Electro World (エレクトロ・ワールド) by Perfume Perfume (パフューム?) is a Japanese pop girl group from Hiroshima, Japan, consisting of Ayano Ōmoto, Yuka Kashino, and Ayaka Nishiwaki. The group are signed with Universal Music Japan since 2012. The group were formed in early 2000 inside young talent academy Actors School Hiroshima, and debuted with their first Hiroshima-local single Omajinai Perori released on March 21, 2002. A year later they moved to Tokyo, started to work with Yasutaka Nakata and released their first nationwide indie single, Sweet Donuts on August 6, 2003. In 2005 they got a major contract deal with Tokuma Japan Communications, and released their major debut single Linear Motor Girl on September 21. However, it was not until 2008 where the groups seventh single Polyrhythm, which was chosen to be the theme song of recycle campaign by NHK, started to receive major attention in Japan. The single peaked at number seven on the Oricon charts, becoming their first Top 10 single in Japan, and since their eighth single Baby Cruising Love and all of their subsequent works have debuted within the Top 3 of the charts. Their first original studio album, Game, released on April 16, 2008, became their first number one album in Japan, and Love the World, released on July 9, 2009, their first number one single. With rough combined sales of both singles and albums, the group have sold over 3 million records, with 1.5 million albums sold in Japan alone as of March 2012 jpopasia/group/perfume/videos/electro-world::1758.html
Posted on: Tue, 19 Nov 2013 05:23:24 +0000
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