Ayumi Hamasaki (浜崎 あゆみ, Hamasaki Ayumi, also 浜崎歩) (born October 2, 1978) is a Japanese and former. 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, she moved to at fourteen to pursue a career in entertainment. In 1998, under the tutelage of CEO, she released a string of modestly selling singles that concluded with her 1999 debut album. The album debuted atop the charts and stayed there for four weeks, establishing her popularity in Japan.Because of her constantly changing image and tight control over her artistry, Hamasaki's popularity extends across Asia; music and fashion trends she has started have spread to countries such as,. She has appeared in or lent her songs to many advertisements and television commercials. Far cry 5 lord of the wings.
Though she originally supported the exploitation of her popularity for commercial purposes, she later reconsidered and eventually opposed her status as an Avex 'product'.Since her 1998 debut with the single ' ', Hamasaki has sold over 50 million records in Japan, ranking her among the best-selling singers in the country. As a female singer, Hamasaki holds several domestic records for her singles, such as the most number-one hits, the highest sales, and the most million-sellers.
From 1999 to 2009, Hamasaki had at least one single each year top the charts. Hamasaki is the first female singer to have eight studio albums since her debut to top the and the first artist to have a number-one album for 11 consecutive years since her debut.Life and music careerChildhood and early endeavors:Born in, Hamasaki was raised by her mother and grandmother. Her father had left the family when she was three and never again came into contact with her. Because her mother worked to support the family, Hamasaki was primarily taken care of by her grandmother.At age seven, Hamasaki began modeling for local institutions, such as banks, to supplement the family's income.
She continued this career path by leaving her family at fourteen and moving to Tokyo as a model under SOS, a talent agency. Her modeling career did not last long; SOS eventually deemed her too short for a model and transferred her to Sun Music, a musicians' agency. Under the name of 'Ayumi', Hamasaki released a rap album, on the label. She was dismissed from the label when the album failed to chart on the Oricon. After this failure, Hamasaki took up acting and starred in such as Ladys Ladys!!
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Soucho Saigo no Hi and such as Miseinen, which were poorly received by the public. Growing dissatisfied with her job, Hamasaki quit acting and moved in with her mother, who had recently moved to Tokyo.Hamasaki was initially a good student, earning good grades in. Eventually, she lost faith in the curriculum, thinking that the subjects taught were of no use to her. Her grades worsened as she refused to put her mind to her studies.
While living in Tokyo, she attempted to further her studies at Horikoshi Gakuen, a for, but dropped out in the first year. Because Hamasaki did not attend school or have a job, she spent much of her time shopping at boutiques and dancing at, an -owned disco club.At Velfarre, she was introduced to her future producer, through a friend. After hearing Hamasaki sing, Matsuura offered her a recording deal, but Hamasaki suspected ulterior motives and turned the offer down. He persisted and succeeded in recruiting her for the Avex label in the following year. Hamasaki started vocal training, but skipped most of her classes after finding her instructors to be too rigid and the classes dull. When she confessed this to Matsuura, he sent her to to train her vocals under another method.
During her foreign sojourn, Hamasaki frequently corresponded with Matsuura and impressed him with her style of writing. On her return to Japan, he suggested that she try writing her own lyrics.1998–1999: Rising popularityHamasaki made her debut under Avex on April 8, 1998 with the single ' '. It—and the following four singles—were not major hits. Hamasaki's debut album, (1999), was likewise 'unassuming': the tracks, composed by Yasuhiko Hoshino, Akio Togashi (of ), and Mitsuru Igarashi (of ), were 'cautious' songs. However, Hamasaki's lyrics, introspective observations about her feelings and experiences that focused on loneliness and individualism, resonated with the Japanese public.
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The songs gained Hamasaki a growing following, and the release of the album was a success: it topped the Oricon charts for five weeks and sold over a million copies. For her achievements, she earned a for 'Best New Artist of the Year'.With (March 1999), the first of a series of remix albums, Hamasaki began moving beyond the pop-rock of A Song for ×× and began to incorporate different styles including,. Hamasaki began to experiment with different musical styles in her singles as well, releasing dance tunes and ballads as well as remixes on the singles which spanned. The singles were milestones: Hamasaki earned her first number-one single (' ') and first million-selling single (' '). Her second studio album, (November 1999), not only topped the Oricon charts, it sold nearly 3 million copies. The album also showcased a change in Hamasaki's lyrics.
Though the lyrics of Loveppears still dealt with loneliness, many of them were written from a perspective. In support of Loveppears, she held her first tour, Ayumi Hamasaki Concert Tour 2000 A.2000–2002: Commercial peakFrom April to June 2000, Hamasaki released the 'Trilogy', a series of singles consisting of ' ', ' ', and ' '. The lyrics of these songs focused on hopelessness, a reflection of Hamasaki's disappointment that she had not expressed herself thoroughly in any of her previous lyrics and a sense of shame of her public image. Likewise, many of the songs she wrote for her subsequent studio album, (September 2000), involved feelings of loneliness, chaos, confusion, and the burden of her responsibilities. She described her feelings after the writing as 'unnatural' and 'nervous'. The musical style was darker as well; in contrast with Loveppears, Duty was a -influenced album with only one dance song, ' '. Duty resonated with fans: the 'Trilogy' were 'hit singles' ('Seasons' was a million-seller), and the album became Hamasaki's best-selling studio album.
