Seiko Matsuda
| Seiko Matsuda | |
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| Native name | 松田 聖子 |
| Born |
蒲池 法子 (Noriko Kamachi) March 10, 1962 Kurume, Fukuoka, Japan |
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| Years active | 1980–present |
| Children | Sayaka Kanda |
| Website | www |
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Seiko Matsuda (松田 聖子 Matsuda Seiko?, born March 10, 1962) is a Japanese pop singer-songwriter. Due to her popularity in the 1980s and her long career, she has been dubbed the "Eternal idol" by the Japanese media.
Seiko Matsuda was born to the Kamachi clan, from the Saga Genji line and was also a former sengoku daimyo of Yanagawa Domain. However, she adopted the stage name "Seiko Matsuda" and rose to fame in 1980 as a teen idol, making her debut with the song "Hadashi no Kisetsu" (lit. "Season of bare feet"). Later in the same year, "Kaze wa Aki-iro" (lit. "Wind is autumn color") became the first of her 24 consecutive number 1 hits in Japan. She shattered the Japanese former record of nine consecutive number-ones by popular music duo Pink Lady. Her consecutive number 1 record ended when her 27th single "Precious Heart" was ranked at number-two because Tetsuya Komuro's "Gravity of Love" was ranked at number-one. Matsuda made one more number 1 single "Anata ni Aitakute ~Missing You~" (lit. "I want to meet you ~Missing you~") in 1996. The single was certified a million-seller by RIAJ.
Matsuda used to hold the records for the most number 1 singles (25) and most consecutive number 1 singles (24) on the Japan's Oricon charts, for 12 years from 1988 to 2000. Both were surpassed by B'z in late 2000. She still had held the record for the most number 1 singles (25) by a female singer for 18 years from 1988 to 2006 when Ayumi Hamasaki's "Startin'/Born to Be..." reached number 1, making it her 26th single to top the charts. Matsuda's streak for the most consecutive number 1 singles (24) by a female singer and any soloist was held from 1988-2010 for 22 years. It was then broken by Hamasaki's "L" in September/October 2010. Matsuda also used to hold records for the most top 10 albums (44) and most number 1 albums. Both these records have been broken by Ayumi Hamasaki. Matsuda was the first person in the Oricon history to have a single and an album debut at No. 1 on Oricon Chart in the same week. So far, this has only happened three times.
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