EBiDAN Marks 15th Anniversary With Number One Single and Summer Concert Tradition
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EBiDAN is a big group of Japanese singers and dancers. It has many smaller groups inside it. This year, EBiDAN is 15 years old.
EBiDAN made a new song for this special year. The song is called "Yes! Tokyo". It is a single, so it has just one or two main songs.
The single sold very well. In the first week, people bought 1,053,000 copies. Because of this, the song went straight to number one on the chart. A chart is a list that shows the best-selling songs.
EBiDAN also does a big concert every summer. A concert is a live music show. In an interview, someone from EBiDAN talked about this summer show.
They said the summer concert is a special time. Each smaller group shows how much they have grown in one year. The groups watch each other and try to get better. This is called friendly competition.
Vocabulary15 words
- EBiDAN
- a big group of Japanese singers and dancers with many smaller groups
- single
- a short music release with one or two main songs
- chart
- a list that shows the best-selling songs
- concert
- a live music show
- friendly competition
- when people or groups try to do better than each other in a nice way
- anniversary
- a special day that shows how many years something has happened
- interview
- when someone answers questions, often for the news
- grow
- to become bigger or better
- sell
- when people buy something you made
- copies
- many of the same thing, like the same song
- number one
- the top place; the best
- special
- not normal; important
- summer
- the warm season after spring
- smaller group
- a group with fewer people inside a bigger group
- show
- to let people see something
Quiz
Answer key
1. 15 years old 2. It went to number one in its first week 3. Groups show how much they have grown and improved
Fill-in-the-blank listening
Play the audio again and fill in the missing words as you listen.
EBiDAN is a big group of Japanese singers and _____. It has many smaller groups inside it. This year, EBiDAN is 15 _____ old.
EBiDAN made a new song for this special year. The song is called "Yes! _____". It is a single, so it has just one or two main songs.
The single sold very well. In the first week, people bought 1,053,000 _____. Because of this, the song went straight to number _____ on the chart.
EBiDAN also does a big _____ every summer. A concert is a live music show. In an _____, someone from EBiDAN talked about this summer show.
They said the summer concert is a special time. Each smaller group shows how much they have _____ in one year. The groups watch each other and try to get better. This is called friendly _____.