GAM (group)
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GAM (ギャム, gyamu) is a new project under the Hello! Project umbrella consisting of Aya Matsuura and Miki Fujimoto. This pairing was announced mid June 2006. Previously, Matsuura and Fujimoto worked together in the one-off group Gomattou with Maki Goto. Because "gam" is slang for "attractive legs" in English, the girls are known for wearing very short skirts in their performances and PVs.
According to Hello! Project producer Tsunku, the term GAM stands for "Great Aya and Miki". Since GAM's debut, Tsunku has decided to make this group a solid unit, instead of a one-time deal. On 13 September, 2006 their first single "Thanks!" was released in Japan and made its debut at #2 on the Oricon Daily Ranking chart.[1] The single made its debut - and peak - the following week at number 5 in the Oricon Weekly Ranking chart. The song has so far stayed in the top 200 for 5 weeks.[2]
Their second single, "Melodies" (メロディーズ, merodīzu), was released October 18, 2006 making its debut at number 5 on the Oricon Daily Ranking chart the same day.[3] The NINKI weekly singles chart ranked "Melodies" as the 4th most anticipated new release of the week.[4] In iTunes Store Japan, the music video for this song was ranked number 1 on the Top Music Videos list, presumably ranked by sales, as of November 3, 2006. "Melodies" features a more mature theme and contains several scenes implying an almost sexual relationship between the two singers, such as the near kiss sequence featured in the televised form of the PV; just as the two of them are about to kiss the video comes to an abrupt end. The complete version of the PV released on the DVD showed that the 2 singers had actually kissed at the end of the video. Due to this, they have been compared to the Russian pop duo t.A.T.u. and dubbed among some listeners as the "Japanese t.A.T.u.".
Additionally, on the evening of the 28th of ??, Matsuura officially revealed her desire to go on a tour as part of GAM. Though her partner agreed, Fujimoto commented on how the group would need to record more original songs in order to do such a thing. Eventually, both members requested an album from producer Tsunku.[citation needed]
A third single, entitled Lu Lu Lu[5] was released in March 21, 2007. Three days later, "Daisuki Rakuten Eagles" was released as a theme song of the baseball team Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles—the third Hello! Project song to do so.
Members
- Aya Matsuura (松浦亜弥)
- Miki Fujimoto (藤本美貴)
Discography
Albums
| # | Title | Release Date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1st GAM ~Amai Yūwaku~ (1st GAM～甘い誘惑～)[6] | 2007-05-23 |
Singles
| # | Title | Release Date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | "Thanks!" | 2006-09-13 |
| 2 | "Melodies" (メロディーズ, Merodīzu) | 2006-10-18 |
| 3 | "Lu Lu Lu" | 2007-03-21 |
| - | "Daisuki Rakuten Eagles" (ダイスキ楽天イーグルス, Daisuki Rakuten Ēgurusu)[7] | 2007-03-24 |
Single V DVD
| # | Title | Release Date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Single V "Thanks!" | 2006-09-20 |
| 2 | Single V "Melodies" (メロディーズ) | 2006-11-02 |
| 3 | Single V "Lu Lu Lu" | 2007-03-28 |
Appearances
Concerts
- GAM 1st Concert Tour 2007 Shoka Natsu ~Great Aya & Miki~ – TBA
Notes and references
- ^ "Oricon Daily Ranking" (HTML) (in Japanese). Oricon Style. Retrieved 2006-09-15.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link) - ^ "GAM release" (HTML) (in Japanese). Oricon Style. Retrieved 2006-10-19.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link) - ^ "Oricon Daily Ranking" (HTML) (in Japanese). Oricon Style. Retrieved 2006-10-19.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link) - ^ "NINKI weekly singles ranking" (in Japanese). Oricon Style. Retrieved 2006-10-19.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link) - ^ From the 226th episode of DokiMiki Night, broadcasted on February 5, 2007
- ^ "Sweet, sweet GAM". 2007-04-06. Retrieved 2007-04-07.
- ^ Released under an indies label.
External links
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- Hello! Project Official Website: Offical profile, GAM announcement
- GAM's discography at UP-FRONT WORKS
- ThePPN:GAM