Ayumi Hamasaki
Musician
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The Japan Times: All Stories | January 21, 2010
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Wikipedia | December 01, 2009
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, Max Matsuura, Avex, My Story, Loveppears, Secret, Rainbow, and Tour of Secret
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Wikipedia | November 30, 2009
Ayumi Hamasaki discography
The discography of Ayumi Hamasaki, a Japanese singer, consists of ten original studio albums, forty-nine singles, five compilation albums, nineteen remix albums, eighteen concert DVDs, and four box sets. Hamasaki released her first album,...
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Wikipedia | November 29, 2009
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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Wikipedia | November 25, 2009
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 that...
In this article: Heaven, Oricon, Bold & Delicious, Panasonic, Shinobi Heart Under Blade, and Music Station
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Wikipedia | November 16, 2009
Tour of Secret
...elaborate stage took up. All venues were in fact sold out A merging of Hello Kitty and the most famous female singer in Japan, Ayumi Hamasaki, has been made, and was first seen when the Tour of Secret goods became available on mu-mo on March...
In this article: Taiwan, Hong Kong, Hello Kitty, Tour of Secret, DVD, Asia, Avex, Shanghai, and Japan
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Wikipedia | November 16, 2009
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 2CD+DVD...
In this article: Next Level, Panasonic, Dragonball Evolution, USB Flash Drive, Avex Trax, and Japan
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Wikipedia | November 08, 2009
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 commercials advertising the release...
In this article: A Song for XX, DVD, and Ayumi Hamasaki Complete Clip Box A
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Wikipedia | November 07, 2009
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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Wikipedia | August 15, 2009
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 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
- Genre:
- Pop, electronic dance, rock, classical, R&B
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