generasia:Featured article for 2018 week 35
ORANGE RANGE
ORANGE RANGE (オレンジレンジ) is a popular Japanese band. The band releases music which is a fusion of several genres (rock, hip-hop, R&B) and has three vocalists. They formed in 2001 in Okinawa, and after a brief indies period debuted under the major label Sony Music Japan in 2003 with the single "Kirikirimai". They soon shot to fame, with their debut album 1st Contact which became the #15 album of the year. They are most widely known for their song "Hana" which has sold over 1,000,000 copies, and for their second album musiQ which was the #1 album of 2005. They are also known for the anime songs "Viva★Rock" (NARUTO ending theme) and "* ~Asterisk~" (BLEACH opening theme).
The group left gr8! records in 2010 to start their own label, SUPER ECHO LABEL. In 2012, their independent label worked with Victor Entertainment's sub-label SPEEDSTAR RECORDS on new releases.
Their eleventh studio album, ELEVEN PIECE, is released this week on August 29th.
