| Meg | |
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| Background information | |
| Born | October 3, 1980 |
| Origin | Hiroshima, Japan |
| Genres | Pop, electro-pop, dance, pop rock, electronica |
| Occupations | Singer-songwriter, composer, model, fashion designer |
| Years active | 2001-present |
| Labels | Burger Inn, Dream Machine, Local Sound Network, Shampoo Nine Records, Universal J (former) unBORDE Records (current) |
| Associated acts | Yasutaka Nakata Capsule Perfume |
| Website | Official Site Universal Site Official Blog |
Meg born on October 3, 1980[1] in Hiroshima, Japan, is a Japanese singer-songwriter, composer, and fashion designer.
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Meg made her singing debut in July 2002 with the song "Scanty Blues", produced by Yasuyuki Okamura.
In the summer of 2004, Meg started her own fashion brand called "Cheryl". In January 2006, she changed the capitalization of her stage name from "meg" to "MEG".
Her third studio album, Aquaberry, reached number 1 on the pop albums chart on the Japanese upon its release.[2]
Meg began working with producer Yasutaka Nakata in 2007 and released her ninth single, "Amai Zeitaku" in May 2007, switching to the electropop genre.[3] She has since worked with other producers, including the new rave English band Hadouken! for her 14th single, "Freak", and the Shanghai Restoration Project for a mini album titled Journey.[4]
Meg's 2008 album Step became her best-selling album in her career, peaking at number 8 in the Oricon chart, selling 29,048 units, making it the second technopop album to reach the Oricon Top Ten since Perfume's "Game", which debuted at number one.
Her sixth studio album Beautiful, was released on May 27, 2009, and also has reached the Oricon Top Ten.[5] Her seventh full studio album, Maverick, was released on June 23, 2010, once again featuring production and songwriting work by Yasutaka Nakata.
In July 2010, Meg wrote in her blog informing fans that she would be leaving Universal Music Japan and travelling to Paris for a break. She would release the single "Passport/Paris" and a compilation album titled Best Flight with her label before going on indefinite hiatus.[6]
In 2011, she returned to Warner Music, on the newly launched Unborde Records label. Starting June 20, 2011 Meg began releasing digital singles only available in the French iTunes Store. Her fourth digital single, Rouge No Dengon, was originally supposed to be released on September 26, 2011 but due to issues getting it onto the iTunes France Store, it was delayed and released on September 27 instead.
| Year | Title | Oricon albums charts |
Sales | Producer |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | Mgrmx | — | 300 | Kouichi Tsutaya |
| Room Girl | 87 | 4,000 | Yasuyuki Okamura, CMJK, Nobuhiko Kashihara, Meg | |
| 2006 | Dithyrambos | 291 | 800 | |
| 2007 | Aquaberry | 139 | 2,000 | |
| Beam | 24 | 29,000 | Nakata Yasutaka | |
| 2008 | Step | 8 | 29,000 | |
| 2009 | Beautiful | 10 | 18,000 | |
| Journey | 38 | 6,000 | Shanghai Restoration Project | |
| 2010 | Maverick[7] | 20 | 6,012 | Nakata Yasutaka |
| 2010 | Best Flight | 22 | 5,138 |
| Year | Title | Peak (Oricon) |
Peak (Billboard) |
Sales | Album |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | — | — | Room Girl | ||
| 2002 | "Scanty Blues" (スキャンティブルース Sukyanti Burūsu) | — | — | — | |
| "Ikenai Kotokai/Kasa to Shizuku" (イケナイコトカイ/傘としずく) | 84 | — | 4,000 | ||
| 2003 | "Kōro" (光露) | 156 | — | 700 | |
| "Groove Tube" | 131 | — | 1,400 | ||
| 2004 | "Stereo04" | — | — | — | Dithyrambos |
| 2006 | "Rockstar" 1 | — | — | — | |
| "Dawn" 1 | — | — | — | ||
| 2007 | "Amai Zeitaku" (甘い贅沢) 1 | 183 | — | 600 | Beam |
| "OK" | 43 | — | 8,000 | ||
| 2008 | "Magic" | 42 | — | 4,000 | Step |
| "Heart" | 26 | 62 | 6,000 | ||
| "Precious" | 17 | 49 | 8,000 | Beautiful | |
| 2009 | "Freak" | 21 | — | 5,000 | Maverick |
| 2010 | "Secret Adventure" | 20 | |||
| 2010 | "Passport/Paris" | 75 | |||
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