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, 1978
, Japan
, Pop music, Rock music, Trance, Eurobeat, Techno, Alternative dance, Gospel, Classical music
–Present
, (miss)understood
singer. Commonly known just as Ayu (or respectively called Ayu-sama by much of her Japanese fan base), Ayumi Hamasaki is one of the most prolific and influential J-pop singers in Japanese music history, and is dubbed "the Empress of J-Pop".
Since her debut in 1998 with her first single "poker face (song) ", she has sold more than 46 million copies, with the releases of her seven full-length studio albums, one mini-album, two compilation albums, 40 singles, and several non-studio albums, being the fourth top selling Japanese artist in the history of Japan. http://wiki.theppn.org/All_Time_Top_50_Sales_%28Japan%29 With the release of her 40th single "BLUE BIRD ", Hamasaki's single sales have passed the 20 million markhttp://www.oricon.co.jp/news/rankmusic/26124/, making her the first solo and female singer to do so.
With the release of her 39th single "Startin' / Born To Be... " in 2006, Hamasaki became the first female singer to have 27 #1 singles (the most #1 singles a Japanese female artist has ever achieved) and 38 singles in the Top 10 of the Japanese Oricon charts. She is also the first Japanese artist to have her first original seven studio albums top the charts, though amazingly, none has ever reached #1 yearly.
Ayumi has also won the Grand Prix at the Japan Record Taishou (the Japanese equivalent of the Grammys) three times in a row, from 2001-2003. She refused to be nominated in 2004 due to the Avex-Matsuura incident (see Ayumi Hamasaki#MY STORY era). Ayumi Hamasaki no longer accepts awards.
Profile
Stage Name: :Like many other Japanese stars, in public Ayumi Hamasaki writes her name with kanji and hiragana. Real Name: :Ayumi's name "歩" or "あゆみ" (Ayumi ) means "walker ," "walking (forward) ," or "pace ." :Her last name "濱崎" (Hamasaki ) means "Seashore peninsula" Bloodtype: A Height: 156 cm / 5'1" http://ayumi.primenova.com/profile.php Weight: 40 kg / 88 lbs Measurement: 31/20.5/32 (B80W53H82) Favorite Female Entertainers: Keiko (Globe), Rie Miyazawa, Seiko Matsuda, Madonna Favorite Actors: Nicolas Cage, Rie Miyazawa
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Early life
Although Ayumi lived with her mother, she was primarily raised by her grandmother. She has vague recollections of her father as he left the family at around the time she was two, and she has not seen him since. She grew up in a very liberal household where she was expected to do what was right for her without her mother intervening in her affairs, since her mother was always out working to support the family.
In her youth, Hamasaki started her modeling career as a model for a local bank. During high school, she was considered a delinquent because of her dyed hair and short skirts which were considered extremely unconventional in Japan at that time. She did not enjoy her time at school much and did not get along well with the teachers. Suprisingly, she found studying chemistry a very easy thing to do, but she eventually dropped it, as she realised that it doesn't seem nessesary to make a living.
Occasionally, Hamasaki would go from home Fukuoka to Tokyo for short periods of time, to do various modeling jobs and during her stays, she would make friends with people she met at work. After graduating from junior high school, she had her mind made up to go to a senior high school in Tokyo. She took entrance exams to Horikishi Gakuen (art/entertainers school) together with her friends, and she was the only one to fail — much to the surprise of herself and the school.
Showbusiness in Tokyo
When taking the entrance exams again, meanwhile Ayumi ventured from her former talent agency SOS (targeted mostly at young models) to Sun Music, because the chief of SOS felt she would not do well because of her short height and would do much better in other activities, such as appearing on television.
Hamasaki reportedly used the pseudonym Kurumi Hamazaki once during her works, as she acted in low budget dramas like Miseinen and b-movies like Sumo momo momo ; however, she did not find success.
Hamasaki recalls the times of her activities in showbusiness as a terrible period. She felt she simply couldn't quit her agency as she lived in the agency dormitory at the time, and she needed her jobs to make a living. She remembers the feelings of confusion when acting in dramas with people she had seen on television back in Fukuoka. Also, inability to understand many of the girls in the business, who would often make impression of being silly on Ayumi, as they acted flamboyantly towards photographers during photoshoot works and were often selfish — which resulted in having a lot more boys as friends rather than girls.
In order to release pressure and forget about the confusion, Ayumi would spend her free time wandering the streets of Tokyo, shopping, and dancing at clubs in the Shibuya, Tokyo district with her friends.
