Ayumi Hamasaki
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The Anime Masters Demonstrate Their Best in Genius Party...like Nike's Chamber of Fear (and the Honda Edix kiro spot and music videos for artists including Linkin Park ("Breaking the Habit"), Ayumi Hamasaki ("Connected"), Hikaru Utada ("Passion") Back in the 90's, when anime was taking off in North... In this article: Studio 4°C, Macross 7, Shinichiro Watanabe, North America, Yoko Kanno, Koji Morimoto, Hayao Miyazaki, Robot Carnival, and Mind Game |
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Ayumi Hamasaki
...the award for "Most Influential Japanese Singer in Asia". In support of I Am..., Hamasaki held two tours, Ayumi Hamasaki Arena Tour 2002 A and Ayumi Hamasaki Stadium Tour 2002 A. In November 2002, as "Ayu", she released her first European...
In this article: Oricon, Avex, Japan, My Story, Secret, Rainbow, Max Matsuura, Loveppears, and Duty
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Ayumi Hamasaki discography
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Next Level (Ayumi Hamasaki album)
Next Level is the tenth studio album (eleventh overall) by Japanese pop singer-songwriter Ayumi Hamasaki, released by Avex Trax on March 25, 2009 in Japan. It was released as a CD only version, a CD+DVD version, and a limited edition...
In this article: Next Level, Panasonic, Dragonball Evolution, USB Flash Drive, Avex Trax, and Japan
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I Am... (Ayumi Hamasaki album)
I am... is the fourth full-length studio album by J-pop singer Ayumi Hamasaki, released on January 1, 2002 in Japan. The album marked an evolution in Hamasaki's lyrical and musical style: Hamasaki began to move away from the themes of...
In this article: I am.., A Song Is Born, Japan, Endless Sorrow, and Singapore
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Guilty (Ayumi Hamasaki album)
Guilty is the ninth studio album (tenth overall) by Japanese pop singer-songwriter Ayumi Hamasaki, released by Avex Trax on January 1, 2008 in Japan. Hamasaki herself wrote all lyrics of the album, which went to sell over 400,000 copies its...
In this article: Guilty, Taiwan, Avex Trax, Fahrenheit, Asia, Popteen, Oricon, Apple iTunes, and Vivi
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Never Ever (Ayumi Hamasaki song)
"Never Ever" is the twenty-first single by Ayumi Hamasaki, released on March 7, 2001. This is her third single in a row to be composed by herself. In mid-October 2007, the third track on this single "Seasons (H-H Remix)", 6 and a half years...
In this article: Never Ever, Seasons, A Best, and Japan
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Ayumi Hamasaki Complete Clip Box A
Ayumi Hamasaki Complete Clip Box A, by Ayumi Hamasaki, was released on February 25, 2004. Ayumi Hamasaki Complete Clip Box A is a DVD box set compiling all of Hamasaki Ayumi's PVs from 1998 to 2003 on three discs. It also includes various...
In this article: A Song for XX, DVD, and Ayumi Hamasaki Complete Clip Box A
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My Story (Ayumi Hamasaki album)
My Story is Ayumi Hamasaki's sixth full-length studio album produced by Max Matsuura. It was released on December 15, 2004. The album includes the three singles: "Moments ", "Inspire ", and "Carols ". During its first release, four...
In this article: My Story, DVD Audio, Carols, Moments, My Story Classical, DVD, Oricon, Inspire, and Max Matsuura
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Boys & Girls (Ayumi Hamasaki song)
"Boys & Girls" is a song by Ayumi Hamasaki, released as her ninth single, on July 14, 1999. In addition to being Hamasaki's first Maxi single, it was also her first certified million-seller. In its first week of release on the Oricon, it...
In this article: Boys & Girls, Oricon, Ami Suzuki, and Velfarre
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Heaven (Ayumi Hamasaki song)
"Heaven" is the thirty-seventh single released by Ayumi Hamasaki, released on September 14, 2005. "Heaven" ended up selling over 325,000 copies, making it Hamasaki's second highest-selling single of 2005 as well as her last single to date...
In this article: Heaven, Oricon, Bold & Delicious, Panasonic, Shinobi Heart Under Blade, and Music Station
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Ayumi Hamasaki is a Japanese singer-songwriter and former actress. Also called Ayu by her fans, Hamasaki has been dubbed the "Empress of Pop" due to her popularity and widespread influence in Japan. Born and raised in Fukuoka, she moved to Tokyo at fourteen to pursue a career in entertainment. In 1998, under the tutelage of Avex CEO Max Matsuura, she released a string of modestly selling singles that concluded with her 1999 debut album A Song for XX, which debuted atop the Oricon charts and stayed there for four weeks in a row, establishing her popularity in Japan.
Because of her constantly changing image and tight control over her artistry, Hamasaki has become a "trendsetter" and an "icon of fashion" in Asia; her popularity and influence in music and fashion extend to China, Singapore and Taiwan. She has appeared in or lent her songs to many advertisements and television commercials. Though she originally supported this, a 2001 event in which Avex forced her to put her greatest hits album in direct competition with Hikaru Utada's Distance made Hamasaki reconsider and eventually oppose her status as an Avex "product".
Since her 1998 debut with the single "Poker Face", Hamasaki has sold around 50 million records in Japan, making her one of Japan's best-selling singers. Her singles have set records: she is the Japanese female artist with the highest singles sales, most number-one singles, and most million-seller singles. She is also the only Japanese artist to have a number-one single every year for ten years straight and the first to have her first eight studio albums top the Oricon.
- Name At Birth:
- , (Hamasaki, Ayumi)
- Also Known As:
- Ayu, CREA
- Birth Date:
- October 02, 1978
- Birthplace:
- Fukuoka, Japan
- Occupation:
- Singer, songwriter, producer, composer, actress, model, spokesperson
- Record Label:
- Columbia Japan
- Drizzly
- Avex Trax
- Years Active:
- 1994–1995, 1998–present
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