Music Station

Music Station (Japaneseミュージック ステーション) is a Japanese music show on Fridays 20-21 clock (local time) will be broadcast on the television channel TV Asahi. The program is also under the abbreviation MSta (Japanese Mステ) known.

Information

Music Station has already been developed in the 1980s as a Japanese counterpart to the British Top of the Pops. The first broadcast took place on 24 October 1986. Since the show along with many national artists who made ​​their debut at MSta in part, also had well-known international musicians, such as Shakira, Beyonce and the Red Hot Chili Peppers as a guest. Since March 2007, Music Station of Animax in Southeast Asia, Hong Kong, Taiwan and other Asian countries is shown.

Moderation is done since 1989 by the Japanese comedian Tamori, whose trademark is his dark sunglasses. In addition, Tamori is always accompanied by a co-host; since April 2004, the Mariko Thu Because Tamori was in nearly every show since 1989, while he has already hosted more than 800 editions of Music Station.

The announcement of guests including a slogan (eg: " This is it, this is Music Station Come on, bring it on! ") At the beginning of the program and some other recordings from the off are always in English and Ward E. Sexton spoke.

Expiration

After the presentation the guests take this space together with the moderators on a small seat grandstand. Then the series will be interviewed individually shortly after all the stars, after which each of the current hit - is played - usually in a shortened form to three minutes. Between the performances the audience about the current charts, which do not meet the Oricon charts, but are specifically identified and informed other news from the Japanese music world.

Categories

At Music Station there are some subcategories that are incorporated as independent segments in the broadcast. For most recordings the guests and their reactions are alternately arranged, as usual, on Japanese television, displayed in a small box. The individual categories are not regularly represented in the show (except the singles charts ). These segments include:

  • The top 10 singles chart the week (since 1989)
  • The album charts the month
  • Music Topic - short MTopi (Japanese Mトピ) - News from the Japanese music scene
  • Special Talk - A newcomer (musician or actor ) tells about a current project, the audience ask questions
  • Mini Music Station - since October 2002 it; is a 2-minute Einspieler before the broadcast (separated by a commercial break ), speaking at the one or two guests shortly beforehand
  • Music Station Young Guns - since 2005; Special Presentation of newcomers ( including, for example, Angela Aki ) that occur for the first time in MSta, with music, video presentation, etc.

Specials

TV Asahi shows several times a year " Music Station Specials" that last between two and three hours. It discusses how the "100 Best Love Songs " or the "100 Best Summer Hits", as it is known also from the German television. In addition, here guests will once again present their latest hits, or songs that are represented in the Specials ranking.

Specials from 2006:

Specials from 2007:

Super Live

Since 1992, Music Station, held annually in late December a live concert with performances by between 20 and 40 guests as Christmas and year-end celebration. The guests are often asked in the valley, as their year has passed, and what they want for the next year. Since 2003 takes " Super Live " four hours ( three hours earlier ). The previous record number of guests is 43 artists and was erected at the " Super Live " in 2006.

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