At the end of 2000, Hamasaki held her first at the.In 2001, Avex forced Hamasaki to release her first compilation album, on March 28, putting the album in 'competition' with 's second studio album,. The 'competition' between the two singers (which both claimed was merely a creation of their record companies and the media) was supposedly the reason for the success of the albums; both sold over 5 million copies. In support of Duty and A Best, Hamasaki held a, making her one of few 'top-drawer' Japanese artists to hold a concert at the.(January 2002) marked several milestones for Hamasaki. Hamasaki increased her control over her music by composing all of the songs on the album under the pseudonym 'Crea', of which the 2000 single ' ' was the first. ' ' (November 2002) and ' ' (December 2001) were the exceptions. Also showed evolution in Hamasaki's lyrical style: it was a retreat from the themes of 'loneliness and confusion' of some of her earlier songs.
Moved by the, Hamasaki revised her vision of I Am., focusing on issues such as faith and world peace. 'A Song Is Born', in particular, was directly influenced by the events. The single, a duet with, was released as part of Avex's non-profit project, which raised money for charity. She also dropped the planned cover and opted instead to be portrayed as a 'peace muse', explaining,I had a completely different idea for the cover at first.
We'd already reserved the space, decided the hair and makeup and everything. But after the incident, as is typical of me, I suddenly changed my mind. I knew it wasn't the time for gaudiness, for elaborate sets and costumes. It sounds odd coming from me, but I realize what I say and how I look has a great impact.The outlook inspired by the September 11 attacks extended beyond I Am. In 2002, Hamasaki held her first concert outside Japan, at the music awards ceremony in Singapore, a move interpreted as the beginning of a campaign prompted by a sluggish Japanese market. At the ceremony, she received the award for 'Most Influential Japanese Singer in Asia'.
In support of I Am., Hamasaki held two tours,. In November 2002, as 'Ayu', she released her first European single, ' ', a song from I Am. Composed by DJ. It was released in on the Drizzly label. Hamasaki continued to release singles (all of them remixes of previously released songs) in Germany on Drizzly until 2004.In April 2002, Hamasaki released the single ' '. In collaboration with the magazine Free&Easy, Hamasaki also released Hamasaki Republic, a photobook that was actually a special issue of Free&Easy, in conjunction with the single. ' ', Hamasaki's next single, became the best-selling single of 2002.
Hamasaki released her last single of 2002, ' ', on September 26. In lieu of a regular-length music video, the short film, starring Hamasaki, was created for 'Voyage' and was released at a select theater in. Hamasaki's next studio album, (December 2002) was her first to use English lyrics. After performing at the 2002 MTV Asia music awards, Hamasaki felt that by writing only Japanese lyrics, she was not able to bring her 'message' to other countries. Realizing that English was a 'common global language', she included English lyrics in three songs. The album was stylistically diverse; Hamasaki included - and -influenced tracks as well as 'summery', 'up-tempo' and 'grand gothic' songs and experimented with new techniques such as choruses and the yells of an audience. The lyrics were also varied: themes in the album included freedom, the struggles of women, and 'a summer that ends in sadness'.2003–2006: Decline in salesIn 2003, Hamasaki released three singles, ' ', ' ', and ' '.
To celebrate the release of her thirtieth single ('Forgiveness'), Hamasaki held the concert at the Yoyogi National Gymnasium. Her mini-album (December 2003) was her first album to be released in CD+DVD format in addition to the regular CD-only format, a decision that came from her increased interest in the direction of her music videos.
Like her previous albums, Memorial Address topped the Oricon chart and sold over a million copies. Sales of Hamasaki's singles began to wane. Although all three of the album's singles topped the Oricon charts, '&' was Hamasaki's last single to sell over 500,000 copies.By the end of her, 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 over her last two studio albums (which she thought had been rushed), this led her to begin work on (December 2004) early.
In contrast with her previous albums, My Story had no set theme, nor did Hamasaki attempt to write 'something good' or even 'something that would give people hope'; rather, she simply wrote freely and honestly. As a result, the album contained mostly autobiographical lyrics about her emotions and reminiscences of her career. She approached the composition of the music with the same freedom per the lyrics. Because she liked rock music, the album had notable rock overtones. She was so pleased with the result that she declared My Story the first album she felt satisfied with. My Story and its singles, ' ', ' ', and ' ', all topped the weekly Oricon charts; moreover, With sales of 1,131,776 units, My Story became Hamasaki's last million-selling studio album according to Oricon.
From January to April 2005, Hamasaki held the nationwide, her first album-based tour. Also in January, she began working with to create, a version of My Story; the album served as an 'alter-ego' of the mostly aggressive My Story. The orchestra also created a classical version of 'A Song Is Born', which was included on My Story Classical and which Hamasaki performed at the opening of the.(January 2006), Hamasaki's seventh studio album, showed new musical directions.