She finally decided to leave show business after finding out about certain aspects that did not feel right to her — many photos from some of her photo shoots were not used afterwards, and while working on television productions, not all of the footage would end up in the final product.
She also decided to quit her school, something she vaguely remembers by sending a fax message with the words "I quit." written on paper. The reason for quitting was because she did not want to see the people and teachers anymore, feeling conspicuous among them, as her appearance and looks were different to others' in the entertainment school.
Around the time when Hamasaki dropped out of both high school and talent agency, where her contract was soon to expire, her mother was coming to Tokyo to start a new job. Ayumi went on to live with her together in the apartment her mother rented. As peaceful days entered her life again, she would once more go back to spending long hours on having fun with friends in fashionable places in Tokyo's entertainment districts.
As an artist
The first steps Ayumi gave on music was in the rap scene. On December 1, 1995 Hamasaki's first album along side with Dohzi-T, DJ Bass Nothing from Nothing was released. There's poor information about this era in Ayu's life but it is known that there was virtually no promotion for the album. After failing to chart in Oricon, the project was most probably dropped by the company Nippon Columbia.
Hamasaki met her future producer, Max Matsuura in a disco club called Velfarre.Empress of Pop, which was owned by the Avex company. As she had not known him nor seen him in person, when she was introduced to him as to the executive director of Avex, due to confusion — as she heard he was very young — she mistakenly greeted a person sitting next to him. She later met Matsuura again, at a lowbrow karaoke bar, and while she was singing random songs, he picked one song for her to sing (which was by Tetsuya Komuro). Afterwards, he asked Hamasaki if she wanted to pursue a singing career. Not feeling confident in singing, she stated firmly that she didn't want to.
Later soon, Hamasaki lost contact with Matsuura. She had given him her phone number before, so he left few messages on her answering machine, but as she quickly forgot his name, she didn't do anything about it. One day, when she was walking through the center street of Shibuya, she received a phone call from Avex. She was put through to Matsuura and as they talked, she initially expressed new interest in doing singing, because she didn't have any other activities, but as Matsuura mentioned vocal training and singing classes, she resigned again. A week later, she changed her mind once more and went to Avex offices herself.
Hamasaki was contracted to take vocal training in Tokyo but she stopped attending as she found it too rigid. She kept skipping the classes but didn't tell Matsuura about it. When he started calling her, she would switch off the phone, knowing that she'd be asked about the trainings. When he finally found out, for a more relaxed atmosphere Matsuura sent Hamasaki to New York, an event she would later say was exactly what she needed. Impressed by the writing style in her letters to him, Matsuura suggested that she try her hand at writing her own lyrics for her songs.
A Song for XX and LOVEppears era
Hamasaki has never had any formal instruction in lyric writing, but is able to draw on her emotions to write her lyrics. Her producer, Max Matsuura has stated repeatedly that she has a gift which only develops with practice and that it is highly unusual for such a young artist to be so articulate and mature in her writings. Also, Hamasaki's song writing abilities have been repeatedly compared to those of Utada Hikaru, although their styles are in fact markedly different.
In 1998, Ayumi's debut single, "poker face ", was released. The single debuted #22 on the Oricon charts and sold 43,000 copies, and started to gain more fame since then. At the release of her 3rd single, "Trust (Ayumi Hamasaki song) ", she got into the Top 10 of the charts for the first time. "Depend on You " which is Hamasaki's 5th single was the main theme of videogame Thousand Arms. She got her first #1 spot on the charts with her debut album "A Song for XX ", released on January 1, 1999. The album quickly became certified platinum.
Her first #1 single also came in 1999 with the release of "LOVE ~Destiny~ ", song produced by Tsunku. Since the release of the 9th single, "Boys & Girls (Ayumi Hamasaki song) ", her singles changed format from 8 cm to 12 cm discs (which could hold more data), following the trend of the music industry. As a result her singles began to feature more tracks, namely, remix tracks. "Boys & Girls " its first week didn't get the 1st spot on the charts (Mainly because of known rival Ami Suzuki and her single "Be Together "), but in the second week she reached the 1st place; the single is her first certified platinum. "BE TOGETHER" ended up selling around 800,000 copies total. However, "Boys & Girls (Ayumi Hamasaki song) " sold over one million copies.
Her 10th single "A " is at the moment her best-selling maxi with more than 1,600,000 copies sold. Oricon recently announced "'A'" as the 6th highest selling single from a female artist during the last 10 years.", released in March of the following year. The song Trauma was also a popular hit.
