Misia (ミーシャ, Mīsha, born July 7, 1978), commonly stylized as MISIA, is a Japanese singer, songwriter, and record producer. Born in Nagasaki, Misia moved to Fukuoka at the age of 14 to pursue a recording career. There, she continued her secondary education and briefly attended Seinan Gakuin University before withdrawing to focus on her musical career. She was signed to BMG Japan in 1997, after auditioning for record producer Haruo Yoda.
Misia came to prominence following the release of her debut album, Mother Father Brother Sister (1998), which became the seventh best-selling Japanese debut album of all time, earning her two Japan Gold Disc Awards and one Japan Record Award. In 2000, Misia released her second studio album, Love Is the Message, which earned her another Japan Gold Disc Award and Japan Record Award. Her third studio album, Marvelous (2001), spawned her first number-one single on the Oricon singles chart, "Everything". The song became the fourth best-selling single of the 2000s in Japan, as well as the fourth best-selling single by a Japanese solo female artist of all time. In 2001, Misia and her agency, Rhythmedia, signed a recording contract with Avex and formed their own label, Rhythmedia Tribe. The first album under Rhythmedia Tribe, Kiss in the Sky, became Misia's fourth consecutive number-one album on the Oricon albums chart. This made her the fourth solo female artist with the longest streak of number-one albums since their debut.
Misia may refer to:
"Nantoka naru sa" to kotae o makasete
Chigau hanashi o shite gomakasu
Mizu shibuki o agete hashiru kuruma sae crying
Kuchibiru o kande koraeteru namida sae mo
Ima wa nuguenai okubyou mono
Kumori garasu de tameiki kakushita mama
Sugi satteiku Memory
Kono ima no shinjitsu ga itsuka uso ni naru koto o negatte bakari de
Kokoro hitotsu
Mottara tobi koete ikitai yo
Donna ni kizu tsuitemo ii kara
Nakanaide ima ai o tomenaide
Jaaneto wakarete kuruma o orita kimi ga
Sukoshi tsuyoku mieta natsu no gogo
Shirazu shirazu ni sugoshita toki no naka de
Wasureteta shiawase
Otona ni nareba kowai mono wa nai to omotteta itami mo shirazu ni
Kokoro hitotsu mamoreru tsuyosa o moteta no nara
Kanashimi yose tsukeyashinai noni
Nakanaide ima ai o tomenaide
Itsuka wa kanashimi sae tobi koete ikitai yo
Donna ni kizu tsuitemo ii kara