Morning Musume

Morning Musume
モーニング娘。
Morning Musume モーニング娘。
	Morning Musume in 2016
Background information
Also known as	Momusu; 早安少女組。
Origin	Tokyo, Japan
Genres	J-pop;
Years active	1997–present
Labels	Zetima;
Spinoffs	Tanpopo; Petit Moni; Mini-Moni; Morning Musume Sakuragumi; Morning Musume Otomegumi; Morning Musume Tanjō 10nen Kinentai; W; Ecomoni; Dream Morning Musume;
Members	See List of Morning Musume members
Past members	See List of Morning Musume members
Website	www.helloproject.com/morningmusume

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.

^ "AKB48、女性歌手初の6作連続ミリオン 33年半ぶり新記録" (in Japanese). Oricon. February 21, 2012. Retrieved May 19, 2012.
^ "J-Pop's dream factory". The Guardian. August 21, 2005.
"Morning Musume not ready to graduate yet". The Japan Times. March 13, 2009.
Setsuko Kamiya (September 29, 2002). "Morning Musume: It's a family affair". The Japan Times.
^ Alisa Freedman; Laura Miller; Christine Yano (April 17, 2013). Modern Girls on the Go: Gender, Mobility, and Labor in Japan. Stanford University Press. ISBN 978-0804781145.
Brian Ashcraft (May 14, 2014). Japanese Schoolgirl Confidential: How Teenage Girls Made a Nation Cool. Tuttle Publishing. ISBN 9781462914098. (1st Edition: Kodansha International Ltd., 2010-07-01, ISBN 978-4770031150)

[oricon-1] "AKB48、女性歌手初の6作連続ミリオン 33年半ぶり新記録" (in Japanese). Oricon. February 21, 2012. Retrieved May 19, 2012.

[2] "J-Pop's dream factory". The Guardian. August 21, 2005.
"Morning Musume not ready to graduate yet". The Japan Times. March 13, 2009.
Setsuko Kamiya (September 29, 2002). "Morning Musume: It's a family affair". The Japan Times.

[3] Alisa Freedman; Laura Miller; Christine Yano (April 17, 2013). Modern Girls on the Go: Gender, Mobility, and Labor in Japan. Stanford University Press. ISBN 978-0804781145.
Brian Ashcraft (May 14, 2014). Japanese Schoolgirl Confidential: How Teenage Girls Made a Nation Cool. Tuttle Publishing. ISBN 9781462914098. (1st Edition: Kodansha International Ltd., 2010-07-01, ISBN 978-4770031150)

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