If I Were a Boy

Beyonce released her third solo album in this month.

If I Were a Boy is from the album, I Am… Sasha Fierce.

This music video is a black and white and she plays the role of police.

In this video, her hasband makes breakfast for her but she hurries so doesn't eat it .

She is in close relationship with male coworker and she doesn't take call from her hasband,while hasband doesn't know that and thinks about a present for his wife.

One day, he saw his wife and a man dancing.

After they got home, they quarreled.

BUT!! From this, they SWITCH!

It means her hasband is police and never take call from her and she makes breakfast!

So, what she did at the beginning is what he did actually.

Very interesting!

Please watch this!

http://jp.youtube.com/watch?v=8c0wqoj3lEM

Rehab

Amy Winehouse is now well-known for her personal life,such as drug or alcohol problem but she is a good singer-songwriter.
So, i'll write about her without her gogossip :)

Rehab is the most famous song of hers and it means rehabilitation.

In this song, she said that people around her advise to enter a rehab but she doesn't want to do that.

She won 5 prize of Grammy award in 2008 and performed this song.

I watched Grammy award on TV and when her name was called, she was soooo surprised.

Her reaction was really astonished so i still remember!

Amy is also famous for her fashion!

Her hair is called beehive hair,beehive is a nest of bee.

I’m wondering about how she sets her hair and how long does it take time...
And also, she tattoos a lot on her arm and her eyelines are bold and emphasized very much!

http://jp.youtube.com/watch?v=iWBOzR_eR3w

you can watch her surprising face!

Just Stand Up!

Have such a splendid song ever existed?

15 male singers gather and sing a song "Just Stand Up!".

They are... Mariah Carey,Beyoncé, Mary J. Blige, Rihanna, Fergie, Sheryl Crow, Melissa Etheridge, Natasha Bedingfield, Miley Cyrus, Leona Lewis, Carrie Underwood, Keyshia Cole, LeAnn Rimes, Ashanti and Ciara!

Wow! How goooorgeous!

This is a charity song and made for benefiting the Stand Up to Cancer campaign.
We can get this song only on iTunes.

They performed this song at event of Stand Up 2 Cancer live.

The song is awesome!

Singers are so powerful and lyrics are also like cheering such as " don't give up" "things get better".

When we are down, the song are effective and influential and we can get power!

http://jp.youtube.com/watch?v=Mr5mvNPyV1I

Closer

During summer vacation I listen to musics.

So, I'm gonna introduce you one of them, Closer by Ne-Yo.

He released new album "Year of the Gentleman" in September and Closer is the first single of this album.

This song is pop and rhythmical.
His voice is sexy I think and another songs in this album are also great.

Ne-Yo is so creative that he produced "Hate that I Love You","Take a Bow" by Rihhna and "Irreplaceable" by Beyonce so far.
His songs " So Sick" and " Because of You" are also very popular.

You can hear his sexy voice!
http://jp.youtube.com/watch?v=ZUTh3OJjWjM

Pon de Replay

Two days ago I went to dinner with my friends.
In a restaurant, I heard this music, Pon de Replay by Rihanna.

So, I'm gonna write about it.

It's her first single and soon became popular dance tune.

"Pon de Replay" means "Play it again"
I feel summer is coming! when I hear it.

I like her present black short hair and her adult-like style but I think her blown long hair is cute and girlish.

She looks another person!

Rihanna's Music Video
http://jp.youtube.com/watch?v=zCRoeJcnjR4

BLACK DIAMOND

I'm going to introduce you Japanese female r&b singer DOUBLE, went solo in1999 after another member, her sister died.

This year she released CD,10 YEARS BEST WE R&B in honor of her 10 years since she debuted.

In May her new album, THE BEST COLLABORATIONS was released.

She co-stared with Namie Amuro and sings BLACK DIAMOND in the CD.

DOUBLE tempted Namie Amuro to do together and DOUBLE has wanted to compose songs with her.

The name of a song, BLACK DIAMOND is a jewel and it also means attractive men and they who are jewelry hunters steal BLACK DIAMOND that is both a jewel and men in the lyrics.

In the music video this was represented so, they wear black sexy suits and sing in a duct.

DOUBLE is powerful and Namie Amuro is cute!!

Check their dance and costume:D http://jp.youtube.com/watch?v=GRLFHCeoyAY&feature=related

Be Without You

Mary J. Blige is known as the "Queen of Hip Hop Soul", she has received over twenty-six Grammy Award nominations for her work, winning eight.

