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Fairies (band)

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Origin
  
Japan

Associated acts
  
M Three

Albums
  
Fairies

Years active
  
2011–present

Record label
  
Avex Group

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Genres
  
J-pop pop dance-pop teen pop bubblegum pop

Labels
  
Sonic Groove (Avex Group)

Website
  
rising-pro.jp/artist/fairies/

Awards
  
Japan Record Award for Best New Artist, Japan Record Award for New Artist, Japan Record Award for Excellent Work

Members
  
Momoka Itō, Mahiro Hayashida, Miki Shimomura, Miria Fujita, Sora Nomoto

Profiles

Fairies (フェアリーズ) are a Japanese girl group, formed in 2011. They are managed by the talent agency Rising Production and produced by the Avex record label Sonic Groove.

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History

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Fairies were formed by talent agency Vision Factory (now Rising Production), famous for successful artists such as Namie Amuro, MAX and Speed. The concept behind was "a world class talented group that is able to compete overseas", and they were chosen from 100 candidates who were attending dance schools affiliated with Vision Factory, coming from 13 regions of Japan. The group name was open for suggestions from the public through a special corner in Nippon TV programme Sukkiri!!, and "Fairies" was chosen with the explanation that their dancing form resembled a group of fairies fluttering.

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The group debuted with the double A-side single "More Kiss / Song for You" on September 21, 2011. At the 53rd Japan Record Awards, held on December 30, 2011, Fairies were named the best newcomer of the year, receiving the Best New Artist award. Among other nominees, they beat 2NE1 and Super Girls. At the time of receiving the award, Fairies' average age of 13.6 was the lowest for this award, a record shared with °C-ute that won in 2007.

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On January 17, 2013, member Kiyomura announced that she would be "restraining" from activities with Fairies in order to concentrate on her studies, leaving the remaining six to continue. Although the group had been using the name "Fairies" in Latin script until then, from February onwards it was changed to Japanese on all their official sites and single jacket covers. However, no announcement was ever made about which was the official notation.

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On February 1, the formation of subunit "M Three" (Mスリー), with Hayashida, Fujita and Shimomura as members, was announced. The name was due to "M" being the initial of all three girls' given names. Their debut single "Yumemiru Dancing Doll" was released on March 27.

Fairies released their eponymous first album on March 26, 2014. Included as a new song on the record was Ito's solo song "Poker Face", which later became the title song on Ito's solo debut single, released July 23.

Songs

BLING BLING MY LOVE2014
More KissFairies · 2014
White AngelFairies · 2014

References

Fairies (band) Wikipedia