melody.

melody. promoting The Best of melody. ~Timeline~ (2008)

melody. is a Japanese urban pop artist. She made her debut in early 2003 with the single "Dreamin' Away", but wasn't majorly recognized until later that year when she became a part of m-flo's "loves..." project. Since then, most of her releases have charted within the top twenty on the Oricon charts. On October 22, 2008, melody. announced that she will retire from the music industry in January 2009 and plans to enter the fashion industry as a designer of Western-styled clothes. ^[1]

In March 2009, melody. announced her pregnancy and marriage with visual kei artist Miyavi.^[2] they have two daughters, "Lovelie Miyavi Ishihara" (born July 29, 2009) ^[3] and Jewelie Aoi Ishihara (born October 21, 2010). ^[4]

Profile

• Real Name: Ishikawa Miyuki Melody (石川みゆきメロディ)
• Stage Name: melody.
• Birthdate: February 24, 1982
• Birthplace: Honolulu, Hawaii, United States
• Blood Type: O
• Siblings: Three younger sisters named Harmony, Christine, and Rhythmy.

Trivia

• She was an artist on the Kimi sub-label of TOY'S FACTORY.
• Her fanclub was called "Ohana", which means "family" in Hawaiian.
• Played the character Yumi Yamamoto in Electronic Art's Need for Speed: Carbon.
• From April 2007 until October 2008, she was the host of NHK World's all-English weekly music show, J-MELO.
• Both of her parents lived in Hawaii before meeting each other. Her father was a musician from Tokyo while her mother came from Okinawa.
• Her sister, Christine, goes by the name KURIS in the Japanese music industry and has contributed her songwriting and musical skills to a number of melody.'s songs.

Discography

Albums

• [2004.01.21] Sincerely
• [2006.04.12] Be as one
• [2007.07.04] READY TO GO!
• [2008.04.09] Lei Aloha
• [2008.10.08] The Best of melody. ~Timeline~ (Best Album)

Singles

• [2003.02.19] Dreamin' Away
• [2003.06.18] Simple As That / Over The Rainbow
• [2003.11.27] Crystal Love
• [2004.06.09] Believe me
• [2005.01.12] Next to You
• [2005.08.17] realize / Take a Chance
• [2006.02.15] see you...
• [2006.11.08] Lovin' U
• [2007.02.14] Finding My Road
• [2007.05.30] Love Story
• [2008.02.13] Haruka (遥花 ~はるか~; Eternal Flower)

DVDs

• [2004.05.12] First Visual Issue ~clips and more~ Sincerely Yours
• [2006.11.08] Be as one TOUR 2006 Live & Document

Compilation / Other

• [2003.10.22] m-flo - miss you (#1 miss you / m-flo loves melody. & Yamamoto Ryohei)
• [2004.05.26] m-flo - ASTROMANTIC (#2 miss you / m-flo loves melody. & Yamamoto Ryohei)
• [2004.09.15] m-flo - ASTROMANTIC CHARM SCHOOL (#15 miss you -Free TEMPO mix- / m-flo loves melody. & Yamamoto Ryohei)
• [2007.03.28] m-flo - COSMICOLOR (#4 STUCK IN YOUR LOVE / m-flo loves melody.)
• [2007.07.11] the popular music ~Kyohei Tsutsumi Tribute~ (#10 Manatsu no Dekigoto (真夏の出来事) / Hirayama Miki (平山みき) cover)
• [2007.09.26] m-flo - electriCOLOR -COMPLETE REMIX- (#6 STUCK IN YOUR LOVE -AKAKAGE's Tropical Smile- / m-flo loves melody.)
• [2007.12.05] Alpen Best - Another Edition (#8 Crystal Love, #9 Next to You)
• [2008.02.13] m-flo - Award SuperNova -Loves Best- (#3 miss you / m-flo loves melody. & Yamamoto Ryohei)
• [2008.04.30] Tanaka Roma - Boyfriend/Girlfriend (#1 Boyfriend/Girlfriend / Tanaka Roma feat. melody.)
• [2008.06.04] Tanaka Roma - Daybreak (#2 Boyfriend/Girlfriend / Tanaka Roma feat. melody.)

External Links

• Official Website (Closed on January 12th, 2009)
• Official Record Label Profile
• Oricon Profile
• melody.'s MySpace