Miyuki Nakajima

Miyuki Nakajima (中島 みゆき, Nakajima Miyuki?) (born February 23, 1952) is a Japanese singer-songwriter and radio personality. She has released 37 studio albums, 40 singles, 2 live albums and multiple compilations to date. Her sales have been estimated at more than 21 million copies.

In the mid 1970s, Nakajima signed to Canyon Records and launched her recording career with her debut single, "Azami Jō no Rarabai" (アザミ嬢のララバイ). Rising to fame with the hit "The Parting Song (Wakareuta)," released in 1977, she has since enjoyed a successful career as a singer-songwriter, most strikingly in the early 1980s. She has produced four singles that sold more than a million copies in the last two decades, including "Earthly Stars (Unsung Heroes)," a theme song for the Japanese television documentary series Project X. She has also done experimental theater performances, called "Yakai," which she performed every year-end from 1989 through 1998. The idiosyncratic acts featured scripts and songs she wrote, but have continued irregularly in recent years.

In addition to her work as a solo artist, Nakajima has written over 90 compositions for numerous other singers, and has produced several chart-toppers. She has also had many cover versions of her songs performed by Asian singers, especially Taiwanese and Hong Kong ones. She is the only musician to have participated in the National Language Council of Japan.