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Singer YUI's 20th single, "Green a.live," has sold 56,000 CDs in its first week of release, reaching the No. 1 spot on Oricon's chart for Oct 17.
YUI, 24, wrote the song to encourage victims of the March 11 disaster. YUI visited a school in Miyagi Prefecture and held a mini live event there. She said that "I tried to put into the song all the emotions I felt when I went to Miyagi. I hope it will offer some hope to the people in the disaster-hit areas."
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plasticmonkey
What's she going to do with the profits? If they're not donated, she's just making money off people's suffering.
Good to see she had a mini live for school kids. That's nice.
papigiulio
I like Yui.
Boris Yarovoy
Each helps earthquake victims as you can. Who the money, who the song, who just wants to have them, the victims, there was no more. http://www.tron.ru/
nath
Thats something you have to talk to her company about. She is a sweet girl i think, and she probably wanted to do this for free, but she has a contract and in many cases in japan, They Tarento agencies are crazy strict. I mean i see some of the AKB girls in interview with the producer and those girls look scared.
Ranger_Miffy2
What's with the period in "a.live"?
oberst
can she sing as good as she look ?
Lunchbox
@oberst
No she can't. She can write songs well, but she only has one note and that's super-high. Sounds like she's screaming.
What's with all the popularity of female pop singers in Japan? there are so many that seem to always be blocking the charts.
NyahK
Don't listen to Lunchbox. S/he couldn't be any more wrong. YUI is BY FAR one of the most TALENTED singers in Japan.
Smorkian
Lunchbox is indeed wrong - Yui is quite talented. Definitely one of the best pop singers in Japan.