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Ayumi Hamasaki Profile |
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Birth Date: October 2, 1978
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Birth Place: Fukuoka, Japan
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Birth Name: Ayumi Hamasaki
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Height: 5'2"
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Biography |
Ayumi Hamasaki is an award-winning
J-Pop singer. Commonly known just as "Ayu", Ayumi Hamasaki
is one of the most popular and influential Japanese pop
singers in Japanese music history, and is dubbed “The
Empress of Pop”. She was born and raised in Fukuoka and
moved to Tokyo to pursue a career in the entertainment
industry. Since her debut in 1998 with her first single
poker face, she has sold more than 50 million records, with
the releases of her eight full-length studio albums, one
mini-album, four compilation albums, 41 singles, and several
non-studio albums, being the top selling solo and female
artist and the fourth top selling Japanese artist in
history. With the release of her 40th single Blue Bird,
Hamasaki's single sales have passed the 20 million mark,
making her the first solo and female singer to reach that
milestone.
With the release of her 39th single Startin' / Born to be...
in 2006, Hamasaki became the first, and so far the only,
female singer to have 27 #1 singles and 38 singles in the
Top 10 of the Japanese Oricon charts. She has 15 consecutive
#1 singles to date (starting from Free & Easy). Hamasaki is
also the first Japanese artist to have her first original
eight studio albums top the charts. |
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Other
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Grew up in a single parent home with mother and grandmother.
Is currently the highest earning entertainer in Japan
(2002).
Spokesmodel of AUBE cosmetics.
Spokesmodel of HONDA.
Spokesmodel of KOSE cosmetics.
Spokesmodel of Lycos Japan.
Spokesmodel of MORIGANA (food company).
Spokesmodel of Takano Yuri Beauty Clinic.
Spokesmodel of TU-KA handsets.
Started modeling since age 7.
Was the first artist to have 4 singles on the Japan top 10
charts simultaneously.
Won MTV Asia's Best Female Artist Award (2002).
Female artist in Japan with the most units of singles sold:
17.4 million copies to date.
Big fan of Madonna.
She can write with left and right hands. |
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