Akemi Ishii

Akemi Ishii (Japanese: 石井明美; born 26 August 1965) is a Japanese singer, best known for the song "CHA-CHA-CHA".

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Akemi Ishii
石井明美
Born	26 August 1965 (1965-08-26) (age 60) Tateyama, Chiba Prefecture, Japan

Life and career

Born in Tateyama, after graduating from high school, Ishii moved to Tokio, working in a beauty salon in Ginza and in a snack bar in Roppongi, where she was scouted by a talent agent.^[1] Put under contract in April 1986, she made her record debut four months later with "CHA-CHA-CHA", a cover of the Italo disco song by Finzy Contini.^[1] The song was chosen as theme song of the TBS drama series Seven Men and Women and became a major success, ranking first on the Oricon Chart and selling over 800,000 copies.^[2] The same year, she received the Award for Best New Artist at the Japan Record Awards.^[3]

In 1990, Ishii had another major hit with "Lambada", a cover of Los Kjarkas' "Llorando se fue".^[4] The same year, she got married and retired.^[1] She divorced in 1993, and came back to the music business with "あなたらしくいて", the theme song for Nippon Television series Tuesday Suspense Theater.^[1]^[5]

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Life and career

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