BaBe was a Japanese pop

Pop music

Pop music is usually understood to be commercially recorded music, often oriented toward a youth market, usually consisting of relatively short, simple songs utilizing technological innovations to produce new variations on existing themes.- Definitions :David Hatch and Stephen Millward define pop...

 duo, composed of Tomoko Kondo and Yukari Nikaido. They debuted in February 1987 with "Give Me Up", a cover of Michael Fortunati's original song. From February 1987 to February 1990 they had several hits including "I Don't Know", "Somebody Loves You", and "Get a Chance!".

Their highest single ranking on the Oricon

Oricon

, established in 1999, is the holding company at the head of a Japanese corporate group that supplies statistics and information on music and the music industry in Japan. It started as , which was founded by Sōkō Koike in November 1967 and became known for its music charts. Oricon Inc...

 charts was #4 in 1987 for Somebody Loves You. They sang "Get A Chance!" as the end theme and post-credits music video

Music video

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 in the third Project A-ko

Project A-ko

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anime

Anime

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. They also sang an all English song, "Love in the First Degree

Love in the First Degree

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" (a cover of the Bananarama

Bananarama

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 single).

They disbanded in February 1990 because of Yukari's marriage and pregnancy.

Members

was born on February 17, 1968 in Tokyo

Tokyo

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, Japan

Japan

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was born on August 29, 1967 in Tokyo, Japan.

Discography

Singles

• "Give Me Up" - February 21, 1987
• "I Don't Know!" - May 2, 1987
• "Somebody Loves You" - September 10, 1987
• "Hold Me" - October 21, 1987
• "Tonight" - January 21, 1988
• "Get A Chance" - May 11, 1988
• "Wake Up!" - August 31, 1988
• "She Has a Dream" - March 1, 1989

Albums

• Bravo! - June 21, 1987
• Nice! - December 5, 1987
• Good! - January 5, 1988
• Fight - June 21, 1988
• Brand New - April 21, 1989
• Contrast - February 22, 1990
• The Best of BaBe - May 21, 1990
• BaBe Best - March 20, 2002

External links

• BaBe Archives
• Encyclopedia Idollica
• Images