CD featuring Niconico singers ranks 9th on Oricon
Lantis gumikyouku feat. Nico Nico Artists, a single featuring popular amateur singers from Niconico douga singing a medley of otaku oriented songs that belong to Lantis has just been released, and it has managed to rank 9th on the daily Oricon charts on its first day.
Part of the reason for the high sales is also because the CD costs only 1,200 yen (US$12), but I think I can hear some people in the music industry crying as a bunch of amateurs get into the top 10!
It would have been awesome if Isaji participated in the CD too…
March 5th, 2008 at 1:32 pm
We have William Hung being a cult favorite for doing “She Bangs” (badly).
And, when you talk about amateur singers, don’t forget that nearly every so-called rap “artist” (most of them full-time drugdealers) can’t even hold a tune to better and most pioneering few.
There’s a line between “amateur” singing and “bad” singing. The trick is to know where the line is.
March 6th, 2008 at 6:20 am
I wish it didn’t suck though, that first 10 minutes was completely boring and unnecessary. I wouldn’t really buy it unless I had lots of $ to throw around…
But I didn’t expect the fanbase to be that big/that dedicated