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Morning Musume モーニング娘。 | |
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Background information | |
Also known as | Momusu 早安少女組。 |
Origin | Tokyo, Japan |
Genres | |
Years active | 1997 | –present
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Spinoffs | |
Members | See List of Morning Musume members |
Past members | See List of Morning Musume members |
Website | www |
Morning Musume '24 (モーニング娘。 '24, Mōningu Musume Two-Four.), formerly and commonly known as Morning Musume (モーニング娘。, Mōningu Musume.) and colloquially referred to as Momusu (モー娘。, Mōmusu.), is a Japanese girl group, holding the second highest overall single sales (of a female group) on the Oricon charts as of February 2012,[1] with the Oricon record of most top-ten singles, having 64 of them.[citation needed]
Morning Musume was formed in 1997 by rock singer-songwriter turned record producer Tsunku, who later composed the vast majority of the group's songs over the decade. They are the lead group of Hello! Project that specialises in upbeat, pop-oriented music coupled with dance performance. The group produced several splinter groups, and often collaborates with other Hello! Project acts, including Country Musume, Berryz Kobo, Cute, Melon Kinenbi, and V-u-den. The group's name can be translated as "Morning Girls"[2] or "Morning Daughters";[3] it consists of members mostly in their late adolescence and early 20s.