Rakuen
Rakuen (Japanese "paradise" 楽園 らくえん) may refer to:
Music
Albums
Songs
See also
Lakuen
"Lakuen" (Japanese: 楽園, Hepburn: Rakuen, "Paradise"), stylised as "LAKuEN", is a song by Japanese singer Ken Hirai. It was released on January 19, 2000 as his eighth single, and became his biggest hit since his debut in 1995.
Background and development
"Lakuen" was Hirai's first release in two years, since the single "Love Love Love" in 1998. Hirai's debut single "Precious Junk" in 1995 charted at number 50 on Oricon's singles charts, but since then he had not charted on Oricon's singles chart. The popularity of this song managed to revitalise Hirai's career.
Promotion and release
The song became popular after intense radio play from FM stations across Japan. Hirai's follow-up album The Changing Same, released in June 2000, debuted at number one on Oricon's albums chart, and became certified for over one million copies sold.
Hirai performed the song three times on TV Asahi's Music Station: first on March 10, 2000, followed by on the 2000 New Year's special on December 29, and a week before the release of his sixth album Sentimentalovers on November 19, 2004. Hirai performed the song at the 51st Kōhaku Uta Gassen New Year's TV song contest on December 31, 2000.
United Service Organizations
The United Service Organizations Inc. (USO Show) is a nonprofit organization that provides programs, services and live entertainment to United States troops and their families. Since 1941, it has worked in partnership with the Department of Defense (DoD), relying heavily on private contributions and on funds, goods, and services from various corporate and individual donors. Although congressionally chartered, it is not a government agency. The USO operates 160 centers worldwide.
During World War II, the USO became the G.I.'s "home away from home" and began a tradition of entertaining the troops that continues today. Involvement in the USO was one of the many ways in which the nation had come together to support the war effort, with nearly 1.5 million Americans having volunteered their services in some way. After it was disbanded in 1947, it was revived in 1950 for the Korean War, after which it also provided peacetime services. During the Vietnam War, USOs were sometimes located in combat zones.
USO (rapper)
Ausamah Saed better known as U$O (alternatively USO, Uso) also known as U-Dollartegn (meaning U-Dollar Signs) (born 1981), is a rapper from Aarhus, Denmark, who released his debut album, Mr. Mista in 2000.
U$O he was a member of the now defunct rap group B.A.N.G.E.R.S. together with L.O.C. (real name Liam O'Conner) and N.I.S. (Niggeren i Slæden), and later Johnson. They released the EP VIP
U$O is also a member of the group F.I.P. (Full Impact Productions) together with L.O.C. and Suspekt.
He also appeared on "Hey Shorty" (full title "Hey Shorty (Yeah Yeah Pt. 2)" by Kato's featuring U$O and Johnson. It reached #2 in the Danish Singles Chart.
He also appeared in the Tech N9ne 2011 single "Worldwide Choppers", also featuring Busta Rhymes, Ceza, D-Loc, JL of B. Hood, Twista, Twisted Insane and Yelawolf, from the album All 6's and 7's. It debuted on the U.S. Billboard Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles chart at #4 and on the U.S. Billboard Heatseekers Songs chart at #15, becoming U$O's, D-Loc's, Ceza's, JL's, Twisted Insane's, and Yelawolf's most successful song in the U.S.
USO (disambiguation)
USO usually refers to the United Service Organizations which provides morale and recreation services to U.S. military personnel.
USO may also refer to:
Globe (Philippine Telecommunications Company)
Globe is the mobile division of Globe Telecom, the largest telecommunications company in the Philippines. At present, Globe is the largest service provider in the Philippines, with a subscriber base of 65.5 million subscribers as of October 2015.
Services
Globe offers different levels of service, dependent on both the population and the financial capability of the subscriber. A list is provided below:
Globe (band)
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Globe (styled globe) is a dance-oriented Japanese pop band, formed in 1995 by producer and songwriter Tetsuya Komuro. Originally consisting of Komuro, Keiko Yamada and Marc Panther, the group's singles consistently hit the charts. In late 2002 Yoshiki, former drummer and pianist for X Japan, joined the group, but he left the band about a year later.
Their 1996 debut album, Globe, sold over 4 million copies, and their 1998 single "Wanna Be a Dreammaker" won the grand prix award at the 40th Japan Record Awards, the Japanese record industry's highest honor. Komuro also mentioned there will be some collaboration work with other artists with the artist title of Globe Featuring, and Globe Extreme for collaborations with Yoshiki.
