B.B.Queens (B.B.クイーンズ, Bī Bī Kuīnzu) were a 1990s J-pop group whose debut single "Odoru Pompokolin" was the #1 song in 1990 on the Oricon charts, won the 32nd Japan Record Awards, was listed as the 3rd song on the JASRAC lists for 1991, and certified as a Million Record.

B.B.Queens
OriginJapan
GenresJ-pop
Years active1990 (1990)–1993, 2011, 2019-
LabelsBMG Rooms, B-Gram Records
MembersYuiko Tsubokura (Vocals)
Fusanosuke Kondo (Vocals)
Past membersHaruka Murakami (Chorus)
Mami Watanabe (Chorus)
Seichiro Kuribayashi (Bass)
Eisuke Mochizuki (Keyboard)
Keiko Utoku (Chorus)
Takashi Masuzaki (Guitar)
WebsiteOfficial website

The three backup singers, Utoku Keiko, Watanabe Mami and Murakami Haruka, formed an offshoot group, Mi-Ke, which had several chart singles which were "produced by B. B. Queens." In 2011, the band has reunited temporarily for special album project of which Utoku, Masuzaki, Kondo and Tsubokura together.[1][2][3][4] In 2012, the group joined in the part of Live Tour "Being Legend in 2012", with only Kondo and Tsubokura while Keiko was representing the sub-group Mi-ke.[5] Since 2019, only Tsubokura and Kondo appear as a current members of the group in the appearances of live music television shows.[6]

Discography

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Albums

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Compilation albums

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Singles

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Other songs

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  • "Kimi ni Kokekokkō!" (君にコケコッコー!)
  • "Shogenai de yo Baby" (しょげないでよBaby)

Television appearances

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  • 41st: Odoru Pompokolin[7]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "B.B.クィーンズ新作アルバムにかまってちゃんコラボ曲など". Natalie Music.
  2. ^ "B.B.クィーンズ20年ぶりアルバム&Mi-Keベスト同時発売". Natalie Music.
  3. ^ "B.B.クイーンズが19年ぶり再始動 結成20周年で初ライブ". Oricon News. 5 October 2016.
  4. ^ "B.B.クィーンズ、20年振りのニューアルバム発売決定". Barks. 21 June 2011.
  5. ^ "『BEING LEGEND Live Tour 2012』、伝説のライブツアーがDVD化決定". Barks. 25 January 2013.
  6. ^ "7/1 (土) 歌える!J-POP 黄金のヒットパレード". MusicGuide. 29 June 2023.
  7. ^ "第42回 1992年 NHK紅白歌合戦". NHK Kouhaku History.