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About globe
Hometown
Japan
Formed
August 1995
Genre
J-Pop
Japanese dance-pop outfit globe formed in 1994 when star producer Tetsuya Komuro drafted singer Keiko Yamada and model/rapper/MTV VJ Marc Panther into a new group.
∙ The band’s first five singles all cracked the Japanese Top 5, fueling the success of their self-titled 1996 debut LP, which topped that year’s sales charts.
∙ Their song “Wanderin’ Destiny” was the theme to the acclaimed TV drama Aoi Tori and featured lyrics inspired by the show’s plot and characters.
∙ In 1998, the group simultaneously had four singles in the Top 10, one of which—the dance-rocker “Wanna Be a Dreammaker”—later won the Grand Prix at the Japan Record Awards.
∙ To commemorate the release of globe’s first best-of collection, Cruise Record 1995-2000, one of Osaka’s biggest record stores filled the entire shop with their CDs.
∙ Komoro and Yamada got married in a televised ceremony broadcast across Japan in 2002.
∙ Although they’ve essentially been on hiatus since their 2006 LP, New Deal, globe remains one of Japan’s most successful acts ever, having sold a combined 30 million singles and albums.
Members of globe include, or have included, Tetsuya Komuro, Yoshiki, Keiko and more.
Influenced by globeglobe has influenced the music of chi4, Yuta Hayakawa, Shiropon and more.
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