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Emi Tawata promoting "SINGS" (2009)

Emi Tawata (Tawata Emi; 多和田えみ) is a Japanese singer, currenly signed to the Techesko record label. Her music is a mix of Soul, R&B, Jazz, Blues, Reggea and Funk. Her indie single Negai No Sora peaked at the #1 spot on the Indies chart.


Profile

  • Name: Emi Tawata
  • Other Aliases: タワタエミ (used when she was signed to the Nancle Label}
  • Birthday: 1984.06.26
  • Birth Place: Okinawa, Japan
  • Music styles: Soul, R&B, Jazz, Blues, Reggea and Funk

Information

The Beginning

Born on June 26 1984 Ginowan, Okinawa Prefecture, Emi was involved with a brass band at a young age. In the year 2005 she went to Canada for language studies. It was there when she truly fell in love with music, especially Jazz music. When she came home from Canada in the year 2006 she began studying Jazz music. In April 2007 she participated in a music audition and won the MSN Special Jury Prize. She then was signed a contract with the Nancle Label and so released her first limited single Negai no Sora on May 15, 2007 under a stage name タワタエミ (TAWATA EMI). The single reached #1 on the Indies charts. The single sold out and she then signed a contract with a new formed label named Techesko. She then covered Antonio Carlos Jobim's song This Happy Madness and the song "Into You" from DJ Kawasaki (featuring Emi Tawata) hit the floor. This increased her popularity quite qickly. Because she was going to tour a lot in the country she composed her own band named "Tawada Emi & The Soul Infinity". Her debut mini-album ∞Infinity∞ was released on April 23, 2008 and reached the #110 spot on the Oricon charts.

Techesko era

Emi Tawata promoting "LOVE&PEACE" (2008)

A few months after the release of ∞infinity∞ she released another mini-album named LOVE&PEACE which included the collaboration song with DJ Kawasaki named "Into You" on 23 July, 2008. The album reached the #204 place on the Oricon charts. After LOVE&PEACE a third mini-album was in the making. This mini-album would be promoted during her Tour named Emi Tawata & The Soul Infinity: Sweet Soul Tour 2009. Along with this mini-album came the collaboration between the popular apparel brand Soulsmania. The mini-album Sweet Soul Love was released on March 18, 2009 and reached #284 on the Oricon charts.

Two months later on 12 May, Emi's official website announced tha a first Maxi single would be released on the 24th of June. The leading song of the single named Toki no Sora woudl serve as an ending song from the quiz show "Sekai fushigi Hakken" and theme song for the roadshow movie "Chikujou se Yo". However the single failed to chart at the Oricon charts. On 22 August Emi announced in her blog that she would release her very first full-length album named SINGS along with another Maxi-single named Namida no Oto on the 4th of November. The single again failed to chart on he Oricon charts. The album however charted at the #111 place on the Oricon charts, selling about 1,500 copies in it's first week. In January 2010, she began touring throughout the country with her tour named "Emi Tawata & The Soul Infinity: Sings of Souls live 2010". During the tour she released her 3rd Maxi-single named Lovely Day. The single failed to chart on the Oricon charts. After a long period of touring through Japan, Emi's official website announced the release of a LIVE album and DVD in one named SINGS Of Souls Live 2010 which was released on 23 June. The CD+DVD failed to chart on the Oricon charts.

Discography

Emi Tawata promoting "Sweet Soul Love" (2008)

Album

EP

Single

  • [2007.05.15]Negai no Sora (indies label) #1 Indies Chart Okinawa
  • [2009.06.24]Toki no Sora failed to chart on the Oricon charts
  • [2009.11.04]Namida no Oto failed to chart on the Oricon charts
  • [2010.03.23]Lovely Day failed to chart on the Oricon charts

External links

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