Suite Chic

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| origin = Japan

| genre = {{hlist|R&B|hip hop}}

| years_active = 2002–2003

| label = Avex Trax

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| past_members = Namie Amuro
Verbal
Ryōsuke Imai

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Suite Chic was a collaborative project between some of Japan's top and up-and-coming R&B and hip hop artists, writers, and producers, which debuted on December 18, 2002.

Suite Chic served as a vehicle for pop singer Namie Amuro,{{cite news|url=http://archive.metropolis.co.jp/tokyo/625/music_beat.asp|title=J-pop goes def|author=Robert Michael Poole|publisher=Metropolis (free magazine)|access-date=2011-05-03|date=2006-03-17|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://archive.today/20140627150955/http://archive.metropolis.co.jp/tokyo/625/music_beat.asp|archive-date=2014-06-27}} who at the time was establishing herself as a credible R&B artist following a decline in her popularity as a pop singer. Since the dissolution of the project many of its participants have gone on to greater mainstream success and the project revived Amuro's career.

In a late 2005 interview, Amuro said she would like to have Suite Chic make a comeback in 2006, but nothing came of it.{{Citation needed|date=August 2008}}

History

Ryosuke Imai talked with Verbal of (m-flo) about who was the Japanese Janet Jackson. They reached the conclusion that it was "Namie Amuro", who at the time had seen her career fade following a hiatus. They produced demos without permission and proposed them to Amuro. The project featured up-and-coming DJs and hip-hop producers such as DJ Muro, Dabo and hip-hop singer Ai (singer) on the single "Uh Uh......", who would herself go on to great success.{{cite news|url=http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/fm20110505a1.html|title=Verbal wants to hit the reset button on pop|author=Robert Michael Poole|publisher=The Japan Times|access-date=2011-05-15|date=2011-05-05}}

Verbal named this project Suite Chic, a combination of "High-class (Suite) & Cool (Chic)".

Discography

=Albums=

class="wikitable"

!align="center" valign="top" width="40"|Year

!align="left" valign="top"|Album

!align="center" valign="top" width="40"|JP

!algin="center" valgin="top"|Sales

rowspan="2"|{{center|2003}}

|align="left" valign="top"|When Pop Hits the Fan

|align="center" valign="top"|4

|align="center" valign="top"|200,000+

align="left" valign="top"|When Pop Hits the Lab

|align="center" valign="top"|65

|align="center" valign="top"|

= Singles =

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!align="center" valign="top" width="40"|Year

!align="left" valign="top"|Single

!align="center" valign="top" width="40"|JP

!algin="center" valgin="top"|Sales

!align="left" valign="top"|Album

align="center" valign="top"|2002

|align="left" valign="top"|"Good Life" (featuring Firstklas) / "Just Say So" (featuring Verbal)

|align="center" valign="top"|35

|rowspan="2"|Limited to 30,000 copies.

|rowspan="2"|When Pop Hits the Fan

align="center" valign="top"|2003

|align="left" valign="top"|"Uh Uh,,,,,," (featuring Ai) / "Baby Be Mine"

|align="center" valign="top"|22

= Video albums =

  • 26 March 2003 - When Pop Hits the Pix

Participants

etc.

References

{{Reflist|2}}

{{Namie Amuro}}

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Category:Namie Amuro

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