GIRL NEXT DOOR

GIRL NEXT DOOR (ガール・ネクスト・ドア) is a 3-person group formed by 千紗 (CHISA, vocals), 鈴木大輔 (Daisuke Suzuki, composer and former “day after tomorrow member) and 井上裕治 (Yuji Unoue, Guitar). GIRL NEXT DOOR (also abbreviated as ガルネク (GARUNEKU) ) was created celebrating the 20th anniversary of the popular Japanese music label “Avex Trax” in early 2008. Even though they were formed in March, the group debuted on June holding a special live at SHIBUYA-AX.

Their debut was based a 3-monthly singles release campaign. the first one; 偶然の確率 (Guuzen no Kakuritsu), was released on September 23rd and debuted in the 3rd position of the Oricon Daily Singles Chart. Keeping its position for the rest of the week, the single debuted with around 30,000 units sold during the first week, and the last numbers reporting a total of 58,000 copies overall.

Their second single and third single were entitled “Drive away /幸福の条件” and “情熱の代償/ESCAPE” respectively. As seen, both singles were double a-sides. Both also debuted in the third position of the Oricon Weekly Singles Chart just like 偶然の確率. Their 3rd single, 情熱の代償 was selected as the theme song for the drama ギラギラ (“GIRA GIRA”). making it their first dorama tie-in.

Their self-titled debut album, GIRL NEXT DOOR was released on December 24th and sold over 110,000 copies in it’s first week and sold more than 200,000 units overall.