安室奈美恵

j-pop

安室奈美恵 (Namie Amuro), born September 20, 1977, is a retired Japanese pop artist from Okinawa, Japan. She is one of the best-selling artists ever in Japan with total sales of approximately 38,000,000 singles and albums. She has released 12 studio albums, 7 compilation albums and 47 singles, as of November 2018. She initially debuted in 1992 as the lead singer of SUPER MONKEY'S, with fellow Okinawa Actors School classmates MAX as back dancers. After the group disbanded, she eventually had her solo debut in 1995 on the Avex Trax label with the Tetsuya Komuro produced single Body Feels EXIT, which was an instant hit. The following singles Chase the Chance, Don't wanna cry and You're my sunshine all sold 1 million copies during a short period of time. In 1996, Namie released her debut solo album SWEET 19 BLUES which sold 3.8 millions of copies throughout Japan and broke sales records at the time. It is the 12th most selling album of all time in Japan. At the end of 1996 she won the Grand Prix Award, the highest honor at the Japan Record Awards, for Don't wanna cry. Another monumental release for Amuro was 1997's CAN YOU CELEBRATE?, which was the best selling release of the year, and remains the best-selling physically released single by a solo female artist in Japan. In 1997, Namie shocked everyone when she announced that SAM (from the band TRF) and she were getting married and that she was pregnant. Namie took a break from the entertainment business and her son, Har...