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Misia
Sign in to savecommonly known as and stylized in all caps, is a Japanese singer and songwriter. Born in Tsushima, Nagasaki, Misia moved to Fukuoka at the age of 14 to pursue a recording career. There, she continued her secondary education and briefly attended Seinan Gakuin University before withdrawing to focus on her musical career. She was signed to BMG Japan in 1997, after auditioning for record producer Haruo Yoda.
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Misaki Ito (born July 7, 1978), known by her stage name, MISIA, is Japanese rnb/pop singer, songwriter, musician, record producer and philanthropist. She is one of most successful Japanese recording artists of all time, selling over 30 million records since her 1998 debut. She has released twenty albums, of which eight have reached number one on the Oricon charts. Her song Everything was the best-selling single by a female artist of the last decade. <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/MISIA">Read
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- Misia
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- Misaki Itō
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- Ōmura, Nagasaki, Japan
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- Singer
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- 1997–present
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12 sectionsContents
- Biography
- Early life
- Career beginnings
- Establishing her popularity: 1998–2002
- Avex Trax: 2002–2007
- Return to BMG Japan: 2007–present
- Philanthropic work
- Discography
- Filmography
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commonly known as and stylized in all caps, is a Japanese singer and songwriter. Born in Tsushima, Nagasaki, Misia moved to Fukuoka at the age of 14 to pursue a recording career. There, she continued her secondary education and briefly attended Seinan Gakuin University before withdrawing to focus on her musical career. She was signed to BMG Japan in 1997, after auditioning for record producer Haruo Yoda.
Misia came to prominence following the release of her debut album, Mother Father Brother Sister (1998), which became the seventh best-selling Japanese debut album of all time, earning her two Japan Gold Disc Awards and one Japan Record Award. In 2000, Misia released her sophomore album, Love Is the Message, which earned her another Japan Gold Disc Award and Japan Record Award. Her third studio album, Marvelous (2001), spawned her first number-one single on the Oricon singles chart, "Everything". The song became one of the best-selling singles of all time in Japan, and is the third best-selling physical single by a Japanese solo female artist of all time.
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