Mari Hamada started her professional singing career in 1983 as a heavy metal idol, produced by the late Munetaka Higuchi (drummer of Japanese metal band Loudness).[1] Her records were successful in the Japanese rock market. Later, she changed her musical style to AOR, with mainstream commercial and even international success.
In 1989, she hit No. 1 on the Oricon music charts for the first time and performed a successful two-day concert at the Budokan in the same year. Two of her songs where used by the NHK to promote the 1988 Seoul Olympics games TV broadcasts in Japan. She was the best-selling Japanese export artist from the late-1980s to mid-1990s, since her records were popular abroad but not available outside Japan.
In 1993, Hamada released her only international album - Introducing... Mari Hamada, a compilation of songs in English. The album featured a song composed by Matthew and Gunnar Nelson (of the band Nelson) and was supported by a European tour with Kim Wilde. In the same year, Hamada recorded the ballad "Fixing a Broken Heart" with the Australian band Indecent Obsession on their album Relativity.
01 - Emotion In Motion
02 - Cry No More
03 - All Night Party
04 - Voice Of Minds
05 - In Your Eyes
06 - We Should Be So Lucky
07 - Return To Myself
08 - My Tears
09 - Blue Revolution
10 - Heart And Soul
Mari Hamada – To You Mari Hamada In Budokan! [2008, DVD]
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