Mari Hamada (浜田麻里, born July 18, 1962 in Tokyo, Japan?) is a Japanese female rock singer , songwriter and producer.
Mari Hamada started her professional singing career in 1983, as a heavy metal idol, produced by Munetaka Higuchi, drummer of Japanese metal band Loudness. Her records were successful in the Japanese rock market. Later, she changed her musical style to AOR (adult oriented rock), with mainstream commercial and even international success. In 1989, she hit No. 1 on the oricon music charts for the first time, and performed at the Budokan hall two days successfully in the same year. Two of her songs where used by the NHK to promote the 1988 Seoul olympics games TV diffusions in Japan. She was the best-selling Japanese export artist from late 80's to mid-90's, since her records were popular abroad but not available outside Japan. She released her only international album in 1994, "Introducing...", a compilation of songs in English, supported by a European tour with Kim Wilde, and the same year released an international duet with Australian boys-band Indecent Obsession: "Fixing a Broken Heart".
Discography
Albums
- Lunatic Doll - 1983
- Romantic Night - 1983
- Misty Lady - 1984
- Rainbow Dream - 1984
- Blue Revolution - 1985
- Promise in the History - 1986
- In the Precious Age - 1987
- Love Never Turns Against - 1988
- Return to Myself - 1989
- Colors - 1990
- Tomorrow - 1991
- Anti-Heroine - 1993
- Persona - 1996
- Philosophia - 1998
- Blanche - 2000
- Marigold - 2002
- Sense of Self - 2003
- Elan - 2005
- Sur Lie - 2007
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Compilations
- First Period - 1984
- Magical Mystery Mari Live '85 - 1985 (Live)
- Mari's Collection! - 1986
- Now and Then - 1986
- Anthology - 1987
- Heart and Soul - 1988
- Sincerely - 1989
- Inclination - 1994
- Cats and Dogs - 1998
- Greatest Hits - 2000
- Inclination II - 2003
- Sincerely II - 2005
- Reflection -axiom of the two wings- 2008 (Live)
- International albums
- Introducing... - 1993 - (compilation in English for Asia)
- All My Heart - 1994 - (compilation in English for Asia)
- Introducing... - 1994 - (compilation in English for Europe)
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Singles
- Blue Revolution (1985.10.21)
- Crime OF Love (1986.05.21)
- Love And Free (1986.12.16)
- Magic -Adventurous Heart- (1987.06.21)
- 999 - One More Reason (1987.08.21)
- Forever (1988.03.21)
- Call My Luck (1988.06.08)
- Heart and Soul (1988.09.07)
- Return to Myself (1989.04.19) (N°1 oricon charts)
- Open Your Heart (1989.11.08)
- Heaven Knows (1990.07.11)
- Nostalgia (1991.12.16)
- Paradox (1991.10.10)
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- Tele-Control (1992.02.05)
- Cry For The Moon (1993.01.27)
- Company (1993.07.28)
- Hey Mr. Broken Heart (1996.01.24)
- Antique (1996.06.05)
- Until the Dawn (1998.08.26)
- Millenia (2000.01.26)
- Frozen Flower (2002.02.27)
- Ash And Blue (2003.07.30)
- Fly High／Moonlight Shadow (2005.09.22)
- Eagle (2008.04)
- Wish (2008.05)
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