Nao Yoshioka
Nao Yoshioka is a graceful vocalist who specializes in sophisticated R&B and has easily pulled off interpretations of songs popularized by Nina Simone and Jocelyn Brown. Yoshioka made her first waves in the U.S. when she traveled from her native Osaka to compete at McDonald's 2010 GospelFest. She was the first Japanese solo female singer to reach the contest's final round, and also impressed the Apollo Theater crowd when she finished as an Amateur Night runner-up. In 2013, she made her recorded debut on Japan's Sweet Soul label with "Make the Change," a track included on World Soul Collective, Vol. 1, part of the label's initiative to connect independent R&B artists from across the globe. Yoshioka's first album, The Light, was released later that year on Sweet Soul. Two years later, the set was distributed in the U.S. with support from Nia Distribution and Purpose Music Group.
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Love is the Answer (Tokyo Funk Sessions Ver.)
Funk - Released by SWEET SOUL RECORDS on Jan. 20, 2023
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Philly Soul Sessions
Soul - Released by SWEET SOUL RECORDS on Aug. 20, 2021
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Tokyo 2020 (Acoustic)
Soul - Released by SWEET SOUL RECORDS on Jun. 3, 2022
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Tokyo 2020 (Kaidi Tatham Remix)
Soul - Released by SWEET SOUL RECORDS on Jul. 1, 2022
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Loyalty (Blue Lab Beats Remix)
Soul - Released by SWEET SOUL RECORDS on Mar. 25, 2020
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Wave (Utopia Acoustic Session Ver.)
Soul - Released by SWEET SOUL RECORDS on Dec. 16, 2022
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Boundaries (Philly Soul Sessions Ver.)
Soul - Released by SWEET SOUL RECORDS on Jul. 16, 2021
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Liberation (Philly Soul Sessions Ver.)
Soul - Released by SWEET SOUL RECORDS on Jun. 18, 2021
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Got Me (Philly Soul Sessions Ver.)
Soul - Released by SWEET SOUL RECORDS on Aug. 13, 2021
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Liberation
Soul - Released by SWEET SOUL RECORDS on Aug. 2, 2019
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
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Unapologetically Me
Nao Yoshioka, Takuya Kuroda, Khari Mateen
Soul - Released by SWEET SOUL RECORDS on Apr. 19, 2024
24-Bit 48.0 kHz - Stereo