Ayumi Hamasaki

Ayumi Hamasaki () is a Japanese singer of Jpop born the October 2nd 1978, it is called Ayu . It influences many young people in Japan.

It is one of most influential the singer of Jpop. It is the largest saleswoman as a singer solo with the Japan.

She writes the words of her Chanson S. Ayumi has composed several of her songs in the albums “ I amndt… ” and “ RAINBOW ” under the pseudonym CREATED , the name of one of its four dogs. Masato “max” Matsuura is its producer since the beginning of his career.

Since the beginning of its career in 1998, Ayumi left 9 albums and 43 individual originals which represent a repertory of 126 songs. In parallel left about fifteen compilations Remix S various musical genres: Trance , Euromix or Techno carried out by DJ; one counts among most known Junkie XL and Hybrid.

It ran out more than 50 million discs in Japan and even in other Asian country like China, Korea, Taiwan. Its activity represented up to 50% of the turnover of its recording company Avex trax. The album “ has Best ” is the sixth larger success of sales of albums of all times in Japan with approximately 4.300.000 sold specimens. Since 2001 - 2002 approximately, the sales of its discs decrease, like their rate/rhythm of exit and their promotion, at the same time as the market of the music regresses with the Japan. Individual “the Servant boys & Girls ”, “ has ”, “ SEASONS ”, “ M ”, “ H ” were the individual ones to cross the bar of the million sales to the Japan.

Ayumi even made a short appearance in Europe with the Remix of “ M ” by Above & Beyond and the other individual ones left in Germany under the pseudonym Ayu at '' Drizzly Records ''.

Biography

Ayumi Hamasaki was born the October 2nd 1978 with Fukuoka with the Japan. His/her mother and her grandmother raised it, because his/her father disappeared a few years after his birth (it devoted besides to him a song Teddy Bear ). For food reasons, it becomes mannequin, but it hardly likes this trade, it played in some films and it stopped a little later. It is out of nightclub that it will become acquainted with the producer max Matsuura who will ask him to become singer. Its initial reaction was noncategorical. Nevertheless it succeeds in convincing it. She carried out a stay with New York, where she follows courses of songs, before leaving an album “ NOTHING FROM NOTHING ” style R&B in 1995 (which is not in the official discography of Ayumi) but which have that very little success then its producer will require of him to write his songs itself. Then its first individual will leave to Japan ( Poker Face ).

Its first album “ has Song For XX ” left in 1999 immediately put it on the front of the scene, with its 1.400.000 sold specimens.

Ayumi will assemble on scene starting from 2000 " Concert Turn 2000 A".

It presented its emission “AYU READY? ” of the October 12th 2002 with the March 20th 2004. Its contract not having been renewed, the emission stops with the 64e emission and created in 2002 its mascot Ayupan.

Ayumi has its own brand of clothing: MTRLG, an abbreviation of Material Girl, which is a reference to Madonna, its idol.

Several of its songs are used in publicities with the Japan as for Panasonic, Mo, Kose, Morinaga, etc…

Discography

See: Discography of Ayumi Hamasaki

Rewards

See too

Jpop
Ayupan

External bonds

ayumi hamasaki official official site
ayumi hamasaki fanclub " TEAM Ayu"

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