安室奈美恵


the basics

NAMIE AMURO / 092077 (VIRGO) / OKINAWA, JAPAN

  • ageless queen of j-pop, dancer, actress, model, entrepreneur
  • active from 1992-2018
  • former member of super monkey's and suite chic
  • only female artist to have a million-selling record in their teens, 20s, and 30s.
  • record holder for best selling female solo single, "CAN YOU CELEBRATE?".
  • has had all her singles chart somewhere in the top 10 for the past 18 years.
  • world Music Award winner for "Best Asian Artist".
  • 12th Best Selling Artist in Japanese History (4th for Female Solo Artists)
  • winner of two Japan Gold Record Awards (for "Don't wanna cry" and "CAN YOU CELEBRATE?")

    • can go from adorable smile


    to killer resting bitch face.





    https://entwines.tumblr.com/post/14735830923/saikyoubabe-how-you-know-you-are-watching-a

    discography

    studio albums:

  • Dance Tracks Vol. 1 (1995)
  • Sweet 19 Blues (1996)
  • Concentration 20 (1997)
  • Genius 2000 (2000)
  • Break the Rules (2000)
  • STYLE (2003)
  • Queen of Hip-Pop (2005)
  • PLAY (2007)
  • Past < Future (2009)
  • Uncontrolled (2012)
  • FEEL (2013)
  • Genic (2015)

    • compilation albums:

  • Original Tracks Vol. 1 (1996)
  • 181920 (1998)
  • Love Enhanced Single Collection (2002)
  • Best Fiction (2008)
  • Checkmate! (2011)
  • Ballada (2014)
  • Finally (2017)

    • namie amuro was the first native asian artist i ever listened to. i got into her music randomly in 2008, when i saw the hide & seek video posted in a mariah carey post on ontd about the japanese vmas.



    i thought the song was pretty cool, but didn't know what to make of the use of english words with japanese ones. nevertheless, i looked her up on youtube as a lot of her stuff was on there at the time (before avex started cracking down and only uploading a minute of the music videos). i listened to the play album and loved it. from there i only got more and more into her music and eventually listened to majority of her discography. favorites are play, past < future, concentration 20, queen of hip-pop (yes, hip-POP) and best fiction.

    favorite songs

  • concentration 20 (make you alright)
  • how to be a girl
  • whisper
  • private
  • the entire play album
  • bad habit
  • wild
  • dr.
  • defend love
  • rock u
  • luvotomy
  • what a feeling
  • alive


    • i know nothing about inuyasha, but i know some people know this song from it.









    namie's style

    when namie went solo after splitting from the super monkey's in the mid 90's she became an instant sensation in japan. her style, which included tanned skin, lip-liner, short skirts and chunky boots, made her a fashion icon to her followers who were known as amuraa.








    https://lovenhanced.tumblr.com/post/82947409012/lets-do-the-motion-1996

    links/resources