The band sued the company in 2007 and, on October 22, 2009, a Tokyo court has ruled in favor of Glay over the ownership of 147 songs and ordered Unlimited Records to pay them 670 million yen for back royalties and unpaid contract fees. Their only new work was the single SCREAM, in collaboration with group EXILE, which was released under EXILE's record label. They did not release any material that year, besides the best album and the DVD of the 2005 Dome Tour. They did not give details of it, but, reportedly, the record company stopped providing royalties for their songs, leading the band to terminate their contract with Unlimited Records. The celebration was finished only in 2005, with the GLAY DOME TOUR 2005 "WHITE ROAD" in TOKYO DOME and the release of the compilation -Ballad Best Singles- WHITE ROAD.Īlthough GLAY had just celebrated a decade of success, the band faced serious problems with its record label in 2005. It was one of the busiest years in the band's career, with the release of the album THE FRUSTRATED and four singles, along with other products, and appearances in a number of TV shows. In 2004 GLAY celebrated their 10th year as a major band with the EXPO 2004, which was attended by 100,000 people. GLAY got two records in 1999: their video-single "Survival" sold approximately 900 thousand copies, and is the all-time best-selling video/DVD, while the "GLAY EXPO'99 ~ SURVIVAL" concert gathered an audience of 200,000 people, a record for a concert played by a single act in Japan.Īt the end of the year, GLAY played the concert The Millennium Eve - A Christmas Present for the people who love live a lot, a joint concert with Luna Sea, on December 23, and the "GLAY Countdown Live in Messe "Come Together"", on December 31. Their 16th single Winter, Again was number two of the year and won the 41st Japan Record Awards "Grand Prix" award. This tour had a total of 15 performances in four venues and attracted a total audience of 750,000 people. Their albums were also massively successful both pure soul (1998) and HEAVY GAUGE (1999), along with the compilation album DRIVE - GLAY complete BEST(2000), sold more than two million copies each.ġ999 was the year GLAY played their first dome tour, "GLAY DOME TOUR "pure soul" 1999", which made the band the first to hold a consecutive 5 day "dome" concert. Their 13th single Yuuwaku topped Oricon yearly single ranking in 1998. In the period between 19, Glay produced six million-selling singles, being the third artist with most million-selling singles of all time. (at present, it is ranked at #3 spot, according to Oricon). In August 1997, their 12th single HOWEVER remained at the top of the charts for two weeks in a roll and, after it was displaced by ZARD's single "Eien" for one week, it re-appeared at the top position for other three weeks, while the album REVIEW - BEST OF GLAY stayed for five weeks in a roll at the top position of the Oricon charts and became the all-time best-selling album in Japan at the time, with almost 5 million copies sold. In September 1996, GLAY played the final concert of the "BEATout! Reprise Tour at Budokan", their first concert at the venue, which is estated by them to have been their biggest dream coming true. In 1996, they first reached #1 on thecharts with their 3rd album BEAT out!, and, in the same year, their forth album BELOVED was their first to sell over 1 million copies. After that, the band became increasingly popular. In 1994, their debut single RAIN was produced and their first album Hai to Diamond, released. In 1993, YOSHIKI watched one of their performances and signed them under his label, EXTASY RECORDS. JIRO came with new ideas that opened the doors for them and helped them to get more success in the indies circuit. It was not until JIRO joined the band, in 1992, that things started to change. The members had to work very hard in different jobs to be able to keep themselves and the band. The band performed for very small audiences, sometimes for only one person. In 1990, when the members gratuated from highschool, they headed down to Tokyo to try and push their career even further. The band became popular in their hometown, playing in small places and in school festivals. HISASHI joined shortly after, when his band ARI broke up. The band was formed in 1988 by TAKURO and TERU. Nagai Seiichiro (keyboards) (2007–present).Masahide Sakuma (guitar, keyboards, producer) (1994–present).TAKURO (guitar, keyboard, background vocals).
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