SCANDAL is a Japanese pop-rock girl band from Osaka, Japan. Formed in
August 2006 by four high school girls, they started playing street lives
until they were noticed and signed to the indie label Kitty Records. In
2008, they released three singles and a mini-album while performing
shows in the United States, France, and Hong Kong. In October 2008, they
made their major debut on EPIC Records Japan with the single "DOLL". It
gave them more exposure, including appearances on mainstream music
television shows like MUSIC STATION. The band released their second
major single "SAKURA Goodbye" in March 2009 to commemorate MAMI and
TOMOMI's high school graduation. The song is a new version of their
indie song, "SAKURA", only heard live. The following month, their then
upcoming third major single "Shoujo S" was used as the tenth opening
theme for the anime BLEACH. This brought their popularity up even higher
as the single ranked #6 on the Oricon charts when it was released two
months later in June.
On October 14th, SCANDAL released their fourth major single, "Yumemiru
Tsubasa" which was followed with their major debut album, BEST★SCANDAL,
the next week. The album ranked #5 on the Oricon weekly chart, making
them the first girl band since ZONE to have a debut album chart in the
top five.[9] In December, SCANDAL embarked on their first one-man tour.
Concluding the year, the band won a New Artist Award at the 51st Nihon
Record Taisho, but lost the Best New Artist Award to BIGBANG. 2010 began
with SCANDAL's fifth major single in February, "Shunkan Sentimental".
It was used as the fourth ending theme for the anime Hagane no
Renkinjutsushi FULLMETAL ALCHEMIST. SCANDAL continued into 2011 with
their ninth major single on February 9. Titled "Pride", the song was
used as the second ending theme for the anime STAR DRIVER Kagayaki no
Takuto.
{Latest Updated: 19 Sept 2013}
Albums
[2009.10.21]
BEST★SCANDAL
[2010.08.11]
TEMPTATION BOX
[2010.11.17]
R-GIRL's ROCK!
[2011.08.10]
BABY ACTION
[2012.03.07]
SCANDAL SHOW
[2012.09.26]
Queens are trumps -Kirifuda wa Queen-
[2013.02.06]
ENCORE SHOW
Singles
[2008.10.22]
DOLL
[2009.03.04]
SAKURA Goodbye
[2009.06.17]
Shoujo S
[2009.10.14]
Yumemiru Tsubasa
[2010.02.03]
Shunkan Sentimental
[2010.06.02]
Taiyou to Kimi ga Egaku STORY
[2010.07.28]
Namida no Regret
[2010.10.06]
SCANDAL Nanka Buttobase
[2011.02.09]
Pride
[2011.04.20]
Haruka
[2011.07.27]
LOVE SURVIVE
[2012.02.22]
HARUKAZE
[2012.07.11]
Taiyou Scandalous
[2012.09.12]
Pin Heel Surfer
[2013.05.22]
Awanai Tsumori no, Genki de ne
[2013.09.18]
OVER DRIVE
