26th "Endless Fighters/PARADISE"
  • Release Date: 2010-11-17
  • Oricon top 200 weekly position: #5
  • Weeks on Chart: 6
  • Sales: 55,870
  • Lead Vocals: (Paradise) Takahiro Nishijima, Chiaki Ito, Misako Uno, Naoya Urata, Mitsuhiro Hidaka
  • Notes: "PARADISE" is being used for a commercial of Ito-Yokado, which features Nishijima. "Endless Fighters" is the theme song to Pokémon Smash!.
27th "Daiji na Koto"
  • Release Date: 2011-02-16
  • Lead Vocals: Misako Uno, Naoya Urata, Chiaki Ito, Takahiro Nishijima, Mitsuhiro Hidaka, Shuta Sueyoshi, Shinjiro Atae
  • Notes: One of the songs are going to be used for Benesse's commercial.
28th "No Cry No More"
  • Release Date: 2011-06-22
  • Oricon top 200 weekly position: #3
  • Weeks on Chart: 6
  • Sales: 57,527
  • Lead Vocals: Misako Uno, Naoya Urata, Chiaki Ito, Takahiro Nishijima, Mitsuhiro Hidaka, Shuta Sueyoshi, Shinjiro Atae
29th "CALL/I4U"
  • Release Date: 2011-08-31
  • Oricon top 200 weekly position: #5
  • Weeks on Chart: 8
  • Sales: 45,414
  • Lead Vocals: Misako Uno, Naoya Urata, Chiaki Ito, Takahiro Nishijima, Mitsuhiro Hidaka, Shuta Sueyoshi, Shinjiro Atae
30th "Charge ▶ Go! / Lights"
  • Release Date: 2011-11-16
  • Oricon top 200 weekly position: #5
  • Weeks on Chart: 6
  • Sales: 55,000
  • Lead Vocals: Misako Uno, Naoya Urata, Chiaki Ito, Takahiro Nishijima, Mitsuhiro Hidaka, Shuta Sueyoshi, Shinjiro Atae
  • Notes: Charge & Go Used for "Morinaga's Weider "In" Jelly Energy Drink" commercial / Lights used by Ito-Yokado commercial

Compilation singles

Single # Single Information Artist Information
1st "Climax Jump"
  • Released: 2007-03-21
  • Studio Album: N/A
  • Oricon top 200 weekly position:#5
  • Weeks on Chart: 20
  • Sales: 109,622
  • Note: AAA's highest selling single, and first Top 5 Hit.
 AAA DEN-O Form
2nd "いざゆけ若鷹軍団2007 (Izayuke Wakataka Gundan 2007)"
  • Released: 2007-03-21
  • Studio Album: N/A
  • Oricon top 200 weekly position: #33
  • Weeks in Chart: 4
  • Sales: 6,570
 Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks with AAA

DVDs

Books

References

  1. ^ "ゴールド等認定作品一覧　2008年3月" (in Japanese). RIAJ. http://www.riaj.or.jp/data/others/gold/200803.html. Retrieved 2010-05-10. 
  2. ^ "レコード協会調べ　11月度有料音楽配信認定＜略称：11月度認定＞" (in Japanese). RIAJ. http://www.riaj.or.jp/data/others/chart/w071220_3.html. Retrieved 2010-05-10. 
  3. ^ Guests: Musical
  4. ^ "西島隆弘、次は主演賞？芝居も歌も「ＡＡＡ」" (in Japanese). Sports Nippon. 2010-02-09. http://www.sponichi.co.jp/entertainment/news/2010/02/09/02.html. Retrieved 2010-05-10. 
  5. ^ "役者魂！西島隆弘　パンチラの嵐でも"無反応"" (in Japanese). Sports Nippon. 2010-01-20. http://www.sponichi.co.jp/entertainment/news/2010/01/20/01.html. Retrieved 2010-05-10. 

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Preceded by
Ai Otsuka		 Japan Record Award for Best New Artist
2005		 Succeeded by
Ayaka
AAA
Albums
Singles
See also