Just Ballade is the ninth studio album by Japanese R&B singer Misia, released December 16, 2009. It is her first album released under Ariola Japan.Just Ballade comes close two years after her last studio album, Eighth World, and is her first to include solely ballads. It was released simultaneously with Misia's twenty-fourth single, "Hoshi no Yō ni...". The album was released in three editions: two limited and the regular CD only edition. The limited edition type A includes the album in Blu-spec CD format, a cardboard sleeve casing, and a bonus DVD containing 6 music videos. The limited edition type B comes with a 28-page color booklet in a deluxe packaging.
The album has yielded 6 singles, each of which have had a commercial tie-in. Several album tracks were also used in promotional campaigns leading up to their release. "Chiheisen no Mukōgawa e" served as ending theme for the TV Tokyo program World Business Satellite, "Boku no Kimochi" as ending theme to the NTV program Himitsu no Kenmin Show, and "Work It Out" as ending theme for the NTV program Jōhō Live Miyaneya.
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:
hajimete deatta hi no koto oboete masuka
sugi iku hi no omoide wo wasurezu ni ite
anata ga mitsumeta subete wo kanjite itakute
sora wo miageta ima wasokode watashi wo mimamotte iru no? oshiete ...
ima aitai anata ni
tsutaetai koto ga takusan aru
nee aitai aitai
kizukeba omokage sagashite kanashikute
doko ni iru no? dakishimete yo
watashi wa koko ni iruyo zutto
mou nido to aenai koto wo shitte ita nara
tsunaida te wo itsumademo hanasazuniita
koko ni ite to sou sunao ni nai teitanara
ima mo anataha kawa ranumama watashi no tonari de waratte irukana
ima aitai anata ni
kiite hoshii koto ippai aru
nee aitai aitai
namida ga afurete toki ha itazurani sugita
nee aitai dakishimete yo
anata wo omotte iru zutto
unmei ga kaerarenakutemo tsutaetai koto ga aru
modoritai ... ano hi ano toki ni kanau no nara nani mo iranai
ima aitai anata ni
shitte hoshii koto ippai aru
nee aitai aitai
doushiyou mo nakute subete yume to negatta
kono kokoro ha mada naiteru
anata wo omotte iru zutto