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Utada

Utada is the English language project name of 宇多田ヒカル (Utada Hikaru). She is a third culture singer-songwriter, arranger, and record producer in Japan and United States. Utada maintains this name in the west as she intends to keep her English style separate from her Japanese music. She has sold an estimated 52 million albums worldwide. Utada is fluent in both English and Japanese as she was raised in both New York and Tokyo.

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Dream

There is more than one group with this name: 1) dream/DRM/Dream is a Japanese girl-group
2) Dream was an American pop girl-group formed by Diddy from 1998–2003
3) A Swedish band. (Melodic Hard Rock)
4) A Norwegian psychedelic band from sixties.
5) American R&B artist Terius Youngdell Nash
6) UK Dubstep artist 1) Dream, formerly called DRM, is an all-female J-pop chorus group. In May 1999, the Japanese record company Avex Trax held a contest in the hopes of looking for new talent.

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Yuna

Yuna (real name; Yunalis Zarai) is a female acoustic/alternative/pop singer-songwriter originating from Selangor, Malaysia and is now based in Selangor, Malaysia and Los Angeles, US. She began making a mark for herself in the local independent scene in 2007, before releasing her demo in February 2008. Her debut EP, Yuna EP was released in October 2008. Her debut album was finally released in July 2010, titled Decorate.

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Romans

There is more than one artist with this name. 1) ROMANS, still new on the scene, is already making an impact with their self-released debut "All Those Wrists." While the chaotic speed of Converge, heavy ambiance of Isis, space-rock of Failure and Cave In, and the balls-out rock of Queens of The Stone Age can be heard on "All Those Wrists." romans choose to play without limitations. 2)ROMANS (pronounced "romance") was a one-shot Hello! Project group that released one single.

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NoGoD

1) NoGoD (Previously known as 新興宗教楽団NoGoD) is a with style band formed in 2005 in Tokyo, Japan. The band consist of 団長 (Danchou, Vocals), Kyrie (Guitar), Shinno (Guitar), 華凛 (Karin, Bass) and K (Drums). Since 2010, they have a major-contract on KING RECORDS. During their Indies-era on ART POP ENTERTAINMENT, they released 2 studio-albums ("夢幻教" in 2008 and "極彩色" in 2009), 2 mini-albums and 10 singles. Their major debut on KING RECORDS was their single "カクセイ" (Kakusei) released on June 9th, 2010.

Read more about NoGoD on Last.fm.

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Lia

Lia (りあ) is a j-pop singer (born Dec. 20) who is best known for her work in the anime series AIR, with songs such as Tori no Uta (鳥の詩) and Farewell song. Her music has also been featured in several games, such as Tomoyo After ~It's a Wonderful Life~ (智代アフター ~It's a Wonderful Life~); Beatmania IIDX, and the Japanese version of RFOnline. Lia started out with I've Sound, appearing on I've Girls Compilation vol. 2 「verge」with 鳥の詩 -short ver.

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Glory

There is more than one artist with this name: 1) Alternative hip-hop group from the United States. Their first single "Hunting Man", which features/samples Disney star and indie singer-songwriter Hayley Kiyoko, was released on Tuesday, April 10, 2012. Their debut mixtape, "The Cloud Story", is set to be released in Summer 2012. This is the only Glory to give a fuck about. 2) Hardrock band from sweden, popular in the late 80s and early 90s.

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