Duty era
In 2000, she became a spokeswoman for KOSE, a cosmetics company in Japan. When she appeared in commercials to promoted Kose's lipsticks, a record 500,000 lipsticks were sold in only two days.Empress of Pop
Her single " vogue", which was used as background music, also benefitted from this commercial, selling over 700,000 copies. She also became a spokesperson for TU-KA and promoted their cell phones. At this moment she was already very popular, being featured in articles about her successful life and style.
From April to June of 2000, she released one single per month, " vogue", " Far away", and " Seasons (song)", which would later be coined as The Trilogy because of the similar themes in lyrics and connected music videos. September saw the release of her third full-length album Duty (album). Duty, like her previous studio albums, topped the charts and went on to sell 3,000,000 copies, making it her highest selling original studio album. On the same day, the limited pressing single, " Surreal (song)", was released, and it also topped the charts, and with her " Ayumi Hamasaki Concert Tour 2000 A" also topping the DVD charts that week, it made her the first artist to top three charts on the same week.
A BEST & I am... era
To round off the year 2000, the single " M" was released, and became her fourth million selling single, selling over 1,300,000 copies. The song " M" saw Hamasaki take more creative control of her music, as she started to compose some of her songs under the pseudonym CREA. Following year, a controversy was started when her compilation album " A Best"'s release date was changed to put her in direct competition with Utada Hikaru's second album Distance. Though Distance topped the charts first week, A BEST topped the following week, and although both albums sold over 4,000,000 copies, this change staggered the sales of both albums. " Distance" and " A BEST" were the 1st and 2nd best selling albums of 2000 respectively.
However, it was made clear in interviews that it was not her wish to release the best album, as she felt that a best album seems to indicate the end of a career. Matters were made worse with all the public attention on the "competition" between the two.
Later in 2001, her second eurobeat remix album became the second remix album in Japanese history to top the charts, following MISIA (Japanese singer)'s " LITTLE TOKYO". When her 4th album's release was delayed, stock prices for avex trax began to decrease, showing the amount of influence she wielded. It was estimated around that time that she was responsible for 40% of the avex trax's profit. In December, her duet with Keiko of Globe (band) was released as a single for avex's nonprofit project, Song Nation, which raised money for the victims of the 9/11 terrorist attacks. On the first day of 2002, her fourth album I am... was released, and like its predecessors LOVEppears and Duty, it achieved double-platinum status, with sales of 2.3 million copies.
A BALLADS and RAINBOW era
The release of " Free & Easy" in April saw a complete shift in the trend of Hamasaki's singles, away from multiple remix tracks. The single only featured two remixes alongside the title track. The single also threatened to break her string of consecutive number ones, as Mai Kuraki's " Feel fine!" single (released on the same date), briefly topped the daily charts. However, " Free & Easy" eventually claimed the top spot only the weekly chart. Her fifth platinum single " H" was released in July of that year. Like " A", this single featured multiple a-sides; however, unlike " A", this single did not contain any remixes. Her followup single " Voyage" had an extended music video to promote it - a short film titled Tsuki ni Shizumu (or Sinking into the Moon), which featured Hamasaki acting for the first time since her idol days.
The much-hyped studio album " RAINBOW" was released in December. Though " RAINBOW" broke the one million mark in the first week, it was the first of Hamasaki's albums since " A Song for XX" to not reach double-platinum status. The album featured more of CREA songwriting and composition like the previous album, and saw her first use of English phrases in her songs (other than her song " LIMIT" on her first album " NOTHING FROM NOTHING"). The album had a massive promotional campaign, where the buyers of the more-expensive initial pressings could access a password-only website that featured a part of the instrumental version of the title track " RAINBOW" that was not on the album. Once accessed, fans could submit their own lyrics and suggestions for the song. Over 100,000 people accessed the website. The song was later featured on her ballad compilation album " A Ballads", which was released on March 2003. Though promoted extremely well, " A BALLADS" experienced slow but steady sales, and has recently passed the million threshold. Many of the songs on the album had already been featured on her previous compilation album, " A Best", and the album featured only two new songs, possibly leading to these low sales. " A BALLADS" is Hamasaki's second lowest selling album in her avex discography.
