Name: Nakashima Mika中島美嘉

Genre: Soul/RB

Birth Place: Kagoshima-Ken鹿兒島

Favorite flower: pond lily 睡蓮

第16回金唱片大賞新人獎

第17回金唱片大賞最佳流行音樂專輯

第44回日本唱片大賞最優(yōu)秀新人獎

第35回日本有線大賞最優(yōu)秀新人獎

第14屆國際流行音樂大獎

第40屆金箭放送獎 音樂新人獎

Born in Kagoshima-Ken， Kyushu， Japan， Nakashima Mika had always dreamed of becoming a singer since she was a child. She decided not to attend high school， and pursued her dream in a musical career. The very first demo-tape she sent to a record company had given her the chance. She was chosen out of 3000 girls， as the heroine of the 2001 fall season drama， Kizudarake no Love Song (Scarred Love Song) of the Fuji TV station. In November， she made her sensational debut from Sony Music Associated Records， with the song Stars， which was also the theme song of the drama. Her second single Crescent Moon， a groovy track with an 80's flavor， was the limited product of 100，000 copies only. Amazingly， it sold out the first day of its release. In March of 2002 she released her third single One Survive (which received great feedback) and her first video Film Lotus， in May her 4th single Helpless Rain， in August her 5th single Will was released， tying-up to the sales of over 200，000 and Top Ten hits.

中島美嘉出生于日本九州鹿兒島，她小時候就總是夢想著成為一個歌手。她決定不上高中，而是在音樂這條道路上追求自己的夢想。最早送到唱片公司的第一本磁帶小樣給她帶來了機會，讓她從3000名女孩中脫穎而出，被選為2001年秋季富士山電視臺電視劇《新宿傷痕戀歌》的女主角。同年11月她在“索尼音樂聯(lián)合唱片公司”發(fā)表了第一張單曲《星星》，這首歌也是她那部電視的主題歌。她的第二張單曲《盈月》帶有很濃厚的80后的味道，此曲只限制出版了10萬張。但令人吃驚的是發(fā)行第一天就全部售出。2002年3月發(fā)行第三張單曲《唯美生存》以及首張錄像帶作品Film Lotus；5月份則發(fā)表第四張單曲Helpless Rain；8月發(fā)行第五張單曲will大賣20萬張，并占據(jù)熱賣唱片的Top10!

Her first album True released in August 2002 was a hit in the Oricon charts. In only 3 weeks， True became a million seller.

她的第一張專輯True 2002年8月發(fā)行，直擊Oricon排行榜。發(fā)行僅3周就超過百萬。

Mika has won her a vivid public recognition and aroused the excitement in many listeners of her generation. It was not a surprise that 2002 was a great year for Mika as she received \"New Artist of the Year\" from The Japan Gold Disc Awards， \"Best New Artist of the Year\" 2002， and \"New Artist of the Year\" from the 44th Japan Record Awards.

美嘉已經(jīng)成為公眾人物并且喚醒同時代的聽眾為之興奮。所以當美嘉獲得2002年度日本金唱片獎“年度新藝人獎”、2002年“年度最佳新藝人獎”和第44屆日本唱片獎“年度新藝人獎”時我們并不吃驚。

Mika became one of the most popular female vocalists in Japan. Her popular songs include Find the Way， Sakurairo Maukoro， and Yuki no Hanawhich was covered by Korean male singer Hyo-Shin Park and this covered song is inserted in popular Korean drama Mianhada Saranghada (Sorry， I Love You). It was also one of the most popular karaoke songs in Japan in 2004. In 2004 she sang the ending theme of the anime series based on the manga Hi no tori as aired on NHK.

美嘉成為了日本最受歡迎的女歌手。她的流行歌曲包括Find the Way和Sakurairo Maukoro以及已經(jīng)被韓國男歌手翻唱的Yuki no Hana并且已經(jīng)作為韓國電視劇《對不起，我愛你》的主題曲。這首歌在2004年成為日本卡拉OK最流行的歌曲。

Nana starring Nakashima Mika In 2005 she costars alongside Aoi Miyazaki in the live-action movie Nana， based on the manga of the same name， which was released October 9， 2005. Mika also sang one of the theme songs for the movie， which was released as a single under the name Nana starring Mika Nakashima . It was Mika's first single on Oricon charts. The single has sold over 423，000 copies making it the best-selling female single of the year and the tenth highest selling overall. The single continued selling well into the next year and sold 442，000 copies.

中島美嘉與宮崎葵共同出演2005年電影《娜娜》，中島美嘉在劇中扮演娜娜。這部電影是根據(jù)同名漫畫改編的，在2005年9月10日上映。美嘉演唱了電影中的一首主題歌，并發(fā)行了《娜娜中島美嘉》單曲。這是美嘉的第一支Oricon單曲榜上榜歌曲。這支單曲以總量423 000張第10的發(fā)行量成為當年最受歡迎的女性單曲。這支單曲在第二年仍然銷售很旺，供計442 000千張。

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Oricon：提到日本唱片的排行榜，大家第一個想到的就應該是“Oricon”這個單詞了。沒錯，這個“Oricon”就相當于是日本的“billboard”。在這里匯聚了幾乎全日本上市的所有專輯，這些專輯想在排行榜上有所作為的唯一標準就是銷量。像中國聽眾熟知的宇多田光、濱崎步就都是Oricon榜單上的?？?。因此，Oricon榜實際上就是每周更新的日本最權威的唱片銷量榜。

★編輯：花茶