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OLIVIA
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Naha, Japan (1996 – present)
OLIVIA may refer to one of the following artists:
-Olivia Lufkin (born in Naha, Japan on December 9, 1979), a biracial Jpop singer.
-Olivia Longott (born in New York City, USA on February 15, 1981), an American R&B singer.
OLIVIA (Olivia Lufkin, born in Naha, Okinawa, Japan), The daughter of a German father and a Ryukyuan mother, attended the Okinawa Actors School, alma mater of popular acts like Namie Amuro. She was discovered there and signed to Avex Trax in 1996 as part of the idol girl group D&D, which had a Eurobeat sound. When the group disbanded, Olivia became a solo artist. In contrast to her work with D&D, her first single in 1999 “I.L.Y.~Yokubou” had a driving rock sound. Her first two singles were written by others, but she wrote her third single “Dear Angel” and all her singles since then.
In 1999 and 2000, she released six singles altogether, all with a pop-rock or alternative sound, and at the end of the year released her first album synchronicity, containing all her singles to date. In 2001 and 2002 she released two more singles.
Although critically acclaimed, her solo singles were not chart toppers; her biggest hits, her second and third singles, both peaked at #29 on the Oricon, and her successive releases charted lower and lower (her final single peaked at #99). Avex Trax switched her from the main label to their “indies” label cutting edge. Rather than chase after mainstream success, Olivia continued on her own path.
-Olivia Lufkin (born in Naha, Japan on December 9, 1979), a biracial Jpop singer.
-Olivia Longott (born in New York City, USA on February 15, 1981), an American R&B singer.
OLIVIA (Olivia Lufkin, born in Naha, Okinawa, Japan), The daughter of a German father and a Ryukyuan mother, attended the Okinawa Actors School, alma mater of popular acts like Namie Amuro. She was discovered there and signed to Avex Trax in 1996 as part of the idol girl group D&D, which had a Eurobeat sound. When the group disbanded, Olivia became a solo artist. In contrast to her work with D&D, her first single in 1999 “I.L.Y.~Yokubou” had a driving rock sound. Her first two singles were written by others, but she wrote her third single “Dear Angel” and all her singles since then.
In 1999 and 2000, she released six singles altogether, all with a pop-rock or alternative sound, and at the end of the year released her first album synchronicity, containing all her singles to date. In 2001 and 2002 she released two more singles.
Although critically acclaimed, her solo singles were not chart toppers; her biggest hits, her second and third singles, both peaked at #29 on the Oricon, and her successive releases charted lower and lower (her final single peaked at #99). Avex Trax switched her from the main label to their “indies” label cutting edge. Rather than chase after mainstream success, Olivia continued on her own path.
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Cillah wrote:
Nah. I think we should keep her tagged as OLIVIA. Because her releases are under that. But I wish last.fm would differentiate the two as well. It's really annoying for artists to share the same page. I don't think it would be hard to have multiple pages for artists of the same name and when you search them for it to come up saying Did you mean person A or person B.
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an-tan wrote:
Maybe we need to start tagging Olivia with her last name too? >: But that feels kinda weird though.
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Ghost-Love wrote:
I seriously wished that Lastfm would have a better way of differentiating between this Oliva and the "other" one. I'm sick of these gangsters leaving hateful comments <//3
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KnightsofRound wrote:
well she did make sugarbloodsuckers... XD
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Cillah wrote:
Haha. Wow. Imagine if she had actually done that. I would be concerned.
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Ijexis wrote:
I never knew there was an African American singer named Olivia also...I was reading the description and skimmed to the bottom and was like, "WTF she signed to G-UNIT Records? Sung with 50-Cent? When the hell was that?" One quick youtube search later made me realize just how stupid my thoughts were being.
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Rukasu_Riku wrote:
Her voice is perfect!! a little pain is one of most beautiful musics i heard in my life <3
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Cillah wrote:
Yeah. At least she is writing =]
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Its_Dj_Bitch wrote:
Wish <3
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DeadMoonCircus wrote:
LOVE the new pix.
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im_izi wrote:
Knowing OLIVIA, you're probably right. [2] It's nice to hear she is writing though!
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Cillah wrote:
Knowing OLIVIA, you're probably right.
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Yogurtito wrote:
let's hope so but...i wouldn't hold my breath for it.
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Cillah wrote:
I hope it will be early next year then.
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Yogurtito wrote:
@ropedancer : well, let's see our long her twitter will last...but something's sure you know, if she releases a single or anything it ain't gonna be this year.
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storm-and-fire wrote:
Why, the top 15 are all by the Japanese OLIVIA. That's unexpected. XD
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MirageSingsJazz wrote:
I tremendously love her as an artist and she's so cute too :3
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Mjuzik_zg wrote:
Who the fuck is this white bitch?!?! Olivia is a G-unit's RnB singer!
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ropedancer wrote:
In her twitter, she talked about writing music, back in June. Non-single type songs. I hope that means mini-album?
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Yogurtito wrote:
...well, her blog was interesting at last.
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8 Jul 2009 | from olivia.vision-blog.jp/
Sometimes it's hard to find eco friendly clothing. I'm a vegan fashion lady, so it's EXTREMELY hard to find clothes, bags, shoes and so on that I really like that I actually want to buy. Most times I have to walk away quite upset. …
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TimothyESM, ChuCandyLOVE, lcoimbra and 1 other person added OLIVIA to their libraries. yesterday evening
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Kuro_Shin tagged OLIVIA with rock, female vocalists, j-pop and 2 other tags. yesterday morning
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abplanalp, Zer0aniki, sdkorin and 2 other people added OLIVIA to their libraries. yesterday morning
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stronzochilegge updated the Italian wiki page for OLIVIA. (diff) Thursday afternoon
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yayaaiyali, stephany0510, lastnuccaleft and 6 other people added OLIVIA to their libraries. Thursday morning
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Madeleine-dA tagged OLIVIA with j-pop and j-rock. Monday evening
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Marauder64 tagged OLIVIA with j-rock and japanese. Monday afternoon
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