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Thelma Aoyama (青山 テルマ, Aoyama Teruma), born October 27, 1987, is a Japanese Pop and R&B singer. She is one quarter Trinidadian and three quarters Japanese.
She is famous for her collaboration song with SoulJa, "Koko ni Iru yo", and her answer song "Soba ni Iru ne". In September 2008, the Guinness World Records certified that "Soba ni Iru ne" became the best-selling digital download single in Japan with over two million "full-track" downloads (Chaku Uta Full).[1] However, the record of the Guinness World Records was replaced by Greeeen's song "Kiseki" in the next year of that.[2][3] Including various forms of digital downloads, it sold over 8.7 million downloads by November 2008.[4]
Life and career
When Aoyama was three years old, she took an interest in dancing while watching Janet Jackson's "Rhythm Nation" music video. She spent six years at Osaka International School as an elementary school student. When she was ten years old, she discovered gospel music and developed an interest in singing. At age 12, her family moved to Torrance, California, and she attended Calle Mayor Middle School. She lived there for two years. She returned to Japan in the winter of 2002. Her family moved to Tokyo. Aoyama attended the American School in Japan. She also began to take vocal lessons. Currently, Aoyama is an undergraduate student at Sophia University in Tokyo, Japan.[citation needed]
Aoyama's first release in the music world was a collaboration on DS455's single "Summer Paradise: Risin' To Tha Sun, feat. Aoyama Thelma". The single reached #46 on the Oricon charts. On September 9, 2008, Aoyama made her solo debut with the single "One Way". This single debuted at #98 on the Oricon charts. Two weeks later, Aoyama was featured on the hit single "Koko ni Iru yo" with fellow J-Soul artist SoulJa. The single stayed on the charts for many weeks. Despite only reaching up to #6 on the charts, the single has sold over 100,000 copies.
In early 2008, Aoyama released an answer song to the single "Koko ni Iru yo" by SoulJa with her own single titled: "Soba ni Iru ne" which also featured SoulJa. Both of the songs are similar, and both share the same chorus. However, the song "Soba ni Iru ne" proved to be more popular than the song "Koko ni Iru yo", debuting at #3 in its first week on the Oricon charts, and in its second week, reaching #1 on the charts. "Soba ni Iru ne" stayed in the Top 5 ranking for 7 consecutive weeks. It became the highest-selling female single (strictly a duet song) on the Oricon 2008 yearly charts.[5]
Her debut album, Diary, was released in Japan on March 26, 2008.
On February 11, 2009, she released album Love!: Thelma Love Song Collection, which debuted at the number-one position on the Oricon weekly charts. The latest album with a title name of Emotions was released in September, 2009.
According to reports, Big Bang's Taeyang will be collaborating with Thelma Aoyama on an upcoming track from her new album. The new album is scheduled to be released in January of 2010. The track is tentatively titled as "Fall in love".
Discography
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- Concert albums and DVD
- 2009: Aoyama Thelma Tour 2009 "Diary"
References
- ^ Template:Ja icon "青山テルマ、ギネス認定…そばにいるね「日本で最も売れた着うたフル楽曲」". Sports Hochi. 2008-09-12. Retrieved 2008-12-08.
- ^ Template:Ja icon "「キセキ」着うたフルＤＬでギネス申請". Sports Nippon. 2009-05-29. Retrieved 2009-10-21.
- ^ Template:Ja icon "GReeeeN、「キセキ」がギネス認定". Barks.jp. 2009-07-02. Retrieved 2009-10-21.
- ^ Template:Ja icon "青山テルマ、紅白発表日も１限から授業". Nikkan Sports. 2008-11-26. Retrieved 2008-12-08.
- ^ Template:Ja icon "2008 Yearly Singles Rankings". Oricon. 2008-12-11. Retrieved 2008-12-11.
External links
- Official Site (Japanese)
- Official Youtube With Personal Videos
- Universal Label Site (Japanese)
- Oricon Profile (Japanese)
- Official Blog (Japanese)
- The New Generation of Pop Queens