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Akikawa Masafumi First Classical Million Seller

The song "Sen no Kaze ni Natte" has made opera tenor Akikawa Masafumi (39) a household name. And now it has finally made him Japan's first classical artist to have a million-selling release, according to sales data from Oricon.

The song is based on an English poem by an unknown author called "Do not Stand at my Grave and Weep" and Akikawa's version was released in May 2006, with the Japanese translation and melody by Arai Man. But after he sang it on NHK's "Kohaku Utagassen" popular song concert last New Year's Eve, sales started to really pick up and Akikawa started popping up all over the place on TV.

It became the first classical recording to reach No.1 on Oricon's singles chart and was named the best-selling single for the first half of 2007. The song was most recently used as the closing theme for a two-night Fuji TV special adaptation of "Hadashi no Gen", the famous anti-war manga based on the atomic bombing of Hiroshima.

With the ongoing decline in CD sales, million-selling hits are becoming fewer and further between, with only one a year in the last four years, compared to 14 in 2000 and five in 2001.

Source: Japan-Zone.com

Di ko pa siya napapakingan pero baka siya yung Josh Groban ng Japan?

Alam ko siya yung sikat sa mga homemakers. 

Nung napanood ko siya sa Kouhaku, my sister asked me kung siya nga ba yung Josh Groban ng Japan.. ^^

nagulat ako nang makita kong siya yung No.1 sa singles chart ng Oricon.. 'sen no kaze ni natte' is a nice song to listen to naman kahit hindi ako mahilig sa ganung type ng music.

hello sorry ha kung mdyo babalikan ko ng knti to.

mdyo mtgal nag number1 d2 ang sen no kaze,naging theme p nga sya s gnawang 27 jikan terebi.

nkakabigay encouragement kasi at ang dami nya pinaiyak here goes the first line

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Watashino ohaka no mae ni nakanaide kudasai

soko ni watashi wa imasen,nemutte nanka imasen

sen no kaze ni,sen no kaze ni natte,

ano ooki na sora wo,ikite watatte imasu.

grabe kakaiyak..

The song "Sen no Kaze ni Natte", which made opera tenor Akikawa Masafumi (39) a household name, was named yesterday as the best-selling single of the year. It was the first classical recording to reach No.1 on Oricon's singles chart and Akikawa became Japan's first classical artist to have a million-selling release.

With over 1.1 million copies sold, it brought in ¥1.12 billion for Teichiku Entertainment. The song is based on an English poem by an unknown author called "Do not Stand at my Grave and Weep" and Akikawa's version was released in May 2006.

After he sang it on NHK's "Kohaku Utagassen" last New Year's Eve, sales started to really pick up and Akikawa started popping up all over the place on TV. He has performed more than 120 concerts this year and estimates that he has sung the song about 160 times.  Japan-zone.com

160 times??? wow! >_<

natuwa lang ako last Sunday sa NHK Nodo Jiman, kinanta ng isang foreign group yung sen no kaze ni natte, tas natuwa ako lalo ng magpakilala yung isang member ng group na filipino xa. hehe. la lang ^_^

Ito ang major LSS ko ngayon. Grabe, ang galing niya sa Kouhaku, nakakakilabot nga lang pero magaling talaga. ^_^ Nakaka-touch pa ung letter na binasa ni Nakama Yukie before Akikawa-san sang the song.

Sa kakahanap ko ng MP3 ng Sen no Kaze, nakakita ako ng isang buong collection ng songs na puro may Kaze sa title. Hehe. It even has a bonus OST of Sen no Kaze... by Arai Mitsuru! Nilagay ko ung MP3 ng Sen no Kaze (Akikawa version) sa Multiply blog ko, in case anyone is interested ^_^

If you want a no-lyrics version of Sen no Kaze ni Natte, please click HERE, ang ganda, promise ^_^

nung nakita ko yung english translation ng kantang sen no kaze... nagandahan talaga ako sa kanta. ^_^  mas naappreciate ko talaga xa.  ^_^

nung napanuod ko sa nhk kayou concert, j-melo, at kouhaku si akikawa masafumi, pede pala xang ngumiti. hehe. dati kasi natatakot ako sa kanya. lagi kasing seryoso tingnan.  pero yun nga, kakagulat lang nung nakita ko xang tumatawa at nakangiti. ^_^

when i read this article... i was like, 'wow! o__O

http://www.tokyograph.com/news/id-2734



Rock star Yoshiki and popular tenor Masafumi Akikawa have formed an unlikely combination to create the theme song for a two-part television drama set to air next week.

The drama is NTV's "Tokyo Daikushu," whose cast is led by Maki Horikita and Tatsuya Fujiwara. The drama, which airs on March 17-18, reportedly had a budget of 100 million yen.

The theme song is a currently untitled ballad written and composed by Yoshiki and sung by Akikawa. The two actually never met, as Yoshiki created the song while in Los Angeles. It was brought back to Japan, and Akikawa completed the recording in Tokyo on Monday.

Lady-Rinoa:

Rock star Yoshiki and popular tenor Masafumi Akikawa have formed an unlikely combination

Ngayon ko lang na-realize...hindi kaya maging one-hit wonder si Akikawa Masafumi? Wag naman sana, sayang ang talent.

kyaaaaa. oo nga. wag naman sana >__<

In a recent article on Daily Yomiuri, Sakurai Manabu wrote, “Tenor Masafumi Akikawa’s new album Sen no Kaze ni Natte: Ichigo Ichie was released Wednesday and includes the hit song “Sen no Kaze ni Natte” (a thousand winds)–which is so popular that it was sung at NHK’s Red and White Year-End Song Festival in both 2006 and 2007–as well as a variety of other popular songs.”

“The album includes such old hits as “Iyomante no Yoru,” written by Kazuo Kikuta, which is often sung at graduation ceremonies, Miyuki Nakajima’s “Chijyo no Hoshi,” Anzen-Chitai’s “Wine Red no Kokoro,” and Shinji Tanimura’s “Subaru.”

“Using his memorable voice, Akikawa sings those songs powerfully on the album.”

“Akikawa says he’s determined to sing these pop songs as a tenor and talks about the popular Italian song “O Solo Mio,” which, “Many people may think of as a song for opera singers, but originally it was a pop song. Yet the song has became popular worldwide thanks to the opera singers.” J!-Ent News