AAA (band)
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| General information | |
| Genre (s) | J-pop |
| founding | 2005 |
| Website | avexnet.or.jp/aaa |
| Current occupation | |
| Takahiro Nishijima | |
| Misako Uno | |
| Mitsuhiro Hidaka | |
| Shinjiro Atae | |
| Shuta Sueyoshi | |
| former members | |
| Yukari Goto (June 2007) | |
| Chiaki Ito (January 12, 2017) | |
| Naoya Urata (December 31, 2019) | |
AAA ( Japanese ト リ プ ル ・ エ ー , Toripuru Ē , 'Triple A', for Attack All Around ) is a Japanese J-Pop band that has been under contract with Avex Trax since September 2005 . The group was formed from five male and three female members who used to perform as dancers for stars like Ayumi Hamasaki and Ami Suzuki .
history
The band AAA was actually planned with the five male members Takahiro Nishijima, Naoya Urata, Shuta Sueyoshi, Shinjiro Atae, Mitsuhiro Hidaka and Misako Uno as the only female member. However, Avex decided to include Chiaki Ito and Yukari Goto in the band. Since the songs BLOOD on FIRE and Friday Party only contained six vocal parts, they could only be heard in the chorus .
In the summer of 2005 Avex announced the debut of a new pop and Eurobeat group, which would consist of male and female performers from the avex artist academy - a special facility of the label for training young singers and dancers. For this reason, the band gained its first fans even before their first single. From September to December they released a single every month and their first album, ATTACK , was released in January 2006. Due to the high number of releases, not all songs were presented live. But since each single contained a different genre , this did not have a major impact on sales.
As AAA Den-O they released the single Climax Jump for the opening of the series Kamen Rider Den-O . Her first appearance in the US was at the Otakon Anime Convention in Baltimore . Their 17th single MIRAGE reached number 1 on the Oricon charts and at the same time set the record with the lowest sales of a number 1 single in Japan with 25,333 records sold in one week.
On May 26th, the band will host an online concert on the Japanese Internet platform Ameba, with all AAA members controlling their avatars while live images are shown. Fans must purchase limited avatar items to participate. The event takes place in the “Pigg Dome” of Ameba Live Space, named after the avatars called “Pigg”.
According to the label, Yukari Goto left the group for health reasons in June 2007 shortly before the start of their 4th Attack Live Tour and there were seven members left.
Chiaki Ito left the group on January 12, 2017 because of her pregnancy and marriage.
Discography
Albums
Studio albums
| publication | title | Chart position ( Oricon ) |
Sales (Japan) | annotation |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January 1, 2006 | Attack | 16 (11 weeks) | 57,000 | 1st studio album |
| January 1, 2007 | Alles | 24 (7 weeks) | 33,000 | 2nd studio album |
| September 19, 2007 | Around | 8 (5 weeks) | 28,000 | 3rd studio album |
| March 5, 2008 | Attack All Around | 5 (7 weeks) | 42,000 | 1st compilation |
| February 11, 2009 | Departure | 4 (3 weeks) | 23,000 | 4th studio album |
| February 17, 2010 | Heartful | 3 (5 weeks) | 51,000 | 5th studio album |
| February 16, 2011 | Buzz Communication | 2 (16 weeks) | 72,000 | 6th studio album |
| September 14, 2011 | AAA order | 1 (17 weeks) | - | 2nd compilation |
| March 21, 2012 | Another side of #AAABEST | 4 (9 weeks) | - | 3. Compilation |
| 22nd August 2012 | 777 - TRIPLE SEVEN - | 2 (8 weeks) | - | 7th studio album |
