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OLIVIA
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Naha, Okinawa, Japan (1996 – present)
OLIVIA (Olivia Lufkin, born in Naha, Okinawa, Japan), The daughter of a German father and a Ryukyuan mother, attended the Okinawa Actors School, alma mater of popular acts like Namie Amuro. She was discovered there and signed to Avex Trax in 1996 as part of the idol girl group D&D, which had a Eurobeat sound. When the group disbanded, Olivia became a solo artist. In contrast to her work with D&D, her first single in 1999 “I.L.Y.~Yokubou” had a driving rock sound. Her first two singles were written by others, but she wrote her third single “Dear Angel” and all her singles since then.
In 1999 and 2000, she released six singles altogether, all with a pop-rock or alternative sound, and at the end of the year released her first album synchronicity, containing all her singles to date. In 2001 and 2002 she released two more singles.
Although critically acclaimed, her solo singles were not chart toppers; her biggest hits, her second and third singles, both peaked at #29 on the Oricon, and her successive releases charted lower and lower (her final single peaked at #99). Avex Trax switched her from the main label to their “indies” label cutting edge. Rather than chase after mainstream success, Olivia continued on her own path. In 2003 she released 4 mini-albums instead of singles with macabre yet whimsical titles such as Comatose Bunny Butcher. Likewise, her music became both darker and cuter. These mini-albums contained only English songs.
In 1999 and 2000, she released six singles altogether, all with a pop-rock or alternative sound, and at the end of the year released her first album synchronicity, containing all her singles to date. In 2001 and 2002 she released two more singles.
Although critically acclaimed, her solo singles were not chart toppers; her biggest hits, her second and third singles, both peaked at #29 on the Oricon, and her successive releases charted lower and lower (her final single peaked at #99). Avex Trax switched her from the main label to their “indies” label cutting edge. Rather than chase after mainstream success, Olivia continued on her own path. In 2003 she released 4 mini-albums instead of singles with macabre yet whimsical titles such as Comatose Bunny Butcher. Likewise, her music became both darker and cuter. These mini-albums contained only English songs.
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lesmizerable wrote:
Personally, I don't understand why the tag OLIVIA inspi' REIRA is "wrong," but NANA starring Mika Nakashima is ok...?
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ash10567 wrote:
wow that was a surprise! she kinda just jumped to my most played all of a sudden! xD i wonder how many others have changed...apparently i've listening to Beck 175 times =S ... i had it as Mongolian Chop Squad before =\
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ChibiKiseki wrote:
Just GREAT.
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InnocentWorld wrote:
YAY, I'm so glad they finally merged OLIVIA with OLIVIA inspi' REIRA (TRAPNEST) too <33 It was bugging me on my charts xD
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amorphose wrote:
I was wondering how OLIVIA ended up with like 2,500 plays, when yesterday she only had like 1,500. haha
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AirStriker wrote:
Nice move, last.fm!
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strawberry_wing wrote:
yeah same here. not that I personally would mind it ^__^
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helplessrain wrote:
Hey, has anyone else noticed the new 'auto correct' feature? They merged OLIVIA and OLIVIA inspi' REIRA (TRAPNEST) on my charts! o_o
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CatFreeeek wrote:
I dont think we can ourselves......I think only last.fm can. :/
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rebelLELOUCH wrote:
I love her! *_* Thanks to Nana if i know this artist! **
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amorphose wrote:
Yeah, how do we get rid of everything related to the trashed up R&B hoe off here now? -.-
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CatFreeeek wrote:
Theres now a seperate page 4 the r'b singer, so is there anyway our OLIVIA's page can get cleaned up a bit??
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miyamiichi wrote:
this "stupid person" you refer to obviously gets more plays that's why. it's not going to change so i don't see why whining about it will help any.
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Cosmasia wrote:
Anyway, on the subject of pictures: vote if you feel compelled :) http://www.last.fm/music/OLIVIA/+images/12016629 ---- http://www.last.fm/music/OLIVIA/+images/12016439 ---- http://www.last.fm/music/OLIVIA/+images/3143082 ---- http://www.last.fm/music/OLIVIA/+images/3481294 ---- http://www.last.fm/music/OLIVIA/+images/18063011
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Cosmasia wrote:
I love how the R&B Olivia fans keep bitching about this. It's kind of common sense that the artist that has more fans on here will have their picture voted up more. Get over it amycrd.
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art_aka_kazzy wrote:
amycrd, obviously there is more than one artist named OLIVIA. and it would appear that the OLIVIA we like gets more listens than the one YOU like. so deal with it. also the top 15 fucking sucks, what is wrong with you people (okay, it has "Because," "If you only knew" and "Alone in our castle" but wtf). 6 mos top 15 is even worse :(
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instantpig wrote:
go fuck a goat amycrd
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CatFreeeek wrote:
Ur wrong this is the proper OLIVIA. Look at the title of the artist, its in full capital letters, which is wot OLIVIA (Lufkin) uses not that talentless R&B whore Olivia.
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amycrd wrote:
This is not the proper Olivia, Olivia sings Bizounce and is R&B. Why do I have to have the photo of this stupid person on my charts - come on last.fm sort it out!!!!!
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CatFreeeek wrote:
I love "The Cloudy Dreamer" it's such a good album, OLIVIA shud do more of the style she used for that album.
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4 Nov 2008 | from olivia.vision-blog.jp
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-making morning rice balls/onigiri
-yummy livey coffee
-finishing a song melody by 10am
-a healing walk in the park
-a puppy diving into a pool of leaves
-finding tiny time for illustrating
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- creepy_enigma, demonsry and rottenpie added OLIVIA to their libraries. 1 hour ago
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