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- Namie Amuro’s first foray into the music industry was at age 14, when she was the lead in the pop idol group Super Monkey’s. The group eventually disbanded, and in 1995 at age 18, the singer released her first solo single “Body Feels EXIT” after signing on with label Avex Trax.
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Her first greatest hits album 181920 was released prior to her hiatus in 1998. After a leave of absence, Amuro returned to the music scene with the 2000 album Genius 2000. In 2005, she released her sixth studio album, Queen of Hip-Pop, went on the 2nd
On June 16, 2019, Amuro released her entire music collection onto the iTunes store (most of which was previously restricted to Japan), through her label Dimension Point. Her records published by her own label were also released through Apple Music, Apple's streaming service, on the same day.
- TLC Re-Recorded “Waterfalls” with Amuro in 2013
- She Got Her Start in A Girl Group
- Her Sales Are Killer
- A Diverse Range of Producers Have Worked on Several of Her English Tracks
- Her Songs Have Often Been Used on Numerous Soundtracks For Movies and TV Shows
Just over 10 years after the death of TLC's Lisa "Left Eye" Lopes, the surviving members of the popular R&B group, T-Boz and Chilli, issued a new versionof their 1995 smash "Waterfalls," with rap verses from Amuro replacing Lopes'. The new version, released in celebration of TLC's 20th anniversary, also generated controversy, specifically prompting...
Before same-gendered groups like the Spice Girls, *NSYNC, and Backstreet Boys ruled the charts overseas in the '90s, Amuro got her start in the all-female dance collective Super Monkey's. The band didn't produce much in the way of hits, but it did position 14-year-old Amuro for individual success, as many of the group's singles — and a slew of remi...
She's sold more albums in Japan than American pop icons like Lady Gaga, Katy Perry, and Kesha have shifted in the U.S. combined. The nation's equivalent to Madonna, Amuro is one of the best-selling artists of all time in her native region, with each of her 12 original, full-length LPs earning platinum certification (or higher) in Japan, with 1996's...
Amuro has blurred international lines throughout her two-plus decades making music and is often credited with popularizing mixing foreign sounds with traditional Japanese pop. Her second album, Sweet 19 Blues, released in 1996, features multiple English-language tracks, its compositions bearing sonic similarity to studio sets from the likes of Mado...
Japanese pop stars typically contribute music to television dramas and movies, and Amuro is no exception. Her songs have appeared in movies adapted from major properties like Pokémon ("Toi et moi" appears in the end credits for Pokémon: The Movie 2000), Death Note ("Dear Diary" and "Fighter" were used to promote the series' 2016 horror film subtitl...
Jun 13, 2017 · Namie Amuro’s first foray into the music industry was at age 14, when she was the lead in the pop idol group Super Monkey’s. The group eventually disbanded, and in 1995 at age 18, the singer released her first solo single “Body Feels EXIT” after signing on with label Avex Trax.
- Alicia Joy
- Tokyo Writer
Oct 24, 2018 · Throughout her 25-year career, Amuro Namie was a hero we grew up. Amuro Namie began as a teen idol supernova. Her solo debut single “Body Feels Exit” launched her into stardom in 1995. Her album “Sweet 19 Blues” in 1996 sold more than 3.6 million copies with euro dance pop backed by J-Pop-defining producer Tetsuya Komuro. Amuro was the ...
— She debuted as a soloist in 1995 with the album Dance Tracks Vol.1. It sold over 1 million copies. — In 1996, she released her second album Sweet 19 Blues.
Genic (stylized as _genic) is the twelfth studio album by Japanese singer Namie Amuro. It was released on various physical and digital formats on June 10, 2015 by Amuro’s label Dimension Point, and serves as the singers final studio album before her retirement in September 2018. Amuro began working on the album in 2014 and received over 200 ...
