[2004] J-pop in Walmart?
 

Yeah so I'm hanging out in Walmart, cause it's my favourite store, and I go to the CD section, and there before the 'A's in rock+pop, there are two CDs with different color labels... and they woud be Puffy Amiyumi and Nami Tamaki. I was very suprised!! But alas no Ayu. But in Walmart? Yeah I thought so too. So who is Nami Tamaki? Because her CD looked interesting. And at 13.99, I could afford to be a little curious. But Walmart?? Wow. Cool.

Ayu .. wouldn't be in Wal-Mart.. sorry. She's not signed onto any International/American record label :(

Nami Tamaki is with Tofu Records, the company that is attempting to make Japanese music popular in America. She's a good singer, her stuff is a lotta trancey/dance/pop music.. it's very good, I recommend it :)

Puffy Ami Yumi just came to America for a tour in California and New York.. otherwise, I'm not really into their music :laugh

Yep. But my Walmart wouldn't have have any of it. My walmart didn't have EXODUS..or the new Tamagotchi's. But you go to the Walmart 45 minutes away and they have them.

I kinda want Nami Tamaki though.

Puffy AmiYumi has two American released albums, that's probably what you saw.

i always find this artist named "Keiko Matsui" her covers are boring

she's a jazz artist.

is her music pretty good? and was her mainstream from japan or did she start in US? just wondering because she remains a mystery to me

don't quote me on this but i think not. i think she started over here. her music is ok. my one friend likes to listen to her.

How jazzy is she?

I keep looking for T.M.Revolution around here, since he's signed on to Tofu, but to no avail. I don't really like enough of Nami's stuff to buy it. I've never actually heard anything by Puffy. What kind of music are they?

wasnt l'arc en ciel suppose to release their "SMILE" album in america. Just a though i remembered on their website

They did release SMILE in the US.

yeah and its nowhere to be found here :P, anyways, i found a puffy yumi album in sam goody about a month ago, it was a pink cover, very very bright cover

Puffy aren't with TofuRecords, that's why you can find their albums, even I can. But, I can't find any releases from TofuRecords (not sure if they even do Canadian releases), or in the States. And Ive talked to plenty of Americans that havent been able to find Tofu releases.

lol Walmart kicks ass!!

everythings 5 dollars cheaper at walmart than target :yes

that's where all the kids are getting their clothes :yes

I've never been to Target before... but I'm such a Walmart fan. They all look the same so I can always find what I'm looking for. Yesterday I bought licorice.

Keiko Matsui is light chilly jazz type.

Wal-Mart is always better than Target.

OMG, i heard some of (this) Keiko Matsui's music like a month ago, and I thought that it was strange (piano?). Why? Because I assumed it was Keiko Matsui, the lead singer from globe.

You should buy their cotton candy, its like a dollar for liek a big ass jug!!


no doubt! they better get used to that Mossimo!

^I thought Mossimo was Zellers... [edit] wait wait! I get it haha... I... dont' know how to read English. That's why I'm a linguistics major.

I have sneakers from Walmart. They cost 12$. Canadian. That's like 4 cents American.

I lub Ken Hirai (he's also so damn hot also.. lol) his songs are so touching to me..

O_O Yeppers.. Laruku is with Tofu.. Tofu is a bunch of crazy freaks.. their romaji sucks plain ass. Simple as that :laugh

No, no, no. It wasn't actually anything like that. I actually thought Keiko of globe was named Keiko Matsui.

Hmm. If I say Billie Holiday, do you say Keiko Matsui?

Another Japanese pop artist that made it relatively big in the US: Ryuichi Sakamoto. He's got Virgin to release his albums. In other words: he's got it made. Apart from Pizzicato Five albums, Sakamoto's are the only ones I can pick up in a number of record stores here.

:laugh So true. I look through the lyrics for the SMILE album and go "yeah, okay, this word should be like this..."

i like wal-mart...lol but have ma?

I was able to find Nami Tamaki's CD at a local record store (in fact I am listening to it right now ^^). But I cannot find T.M. Revolution. I've seen Puffy at Tower Records, though.

Yea, they don't use a lot of spacing.. theymashwordstogetherlikethissoicannotreadit.
Ah, so confusing.

the walmart here in Toronto...(atleast the ones i go to) DON'T have any jpop
or even japanese names...v.v

You forgot Mai-K too!

wow thats crazy i didnt know you can actually buy them in walmart . i usually wait those japanese convention to buy my cds or order it online . its nice to know

yeah, i would buy T.M. Revoultion's stuff but i never see him anywhere >.<

i bought the Nami Tamaki album at samgoody haha...i couldnt find it at walmart...GRR i really want Nana Kitade's 19, cuz its released in the US...i really hope TOFU releases her best of album here...which they prolly wont cuz they didn't release I SCREAM....yet....

Your best bet right now is to just order it online. Apparently, Tofu Records has gone on an indefinite hiatus since March.

Hurrah! A thread I made three years ago :) *beams*

Yeah I heard ULTRA BLUE was supposed to be in Walmart, of course that was last year xD What happens with this thread now?

I don't know about WalMart, but I just bought ULTRA BLUE in Best Buy last weekend.

There were Candian (not sure about US) releases of her Single Collection and Ultra Blue, but I can't find either now.

The version I found in Best Buy was the Taiwanese edition, in case anyone was wondering where it came from.

all we have at my walmart is punjabi music.

Yeah i saw the Thai version of ultra blue in best buy.

Was Utada Hikaru's HEART STATION album ever released domestically?

BWA HA HAHA I work at Wal*Mart, yes the evil company lol. I have never seen a JPOP cd in WalMart though I hold out hope for Ultra Blue cause I swear people said they'd seen it there. Although I was surprised to find The Veronicas and Kerli at my store.

I'm from Toronto Canada...and yes I bought 2 Hikki's CD (ultra blue and heart station) at Wal-Mart!! Hikki is with EMI though so it's an internataional label

the hikki CD's i got actually says "canada edition" at the back!

what the hell is wallmart? you shop for walls?

I don't see J-pop at my wal-mart, but they have Lariku's "SMILE", Nami Tamaki's "greeting" and T.M.Revolution's "Vertical Infinity" at my barnes and noble which I have all of em. I agree Tofu sucks at Romaji

I actually bought ultra blue and heart station at my wal-mart...

here's the thread with more details with pics

http://www.ahsforum.com/forum/showth...ighlight=Ultra