Double (singer)

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Double (proper spelling: DOUBLE) (born March 14, 1975 in Niigata , Niigata Prefecture , Japan ) is the stage name of the Japanese R&B singer Takako Hirasawa ( Japanese 平 澤 貴子 , Hirasawa Takako ). Originally Double was a music group with her sister Sachiko Hirasawa ( 平 澤 幸 子 , Hirasawa Sachiko ), but after she passed away in May 1999, Takako took the band name as her stage name. In addition, Double is awarded the title Queen of R&B because she was considered the first group or person to bring American R&B to Japan.

Life

After Sachiko, the older sister, returned from a trip to America , she introduced her younger sister Takako to the music of Mary J. Blige . This inspired the music video Real Love from 1992. Since then, both have decided to get into the music industry as R&B artists.

Takako herself says that if she didn't have her life as a singer, she would likely work in the makeup industry as a model or hairdresser .

Career

On February 4, 1998, Double made their debut as a band . They released their debut single For Me , which debuted at # 89 on the Oricon charts in Japan. After further publications, however, it was not until 1999 that the single Shake first entered the charts at number 21. They signed their record deal with the Japanese record company For Life Music .

Before they released their debut album Crystal on June 2, 1999, Sachiko died on May 21, 1999 of a brain tumor . The album then debuted at number 2 on the charts and was one of the first successes of modern R&B music in Japan. This later influenced debuting artists such as Ai , Crystal Kay and, after a change of image, the successful Japanese artist Namie Amuro .

Of course, she gave no advertising contracts or appearances for the album after her sister's death. She only came back to the music industry in June 2000, she made the band name her stage name and released her first solo single U , which was produced by Brian Alexander Morgan (he also produced for Usher and Mariah Carey , among others ). Her first solo album followed on October 29, 2000, which she also released in an English version on April 25, 2001, in Japan.

In the course of her career she released other studio albums and is also known as DJ Lilly aka Double , as a DJ in Japan.

Discography

Albums

publication title Chart position Sales annotation
0June 2, 1999 Crystal 2 636,000 1. Studio album with Sachiko
February 11, 2000 Crystal planet 5 142,000 1. Remix album with Sachiko
October 29, 2000 Double 13 137,000 2nd studio album
April 25, 2001 Double Eng Ver. 30th 23,000 1. English language studio album
April 24, 2002 Gee (GTS) Presents Double Greatest Mix 47 18,000 2nd remix album
0October 9, 2002 vision 3 230,000 3rd studio album
November 20, 2002 Re: vision 40 29,000 3. Remix album
November 19, 2003 Wonderful 4th 166,000 4th studio album
January 28, 2004 Too wonderful 23 27,000 4. Remix album
November 24, 2004 Life is beautiful 14th 60,000 Concept album
0April 7, 2007 Virgin mix 13 42,000 Mix album as DJ Lilly aka Double
0August 8, 2007 reflex 7th 45,000 5th studio album
September 12, 2007 Reflex remix 93 4,000 5. Remix album
0February 6, 2008 10 Years Best We R&B 2 106,000 1st compilation
May 28, 2008 The Best Collaborations 2 153,000 1st collaboration album
July 22, 2009 Second Virgin Mix 24 18,000 Mix album as DJ Lilly aka Double
April 14, 2010 Ballad Collection Mellow 14th 18,000 2nd compilation
0October 5, 2011 Woman 26th 8,000 6th studio album
May 28, 2014 Single best 224 - 3. Compilation
0August 1, 2018 Upload - - Collaborative EP with Silva and Sugarsoul
Latest Single Best - - 4. Compilation
* Chart placements and sales all from the Oricon charts and related to Japan only.
"-" means no chart entry, no information or no publication.

