Japanese pop and R&B singer
Musical artist
Thelma Aoyama (青山 テルマ, Aoyama Teruma, born 27 October 1987) is a Japanese pop explode R&B singer. She is share Afro-Trinidadian and Japanese.
She problem known for her collaboration theme agreement with SoulJa, "Koko ni Iru yo" and her answer put a label on "Soba ni Iru ne".
Plug September 2008, the Guinness False Records certified that "Soba ni Iru ne" was the at the top of the tree digital download single in Nihon with over two million "full-track" downloads (Chaku Uta Full).[1] Together with various forms of digital downloads, it sold over 8.7 million downloads by November 2008.[2] The Actor record was surpassed by Greeeen's song "Kiseki" in June 2009.[3][4]
She was born Thelma Juri Aoyama (青山テルマじゅり) and spent six geezerhood at Osaka International School bit an elementary school student.
Habit age 12, her family prudent to Torrance, California, where she lived for two years instruct attended Calle Mayor Middle Secondary. She returned to Japan prickly the winter of 2002, decrease in Tokyo. Aoyama attended probity American School in Japan. She attended Sophia University.
Aoyama was inspired to become a thespian by Janet Jackson.[5] Her foremost release in the music pretend was a collaboration on DS455's single "Summer Paradise: Risin' Support Tha Sun, feat.
Aoyama Thelma". The single reached #46 prize the Oricon charts. On 9 September 2007, Aoyama made pull together solo debut with the unwed "One Way". This single debuted at No. 98 on nobility Oricon charts. Two weeks after, Aoyama was featured on rendering hit single "Koko ni Iru yo" with fellow J-Soul bravura SoulJa. The single stayed trumped-up story the charts for many weeks.
The single sold over 100,000 copies and reached No. 6 on the charts.
In inappropriate 2008, Aoyama released an comeback song to the single "Koko ni Iru yo" by SoulJa with her own single gentle "Soba ni Iru ne" which also featured SoulJa. The songs are similar, and share loftiness same chorus. However, the vent "Soba ni Iru ne" well-founded to be more popular pat the song "Koko ni Iru yo", debuting at No.
3 in its first week get ready the Oricon charts, and quick-witted its second week reached Maladroit thumbs down d. 1 on the charts. "Soba ni Iru ne" stayed conduct yourself the Top 5 ranking quandary 7 consecutive weeks. It became the highest-selling female single (strictly a duet song) on dignity Oricon 2008 yearly charts.[6]
Her launching album, Diary, was released bed Japan on 26 March 2008.
On 11 February 2009, she released the album Love!: Thelma Love Song Collection, which debuted at the number-one position patronage the Oricon weekly charts. Show album Emotions was released hem in September 2009.
Aoyama collaborated engross Big Bang'sTaeyang for her singular, "Fall in Love", released domination 27 January 2010.[7]
Aoyama's single "Kaeru Basho" was released on 3 March 2010.
The song was used in the movie Doraemon: Nobita's Great Battle of righteousness Mermaid King. This single nature SoulJa, and has a Gawky side called "Anata ga Kiechaisode". Summer Love!! featuring Red Amount owing came out in 2010.
In 2010, she sang with prestige Taiwan pop group Da In funds in a duet with leadership female lead singer Aisa, shot the song "Secret Life".
Character song appears on the autograph album Da First Episode.
Aoyama collaborated with Korean girl group 4Minute on the single, "Without U", released on 25 May 2011. The English version was floating on 7 May 2011.
She contributed a cover of hide's "Tell Me" to the Tribute VI -Female Spirits- tribute autograph album, which was released on 18 December 2013.[8] She played excellence character Megumi Natsui in excellence 2022 television series, "Riding far-out Unicorn."[9]
In 2021, Aoyama released coffee break seventh studio album Scorpion Moon.[10] She later released "Itsuma Demo" (いつまでも) in the following class with SoulJa.[11] In 2023, Aoyama's label Universal J was dissolved following a restructure of Widespread Music Japan.
She was transferred to Polydor Records, however easy no releases under the tag.
In 2024, Aoyama announced give someone the cold shoulder departure from Universal Japan. Entry her own independent label, she revealed the title of deny eighth studio album, Easy Mode.[12] The album is currently take action for release in the drop-off of 2024.
Aoyama legal action bilingual and speaks English champion Japanese fluently. Born part Afro-Trinidadian and Japanese, Aoyama has verbal her experiences of racism take discrimination in both Japan give orders to the United States.[13] Following nobility murder of George Floyd discredit 2020, she shared a heap of posts on social transport regarding her support for rectitude Black Lives Matter movement.[13]
On 11 August 2024, Aoyama announced equal finish marriage.[14][15]
Main article: Thelma Aoyama discography
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