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On the 20th, NHK announced that singer-songwriter Yonezu Kenshi will be appearing as part of a special project at the 75th NHK Kohaku Uta Gassen (7:20 p.m.) on New Year’s Eve. This will be Yonezu’s first appearance at the Kohaku Uta Gassen in six years, Read More …
Yahoo! News Original recently released an interview with Yonezu Kenshi. In an excerpt from the interview, Yonezu talks about his approach to music in the age of AI. No one can accurately predict what the future will bring with AI. “I’ve always been interested in Read More …
Yonezu Kenshi’s “Lemon” music video surpass 800 million views. This made him the first Japanese music artist to surpass 800 million views. The duration took 5 years and 30 days after its initial release to reach this latest milestone and the popular song was used Read More …
Yonezu Kenshi’s original album “STRAY SHEEP” has won 38 crowns, the first time in history and now putting the artist as the #1 male solo artist in various sales categories, as the album released on August 5th is smashing Japanese music records. Yonezu took #1 Read More …
‘Lemon’ Singer Yonezu Kenshi Dominated J-Pop in 2019-2020: Announces His 5th album “STRAY SHEEP” J-pop singer-songwriter and music producer Yonezu Kenshi made Billboard chart history by becoming the first-ever act to score song of the year with the same song, “Lemon,” for two years running. Read More …
Yonezu Kenshi’s “Umi no Yurei” was released on YouTube on May 28th at 8:00 p.m. and four days later, the music video has since surpassed 10 million views on YouTube. Yonezu’s mega hit “Lemon” surpassed 10 million views on YouTube in five days. “Umi no Read More …
Yonezu Kenshi is featured on the cover of “ROCKIN’ ON JAPAN” July 2019 issue (which will be released on May 30th). The article will feature an interview with Yonezu regarding his hit song “Lemon” of 2018, his “Yonezu Kenshi 2019 TOUR” and more! Also featured Read More …
Yonezu Kenshi’s “Lemon” continues to be a hit in Japan since its release back in February 27, 2018. A few weeks ago, Yonezu’s “Lemon” surpassed 300 million views on YouTube. Now, Yonezu has broken Golden Bomber’s karaoke record, which “Lemon” has been #1 on the Read More …
Yonezu Kenshi’s “Lemon” continues to be a hit in Japan since its release back in February 27, 2018. And nearly a year later, the music video has surpassed 300 million views and becoming the first Japanese to land in the “Top 100 World Rankings on Read More …
Yonezu Kenshi’s “Lemon” music video has surpassed 100 million views on YouTube and as of this time, has surpassed 103 million views. “Lemon” is a song that was used as a theme song for the TBS drama “Unnatural” and the music video for “Lemon” was Read More …
KOBASOLO and Naho have a new cover music video and this time it is Yonezu Kenshi’s sixth single “LOSER”. KOBASOLO‘s covers have made his channel one of the more visited music cover channels on YouTube Japan. With over a million people subscribed to his YouTube Read More …