Magazine map (10) Namie Amuro (ぁむろなみぇぇぇぇ1September 20, 977-) is an Asian pop singer, born in Naha City, Okinawa Prefecture, Namie Amuro.

One is of Italian descent (mother is a Japanese-Italian mixed-race and father is a Ryukyu). /kloc-debuted at the age of 0/4 and was a member of the super monkey of the women's team. Although the group was not very successful, in 1995, it gained a certain popularity with the single "Try Me ~ Watashi o Shinjite ~". After releasing two more singles, Namie Amuro left the band and became an independent singer under Ai Hui. Under the guidance of Tetsuya Koike, Namie Amuro has achieved great success in business, published several works with millions of sales, and also triggered several fashion trends. Since 1995, his career as a singer has exceeded 14 years. 1at the end of 997, I stopped my career because I was pregnant and married. After that, I came back on 1998 with the single "I haven't seen it", but the sales volume gradually declined. 200 1, she informally cut off the cooperation with Tetsuya Kokura. Before that, she joined Suite Chic, which changed her from a pop star to R&; B singer. Since the transition, she has also made many achievements. In 2007, the latest studio album "Play" also achieved a high position in the pop music charts. After that, the single < 60s70s80s > became her first number one single in the last decade. Her singer career of over 10 years makes her one of the longest-lived singers in Japan. She is also the only Japanese female singer who can make a single in the top ten for fifteen years in a row. Even she is facing many pressures such as divorce, work and single mother. She is regarded as one of the most successful singers in the history of Japanese pop music, and her single "Can you celebrate? > nearly 2.3 million singles, which is the highest-selling single in the history of Japanese female singers [1]. On July 30th, 2008, she released her first R&; -Best Fiction, a special album of B's music career, became the only artist in Japan who sold millions of albums in the 10, 20th and 30th generations.

work experience

Early life and career

Namie Amuro was born in Naha City, Okinawa Prefecture, and was taken care of by his mother "Pingliang emiko" alone. When Ann was four years old, she got divorced. She is the face of coke zero.

Employees in nursing homes are also bar waiters, earning living expenses. In the early days, Namie Amuro didn't aspire to be an artist, but wanted to be an air hostess. But when she was twelve years old, when she was visiting friends, she was discovered by Masayuki Mu Ye. She is the principal of Okinawa Artists School, which is a performing arts school [3]. Namie Amuro finally entered the school. After two years of study, Mu Ye put her in the women's group "Super Monkey", which has four other members. Through Toshiba -EMI, the group officially debuted in February 1992. A year later, the group was relocated to Tokyo, which was against Anshi's mother's wishes. The super monkey is not successful, and its members are constantly changing. On 1994, the group changed its name to highlight the growing popularity of Namie Amuro. Besides group activities, Namie Amuro has also become a small role in some TV dramas and movies. 1995, the troupe made the last change and released the single "Try Me ~ Watashi o Shinjite ~", which is the only top ten single of the troupe. The other four members of Super Monkey continued to cooperate with Namie Amuro to become background dancers, and at the same time set up their own group-MAX, which belongs to Ai Hui. After Toshiba-EMI released two more singles, Namie Amuro moved to Aihui on June 1995.

1995- 1997: commercial success

After joining Aihui, Namie Amuro immediately released the single "Body Feeling Export". This song was produced by Tetsuya Kokura, which was the first collaboration between Anyi and him. In fact, after watching a commercial advertisement on 1993, Tetsuya contacted Anshi. Through the contact with former producer Matsuura, Anshi can switch record companies and cooperate with Tetsuya Koike Naisi. The second single "Chasing Opportunities" produced by Tetsuya Koike was released two months later. This is the last single with the former group, and it has also become her first champion single, which has sold over one million. This also won her the 32nd Japan Golden Award. During the period of 1995 and 1996, Namie Amuro won the championship three times in a row, and sold millions of singles, including Chasing Opportunities, Don't Cry and You Are My Sunshine. Finally, these songs were included in the album Sweet 19 Blues released by 1996. This record has been a commercial success, with sales exceeding 3 million copies. At the same time, Namie Amuro's popularity has also increased. She participated in two films and became a representative figure in the trend circle. This fashion is called Amura AA 'a, which is characterized by brown skin, hair dyeing, mini skirts and boots. This fashionable scene is called "safe house phenomenon", and it also has influence in Asia. 1At the end of 996, Namie Amuro won the highest honor in the Japanese record industry-the grand prize. With the song "Don't WannaCry", she became the youngest singer to win this honor. Namie Amuro's first single "Can you celebrate? The sales volume in the first week has exceeded 800,000, and the final sales volume is about 2.29 million. This also makes it the highest-selling single in the history of Japanese female singers. In the same year, she released the single "How to Be a Girl" and the second album "Concentration 20", and she also held concerts in the Big Four in Japan. On August 3rd of the same year, the sales volume of Anshi's works reached 20 million. Later, at a news conference, Namie Amuro announced that she had married Maruyama Masaharu (also known as Sam, belonging to TRF) and had been pregnant for three months. At the end of the year, she won the Grand Prix again with the song "Can You Celebrate", made her last appearance at the Red and White Song Festival, and then dropped out of school for one year.

