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, also known by the abbreviations and SAS, is a Japanese pop rock band that formed in the mid-1970s. The band is composed of Keisuke Kuwata (lead vocals and guitars), Yuko Hara (vocals and keyboards), Kazuyuki Sekiguchi (bass), Hiroshi Matsuda (drums) and Hideyuki "Kegani" Nozawa (custom percussion). In addition to the present lineup, former guitarist Takashi Omori had worked in the band until 2001.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title= サザンオールスターズ、大森が脱退を表明！｜エキサイトミュージック (音楽) )〕〔''Chikyu Ongaku Library: Southern All Stars (Edition )'', Edited by Amuse Inc., Tokyo FM Publishing, ISBN 4-88745-135-0〕 After the contract with Victor Entertainment, the band released their top-ten charting debut single "Katte ni Sindbad" in 1978. Since then, Southern has been one of the best-selling music groups in the past 30 years of Japan, selling more than 47 million albums and singles in Japan alone. They have had over 40 top-ten hit singles and 16 number-one albums on the Japan's Oricon Charts as of 2008. Their 1998 compilation ''Umi no Yeah!!'' has sold more than 3.3 million copies〔(【引用サイトリンク】title= Yamachan Land (Archives of Japanese record charts) - Albums Chart Daijiten - List of the best-selling albums 1968-2007 )〕 and became the best-selling double album in Japanese history. Their most commercially successful song "Tsunami", released in 2000, has sold over 2.9 million units in Japan alone, and provided the band with honor of winning the 42nd Japan Record Awards.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title= 第42回日本レコード大賞 (The 42nd Japan Record Award) )〕 The band was also acclaimed and ranked number one in HMV Japan's 2003 list of "100 most influential Japanese musicians".〔(Top 100 Japanese pops Artists - No.1 ). HMV Japan KK. Accessed March 26, 2008.〕 They are also the only group to ever have 44 songs on the Oricon Top 100 weekly single chart simultaneously. The band has occasionally gone into hiatus while individual members work on solo and other projects, and did so again between 2008 and 2013.〔(【引用サイトリンク】accessdate=2013-06-28 )〕 ==History== 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Southern All Stars」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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