About

Yumiko Shiina (椎名 裕美子, Shiina Yumiko), known by her stage name Ringo Sheena (椎名 林檎, Shiina Ringo), is a Japanese singer, songwriter and musician. She is also the founder and lead vocalist of the band Tokyo Jihen. She describes herself as "Shinjuku-kei Jisaku-Jien-ya (新宿系自作自演屋, a Shinjuku-style writer-performer)". She was ranked number 36 in a list of Japan's top 100 musicians compiled by HMV in 2003. Her third album, Kalk Samen Kuri no Hana, was ranked second in CNN International Asia's list of "the 2000s' most under-appreciated Japanese music of the last decade" on December 22, 2009. Sheena also received a mention in The Guardian as one of Japan's artists who "deserve to be seen and heard in the west" in 2010.

Primarily working with male artists on her previous studio album, Sheena wrote songs for her latest album, Carnival in mind for other female artists. Describing the seven female artists as "divas", Sheena stated on the album's liner notes that she "wanted people younger than her to express themselves more freely." — (via Encore Japan)

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Label: Universal Music
Format: 2 x Vinyl, LP, Album, Limited Edition
Released: 2024
Genre: Funk / Soul, Pop, Vocals
Style: J-pop

File under: Japanese Pop
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