Morning musume by wikipedia:
Also known as MoMusu
Genre(s) Japanese pop
Years active 1997-present
Label(s) zetima
Associated
acts Tanpopo, Minimoni, Petitmoni, W (Double You), Maki Goto, Abe Natsumi, Yuko Nakazawa, Kaori Iida, Country Musume, v-u-den, GAM
Website Hello! Project.com
Members
Hitomi Yoshizawa
Ai Takahashi
Risa Niigaki
Miki Fujimoto
Eri Kamei
Sayumi Michishige
Reina Tanaka
Koharu Kusumi
Aika Mitsui
Former members
Makoto Ogawa
Asami Konno
Mari Yaguchi
Rika Ishikawa
Kaori Iida
Ai Kago
Nozomi Tsuji
Natsumi Abe
Kei Yasuda
Maki Goto
Yuko Nakazawa
Sayaka Ichii
Aya Ishiguro
Asuka Fukuda
Morning Musume (モーニング娘。, Mōningu Musume.?) is a popular all-girl J-pop group from Japan that often changes its members. It is also known as "Momusu" (モー娘。, Mōmusu.?). Their act revolves around singing and dancing to generally upbeat melodies. They are the lead group of the Hello! Project, masterminded by Tsunku.
'Musume' means daughter or girl, hence the name 'Morning Girls'. They are meant to be the "daughters of Japan".
First Time (ファーストタイム, First Time?)
1st studio album
Release: July 8, 1998
Formats: CD, MiniDisc
Oricon chart position: #4
Singles: Ai no Tane, Morning Coffee
Copies sold: 310,290
2 Second Morning (セカンドモーニング, Second Morning?)
2nd studio album
Release: July 28, 1999
Formats: CD, MiniDisc
Oricon chart position: #3
Singles: Daite HOLD ON ME! (remix), Memory Seishun no Hikari, Manatsu no Kousen (remix), Furusato
Copies sold: 428,990
3 3rd-LOVE Paradise- (3rd -LOVEパラダイス-, 3rd-LOVE Paradise-?)
3rd studio album
Release: March 23, 2000
Formats: CD, MiniDisc
Oricon chart position: #2
Singles: LOVE Machine, Koi no Dance Site
Copies sold: 863,300
4 4th Ikimasshoi! (4th「いきまっしょい!」, 4th Ikimasshoi!?)
4th studio album
Release: March 27, 2002
Oricon chart position: #1
Singles: Renai Revolution 21 (13nin ver.), The Peace!, Mr. Moonlight ~Ai no Big Band~, Souda! We're ALIVE
Copies sold: 515,400
5 No. 5 (ナンバーファイブ, No. 5?)
5th studio album
Release: March 26, 2003
Oricon chart position: #1
Singles: Do it! Now, Koko ni Iruzee!
Copies sold: 175,292
6 Ai no Dai 6 Kan (愛の第6感, Ai no Dai 6 Kan?)
6th studio album
Release: December 8, 2004
Oricon chart position: #7
Singles: Roman ~MY DEAR BOY~, Joshi Kashimashi Monogatari, Namida ga Tomaranai Houkago
Copies sold: 73,333
7 Rainbow 7 (レインボー7, Rainbow 7?)
7th studio album
Release: February 15, 2006
Oricon chart position: #7
Singles: THE MANPOWER!!!, Osaka Koi no Uta, Iroppoi Jirettai, Chokkan 2 ~Nogashita Sakana wa Ookiizo!~ (remix)
Copies sold: 44,714
8 SEXY 8 BEAT
8th studio album
Release: March 21, 2007
Oricon chart position: Not yet released
Singles: SEXY BOY ~Soyo Kaze ni Yorisoutte~, Ambitious! Yashinteki de Ii Jan, Aruiteru, Egao YES Nude
Copies sold: Not yet released
[edit] "Best of" albums
No. Cover Album information
1 Best! Morning Musume 1 (ベスト! モーニング娘。1, Best! Morning Musume 1?)
1st "Best of" album
Release: January 31, 2001
Formats: CD, MiniDisc, Vinyl
Oricon chart position: #1
Copies sold: 2,259,510
2 Best! Morning Musume 2 (ベスト! モーニング娘。2, Best! Morning Musume 2?)
2nd "Best of" album
Release: March 31, 2004
Copies sold: 180,897
[edit] Mini album
No. Cover Album information
1 7.5 Fuyu Fuyu Morning Musume Mini! (7.5 冬冬モーニング娘。ミニ!, 7.5 Fuyu Fuyu Morning Musume Mini!?)
1st mini album
Release: December 13, 2006
Single: Aruiteru
Oricon Chart Position: #14
Copies sold: 29,645
Subject: Morning musume 
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