After 10 years, she became one of the best-selling artists of the decade and one of the most popular and influential artists in Japan.
Koda officially debuted with the single TAKE BACK in December 2000.
In 2002, after the release of several singles, she released her first studio album affection, which charted at #12.
Some success came her way when she was asked to do the main songs for the video game, "Final Fantasy X-2", with real Emotion/1000の言葉 (1000 words), Koda also provided the voice for the character Lenne in the Japanese version of the game as well as the character, "Yuna's", opening sequence dance via motion capture. The single proved to be a success, debuting at #3 and becoming Koda's first release to enter the top ten. It sold 282,734 copies and became the #24th highest-selling single of 2003. A few weeks later, Koda released her second studio album, grow into one, which debuting at #9.
In 2004, Koda released three more singles before the release of her 3rd studio album, feel my mind which again showed Koda's determinated progress, charting at #7.
From here on, Koda's success increased and her popularity rose with the release of her 11th single, a cover of 1970's anime opening, キューティーハニー, debuted at #4. This single also marked the start of Koda's to be trademark, new style: "ero-kakoii" (or "ero-Kawaii") which roughly translates as: "sexy-cool" or "sexy-cute". Koda's fourth album secret was released in February 2005. The album debuted #3 with 505,600 copie sold, making it the #22 album of 2005.
With Koda's popularity reaching new heights, she held her first live show, "secret ~FIRST CLASS LIMITED LIVE~", (later becoming one of the top 10 selling DVDs in Japan) and released her sixteenth single, Butterfly. Debuting at #2, it became her highest charting single of her career to date and was very well received by the Japanese public. Following this success, she released her first best-of compilation, BEST ~first things~. This is the album which is said to have skyrocketed her career, reaching #1 on the weekly charts and selling 1,207,793 copies, making it the #6 album of the year and the highest selling female album of 2005.
In December 2005, Koda Kumi began her 12 Singles Project in which she released one single each week for twelve consecutive weeks. The first single, you, became Koda's first ever #1 single. Each of the remaining singles from the project charted in the top five of the weekly singles chart. The success of the project was celebrated with the release of Koda's second best-of compilation album BEST ~second session~ which sold over a million copies in just over a week. It became the #2 album of 2006 with 1,768,628 copies sold. During this time, Kumi also won the 47th Nihon Record Taishō (best award prize in Japan) with Butterfly.
Her 30th single, 恋のつぼみ, the first single to be released since the 12 singles project, was released in May 2006 and debuted at #2 with 140,000 copies sold. The track became one of the most downloaded single of the year, with more than 2 millions legal downloads in just a few weeks. After the release of several successful singles, including 4 hot wave (a maxi summer single) and 夢のうた, which had become her #1 and #2 best selling singles with more than 300,000 copies sold, Koda released her fifth studio album, Black Cherry which remained at the #1 position for four weeks, selling more than 1 million copies. By the end of 2006, both BEST ~first things~ & BEST ~second session~ had nearly sold two million copies. Koda Kumi became the highest selling female artist of the year.
In 2007, Koda Kumi released several singles including 愛のうた, which became one of the most sung songs in Karaoke and one of the biggest hits from Koda’s discography. On the December 21st 2007, Koda Kumi became the seventh Japanese female artist to hold a solo concert at Tokyo Dome. During the concert, she celebrated the 7th year anniversary since her debut in front of 35,000 fans. By the end of the year, Kumi became, for the 2nd time running, the highest selling female artist of the year.
In January 2008, during the promotion of her 6th album, Kingdom, Kumi appeared as a guest on TBS radio show, "All Night Nippon". During which Koda mentioned her manager had recently got married and that she had asked her manager, "whether or not they would have children". When her manager replied that they wouldn't for the time being, Koda responded with her opinion that they ought to have children as soon as possible, as, "when women are around 35 years old their amniotic fluids go bad."
The comment was deemed so offensive that many radio shows and newspapers received angry complaints from women around the country. Koda's official website was shut down, along with endorser websites featuring her. Despite the public backlash, the album reached #1 on the Oricon charts for two weeks, selling over 600,000 copies.
4 months later, Koda made a return to the market with Moon Crying. Through the song, Koda expressed her real feelings and her apologies. The song quickly became a success and Koda was able to make a return to performing her songs on TV and radio. Shortly after the release of her 40th single, Koda released the upbeat single TABOO (to become one of the most popular song with her overseas fan-base) as well as the winter ballad single stay with me (which reached 2,000,000 downloads in few weeks) before the release of her 7th album : TRICK, which topped the Oricon Charts at #1 for 2 consecutive weeks.
In 2010, Koda celebrated the 10th anniversary of career beginnings, making it know that she wished to make the year special for her fans, the first project of the year was the release of her 8th album, UNIVERSE, coupled with a best album containing the biggest hits from her 2006~2008 works. During the year, she released several singles, including Lollipop & 好きで、好きで、好きで。, the later became her biggest digital success since 2008. She later released her first cover album, ETERNITY ~Love & Songs~, and held her first Stadium Tour in Summer 2010. In December, 2010, Koda Kumi hold a special concert in Tokyo Dome, for the 2nd time, in order to close the first chapter of her career with her fans.