The Breakthrough,her seventh album,was released in 2005. For the album, Blige collaborated with Rodney Jerkins, will.i.am, Bryan Michael Cox, 9th Wonder, Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis, and Raphael Saadiq.

The lead-off single is"Be Without You"

"Be Without You" also found success in the UK.

She received eight Grammy Award nominations at the 2007 Grammy Awards, the most of any artist that year.
"Be Without You" was nominated for both "Record of the Year" and "Song of the Year".

Blige won three: "Best Female R&B Vocal Performance", "Best R&B Song" (both for "Be Without You"), and "Best R&B Album" for The Breakthrough.

This song prompted me to listen to her songs.

In November,2007 she came to Japan for a performance with Fergie and Carole King.

This three co-staring had never seen so far even in the U.S.

Youtube　Go!Go!Go! →http://jp.youtube.com/watch?v=1QAN7NOqXX4

Spirit

Lately, we often hear of the name, Leona Lewis on TV or radio.

She is twenty-three years old and from England.
Leona Lewis won the third series of British reality singing contest and debuted.


Then she released this album, Spirit and it has debuted at number one in nine countries so far.

It was sold million copies within just10days in UK.

This album was released in Japan in April.


In May, she came to Japan for public relations and appeared on some program, including Mezamashi TV and Music Station.


She was decribes as "next Mariah Carey" or "the miracle once in twenty years"


You can watch her most well-known song "Bleeding Love" on YouTube.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sF84pIhP5UM

As I Am

I'll this time write about As I am/Alicia Keys.






She was born in Manhattan and started playing the piano when she was seven.
She writes almost all her own songs.

She takes classic, jazz, or rock style in her music and she performs with the piano.






Her songs and strong voice fascinate many people.

This is one of the reasons that why she was awarded the Grammy Award ten times since she came out in 2001.

In As I Am, the performance is more simple but powerful and her voice stands out.

It is only the singer who is good at a song like her to can do such a thing.
The lead single of this album, No One, is a kind of mix of R&B and jazz.

The massage of this song is "Every thing's gonna be alright"

So, I can became positive thinking when I listen to this song.

You can watch and Listen to her song on You Tube.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ktUSIJEiOug&feature=related

Dangerously in Love

Today I'd like to introduce this CD , Dangerously in Love.
This is the debut solo album of American singer, Beyonce, released in June 2003.

Featuring many musicians, such as Jay-Z and Missy Elliot, the album include a combination of up-tempo and slow ballade.

It won first prize in Billboard and sold 317,000 copies in its first week.

"Crazy in Love" with Jay-Z, who wrote rap verse of this song was released as the album's lead single.

It became one of the biggest hits of that summer.
The introduction of it "Uh oh, uh oh, uh oh, oh no no" is too famous!!

Over the end of the summer, "Baby Boy" the second single from Dangerously in Love which features Sean Paul was released and it also became one of the biggest hits of 2003.

This song is sexy and mysterious.

Beyonce won five awards the Grammy awards 2004 for her solo effort.

In the first half of the album, it contains upbeat songs but then, after the fifth track most of the songs are slow tempo. The songs of 'Dangerously in Love' are almost love song like "I'm crazy about you"

By the way, on April 4th, 2008, Beyonce and Jay-Z were married in New York City.
Congratulation☆!!

60s 70s 80s

As you know, Namie Amuro is very popular singer among the youths and especially she is high in favor with the girls and her fashion hairstyle and makeup grasp our hearts and also her young dance with high heels is attractive to us.

This time, I'm gonna introduce you her latest CD, "60s 70s 80s"☆

６０s"New Look",70s"Rock Steady",80s"What a Feeling.

She has won the first place of oricon ranking after nine years of separation with this CD!!

I think most of you have heard songs in a TV commercial because these songs tie up with Vidal Sassoon.

All of them are cover versions of old songs.

60s is refined and fashionable, 70s is hot and sexy 80s is cool.

Each of songs is different and it expresses her new cover version of 60s, 70s, and 80s songs.

She entertains us not only listening songs but watching music video.

We can see her fashion and dance in the video.

The perpose of this blog

R&B is about r&b musicians and songs. It was made to introduse music and singers i love. If you read this blog and enjoy it, i am glad. Thanks for reading.