Personal and career struggle

1998 After giving birth to her son Wenda, Namie Amuro came back with the single "I have never seen it". A few days later, she appeared in the red and white song of the TV Festival and sang the song "Can you celebrate? In the first week of Oricon, new songs have always topped the list. Trip to Shanghai

Then on1March, 1999 17, Anshi released the single "Respect the Power of Love". On the same day, her mother was killed in Okinawa. After hearing the news, Namie Amuro canceled all publicity activities and flew back to Okinawa to identify the body. A week later, the single only won the second place, ending the position of the first consecutive single. After his comeback, he released the third single "Toi et Moi" in July of the same year, and soon there was another single-"Something about Kissing". The latter was developed by American Hip-Hop/R&; Produced by producer Dallas Austin. In collaboration with the long-time producer Tetsuya Kokura of Anshi, Austin released her first album Genius 2000 on June 5438+ 10, 2000. Although this album won the first place in Oricon in the first week after its release, it is also the first work that failed to sell millions after Namie Amuro moved to Aihui. Namie Amuro toured the album Genius 2000 in the first half of 2000. Then, in July, she released the single Never Ending. This song was also used at the G8 Summit held in Okinawa, Japan in the same year. Entrusted by former Japanese Prime Minister Keizo Obuchi, Tetsuya Koike was asked to compose a song, which "conveyed the message of longing for harmony and international interaction in the 20th century". After that, Obuchi hoped Anshi could sing at the meeting. Namie Amuro launched "Breaking the Rules" in the month of 65438+ at the end of February 2000. This album is not a commercial success, and it can only reach the second place at the highest. The sales volume is only 334,520, which is less than half of the previous album. Double A-sided singles "Breaking the routine" and "Remembering me/No more tears" were released on 200 1 and 1, and their highest ranking was only in the top ten downstream. From March, Namie Amuro toured Japan to promote "breaking the rules" and ended in May. In August, Namie Amuro released the single "Say the Word". This is the first time Anshi actively participated in the production of songs and wrote lyrics himself. This song unofficially marks the end of her collaboration with Tetsuya Kokura. In 65438+February, Anshi officially cooperated with Xiaoshi for the last time and released the single "Love It". This song is part of Aihui's Song+National Charity Project, and VERBAL of hip-hop group m-flo is also involved.

2002-2004: Image change

In 2002, Namie Amuro was completely addicted to Suite Chic, a Japanese R & amp；; Plan B. In which she and several Japanese hip-hop and R&; B artist cooperation. They released two singles, an album and a remix album. The project ended in 2003. In 2003, Namie Amuro returned to her personal activities and released the single More Shining. Later singles "Hands Up" and "So Crazy" were written by American R&; B Producers-Dallas Austin and Quanli respectively. At the end of the year, she released her first studio album "Style" in three years. From October 29th, 2003 to May 29th, 2004, she toured all over Asia. The tour, titled "Namie Amuro is so crazy", features the best singles from 2003 to 2004. She devoted herself to three concerts in Seoul and Taipei, Taiwan Province. Soon after, she released the popular lyric song "All for You", and also released the double A-side classic-Baby, don't cry in June 65438+1October 65438+April 2004.

Single "Girl's Dialogue/Speed Star". This work has achieved a high position in Oricon's daily list, and also won the second place in the same week. This became her first single in the top three in two years. At the end of 2004, Namie Amuro decided not to take part in the red and white singing contest, although she was invited to perform. Before that, she had been studying for nine years in a row. Anshi tends to restore her reputation, but she doesn't want to make a forced appearance in public.