Koda released her ninth studio album named Dejavu in March 2011. Shortly after its release, the singer started her national tour. Although Koda decided to perform in hall in order to be closer to her fans, this live tour is so far her longest tour to date with 72 dates from April to October.
Koda's 50th single was released August 2011 titled 4 TIMES. It included 4 songs as well as 4 music videos (first time since Summer 2006). The main song of the single is Poppin' love cocktail feat.TEEDA, a summer song produced by the pop rock band BACK-ON. The same year, she released 2 more singles where Koda shows the sexiest image of herself. In November 2011, Koda performed in Singapore for Mnet Asian Music Awards. She was the only Japanese star to perform and won the "Hottest Asian Artist" award. Koda's tenth album album was announced on December for a release in the beginning of 2012. Entitled , JAPONESQUE, the album includes a music video for each song, 17 in total. In the same time, Koda surprised everyone by writing on her official site that she is engaged to Kenji03 from BACK-ON. She announced her wedding by the end of the year. Few days after, Koda also confessed that she was 8 weeks pregnant.
24
倖田來未 Lyrics
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ときめく胸よ想いつのる
Day by day 夢の国へ
連れていってまだ bed から
出たくないその続きもう
少し目を閉じれば one more chance
会わせてほしい
そうあの人に忘れたい過去よ
今の恋を大切にしたい
I try to be with you
But you're so far away
Wanna be with you 24hours
Try to be with you
I hope that you will come to me
Wanna hold you tight
All night long
君と出会えた奇跡全て
変わってく今までの
自分にさよならをして
ありのまま伝えたい魔法をかけて
ティンカーベル今すぐ彼の元へ
Fly away 2人きっと子供の頃へ
Come back I try to be with you
But you're so far away
Wanna be with you 24hours
Try to be with you
I hope that you will come to me
Wanna hold you tight
All night long
I try to be with you
But you're so far away
Wanna be with you 24hours
Try to be with you
I hope that you will come to me
Wanna hold you tight
All night long
I try to be with you
But you're so far away
Wanna be with you 24hours
Try to be with you
I hope that you will come to me
Wanna hold you tight
All night long
The lyrics of 倖田來未's song "24" express a longing for a past love. The singer wakes up and recalls the smile of their loved one, feeling their heart flutter with memories. They dream of going to a land of dreams together, not wanting to leave the bed and wishing for one more chance to meet that special person. They want to forget the past that weighs them down and be cherished in their current love. The lyrics convey a sense of yearning, distance, and the desire to be reunited with the one they love, wanting to hold them tightly all night long.
Line by Line Meaning
目が覚めると浮かぶ your smile
When I wake up, your smile comes to mind
ときめく胸よ想いつのる
My heart flutters with emotions
Day by day 夢の国へ
Day by day, towards the land of dreams
連れていってまだ bed から
Take me away from the bed
出たくないその続きもう
I don't want to leave, this continuation
少し目を閉じれば one more chance
If I close my eyes for a moment, one more chance
会わせてほしい そうあの人に
I want to meet, yes, that person
忘れたい過去よ 私を責めないで
Forgotten past, don't blame me
Oh baby blue 今の恋を大切にしたい
Oh baby blue, I want to cherish this love
I try to be with you
I try to be with you
But you're so far away
But you're so far away
Wanna be with you 24hours
I want to be with you 24 hours
Try to be with you
I try to be with you
I hope that you will come to me
I hope that you will come to me
Wanna hold you tight All night long
I want to hold you tight all night long
君と出会えた奇跡全て
All the miracles of meeting you
変わってく今までの
Changing up until now
自分にさよならをして
Say goodbye to myself
ありのまま伝えたい魔法をかけて
Using magic, I want to convey my true feelings
ティンカーベル今すぐ彼の元へ
Tinkerbell, right now, to his side
