May's

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May's
Maiko Katagiri as a singer and often the face of the duo.
Maiko Katagiri as a singer and often the face of the duo.
General information
Genre (s) J-Pop , Pop , RnB
founding 2002
Website clubmays (Japanese)
Founding members
singing
 Maiko Katagiri ( 片 桐 舞 子; Katagiri Maiko )
composer
 Naughty Bo-Z ( ノ ー テ ィ ー ・ ボ ー ズ )

May's (proper spelling: MAY'S) is a Japanese J-Pop - duo , which debuted on the Japanese music market in 2004 and is known for using the English suffix is "-ing" in the title selection of publications.

history

Maiko Katagiri and Naughty Bo-Z (proper spelling: NAUGHTY BO-Z; real name: Junichi Kawai [ 河 井 純一 ]) first met in 2002, where they studied at a music school in Tokyo . As a final thesis, they had to produce a song, which they eventually worked on together. Kawai produced and composed while Katagiri wrote and sang the song. The genre of the song is said to have been united from the tastes of the two; Katagiri liked pop and rock, while Kawai previously played hard rock in a school band but liked hip hop and R&B.

The first EP was released independently on November 30, 2005 and the first studio album also followed independently on September 13, 2006. Both releases missed the charts. Only with the title “Birth: You're the Only One Pt. 2 ”in collaboration with Cliff Edge for the group's EP“ Birth ”in December 2006, May's received some attention. The song was even released as a single in June 2007. Due to the increased demand, the duo released a collaborative EP with Cliff Edge called "Dear ..." in November of the same year. With a top placement of # 30 and a stay of 10 weeks in the Oricon charts, it was the duo's first entry into the Japanese Top 30. The attention was enough to get a record deal with Venus-B ; so they were now on a major label . With the new record deal followed a structural change, so the duo released the debut single "My Everything" on July 2nd, 2008 and entered the Oricon charts at # 28. The first studio album under the major label "Dreaming" was released on January 14th, 2009 after further singles and was even able to secure itself on # 6 of the charts in the release week. It also sold more than 45,000 times.

Discography

Albums

publication title Charts * Sales * Remarks
November 30, 2005 Drawing - - 1. Extended play
September 13, 2006 Beginning - - 1st studio album
March 14, 2007 Remix Collection Vol. 1 - - 1. Remix album
November 14, 2007 Dear ... 30
(10 weeks) 		+11,000 Collaborative EP with Cliff Edge
January 14, 2009 Dreaming 6
(14 weeks) 		46,000 2nd studio album
January 13, 2010 Amazing 4
(11 weeks) 		50,000 3rd studio album
March 24, 2010 Featuring: Collaboration Best
Featuring ~ コ ラ ボ ベ ス ト ~ 		19
(9 weeks) 		17,000 1. Collaborative compilation
August 25, 2010 Live Tour 2010 "Amazing" - - 1. Live album
February 16, 2011 Cruising 10
(8 weeks) 		+16,000 4th studio album
February 15, 2012 Live Tour 2011 "Cruising" - - 2. Live album
June 13, 2012 Smiling 13
(6 weeks) 		12,000 5th studio album
Remaking: Remix Collection Vol.2 50
(2 weeks) 		2,000 2nd remix album
December 26, 2012 May's Best of Mix 2005-2013 - - 1st mix album
February 13, 2013 Best 2005-2013 14
(5 weeks) 		11,000 1st compilation
Live Tour 2012 "Smiling" - - 3. Live album
17th July 2013 May's Best of Mix 2005-2013 Vol.2 - - 2nd mix album
05th March 2014 Kissing 42
(3 weeks) 		+3,000 6th studio album
June 25, 2014 Viva !!! Dancin 'in the round 82
(1 week) 		- 1. Cover album
May 13, 2015 Quads 25
(4 weeks) 		+2,000 Collaborative album with Cliff Edge, LGYankees and Noa
02nd September 2015 Traveling 43
(2 weeks) 		+2,000 7th studio album
0March 9, 2016 Loving 57
(1 week) 		1,000 2nd EP
October 26, 2016 Dakishimete Shining
抱 き し め て Shining 		69
(2 weeks) 		+1,000 8th studio album
15th March 2017 Love Song Best: 15th Anniversary Edition 116
(1 week) 		- 2nd compilation
June 12, 2017 Namioto Never Ending
波音 Never Ending 		86
(1 week) 		- 3rd EP
0December 6, 2017 Nothing 113
(1 week) 		- 9th studio album
23 May 2018 Duet Shiyō yo
デ ュ エ ッ ト し よ う よ 		100
(1 week) 		- 4th EP
"-" means no chart entry, no information or no publication.
* Charts and sales for Japan only.

Singles

publication title Charts * Sales * Remarks
0July 2, 2008 My everything 28
(7 weeks) 		9,000 Debut single
0October 8, 2008 Daydream 26
(4 weeks) 		5,000 2nd single
0December 3, 2008 Kiss: Koi ni Ochite ... Fuyu
Kiss ～ 恋 に お ち て ... 冬 ～ 		43
(5 weeks) 		6,000 3. Single
April 22, 2009 I wish 19
(5 weeks) 		+8,000 4. Single
August 19, 2009 I Love You ga Ienakute
I LOVE YOU が 言 え な く て 		30
(4 weeks) 		6,000 5. Single
November 25, 2009 One Love: 100 Mankai no Kiss de Aishiteru
ONE LOVE ～ 100 万 回 の KISS で ア イ シ テ ル ～
A million kisses with love 		46
(3 weeks) 		3,000 6. Single
0December 9, 2009 Sing for you - - Collaboration with May J.
August 25, 2010 Tōku e: Spread Your Wings / Unfair Love
遠 く へ ~ Spread Your Wings ~ / Unfair Love 		40
(3 weeks) 		3,000 7. Single
January 19, 2011 Kimi no Todoke ... / Wonderland
君 に 届 け ... / WONDERLAND 		19
(5 weeks) 		7,000 8. Single
September 14, 2011 Bonds 38
(3 weeks) 		+2,000 9. Single
"-" means no chart entry, no information or no publication.
* Charts and sales for Japan only.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c Generasia MAY'S In generasia (English), published on February 28, 2019
  2. ↑ Oricon Dear ... In Oricon (Japanese), accessed February 28, 2019
  3. ↑ Generasia Dreaming (MAY'S) In generasia , accessed on February 28, 2019
  4. ↑ a b Oricon 作品 In Oricon (Japanese), accessed February 28, 2019