| 13th March 2013 | Ballad Collection | 4 (4 weeks) | - | 4. Compilation |
| 18th September 2013 | Eighth Wonder | 1 (17 weeks) | - | 8th studio album |
| October 1, 2014 | GOLD SYMPHONY | 1 (25 weeks) | - | 9th studio album |
| 16th September 2015 | AAA 10th ANNIVERSARY BEST | 1 (42 weeks) | - | 5. Compilation |
Other albums
| publication | title | Chart position ( Oricon ) |
Sales (Japan) | annotation |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January 1, 2006 | Attack | - | - | 1st EP |
| March 23, 2006 | Remix Attack | 92 (2 weeks) | 4,000 | Remix album |
| September 13, 2006 | All / 2 | 12 (6 weeks) | 26,000 | 2nd EP |
| February 7, 2007 | CCC: Change Cover Collection | 13 (3 weeks) | 17,000 | Cover album |
| March 21, 2007 | Alohaaa! | 39 (2 weeks) | 6,000 | 3rd EP and limited to 10,000. |
| June 18, 2008 | Choice is Yours | 10 (2 weeks) | 16,000 | 4th EP |
| March 4, 2009 | AAA Remix: Non-Stop All Singles | 58 (2 weeks) | - | 2nd remix album |
| June 18, 2008 | 6th album "Buzz Communication" pre-release special mini album | - | - | 5th EP |
| December 25, 2013 | Driving MIX | 7 (5 weeks) | - | 3. Remix album |
Singles
| publication | title | Chart position ( Oricon ) |
Sales (Japan) | Single type |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 14, 2005 | BLOOD on FIRE | 9 (19 weeks) | 58,052 | 1. Single |
| October 5, 2005 | Friday party | 17 (10 weeks) | 17,331 | 2nd single |
| November 16, 2005 | Kirei na Sora き れ い な 空 |
17 (9 weeks) | 12,728 | 3. Single |
| December 7, 2005 | DRAGON FIRE | 20 (8 weeks) | 20,689 | 4. Single |
| February 15, 2006 | Hallelujah ハ レ ル ヤ |
8 (8 weeks) | 27,814 | 5. Single |
| March 23, 2006 | Shalala Kibō no Uta Shalala キ ボ ウ の 歌 |
20 (5 weeks) | 13,484 | 6. Single |
| May 31, 2006 | Hurricane Riri, Boston Mari ハ リ ケ ー ン ・ リ リ ， ボ ス ト ン ・ マ リ |
10 (6 weeks) | 19,832 | 7. Single |
| July 19, 2006 | Soul Edge Boy / Kimono Jet Girl ソ ウ ル エ ッ ジ ボ ー イ ／ キ モ ノ ノ ジ ェ ッ ト ガ ー ル |
12 (7 weeks) | 22,706 | 8. Single |
| August 30, 2006 | Let it beat! | 7 (5 weeks) | 21.302 | 9. Single |
| September 6, 2006 | "Q" | 10 (4 weeks) | 14,809 | 10. Single |
| November 15, 2006 | Chewing Gum チ ュ ー イ ン ガ ム |
7 (5 weeks) | 14,571 | 11. Single |
| December 6, 2006 | Black & White | 15 (7 weeks) | 24,883 | 12. Single |
| March 21, 2007 | Climax Jump as AAA DEN-O form |
5 (20 weeks) | 109,622 | 1. Special single |
| March 21, 2007 | Izayuke Wakataka Gundan 2007 い ざ ゆ け 若 鷹 軍 団 2007 as Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks with AAA |
33 (4 weeks) | 6,570 | 2. Special single |
| April 18, 2007 | Get Chu! / SHE no Jijitsu Get チ ュ ー! / She の 事 実 |
5 (9 weeks) | 41,294 | 13. Single |
| May 16, 2007 | Kuchibiru kara Romantica / That's Right 唇 か ら ロ マ ン チ カ / That's Right |
6 (7 weeks) | 32,271 | 14. Single |
| July 18, 2007 | Natsumono 夏 も の |
5 (4 weeks) | 32,722 | 15. Single |
| September 19, 2007 | Red Soul | 15 (2 weeks) | 9,267 | 16. Single |
| January 9, 2008 | MIRAGE | 1 (5 weeks) | 32,234 | 17. Single |
| May 28, 2008 | BEYOND - Karada no Kanata BEYOND ~ カ ラ ダ ノ カ ナ タ |
6 (4 weeks) | 20,536 | 18. Single |
| August 27, 2008 | MUSIC !!! / ZERØ | 9 (8 weeks) | 31,978 | 19. Single |
| January 12, 2009 | Tabidachi no Uta 旅 ダ チ ノ ウ タ |
4 (3 weeks) | 24,777 | 20th single |
| July 29, 2009 | Break Down / Break Your Name / Summer Revolution | 3 (5 weeks) | 49.133 | 21. Single |
| October 21, 2009 | Hide-away | 2 (7 weeks) | 52,575 | 22. Single |
| January 27, 2010 | Heart and Soul | 3 (4 weeks) | 35,736 | 23. Single |
