Both debut albums by U2 and J-Pop singer hitomi were mixed by audio technician and producer Kevin Moloney.
Just out of middle school, Furuya Hitomi began her career as a model but was recruited soon after to the Avex Trax record label on a chance meeting with one of Japan's most successful producers. Branded as 'hitomi' (lowercase and all), she put out her first single in 1994 to little notice. It was not until her third single "Candy Girl", backed with a substantially important Kodak TV spot, that her singles began to gain any selling power. Despite that success, her 1995 debut album Go to the Top surprised a lot of industry heads when it landed as high as #3 on the Oricon charts and remained there for a total of eight weeks. Although hitomi's producer, Tetsuya Komuro, held a strong influence over her sound, by writing her own lyrics she was one of the few J-Pop artists to hold any creative control of their music whatsoever.
Here is the discography surrounding hitomi's debut album:
Let's Play Winter (1994 single)
We Are "Lonely Girl" (1995 single)
Candy Girl (1995 single)
Go to the Top (1995 single)
Go to the Top
"Candy Girl" by hitomi
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