Singles

publication title Chart position Sales annotation
0February 4, 1998 For me 89 3,000 1. Single with Sachiko
May 21, 1998 Desire - - 2nd single with Sachiko
October 21, 1998 Bed 89 4,000 3rd single with Sachiko
March 20, 1999 shake 21st 101,000 4. Single with Sachiko
July 19, 2000 Handle 18th 74,000 5. Single with FOH
U 21st 66,000 6. Single
November 22, 2000 fishing rod 38 15,000 7. Single
0June 5, 2002 Driving All Night / You Got to 6th 86,000 8. Single
0September 4, 2002 Who's that girl 9 46,000 9. Single
July 30, 2003 Rollin 'on 14th 49,000 10. Single
0October 8, 2003 Destiny 10 37,000 11. Single
November 30, 2005 Rock the party 15th 27,000 12. Single
0March 1, 2006 Call me 25th 13,000 13. Single
July 26, 2006 Emotions - - 1. Download single
April 11, 2007 Spring love 20th 10,000 14. Single
04th July 2007 Summertime 27 7,000 15. Single with verbal
0December 5, 2007 Nokoribi: Eternal Bed
残 り 火 -eternal BED-
 60 4,000 16. Single
July 22, 2009 Let it go 46 2,000 17. Single
November 11, 2009 Oyasumi no Kiss Where: Good Night My Love
お や す み の キ ス を ~ Good Night My Love ~
 19th 13,000 18. Single with Shota Shimizu
August 10, 2011 Lips - - 2. Download single
June 10, 2015 Circle of Life - - 3. Download single
* Chart placements and sales all from the Oricon charts and related to Japan only.
"-" means no chart entry, no information or no publication.

Video publications

publication title Chart position Sales annotation
April 25, 2001 Double - - 1. Documentation - DVD and VHS
0April 9, 2003 The best vision of double 4th 15,000 1. Video compilation - DVD
November 26, 2008 Double Best Live
We R&B Tour Final @ Studio Coast
 2 17,000 1st concert - DVD
* Chart placements and sales all from the Oricon charts and related to Japan only.
"-" means no chart entry, no information or no publication.

Awards for music sales

Country / Region Gold record icon.svg gold Platinum record icon.svg platinum Sales swell
Awards for music sales
(country / region, awards, sales, sources)
Japan (RIAJ) Japan (RIAJ) Gold record icon.svg 6 × gold6th Platinum record icon.svg 2 × platinum2 2,451,000 riaj.or.jp
All in all Gold record icon.svg 6 × gold6th Platinum record icon.svg 2 × platinum2

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e f g The Japan Times R&B queen Double adds jewel to crown. Retrieved August 4, 2012
  2. ↑ Metropolis (magazine) A bold new generation of R&B sistaz serves up music their way (English) ( Memento of the original from June 27, 2014 in the web archive archive.today ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved August 4, 2012 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / archive.metropolis.co.jp
  3. ↑ Oricon For Me Profil (Japanese) Retrieved August 4, 2012
  4. ↑ Oricon Shake Profile (Japanese). Retrieved August 4, 2012
  5. ↑ Oricon Double's Profile (Japanese). Retrieved August 4, 2012
  6. ↑ Oricon Crystal Profil (Japanese). Retrieved August 4, 2012
  7. ↑ Oricon U Profil (Japanese). Retrieved August 4, 2012
  8. ↑ Oricon Double (album) profile (Japanese) Retrieved August 4, 2012
  9. ↑ Oricon Double (album in English) Profile (Japanese) Retrieved August 4, 2012
  10. ↑ Oricon CD Ranking Albums - Double (Japanese) Retrieved August 4, 2012
  11. ↑ a b c Generasia Double (English) Retrieved August 4, 2012
  12. ↑ Oricon CD Ranking Singles - Double (Japanese). Accessed August 4
  13. ↑ Oricon Video Ranking - Double (Japanese). Retrieved August 4, 2012
personal data
SURNAME Double
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Hirasawa, Takako (real name); 平 澤 貴子 (real name, Japanese)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Japanese R&B singer
DATE OF BIRTH March 14, 1975
PLACE OF BIRTH Niigata , Japan