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Always been curious about Soulhead? Who they are? What keeps them busy? Then this is the right place. I’ve collected as much information about them as possible and I’m still working on it! You wanna know more random information i.e. about their PV’s, Tours or just personal stuff? Then click here and find out more about these awesome girls! For the latest Soulhead releases and to buy them, check out CDJapan or HMV Japan! |
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Best of Soulhead ~ Golden Sleeve Winter Edition 2007.10.31
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TSUGUMI Sawayama a.k.a. T.I.G./Tigg
Born: 25 January 1981, Hokkaido, Japan
Bloodtype: O
Favorite Star Bucks coffee: Steam Milk with Caramel syrup
Favorite cartoon: MONSTER
Song that motivates: ♪ロッキーのテーマ/MAYNARD FERGUSON
She cooks, practices Yoga, Best friends with fellow J-Urban star Lecca, She drinks alcohol, She writes the more feminime lyrics, She’s into nail art and a real expert, she also likes to play guitar.
YOSHIKA Sawayama
Born: 20 July 1978, Hokkaido, Japan
Bloodtype: O
Favorite Star Bucks coffee: Steam Milk with Caramel syrup
Favorite cartoon: Detroit Metal City & MONSTER
Favorite artists: 2pac, Snoop Dog, & Beatles
Song that motivates: ♪ALL I WANT/ THE OFFSPRING
She drinks alcohol, She is the more relaxing type, She’s into aroma oils (especially “healing” ones)She favors sneakers instead of high heels.
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► Biography |
Yoshika and Tsugumi are both native Japanese. They're born at Hokkaido and their parents still live there. From young age the girls have been influenced by the music of their parents. Their father used to listen to traditional Japanese music and Yoshika really liked the intense lyrics. Their mother on the other hand listened to classic music. The first time the girls came in touch with hiphop and RnB was when Yoshika was in Junior High and got to listen to artists such as LL Cool J, Ice Cube and Snoop Dogg.
When the girls started to sing, Tsugumi was still in High School. Which was kinda hard for her since she didn't liked High School that much and wanted to sing.
They’re signed at the Sony Music Associated Records (Japan), a division of the Japanese branch of Sony. They have been send abroad for a year to Australia and New Zealand to improve their English and to work on their sound. Their music is being best described as a blend of between various genres such as soul, hip-hop, R&B, dancehall, reggae and funk. They usually work with a production team known as Octopussy.
The name SOULHEAD has been chosen with care. Akira name; SOUL typical right "instinct" and HEAD typical Ryo "intelligence".
So, their name means instinct and intelligence, two properties, the girls DEFINATLY own.
Here is the biography of Yoshika and Tsugumi as artists.
The way they developed, what they have achieved and where they are now.
Let’s get back at the beginning of August 2002.
A new Japanese duo tried to overtake the Japanese charts. It was Soulhead with their single “STEP TO THE NEW WORLD”. Which was welcomed warmly by the Japanese audience. The single reached rank #24, stayed 17 weeks in the charts and sold 59,287 copies.
Their first album “Oh My Sister” was released on 5/03/2003, and charted very well, it ranked #3, stayed 22 weeks in the charts and sold 214,545 copies.
Even tho their singles didn’t rank that high, vary from rank #5 to #114. It is surprisingly that their albums do chart high in the top 5. “BRAIDED”, being their second album and released on 28/04/2004, charted very well to, it ranked #4, stayed 13 weeks in the charts and sold 139,992 copies.
While the singles from “BRAIDED” charted as followed:
"GET UP! EP" 30/7/2003, rank 28, 6 weeks, 15,967 copies sold
"YOU CAN DO THAT" 21/01/2004, rank #36, 12 weeks, 18,691 copies sold
"NO WAY" 24/03/2004, rank #50, 4 weeks, 5,353 copies sold
"AT THE PARTY" 2/06/2004—not available
The same goes for their third album “NAKED”. The album charted again in the top 5, being released on 08/03/2006 it ranked #5, and stayed 17 weeks in the charts, longer than “BRAIDED”. The exact number of sold copies ain’t available at the moment.
The singles from “NAKED” charted as followed:
"FIESTA" 25/05/2005, rank 35, 4 weeks, 7,773 copies sold
"SPARKLE☆TRAIN"/"Got to leave" 14/12/2005, rank 30, 6 weeks, 15,324 copies sold
"Pray"/"XXX (feat. Kumi Koda)" 27/01/2006, rank 22, 2 weeks, 10,109 copies sold
The girls also have two remix albums: Re-construct album Vol.1 “REFLECTION” and Re-construct album Vol.2 “CRYSTALLIZED” both albums didn’t sold that well.
Re-construct album Vol.1 "REFLECTION" 26/09/2003, rank 89, 5 weeks, 9,602 copies sold
Re-construct album Vol.2 "Crystallized" 21/06/2006, rank 41, 4 weeks, how many copies have been sold ain’t available.
The singles after the remix album are "Kimi no Kiseki/Itsu Made Mo" and "Dear Friends". Both didn't ranked high in their first week sales. "Kimi no Kiseki/Itsu Made Mo" ranked #56 while "Dear Friends" ranked #60 even with heavy promotion. However "Dear Friends" did climb up to rank #7.
Their first BEST album "BEST of SOULHEAD" followed, incl. both singles. The BEST album ranked #6 on the daily charts. And it ranked #5 in the weekly charts. It sold around 85k kopies so far.
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