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Misc YUI Facts:
YUI just won Best Voice of Life (Women) for CHE.R.RY and Best Album of Life (CAN'T BUY MY LOVE) in FM Festival's Radio Award in Japan, Life Music 2007.
Check out the nominees and winners. Winners are selected based on the votes from listeners.
YUI's CBML actually beat RADWIMPS 4 (me lurve both albums)...and she beats Angela Aki, ayaka, Cocco...even though they sing better, YUI is more popular lol. Maybe because the fact that she's one of the sensei in SCHOOL OF LOCK, increased her chances to win, since SOL has something to do with this award, heh.
I like this award hella lot more than those on TVs (Grand Prix, Best Artists, MTV...). Maybe it's because most of my fave artists were nominated xD
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I started to blog more about YUI in the beginning of 2007. I'm not sure exactly why but, seeing all these YUI facts were under appreciated by fans, and people making weird/creepy assumptions kinda 'forced' me to rant it here instead. Gotta thank dear YUI for this, and of course you guys for motivating me to improve myself even more.
Back then I only write for exams, assignments, homework...end. Oh and forums. That's all. I rarely write in my entire life before 20, that's why I have to keep churning out stuff to polish up my mediocre writing skills. Now I try to write 3 posts per week, translate more stuff, and write journal everyday (influenced by YUI).
Here are brief summary on certain big events happened in year 2007. This is to recall back all the great things YUI achieved and for those who just got to know YUI recently.
January 2007
- YUI, lip synched for the first (and only) time on TV.
- Release of Rolling star on January 17. Total sales: 169,277 - Highest Ranking: 4 - Yearly Ranking: 35 (as 12/24/2007)
February 2007
- Attended Japan Academy Awards in kimono and received Best Newcomer award (Taiyou no Uta).
March 2007
- Released CHE.R.RY on March 7. Total sales: 168,638 - Highest Ranking: 2 - Yearly Ranking: 36 (as 12/24/2007)
- Showed Wu~wang!! on TV for the first time.
- Turned 20 years old on March 26. YUI performed her last teen street live on the day before her birthday and one long interview on her life before 20 was conducted to commemorate this day.
April 2007
- Released CAN'T BUY MY LOVE on April 4. YUI's first ever number 1 in Oricon chart. Total sales: 647,410 - Yearly Ranking: 10 (as 24/12/2007)
- 2nd Tour Spring & Jump started at Fukuoka on April 13.
And, YUI no Ontama is hilarious.
May 2007
- First half of YUI 2nd tour 2007 Spring & Jump ended at Shibuya's C.C. Lemon Hall (May 1). Second half started on May 25 at NHK Osaka Hall.
- Received April's CDTV Award.
June 2007
- YUI completed her 2nd Tour 2007 on June 1. Total 12 shows.
- Release of first double A-side single, My Generation/Understand on June 13. First number 1 single. Total sales: 135,093 - Highest Ranking: 1 - Yearly Ranking: 52
- Takeuchi Yuuko become first guest artist of YUI Locks.
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My school starts today. I need to do some serious planning so that I won't screw up lol. Particularly on productivity to get things done. I will try to finish part 2 after I come back from school.
Happy New Year's Eve!!
PS: This post was written because the author was waken up by some horny cats at 1 am.
