Akina Nakamori
Akina Nakamori (中森明菜, Nakamori Akina, born 13 July 1965 in Kiyose, Tokyo, Japan) is a multi-award winning j-pop singer and actress who debuted on May 1 of 1982. As a singer Akina came to be known for her mature yet rebellious style and powerhouse vocals, but also for her ever changing image both visually and musically as opposed to the conservative J-Pop scene. Together with Seiko Matsuda she dominated the 80's J-Pop scene and they were continuously rivaled by the media especially for their commercial success and contrasting "dark vs. light"-image conflict. Akina's so-called golden era situates between 1982 to 1989 till she attempted suicide for the failed romance with Kondo Masahiko. She has never gained back the popularity she once had from early to mid 1980's, yet she has still been able to maintain a somewhat steady career and her influence on the music industry never goes unnoticed. Today Akina's built her image more as a cover artist with her Utahime cover albums and also more recently with the award winning Enka. In 2005 she was the 16th best selling artist in Japan with over 25,1 million records sold. With a career as long as 25 years she has explored many different music genres including pop, rock, R&B, jazz, blues, enka, folk and Latin music. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.
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