| May 5, 2010 | Dream After Dream - Yume kara Sameta Yume / Aitai Riyū Dream After Dream ~ 夢 か ら 醒 め た 夢 ~ / 逢 い た い 理由 |
1 (9 weeks) | 24. Single | |
| August 18, 2010 | Makenai Kokoro 負 け な い 心 |
3 (8 weeks) | 25. Single | |
| 17th November 2010 | Endless Fighters / PARADISE | 5 (10 weeks) | 26. Single | |
| February 16, 2011 | Daiji na Koto ダ イ ジ ナ コ ト |
4 (7 weeks) | 27. Single | |
| June 22, 2011 | No cry no more | 3 (6 weeks) | 28. Single | |
| August 31, 2011 | CALL / I4U | 5 (9 weeks) | 29. Single | |
| November 16, 2011 | Charge & Go! / Lights | 5 (9 weeks) | 30. Single | |
| February 22, 2012 | SAILING | 4 (6 weeks) | 31. Single | |
| May 16, 2012 | Still love you | 3 (9 weeks) | 32nd single | |
| July 25, 2012 | 777 - We can sing a song! - | 4 (6 weeks) | 33.Single | |
| October 31, 2012 | Niji 虹 |
3 (6 weeks) | 34.Single | |
| January 23, 2013 | Miss you / Hohoemi no Saku Basho Miss you / ほ ほ え み の 咲 く 場所 |
3 (5 weeks) | 35th single | |
| 13th March 2013 | PARTY IT UP | 7 (6 weeks) | 36th single | |
| June 26, 2013 | Love Is In The Air | 3 (6 weeks) | 37th single | |
| 4th September 2013 | Koi Oto to Amazora 恋 音 と 雨 空 |
3 (13 weeks) | 38th single | |
| February 26, 2014 | Love | 4 (8 weeks) | 39.Single | |
| March 26, 2014 | SHOW TIME | 40th single | ||
| 2nd July 2014 | Wake up! | 3 (14 weeks) | 41st single | |
| 17th September 2014 | Sayonara no Mae ni さ よ な ら の 前 に |
5 (11 weeks) | 42nd single | |
| January 28, 2015 | I'll be there | 4 (18 weeks) | 43.Single | |
| February 25, 2015 | Lil 'Infinity | 3 (18 weeks) | 44th single | |
| March 25, 2015 | Boku no Yūuutsu to Fukigen na Kanojo ぼ く の 憂鬱 と 不 機 嫌 な 彼女 |
4 (16 weeks) | 45th single | |
| April 29, 2015 | GAME OVER? | 5 (12 weeks) | 46th single | |
| May 27, 2015 | Ashita no Hikari ア シ タ ノ ヒ カ リ |
4 (11 weeks) | 47th single | |
| June 24, 2015 | Flavor of kiss | 2 (6 weeks) | 48th single | |
| July 29, 2015 | LOVER | 4 (5 weeks) | 49th single | |
| 16th September 2015 | Aishiteru no ni, Aisenai 愛 し て る の に 、 愛 せ な い |
4 (11 weeks) | 50th single | |
| June 8, 2016 | NEW | 3 (4 weeks) | 51.Single |
DVDs
- 1st ATTACK at SHIBUYA-AX (March 23, 2006)
- 2nd ATTACK at ZEPP TOKYO (September 13, 2006)
- 1st Anniversary Live - 3rd ATTACK 060913 at BUDOKAN (December 31, 2006)
- Channel @ x AAA (March 21, 2007)
- 4th ATTACK at SHIBUYA-AX on 4th of April (July 18, 2007)
- AAA 2nd Anniversary Live - 5th ATTACK 070922 - Nippon Budōkan (January 9, 2008)
- AAA TOUR 2008 - ATTACK ALL AROUND - at NHK Hall on 4th of April (August 27, 2008)
- 3rd Anniversary Live 080922-080923 at Nippon Budōkan (January 14, 2009)
- AAA TOUR 2009 − A depArture pArty− (August 12, 2009)
- AAA 4th Anniversary LIVE 090922 at Yokohama Arena (March 3, 2010)
- AAA Heart to Heart Tour 2010 at NHK Hall (May 16, 2010)
- AAA 5th Anniversary LIVE 20100912 at Yokohama Arena (March 16, 2011)
- AAA BUZZ COMMUNICATION TOUR 2011 DELUXE EDITION (November 16, 2011)
- AAA 6th Anniversary Tour 2011.9.28 at Zepp Tokyo (February 22, 2012)
- AAA TOUR 2012 -777- TRIPLE SEVEN (February 13, 2013)
- AAA TOUR 2013 Eighth Wonder (January 22, 2014)
- AAA ARENA TOUR 2014 -Gold Symphony- (February 25, 2015)
- AAA 10th Anniversary SPECIAL Yagai LIVE in Fuji-Q Highland (January 27, 2016)
Web links
- official website
- AAA at Music Japan
- AAA at Discogs (English)
Individual evidence
- ^ AAA to Start Their Virtual Space “Pigg Live” For the First Time . Musicjapanplus. May 19, 2010. Retrieved May 19, 2010.
- ↑ a b AAA の ア ル バ ム 作品. In: Oricon Style. Retrieved July 8, 2016 (Japanese).
- ↑ AAA の シ ン グ ル 作品. In: Oricon Style. Retrieved July 8, 2016 (Japanese).