Kana Uemura (植村 花菜, Uemura Kana) is only one of the hit singles to top the Japanese singles chart this year. No less than six singles have topped the tally in 2011. “Toilet no Kamisama” (トイレの神様, Toire no Kamisama, “Goddess in the Toilet”) is the lead track off the EP Watashi no Kakera-tachi. The track has so far yielded more than 250,000 downloads to cellphones, awarding Uemura two Japan Record Awards in 2010.
CHART REWIND. John Rzeznik wrote “Iris” for the soundtrack to the 1998 film City of Angels starring Nicolas Cage. Rzeznik’s group The Goo Goo Dolls chose to include it on its sixth album Dizzy Up the Girl which amassed more than 3m in worldwide record sales. httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NdYWuo9OFAw “Iris” was no less than a chart sensation … Fortsätt läsa The Goo Goo Doll’s ‘Iris’ Returns
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