EXILE, a group made up by 12 dancers and two vocals. This group mixes dance and J-POP which attracts many fans.
Dancers: HIRO, KENCHI, MATSU, KEIJI, USA, TETSUYA, MAKIDAI, NESMITH, SHOKICHI, AKIRA, NAOTO and NAOKI
Vocals: ATSUSHI and TAKAHIRO
Here is their "evolution" form:
*1991, HIRO formed a 6 menvers dancing group named 「JAPANESE SOUL BROTHERS」.
*1999, 「J Soul Brothers」was formed which contained 4 dancers, HIRO, MATSU, USA, MAKIDA and a vocal, SASA.
*2001, SASA left the group and two voclas came in, ATSUSHI and SHUN. The group's name changed into 「EXILE」
*2001, First Single, Your eyes only ～曖昧なぼくの輪郭～
*2003, 2nd album, Styles Of Beyond, got the second place in Oricon.
*2003, 3rd album, EXILE ENTERTAINMENT, became their frist million album and they was invited to attend 紅白歌合戰 in this year.
*2006, The vocal, SHUN, left EXILE
*2006, AKIRA came into EXILE and became the fifth dancer.
*2006, TAKAHIRO won the competition, 「EXILE Vocal Battle Audition 2006〜ASIAN DREAM〜」, and became EXILE's vocal.
*2007, 6th album, EXILE LOVE, sold out more than 1 million.
*2008, They announced that 2008 was 「EXILE PERFECT YEAR」, because they would release three collection albums, an anmition『エグザムライ』, monthly pubication EXILE, theatrical EXILE and 2008 Tour in Five Arenas In Japan.
*2008, First Collection, EXILE CATCHY BEST, sold out 1 million pies in the first day.
*2009, EXILE GENERATION was formed and another 7 dancers in J Soul Brothers joined EXILE and EXILE became a 14-menber group.
In my opinion, EXILE is really a cool group because all of their music contains dance, including lower-pace songs. But one thing is sure, they are really famous!! Their three best collections all sold out more than 1 million, and one of them even more than 2 millions. For myself, I love their music, too, but I don't think that every song should contain dances. Maybe they can release an album which only has dance part. XD
OK, let me show you some of their MV and Live performances clips.
Your eyes only ～曖昧なぼくの輪郭～
Carry On
EXILE ２年連続！ 日本レコード大賞
Someday
