Junko Akimoto

Junko Akimoto is a Japanese kayōkyoku singer. She also sings jazz, chanson, canzone, and min'yō. She made her debut in 2005. She attended the 59th NHK Kōhaku Uta Gassen. Her song "Ai no Mama de" reached number-one on Japan's Oricon charts in January 2009. This song made her the eldest singer to reach the number-one position on single charts in Oricon history. The single was on the charts for 64 weeks and sold 568,334 copies during that time. From Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Junko_A...) under Creative Commons Attribution CC-BY-SA 3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/b...)