Ayumi Hamasaki (浜崎 あゆみ Ayumi Hamasaki born in Fukuoka, Japan at October 2, 1978), otherwise known as "Ayu" by her fans, is a most famous singer woman in Japan. Ayu was also labelled as the "queen of Japanese pop" by her fans because of her success.
Since its debut in 1998 with her first single "poker face", so far she has sold more than 50 million copies of albums and singles only in Japan. She has released 10 studio albums, 47 singles, one mini-album, 5 compilation albums under the label Avex Trax which has resulted in many hits and occupied the top of the top of the music charts in Japan. She is the most successful female solo artist and as well as the second most successful artist in the history of Japanese music industry. With her 40th singles, "Blue Bird", she has exceeded the record-breaking sales figures singles that reached 20 million copies.
With the release of her 39th single, "Startin / Born To Be ..." in 2006, Hamasaki has become the first female artist who has 32 singles who sits at number 1 famous Japanese charts Oricon.
Ayumi has also been awarded the Grand Prix Japan Record Taishou, a kind of Japanese Grammy Award 3 times in a row. But in 2004 he refused the award for her single "Inspire", due to conflicts in Avex between Max Matsuura with Tatsumi Yoda. After that, Ayu also often refused to award designated for her because Ayu wanted to provide opportunities for other young singers.
At 2007 Ayu released a compilation album A BEST 2 in 2 versions of BLACK and WHITE. The sales of both albums in its first week break till 945,000 copies, and with the release of this album, Hamasaki became the first artist who can make a sales record with 2 albums released and can achieved rank 1 & 2 in music chart in Japan after 37 years no one could make such a record.
0 comments:
Post a Comment