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KOKIA in flashback - 1999

The year of 1999 marks the first year KOKIA releases a full album by herself, and also the year of her first single that she wrote herself: Arigatou... ('thank you'), still one of her most famous songs, having received many new versions and releases over the past years.

It is her third single, and it ranks third in the Hong Kong International Popular Music Awards that year. Arigatou... is covered in Cantonese by Sammy Cheng, a famous singer from Hong Kong, and that version tops the Hong Kong music charts.

KOKIA's first album, songbird, is the first and last album she releases under the Ponyo Canyon label. Much later, in 2008, the album will be released again as a complete collection from her Ponyo Canyon years 1998 and 1999, including some extra songs from those years.

◆ Lives and events ◆

April 8 AIR-G'clock tower acoustic live vol. 3 (Sapporo clock tower, 2F hall)

April 25 SNOW BOUND PARTY Vol.3 (Tokyo, Arena Hall)

May 27 Osaka Gakuin University Phoenix Festival (Osaka Gakuin University)

June 3 90's POP GARDEN Vol.3 (Kanagawa, CLUB CITTA')

June 25 GETS 12 (Takadanobaba AREA)

July 8 Female Vocal Night (Shibuya Egg-man)

July 31 Kunimi mountain base music festival vol.4 (Nagasaki Green Sports special forest performance)

August 12 Female Vocal Night (Harajuku Ruido)

August 21-22 24 hour TV charity live 1999 (Fukuoka assembly hall)

August 26 Kousetsu Minami's Ôishida town Last Summer Concert (Yamagata, Ôishida park) ※ Opening act

August 28 Barefoot concert Kugenuma beach (Kanagawa, Kugenuma swimming beach)

September 10 Piano night (Kichijôji, Star Pine's Cafe)

September 18 Ise Shozo's self-accompanied live in Verga (Yamanishi, Hakushu Oshiro forest Meisui park Verga, forest event space) ※ Opening act

October 1 Hiroko Sohma & KOKIA Acoustic Live (Ikebukuro MET Hall)

October 10 29th Naha festival (Okinawa, Naha city)

December 11 Female Vocal Night (Harajuku Ruido)

December 24 Evening of stars and music 'Christmas music special edition -holy night-' (Tokyo, Gotô planetarium)

First ever solo performance in Hong Kong was also this year.

◆ Releases◆

June 17 Release of the single Arigatou... ('Thank you...') (Ponyo Canyon)

July 16 Release of original album songbird (Ponyo Canyon) ※ The song Watashi wa utau kotori desu ('I am a little songbird') recorded for this album is used as a commercial in Hong Kong for Fancl.

◆ Other releases ◆

September 7 Release of Nesia no tabibito original soundtrack ('Voyagers of Nesia') (True Project) ※ Wrote and performed the theme song Nesia no tabibito ~umi to kaze to hito no uta ('Voyagers of Nesia - Sea, wind and man') for Nesia no tabibito, the TV Tokyo 35th anniversary special program.

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