If you took Macy Gray, shrunk her down and smeared her in Bjork-sauce, you'd have Chara (aka Miwa Sato). Cute, mellow, just a little strange. "Quirky" comes to mind. Her style jumps effortlessly from soft piano pieces to loud, electro (here I go again) Katamari-ish dance tunes. "Chara chara" means "scatter-brained" in Japanese, and it's a great descriptor for her overall approach. Chara is a great antidote to all the cookie-cutter girl pop out there. She's poppy, but very original and creative.
Kiss
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Releases:
Sweet [1991.11.01]
Soul Kiss [1992.09.01]
Violet Blue [1993.09.09]
Happy Toy [1994.10.10]
Baby Baby Baby (Chara the Best) [1995.10.10]
Montage [1996.09.16] (Yen Town Band)
Junior Sweet [1997.09.21]
Strange Fruits [1999.03.17]
Live 97-99 MOOD [2000.03.08]
Caramel Milk (The Best of Chara) [2000.11.01]
Madrigal (マドリガル) [1999.03.17]
Yokae Mae (夜明けまえ Before the Dawn) [2003.03.19]
A Scenery Like Me [2004.02.18]
Something Blue [2005.08.31]
UNION [2007.02.28]
Sugar Hunter~THE BEST LOVE SONGS OF CHARA~ [2007.09.05]
Honey [2008.06.25]
Crazy For You
Fantasy
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