[6][7] The band has been voted by fans across the world into the top ten of the "Most-Requested Artists" category of the J-Melo Awards every year since 2010, taking first place in 2014.

[8] Formed in August 2006 by four high school girls, Scandal played live street performances until they were noticed and signed to the indie label Kitty Records.

The band has performed the theme songs for several anime series, including "Shōjo S" and "Harukaze" for Bleach, "Shunkan Sentimental" for Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood, "Pride" for Star Driver, and "A.M.D.K.J."

[18] The band released their second major single "Sakura Goodbye" in March 2009 to commemorate Mami and Tomomi's high school graduation.

[23] In June, Scandal released a pop tune for summer, "Taiyō to Kimi ga Egaku Story", followed by their first original ballad, "Namida no Regret", in July.

They were shown in a musical performance scene that was created with the help of motion capture, providing a realistic representation of the band's movements.

The title track was written and composed by the husband-and-wife duo Yoko Aki and Ryudo Uzaki, who are known for creating many songs for Momoe Yamaguchi.

[29] The limited edition DVDs contains performances from the band's first television show, Shiteki Ongaku Jijō, which ran for 13 episodes from July to September 2010.

It features songs by female artists that they respect from the last three decades, including their cover of "Secret Base (Kimi ga Kureta Mono)" from May.

This single marked the first official release of their subunits, Dobondobondo (Mami and Tomomi) and Almond Crush (Haruna and Rina).

During this period they also announced their fourteenth major single "Awanai Tsumori no, Genki de ne" released in May, with the title track being used as the theme song for the movie Ore wa Mada Honki Dashitenai Dake.

Their eighteenth major single, "Yoake no Ryuuseigun", was used as the ending theme to Pokémon the Movie: Diancie and the Cocoon of Destruction and reached #1 on Billboard Japan Hot Animation.

They followed this up with the Scandal Arena Tour 2015-2016 "Perfect World" in Japan from December 2015 to January 2016, during which they recorded their sixth live DVD at Nippon Budokan, Tokyo.

The band covered Nena's hit single "Willst du mit mir gehn" by singing the title phrase in German and the rest of the song in Japanese.

On Christmas Eve 2018 during their "Best Xmas 2018 Concert" at Akasaka Blitz, Scandal announced the formation of their own band-run music label "her".

On June 3, the band released a digital single, "Living in the City", which they recorded from their respective homes during Japan's COVID-19 stay-home measures.

Scandal also provided both the opening and ending themes for the movie, appearing in their animated form during a special musical performance scene.

Later that year, "Weather report" was announced as the theme for the Japanese-dubbed release of American political thriller television series, Scandal.

On October 2, 2015, it was also announced that Scandal had written the song "Morning Sun" as the theme for the movie 猫なんかよんでもこない。; Cats Won't Come Even When You Call for Them.

Later that year, "Tonight" was announced as the theme song for the Japanese drama Raise de wa Chanto Shimasu.

On November 17, 2010, Scandal released their second mini-album R-Girl's Rock!, featuring covers of songs by female artists from the 1980s to the 2000s that they admire, including a promotional single of Zone's hit "Secret Base (Kimi ga Kureta Mono) ".

On April 1, 2015, rock band Super Beaver released the song "Q&A" on their Aisuru album, which features Mami on guest vocals.

On February 3, 2016, singer-songwriter Rina Katahira released her album Saikou no Shiuchi, which included a song titled "Party" produced by Scandal.

On March 3, 2018, Scandal wrote and produced the song "Story" for Airi Suzuki's solo debut album Do Me a favor.

In March 2020, the band announced on Instagram that rappers Kubo Takai and Rinne sampled "Tsuki", the ending track on Kiss from the Darkness, for their own song "Shingetsu".

On May 30, all four Scandal members made cameos in fellow rock band SiM's music video for the song "Baseball Bat".

[62] Over the course of their career, Scandal has taken part in joint live performances with artists such as Stereopony, Kishidan, Keiko Terada, Airi Suzuki, Rina Katahira, and SMAP.

In June 2014, Fender released three limited-edition Signature Squier instruments (the Haruna Telecaster Dark Silver Sparkle "Skullsilver", Mami Jazzmaster Pearl White, and Tomomi Jazz Bass Sky Blue "Bluetus").

[72] Haruna played the role of Emil von Selle in the stage performance of Ginga Eiyuu Densetsu Dai 4 Shou Kouhen Gekitotsu from February 12 to March 2, 2014 at Aoyama Theater, Tokyo.

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