2005-2006: a new beginning

After the Indian Ocean earthquake in 2004, Namie Amuro was the only Japanese who participated in MTV Asia Aid held in February 2005. She donated 654.38 million yen (about 90,000 US dollars) to UNICEF to help children affected by the earthquake. On April 6, 2005, the single "Want Me, Want Me" was released. The performance of this song is good, and it won the second place in the pop chart, which is the best performance in the past three years. In May 2005, after three years of divorce from her ex-husband, Sam, Anshi got back the custody of her son, Wenda. Before, they agreed that Sam was the only guardian. On May 29th of the same year, Namie Amuro performed at the MTV Music Awards Ceremony for the fourth consecutive year. She won two awards, including "Best R&; B-movies "and" the most impressive Asian artist ",this is the first time in four consecutive years that someone has won the MTV Music Award in Japan. Previously, she won the Japanese Inspiration Award in 2002, the Best Cooperation Award in 2003 and the Best R&D Award in 2004. B film ",in 2005 also won the" best R&; B films "and" the most impressive Asian artists ". On July 3rd, 2005, the sixth studio album "The Queen of Hip-Pop" was released. After working with MGM, Yasushi used cartoon characters of naughty leopard in his album. Corresponding female varieties are also created and used in the album. When the album was finished, Namie Amuro thought he didn't sing the song to the best. In September 2005, Namie Amuro held the 7th World Tour Concert "Hip-hop Space". At the beginning of the tour, she announced that she would contribute to the Japanese theatrical version of Sin City. After she watched the movie, Anshi made a suggestion to the Japanese publishing agency, hoping to sing the theme song of the movie. The company concerned thought that her image conformed to the film and accepted her suggestion. This song left a deep impression on the director robert rodriguez, and he hoped to participate in it. He said "Welcome to Sin City" at the end of the song. The theme song was named "Violet Sauce", which was later released on June 6, 2005 1 1. Soon after, she released Filmography 200 1-2005, which included her music videos from 200 1 to 2005. At the beginning of 2006, she collaborated with Zebra, AI and Mummy-D on the song "Do What You Should Do" in Zebra. In February, her musical image "〈WoWa〉" was nominated for "Best Female Image" in the Music Image Award of Space Shower TV, but lost to YUKI's "〈Joy〉". In May, she released "Can't sleep, can't eat, I'm sick /Ningyo". In August 2006, she started the "Best Tour in Namie Amuro" live concert tour in 2006. 17 In September, she performed at Yoyogi National Gymnasium in Tokyo, with an audience of 12000. She said that the performance in 2007 would be the best ever.

2007-present

2007 seems to be another new beginning for the office. At the beginning of the same year, Anshi released the single "Baby Don't Cry", which not only sold more than/kloc-0.0 million photos of Namie Amuro.

Moreover, she won millions of downloaded songs from RIAJ in Japan, which also set a record for all her works to enter Oricon Top 13 in a row, and she is a female record holder. Later, she also released the single "Fashionable Town". Her seventh original album Play was released on June 17, 2007. In this album, Anshi tried some R&; B music, even music with a little rock flavor, has brought great changes to her style and image, so this disc has won favorable comments. This album topped the public trust list in the first week, and it was the first time that she won the championship in seven years since Genius 2000. Play ranked first in the public trust list for two weeks in a row, with nearly 560,000 copies sold. Later, in March 2008, she released a new single "60s70s80s", which was adapted from three songs in 1960s, 1970s and 1980s. The three songs "NEW LOOK" and "ROCK STEADY" were all selected as the songs advertised by Vidal Sasson, and Anshi personally performed them. 60s70s80s appeared in the second place at the beginning of the week, but rose to the first place in the second week. This is the first time that Anshi won the championship since the release of the single "I have never seen it" 1998, with the highest initial record of-1 1 10,000. Up to now, 60s70s80s has sold nearly 300,000 copies. In 2008, An Shi was successful in music, and achieved good results in different types of voting, which shows that An Shi is very popular in Japan. The safe house in March and "Tibet &; Seek \u\u was awarded the "Best Female Singer Music Video Award" by 12 Space Shower Music Video Award 2008, and won the title of "Hide &: Seek was awarded the "Best R&D Award". "By the Japanese MTV music awards. B film. " She also won the first place in various polls, such as the little face beauty election, the boots beauty election and the best quality mother. Although the security room is busy, in order to take care of her son Wenda, she insists on getting off work before 6 pm and no longer takes other jobs, which shows her deep love for her son. In May, Anshi also collaborated with Japanese female singer DOUBLE on the song "Black Diamond", which was included in DOUBLE's album "Best Cooperation". In 2008, ORICON STYLE, a Japanese public trust ranking, published the list in the first half of the year. Anshi won the eighth place in the singles list with the single 60s70s80s, and the audio-visual DVD works won the twentieth place in the audio-visual comprehensive list and the sixth place in the music DVD list with the play tour of Namie Amuro 2007, with remarkable achievements. She is the only female singer in the top ten. I participated in 8 a-nation'08 concerts for the first time, from July 26th to July 30th, 365,438 * *, which attracted more than 25,000 people to enjoy her performance. This is the first time that she has been invited as a guest performer in seven years. In July, he announced the release of the best novel, including the single released from "Wish on the same star" in 2002 to "60s70s80s" in 2008, and added two new songs (Do Me More/Sexy Girl), totaling *** 17 songs and PV. "The Best Novel" was first developed at 68 10000, ranking second in sales this year. This album not only reached the top in the first week, but also successfully won the global record list. And this album has successfully won the championship on the public trust list for six weeks in a row. In addition, "Best Novel" also set an album record of exceeding one million sales this year, which is the million-selling album after the album "18 1920". The "Best Novel" also makes Anshi the only artist whose albums of the 10, 20th and 30th generations have sold over one million. Up to now, the sales volume of BEST FICTION in Japan has exceeded1700,000 units. IFPI recently released the sales list of global music albums in 2008, and Anshi won the 38th best novel award. 65438+ will release her eighth album The Past in February.