Ayumi Hamasaki
Musician
Guilty (Ayumi Hamasaki album)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... In this article: Guilty, Ayumi Hamasaki, Taiwan, Avex Trax, Fahrenheit, Asia, Popteen, Oricon, Apple iTunes, and Vivi |
-
Wikipedia | September 29, 2009
A Best
A Best A Best is a greatest hits album that Avex forced Ayumi Hamasaki to release on March 28, 2001. This album also features two tracks that were never released as singles ("A Song for XX" and "Who..."). Due to the large number of Ayumi...
In this article: A Best, A Song for XX, Depend on You, Trust, Japan, Boys & Girls, Far Away, and Vogue
-
Ayumi Hamasaki discography
...a string of singles in 1998 followed by her first album under Avex, ''A Song for XX, in 1999. To date, Hamasaki has sold around 75 million records in Asia, 50 million of which are from Japan alone, and is one of Japan's best-selling musicians.
-
Tour of Secret
...and an ayupan of the Ayumi Hamasaki x Hello Kitty franchise. All other information on the Ayumi Hamasaki x Hello Kitty project between Sanrio and Avex is currently unknown. It is also unknown whether Ayumi Hamasaki x Hello Kitty will be...
In this article: Taiwan, Hong Kong, Hello Kitty, Tour of Secret, DVD, Asia, Avex, Shanghai, and Japan
-
A Complete: All Singles
A Complete: All Singles A Complete: All Singles is a greatest hits album released by Ayumi Hamasaki on September 10, 2008 to commemorate her tenth anniversary with Avex . The first press of the album came in a special box along with a...
In this article: Best Fiction, My Story, Taiwan, Poker Face, Oricon, Mirrorcle World, Heart Station, To Be, Utada Hikaru, and Avex
-
Hiroko Anzai
...school students as a fashion leader. She made her music debut with a CD released by Avex Group in 2000, featuring appearances by Namie Amuro, MAX , and V6 , and produced by Eurobeat producer Dave Rodgers. She has also appeared as an actress...
In this article: Kanagawa Prefecture, Rigor, Avex Group, Masatoshi Hamada, Namie Amuro, Nippon Television, and Fuji TV
-
Next Level (Ayumi Hamasaki album)
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...
In this article: Next Level, Panasonic, Dragonball Evolution, USB Flash Drive, Avex Trax, and Japan
-
Ayumi Hamasaki
...to sell over 500,000 copies. By the end of her Arena Tour 2003-2004 , Hamasaki had grown dissatisfied with her position in Avex: she felt that the company was treating her as a product instead of a person. Along with her dissatisfaction...
In this article: Oricon, Avex, My Story, Secret, Rainbow, Max Matsuura, Japan, Loveppears, and Duty
-
Kumi Koda
...summer concert A-Nation '08 ''. She appeared at all eight shows in Japan and performed with other Avex artists such as Every Little Thing , Ai Otsuka, Namie Amuro, Ayumi Hamasaki, TVXQ, and Maki Goto. In October, Koda released her...
In this article: Secret, Oricon, Avex, Janet Jackson, Kingdom, Taboo, DVD, Butterfly, Yume, and Take Back
-
A Song Is Born (song)
..."The Meaning of Peace" (a duet between BoA and Kumi Koda) and "Lovin' It" (a duet between Namie Amuro and Verbal of M-Flo), the lyrics were written by Ayumi Hamasaki. Her solo version of it appeared on her 4th studio album, ''I am... ''.
In this article: A Song Is Born, M-flo, The Meaning of Peace, Avex, Namie Amuro, Kumi Koda, BoA, Tetsuya Komuro, and World Trade Center
Trends
Loading...
Collections
More on Ayumi Hamasaki
Description from Wikipedia:
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
Explore everything named Ayumi Hamasaki...
