Miss Monday

Miss Monday promoting "Sayonara" (2010)

Miss Monday is a Japanese rapper under FOR LIFE MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT and was id Records first female rapper.

Profile

• Stage Name: Miss Monday
• Birthday: October 13, 1976 (1976-10-13)
• Birthplace: Japan

Information

Miss Monday began her career as an underground hip-hop artist. With an overwhelming support from the rap scene, she debut with the independent label id Records as their first female hip-hop artist in 2000. In that same year she released "Motto..." and "JIKAN RYOKOU", two independent singles that did not chart. In 2001 Miss Monday signed with Epic Records and released her first major label single "MONDAY FREAK". It was Miss Monday's first single to chart on the Oricon weekly charts.

In 2002 Miss Monday released her fourth single "Lady meets girl" and incorporating classic reggae elements she released her debut full length album Free ya that same year.

In 2007 Epic Records released FOOTSTAMP Vol.1 which would be her final album and first best album with the label as she signed with FOR LIFE MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT. On the same day of the best album's release Miss Monday released her thirteenth single "Ohana" and later released her fourteenth single "Shiawase no Tane". In December 2007 she released her first album under the new label and fifth album KISS THE SKY .

In 2009 Miss Monday released her fifteenth single "The Light" which featured Kj from Dragon Ash, Moriyama Naotaro and PES from RIP SLYME. And in April 2009 Miss Monday's sixth album Love & The Light (w/a white lie) was released. The album conveyed a more contemporary urban genre then her previous five albums.

In 2010 Miss Monday's seventeenth single "Sayonara" featured Sugawara Sayuri.

Discography

Miss Monday promoting miss rainbow (2004)

Miss Monday promoting Shiawase no Tane (2007)

Miss Monday promoting Love & The Light (w/a white lie) (2009)

Studio Albums

• [2002.03.06] Free ya
• [2003.04.23] NATURAL
• [2004.11.03] miss rainbow
• [2006.06.21] &I
• [2007.12.05] KISS THE SKY
• [2009.04.08] Love & The Light (w/a white lie)
• [2010.06.23] Beautiful
• [2011.07.13] &U

Best Albums

• [2007.07.18] FOOTSTAMP Vol.1

Singles

• [2000.07.21] Motto... (もっと...)
• [2000.12.08] JIKAN RYOKOU
• [2001.11.21] MONDAY FREAK
• [2002.02.20] Lady meets girl
• [2002.05.09] Mamonaku, Hare feat. Leyona (まもなく、晴れ feat. 玲葉奈)
• [2002.07.24] Soul Flower
• [2003.04.09] Curious
• [2003.05.21] Playground feat. HUNGER (プレイグランド feat. HUNGER)
• [2004.03.10] Roots feat. Spinna B-ill
• [2004.06.23] Akatsuki ni Omou feat. Sowelu (暁ニ想フ feat. Sowelu)
• [2004.10.06] Kimi ni Deaete Arigatou (君に出逢えてありがとう)
• [2006.05.24] Ame Niji -no rain, no rainbow- (雨虹 -no rain, no rainbow-)
• [2007.07.18] Ohana (オハナ)
• [2007.10.03] Shiawase no Tane (シアワセの種)
• [2009.01.28] The Light feat. Kj from Dragon Ash, Moriyama Naotaro, PES from RIP SLYME
• [2010.03.24] Sayonara feat. Sugawara Sayuri (さよなら feat. 菅原紗由理)
• [2010.05.26] Life is beautiful feat. Uezu Kiyosaku from MONGOL800, Salyu, SHOCK EYE from Shonannokaze
• [2011.05.25] Isshou Kenmei (一緒懸命)

Vinyls

• [2001.10.26] MONDAY FREAK
• [2002.03.14] Lady meets girl
• [2002.05.30] Mamonaku, Hare feat. Leyona (まもなく、晴れ feat. 玲葉奈)
• [2002.08.29] Soul Flower
• [2003.04.11] Curious
• [2003.05.23] Playground feat. HUNGER (プレイグランド)
• [2004.03.10] Roots feat. Spinna B-ill
• [2004.09.10] Kimi ni Deaete Arigatou (君に出逢えてありがとう)
• [2006.04.27] Red Kunoichi Black Ninja feat. Rudebwoy Face

Collaborations / Compilations

• [2001.03.01] ZOOCO - Love Education (#1 Respect Me)
• [2003.10.22] kazami - Sprout (#4 Sprout)
• [2004.02.25] SUZUKI MANIA Suzuki Masayuki Tribute Album (#4 Dry・Dry / -Miss Monday feat. Martin)
• [2004.11.25] SSS (Say Safe Sex) (#2 Can I get a touch 〜Anata ni furetai〜/B Fresh)
• [2005.10.19] DANCE HALL PREMIER presents PREMIER LOVERS (#8 Boi, I wanna be ya NO.1 -feat. Miss Monday & RICKIE G)
• [2006.02.22] MAX - Jewel of Jewels (#3 What's going on)
• [2006.04.19] DANCE HALL PREMIER presents REGGAE MILLION III (#2 Kaihouku / -Miss Monday & SOLDIER)
• [2006.05.24] 1998～2005 COMPILATION ALBUM ALL STARS (#1 PUMP IT UP Mirai ni Tsunage B-BOY Stance & #5 Can I get a touch 〜Anata ni Furetai〜)
• [2007.06.27] Foxxi misQ - GLOSS (#13 Party Booty Shake)
• [2007.07.02] Tokyo RAGGA BLAZE (#1 Respect Me)
• [2008.07.09] Tokyo RAGGA BLAZE 2 (#9 DANCEHALL JUNGLE / -VERBAL from m-flo & Miss Monday)
• [2008.12.03] COTATSU REGGAE (#2 Ueo Muite Arukou)
• [2009.04.29] SPARKS (#2 Ima Kara Kaeru / -Miss Monday + TARO SOUL + SONOMI)
• [2009.06.24] Tokyo RAGGA BLAZE 3 (#13 Honto Wa Ima de mo... - feat. DABO & Miss Monday)
• [2009.10.07] YU-A - You Are My Love (#2 Kimi ga Kureta Mono (Miss Monday feat. YU-A))
• [2009.12.09] C-love Fragrance Platinum Allure (#9 Kimi ga Kureta Mono feat. YU-A (Foxxi misQ) / Miss Monday)
• [2010.03.24] Sweep - Love Beats (#4 BETTER DAYS feat. Miss Monday / Sweep × DJ MITSU THE BEATS)
• [2010.07.07] GAGLE - SOREIZEN -mixed by DJ Mu-R- (#4 BETTER DAYS feat. Miss Monday / Sweep)
• [2011.09.14] SPICY CHOCOLATE - Shibuya Ragga Sweet Collection (Disc 1 - #10 SHIBUYA DREAM feat. Miss Monday & SIMON; Disc 2 - #15 SHIBUYA DREAM feat. Miss Monday & SIMON)
• [2014.02.12] SPICY CHOCOLATE - BEST OF RAGGA SWEET COLLECTION (#14 SHIBUYA DREAM feat. Miss Monday & SIMON)
• [2014.09.23] SLY & ROBBIE + SPICY CHOCOLATE - THE RAGGAE POWER (#13 SHIBUYA DREAM feat. Miss Monday, SIMON & BIGGY)

External Links

• Official Site
• Official For Life Site