Fly away 2人きっと子供の頃へ
Fly away, the two of us, surely to our childhood
Come back I try to be with you
Come back, I try to be with you
But you're so far away
But you're so far away
Wanna be with you 24hours
I want to be with you 24 hours
Try to be with you
I try to be with you
I hope that you will come to me
I hope that you will come to me
Wanna hold you tight All night long
I want to hold you tight all night long
I try to be with you
I try to be with you
But you're so far away
But you're so far away
Wanna be with you 24hours
I want to be with you 24 hours
Try to be with you
I try to be with you
I hope that you will come to me
I hope that you will come to me
Wanna hold you tight All night long
I want to hold you tight all night long
I try to be with you
I try to be with you
But you're so far away
But you're so far away
Wanna be with you 24hours
I want to be with you 24 hours
Try to be with you
I try to be with you
I hope that you will come to me
I hope that you will come to me
Wanna hold you tight All night long
I want to hold you tight all night long
Lyrics © O/B/O APRA AMCOS
Written by: Shimono Hitoshi, Kumi Kouda
Lyrics Licensed & Provided by LyricFind
Risa
『girls〜Selfish〜』
2004.11.25 RELEASE
初のDVDシングル！
TRACK.1「Selfish」
イントロからテンション上がるやつ！
歌詞が強めで共感できる！
そしてなんといっても
ダンスがちょーかっこいいの！
サウンドとダンスのマッチ度絶妙💯
TRACK.2「SHAKE IT」
クリップは同性愛をテーマにしている。
歌詞もMVもエロかったよね〜！
アラブ感が良かった！
そして、同性愛を差別せず
こんなに素敵に歌詞にして演出するのは
倖田來未にしかできないし新しかった！
きっとくぅちゃんの
音楽に救われた人も多いはずです！
TRACK.3「24」
旅立った男性のことを思う女性役を演じている。
MVは、黒髪くぅちゃんホワイトの衣装
ホワイトのシーツのベッドで
カメラ目線で笑ってくれたり
愛犬ラムちゃんも出ていたり
"ゆるえろ"な甘めくぅちゃんが可愛かった♡
3曲共、全く違うテイストで
男女の出会い〜別れをコンセプトに
ひとつのストーリーとして繋がっていく映像で
オムニバス映画のような作品に仕上がっている。
〜𝐾𝑜𝑑𝑎 𝐾𝑢𝑚𝑖 20𝑡ℎ 𝑎𝑛𝑛𝑖𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑠𝑎𝑟𝑦 𝑖𝑠 𝑎𝑙𝑠𝑜 𝑚𝑦 20𝑡ℎ 𝑎𝑛𝑛𝑖𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑠𝑎𝑟𝑦〜
𝐋𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐛𝐚𝐜𝐤 𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝟐𝟎𝐭𝐡 𝐚𝐧𝐧𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐚𝐫𝐲⧉
しまゆう
目が覚めると
浮かぶ your smile
ときめく胸よ Yeah
想いつのる day by day
夢の国へ
連れていって
まだ bed から出たくない
その続き もう少し
目を閉じれば
one more chance
合わせてほしい
そう あの人に
忘れたい 過去よ
私を責めないで
Oh baby blue
今の恋を大切にしたい
I try to be with you
But you're so far
away
Oh yeah
Wanna be with you
24 hours
Try to be with you
I hope that
you will come to me
Wanna hold you tight
all night long
Ah 君と出会えた奇跡
全て 変わってく
Ah 今までの自分に
さよならをして
ありのまま伝えたい
魔法をかけて
ティンカーベル
今すぐ彼の元へ
Ah oh Fly away
2人きっと
子供の頃へ Come back
I try to be with you
But you're so far away
Oh yeah
Wanna be with you
24 hours
Try to be with you
I hope that
you will come to me
Wanna hold you tight
all night long
倖田來未
【20周年イヤー記念スペシャル ＜MVフル尺大公開＞】
KODA KUMI（倖田來未）の20周年イヤーを記念し、
これまでの楽曲のリリース日に合わせて、MVのフル尺を大公開！
今だに進化し続ける国内トップのパーフォーマーKODA KUMI（倖田來未）
20年間を振り返りながらお楽しみください
あーちャむのおうち.ĀCHAMU CH.
生配信お疲れ様でした🥰✨
大好きな楽曲達がYouTubeでも観れる日がきたのですね🥺✨
当時の頃を思い出しながら観ました🥺✨
くうちゃん好き過ぎて毎回、購入していたDVDやCDをがんがん流しながらﾄﾞﾗｲﾌﾞしたりﾍｱｰｽﾀｲﾙ•ﾒｲｸを真似したりしていた頃が懐かしいです🥺✨
今もｶﾗｵｹではくうちゃんの楽曲、必ず歌わせて頂いてます🎤🥰🎶
CD AB
Secret名曲多い
今聴いても古く感じないしかっこいいしライブで聴きたい
k k
わかります！！
Edwin Aliano
Oh my koddess. They finally uploaded this MV! One of my favorite songs and videos to date. So simple yet pretty. Her vocals, the melody, her smile, Rum, everything fits perfectly here. I love you forever Kuueen!
Franco Salluzio
Secret it's that ageless kind of album, all songs are so incredible! Kumi's versatility in this album is just fantastic! Love it and I'm still listening to that untill now days ! Kumi is one of the best pop artists out there!
Franco Salluzio
One of my favorite songs from her! ❤️❤️❤️❤️
Danae FL
This song is my "chill" song 💜 Always loved the MV too. So simple and pure...
nagi chan
めっちゃ好き!!!!♡
歌詞の終わり方も最＆倖です♡
。ちゃんこ
この時代は個人的に最高だった。
このアルバムを聞くとこの時代が
甦る😢