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Not to be confused with Mari Hamada (actress).
Mari Hamada
浜田麻里Birth name 浜田麻里 (Hamada Mari) Born July 18, 1962
Tokyo, JapanOrigin Tokyo, Japan Genres AOR, metal, rock Occupations Singer, songwriter Years active 1983–present Labels Tri-M
MCA
VictorAssociated acts Indecent Obsession, Munetaka Higuchi Website Official site Mari Hamada (浜田麻里 Hamada Mari, born July 18, 1962 in Tokyo, Japan) is a Japanese female rock singer, songwriter and producer.
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Biography
Mari Hamada started her professional singing career in 1983 as a heavy metal idol, produced by the late Munetaka Higuchi (drummer of Japanese metal band Loudness).[1] Her records were successful in the Japanese rock market. Later, she changed her musical style to AOR, with mainstream commercial and even international success.
In 1989, she hit No. 1 on the Oricon music charts for the first time and performed a successful two-day concert at the Budokan in the same year. Two of her songs where used by the NHK to promote the 1988 Seoul Olympics games TV broadcasts in Japan. She was the best-selling Japanese export artist from the late-1980s to mid-1990s, since her records were popular abroad but not available outside Japan.
In 1993, Hamada released her only international album - Introducing... Mari Hamada, a compilation of songs in English. The album featured a song composed by Matthew and Gunnar Nelson (of the band Nelson) and was supported by a European tour with Kim Wilde. In the same year, Hamada recorded the ballad "Fixing a Broken Heart" with the Australian band Indecent Obsession on their album Relativity.
In 2010, she performed a successful concert at the Tokyo Nakano-sun plaza and hit Mari Hamada live in Tokyo "Aestetica" No. 1 on the Oricon DVD music charts for the first time.
Discography
Albums
- Lunatic Doll (1983)
- Romantic Night (1983)
- Misty Lady' (1984)
- Rainbow Dream (1984)
- 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)
- Aestetica (2010)
International releases
- Introducing... Mari Hamada (1993, Asia; 1994, Europe)
- All My Heart (1994, Asia)
Live albums
- Magical Mystery Mari Live '85 (1985)
- Reflection -axiom of the two wings- (2008)
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)
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)
- Eagle (2008.04)
- Wish (2008.05)
References
- ^ "Loudness: ‘'Last Memorial Birthday'’ to Honor Late Drummer Munetaka Higuchi". Blabbermouth. 21 December 2008. http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=111250. Retrieved 13 December 2010.
External links
- Official site at Tri-M Records (Japanese)
- Mari Family - official fan club (Japanese)
- Mari Hamada on Idollica
Categories:- 1962 births
- Living people
- People from Tokyo
- Japanese heavy metal singers
- Japanese female singers
- Japanese singer-songwriters
- Female heavy metal singers
- MCA Records artists
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