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Morning Musume announced they will be releasing a special album next year! The album will be released on the 7th of febuary and is a 20th anniversary album.  It will be called: Hatachi no Morning Musume And it will be release by Morning Musume 20th. The album will be released in two versions, one regular with only cds and one limited with a dvd. This dvd will have a part of the  20th anniversary Budokan concert, interviews with OG members and the MV to Ai no Tane (20th anniversary ver.). Not much else has been announced, so we don't know if it will be a cover album or a best-of album. We will just have to wait for more information! Edit: The album is a Mini-album and will contain 8 songs. Ai no Tane (20th anniversary ver.) and Gosenfu no Tasuki will be on the album. The other 6 songs will be new songs preformed by OG members and the current members!

Morning Musume announced a new sub-unit to celebrate their 20th anniversary! The group will be joined by the 1st generation members Nakazawa Yuko, Ishiguro Aya, Iida Kaori, Abe Natsumi and Fukuda Asuka to form Morning Musume 20th! The group will release a digital single on the 3th of november and is a remake of Ai no Tane, Morning Musume's first song. It will be released on the exact 20th anniversary of Ai no Tane! The single will include: 1. Ai no Tane (20th Anniversary ver.) 2. Ai no Tane (20th Anniversary ver.) Instrumental This will be the first time Fukuda Asuka has Morning Musume activities since her graduation 18 years ago!