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ALBUMBYE-BYE - SingleAyumi Hamasaki
Albums by Ayumi Hamasaki
ALBUMRemember youAyumi Hamasaki
ALBUMCyber TRANCE presents ayu trance 2 (COMPLETE EDITION)Ayumi Hamasaki
ALBUMLOVEppears / appears -20th Anniversary Edition- (1)Ayumi Hamasaki
ALBUMTROUBLE (Instrumental/Acappella)Ayumi Hamasaki
ALBUMM(a)de In Japan浜崎あゆみ
ALBUMWinter Diary - A7 Classical浜崎あゆみ
ALBUMA OneAyumi Hamasaki
ALBUMLove ClassicsAyumi Hamasaki
ALBUMColours浜崎あゆみ
ALBUMLOVE again浜崎あゆみ
Ayumi Hamasaki's Popular Music Videos
BLUE BIRD
Ayumi Hamasaki
Song 4 u
Ayumi Hamasaki
progress
Ayumi Hamasaki
Evolution ~ Surreal (Ayumi Hamasaki Arena Tour 2016 A ~M(a)de in Japan)
浜崎あゆみ
A Song for XX
浜崎あゆみ
Rule
Ayumi Hamasaki
M (Above & Beyond remix)
Ayumi Hamasaki
Mad World
浜崎あゆみ
SURREAL ~ evolution ~ SURREAL(ayumi hamasaki COUNTDOWN LIVE 2014-2015 A Cirque de Minuit)
Ayumi Hamasaki
Moments
Ayumi Hamasaki
Artist Playlists
Ayumi Hamasaki Essentials
J-pop megastar who has left a major imprint in Asia with her massive voice.
Ayumi Hamasaki Video Essentials
Ayumi Hamasaki: Deep Cuts
Artist Biography
For most of her career, Ayumi Hamasaki has been the ubiquitous face of Japanese pop. In sales terms, the singer, songwriter, and style icon has outdone all other solo J-pop artists. Artistically, she has achieved her near-divine stature through a seemingly guileless yet carefully calibrated blend of vulnerability, integrity, and passion—and a gritty determination to rock, no matter the cost. Born in Fukuoka in 1978, Ayu moved to Tokyo at 14 and, after a short-lived film and TV career, achieved record-industry liftoff with her 1999 major-label debut, A Song for XX. Since then, Ayu has created a steady stream of dance-floor-friendly hits and touching ballads, with 12 of her first 14 albums topping the Japanese charts. Always evolving, Ayu’s original pop-rock sound eventually integrated trance, metal, hip-hop, and anything else that caught her ear. High-concept videos and elaborate costumes (such as an ivy-draped torso or a casual take on French royalty) add color and drama to her avowals of guilt, doubt, loneliness, and, ultimately, survival that resonate so strongly with fans. As early, reflective blockbusters Loveppears and Duty gave way to entreaties for peace and understanding on 2002's I Am..., for which she composed all the music, Ayu started showing the complexity that would ensure her longevity. Numerous album-length remix projects extended her aural reach into head-banging dance pop, notably on 2002's hour-long collection of "Evolution" remixes. In 2008, Hamasaki revealed she’s suffered permanent hearing loss, but that hasn’t stopped her from continuing to expand her sound on albums such as 2016’s M(a)de in Japan, which integrated traditional Japanese instrumentation with galvanizing dance-pop melodrama; performing live; and living up to her reputation as the Empress of J-pop.
Hometown
Fukuoka, Japan
Genre
J-Pop