B.B.Queens
B.B.Queens | |
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Origin | Japan |
Genres | J-pop |
Years active | 1990 | –1993, 2011, 2019-
Labels | BMG Rooms, B-Gram Records |
Members | Yuiko Tsubokura (Vocals) Fusanosuke Kondo (Vocals) |
Past members | Haruka Murakami (Chorus) Mami Watanabe (Chorus) Seichiro Kuribayashi (Bass) Eisuke Mochizuki (Keyboard) Keiko Utoku (Chorus) Takashi Masuzaki (Guitar) |
Website | Official website |
B.B.Queens (B.B.クイーンズ, Bī Bī Kuīnzu) were a 1990s J-pop group whose debut single "Odoru Pompokolin" was the #1 song in 1990 on the Oricon charts, won the 32nd Japan Record Awards, was listed as the 3rd song on the JASRAC lists for 1991, and certified as a Million Record.
The three backup singers, Utoku Keiko, Watanabe Mami and Murakami Haruka, formed an offshoot group, Mi-Ke, which had several chart singles which were "produced by B. B. Queens." In 2011, the band has reunited temporarily for special album project of which Utoku, Masuzaki, Kondo and Tsubokura together.[1][2][3][4] In 2012, the group joined in the part of Live Tour "Being Legend in 2012", with only Kondo and Tsubokura while Keiko was representing the sub-group Mi-ke.[5] Since 2019, only Tsubokura and Kondo appear as a current members of the group in the appearances of live music television shows.[6]
Discography
[edit]Albums
[edit]- We Are B.B.Queens (WE ARE B.B.クィーンズ, Wī Ā Bī Bī Kuīnzu, July 4, 1990)
- Party (December 19, 1990)
- Manatsu no B.B.Queens (
真夏 のB.B.クィーンズ, Manatsu no Bī Bī Kuīnzu, July 3, 1991) - Royal Straight B.B.Queens (July 20, 2011)
Compilation albums
[edit]- SING!!〜SEGA GAME MUSIC presented by B.B.Queens (August 12, 1992)
- complete of B.B.QUEENS at the BEING studio (November 25, 2002)
- BEST OF BEST 1000 B.B.QUEENS (BEST OF BEST 1000 B.B.クィーンズ, Besuto Obu Besuto Sauzando Bī Bī Kuīnzu, December 12, 2007)
Singles
[edit]- "Odoru Pompokolin" (おどるポンポコリン, Odoru Ponpokorin, April 4, 1990)
- "Gingira Paradise" (ギンギラパラダイス, Gingira Paradaisu, December 19, 1990)
- "Bokura no Nanokakan Sensō ~Seven Days Dream~" (ぼくらの
七 日間 戦争 〜Seven Days Dream〜, Bokura no Nanokakan Sensō ~Sebun Deizu Dorīmu~, June 5, 1991) - "Kiss no Tochū" (キスの
途中 , Kisu no Tochū, October 9, 1991) - "Do Re Mi Fa Daijōbu" (ドレミファだいじょーぶ, December 16, 1991)
- "Yume no End wa Itsumo Mezamashi!" (
夢 のENDはいつも目覚 まし!, Yume no Endo wa Itsumo Mezamashi!, November 26, 1992) - "Odoru Pompokolin ~Chibi Maruko-chan Birthday 25th Version~" (おどるポンポコリン~ちびまる
子 ちゃん誕生 25th Version~, Odoru Ponpokorin ~Chibi Marukochan Tanjō 25th Version~, May 1, 2011)
Other songs
[edit]- "Kimi ni Kokekokkō!" (
君 にコケコッコー!) - "Shogenai de yo Baby" (しょげないでよBaby)
Television appearances
[edit]- 41st: Odoru Pompokolin[7]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "B.B.クィーンズ
新作 アルバムにかまってちゃんコラボ曲 など". Natalie Music. - ^ "B.B.クィーンズ20
年 ぶりアルバム&Mi-Keベスト同時 発売 ". Natalie Music. - ^ "B.B.クイーンズが19
年 ぶり再始動 結成 20周年 で初 ライブ". Oricon News. 5 October 2016. - ^ "B.B.クィーンズ、20
年 振 りのニューアルバム発売 決定 ". Barks. 21 June 2011. - ^ "『BEING LEGEND Live Tour 2012』、
伝説 のライブツアーがDVD化 決定 ". Barks. 25 January 2013. - ^ "7/1
(土) 歌 える!J-POP黄金 のヒットパレード". MusicGuide. 29 June 2023. - ^ "
第 42回 1992年 NHK紅白 歌合戦 ". NHK Kouhaku History.
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- 1993 disestablishments in Japan
- 2011 disestablishments in Japan
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