Wanting to sing a tune like those of the group, Hamasaki obtained the permission of Sweetbox composer Roberto 'Geo' Rosan to use demo songs he had intended to use in Sweetbox's. She edited the songs to fit her personal vision, rewriting the lyrics and rearranging some of the songs. The result was more musically diverse than the previous album; (Miss)understood included ballads, and rock songs. All of (Miss)understood's singles reached the top of the Oricon; 'Bold & Delicious' became Hamasaki's twenty-fifth number-one single, tying her with for the record of most number-one singles by a solo female artist.
Though (Miss)understood also reached the top of the charts, Oricon stated that it sold fewer than a million copies—Hamasaki's first studio album to do so. In support of the album, Hamasaki held the, which spanned three months with thirty concerts, from on March 11, 2006 to on June 11, 2006.Hamasaki's first single of 2006, ' ', became Hamasaki's twenty-sixth number-one single, setting a new record for most number-one singles held by a solo female artist. The subsequent studio album, was released in November 2006. 'Secrets' was, appropriately, the theme of the album; the album also explored strong female figures, love, and sadness; songs depicted the artist's struggles and were written to encourage females.
Although Secret was originally intended to be a mini-album, Hamasaki 'began brimming with things to say' while producing the album and wrote five more songs. The album consisted mostly of rock songs and ballads; to complement these, Hamasaki experimented with new vocal techniques. The album also topped the Oricon weekly charts, making Hamasaki the only artist to have eight consecutive number-one studio albums. Her sales, however, continued to decline: according to both Oricon and the RIAJ, Secret failed to sell a million copies.2007–present: Market beyond JapanOn February 28, 2007, Hamasaki released, a pair of compilation albums containing songs from I Am. To (Miss)understood.
The two versions, and, debuted at the first and second positions on the Oricon weekly charts, making Hamasaki the first female artist in thirty-six years to hold the top two positions on any Oricon album chart. At the end of 2007, the pair became Japan's fifth and seventh best-selling albums of the year respectively. In support of A Best 2 and Secret, Hamasaki held the four-month-long from March to the end of June.
It was her first international tour, and aside from Japan, she performed in,. Her foreign fanbase highly anticipated the concerts, and tickets for the Taipei and Hong Kong performances sold out in less than three hours.In July 2007, Hamasaki released her first single in over a year, ' '. A short film, was used as the music video for 'Glitter' and 'Fated'. The film, shot in, co-starred Hong Kong actor as Hamasaki's romantic interest. 'Glitter/Fated' and the following single ' ' reached the top of their respective charts, continuing Hamasaki's streak of number-one singles. In December, Hamasaki released her first digital-only single, ' ', which topped the RIAJ's monthly download chart.
Unlike its predecessors, the writing of Hamasaki's ninth studio album, (January 2008), was not an emotional experience for her, nor did it have a set theme. However, she said later that the album's tracks appeared to tell a story. Most of the songs were dark; the album had a notable rock tinge. It contained some upbeat dance tracks and ballads, though the latter also had rock overtones. Guilty peaked at the number-two position on the weekly Oricon charts, making it Hamasaki's first studio album not to reach the top. Guilty was later released as a digital album in twenty-six countries outside Japan, nineteen of them Western nations.
That, along with Hamasaki's decision to employ western DJs such as for her 2008 remix albums and, has been interpreted as her first step into the global market.In April 2008, to commemorate her tenth anniversary in Avex, Hamasaki released the single ' '; it topped the Oricon, making Hamasaki the only female solo artist to have a number-one single every year for ten consecutive years. Hamasaki also held her second tour of Asia, to celebrate her tenth anniversary.
From April until June, she toured Japan, holding seventeen concerts. Taiwan, Hong Kong, and Shanghai were again the foreign stops after the domestic performances. On September 10, 2008, Hamasaki released, a compilation album that includes the A-sides of all her singles along with previously unreleased footage from her concerts.Hamasaki's next two singles, ' ' (December 2008) and ' ' (February 2009), continued Hamasaki's streak of number-one singles. 'Rule' is used as the international theme song for the film. The subsequent studio album, was released on March 25, 2009 in several formats: CD, CD+DVD, 2CD+DVD and a two-. Next Level reached the top of the Oricon charts, making Hamasaki the only artist to have a number-one album every year for eleven years in a row since her debut. However, the album was only certified, making it Hamasaki's lowest-selling studio album.
On August 12, 2009, Hamasaki released her forty-sixth single, ' '. 'Sunrise (Love Is All)', one of the, is being used as the opening theme song for the Dandy Daddy? With over 75,000 copies sold, it ranked #1 on the first week of the sales charts, becoming her 21st consecutive (33rd total) number-one single. Overall, it is also her 44th single to enter the Top 10, putting her ahead of Southern All Stars, SMAP, ZARD, and B'z for the current record. Hamasaki's third single of the year, ' ', was released on December 29, 2009.