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Origin | Tokyo, Japan |
Genres | J-pop |
Years active | 2000–2005 |
Labels | Sonic Groove |
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Website |
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Earth (stylized as EARTH) was a Japanese girl group formed by Vision Factory in 2000, with its members consisting of Yuka Togo, Maya Tomonaga, and Sayaka Setoyama. They debuted in February 2000 with the release of the song "Time After Time", and they won the Japan Record Award Newcomer Award and Japan Cable Award Cable Music Award in the same year. They disbanded in January 2005.
Togo, Tomonaga, and Setoyama were winners of the Kanagawa & Kyushu Starlight Auditions held in 1999 by Vision Factory. [1] They debuted on February 23, 2000, with the single "Time After Time", which was used as an insert song in the 2000 television drama Virtual Girl . [1] [2] By the end of 2000, the group earned the Newcomer Award at the 42nd Japan Record Awards. [3] Earth also won the Cable Music Award at the 33rd Japan Cable Award for "Time After Time." [4] Earth later disbanded in January 2005. [1]
Title | Year | Album details | Peak chart positions | Sales |
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JPN [5] | ||||
Stories | 2001 |
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12 | — |
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that region. |
Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Sales | Album |
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JPN [2] | ||||
"Time After Time" | 2000 | 13 | — | Bright Tomorrow |
"Time After Time (Hip Hop Soul Version)" | 27 | — | Non-album single | |
"Your Song" | 24 | — | Bright Tomorrow | |
"Is This Love" | 2001 | 13 | — | |
"Make Up Your Mind" | 38 | — | Non-album single | |
"Color of Seasons" | 19 | — | Non-album single | |
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that region. |
Year | Award | Category | Nominated Work | Result |
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2000 | 42nd Japan Record Award | Newcomer Award | Earth | Won [3] |
33rd Japan Cable Award | Cable Music Award | "Time After Time" | Won [4] |