Memorial address era
In July, " &" was released - her first single in nine months. Like the single " H", " &" featured three prominent tracks, but also featured the b-side "theme of a-nation '03". This was Hamasaki's last single to sell over 500,000 units on the Oricon Charts. The follow up single, " forgiveness" would continue Hamasaki's string of number one singles, but underperformed saleswise in contrast to her previous efforts, barely selling 220,000 copies in contrast to the sales of " &", which netted sales of over 570,000. After the releases of the " forgiveness" (August) and " No way to say" (November) singles, she released her first mini-album, " Memorial address", which only featured three new songs. " Memorial address" was unique because all of the songs, except for the title track (which was a bonus track), had a music video. " Memorial address" was also her first album to be available in CD only or CD+DVD formats. Memorial address made her the only female solo artist to have a mini-album go platinum.
MY STORY era
In the spring of 2004, Hamasaki released " Moments (song)" in both a CD only and CD+ DVD combination, something which she remains to do now. It was featured in her last Kose Visee commercial before her contract with the cosmetics company ended. In July that year, internal strife in her recording company, Avex Trax, occurred. A feud between Max Matsuura and Yoda, an executive at Avex Trax, caused chaos and also sparked rumors that Hamasaki and other popular artists in Avex Trax including Hiroko Shimabukuro, Every Little Thing, hitomi, and Do As Infinity might leave the record company. As a result, the stock prices for Avex Trax began to plunge; when Hamasaki sided with Matsuura (stating that whatever he does, she would do too), Yoda ended up resigning, effectively ending the feud. However, because of this, she also announced she would not participate in the major music rewards anymore.
In December of 2004, she released her sixth studio album " MY STORY" which was certified platinum, selling over 574,000 copies in the first week, and netting sales of over 1,140,000 copies, making it the second highest selling female album of the 2005 Oricon year.
(miss)understood era
Her highly-anticipated 35th single, " STEP you/is this LOVE?", was released in April. It was the first time that Ayumi released a double a-side single (" STEP you" used in TV spots for Panasonic and " is this LOVE?" for Morinaga chocolates). The single was number one in the daily, weekly and monthly Oricon charts. It held the #1 spot on the weekly charts for 2 weeks in a row. This single went on to sell over 345,000 copies, her highest selling single for the year of 2005.
Her 36th single was " Fairyland c/w alterna", released on August 3rd, 2005. It debuted at #1 on the Oricon charts. The single was coupled with (c/w) a B-side track, " alterna". It is also her first single to feature different cover art for the CD version and the CD + DVD version.
Her 37th single was " Heaven (Ayumi Hamasaki song)" released on September 14, 2005. The song was used as the theme song of the movie SHINOBI Heart Under Blade. The single also included a B-side track, " Will" which she co-composed under the name of CREA. It was her 12th consecutive #1 single starting with " Free & Easy" in 2002.
Hamasaki’s 38th single, " Bold & Delicious/Pride", was released on November 30, 2005. This single is one of the most different for the artist with a completely new sense of music style, away from her previous works. She listened to some of Sweetbox’s music and asked Geo (composer), to use some of her music. The single was not very successful, debuting with sales of about 84,000, very low on Ayumi standards. The single barely held the #1 position for the week but continued her streak of #1 singles. This was the single that tied her with Seiko Matsuda for most #1 singles by a solo female artist(25).
Ayu’s 7th studio album, " (miss)understood", was officially released on January 1st, 2006. It debuted with sales of about 650,000 copies reaching the #1 spot on the World Global Charts.http://www.mediatraffic.de/albums-week03-2006.htm
Secret era
Hamasaki's thirty-ninth single Startin' / Born To Be... was released on March 8, 2006.
The single debuted at #1 on the Oricon chart with sales of 116,000, and thus broke the record of most #1 singles in Japan for a solo (female) artist previously held by Seiko Matsuda. It was her 26th #1 single. The song Startin was used as the opening theme song for the PS2 video game, Onimusha: Dawn of Dreams while the song rainy day (which was featured on her (miss)understood album) was the ending theme. The song Born To Be... was used for Nittele's coverage of the 2006 Olympics.
She then embarked on the "ayumi hamasaki ARENA TOUR 2006 ~(miss)understood~" which spanned three months with its first date in Saitama, Saitama on March 11, 2006 and made its last stop at Yoyogi on June 11, 2006. With 30 concerts, it was her largest tour to date. The last concert of the tour was recorded and released on DVD in November. It, of course, entered both the music-DVD and general-DVD charts at the top position.
Hamasaki recently released her 40th single Blue Bird (single) on June 21, 2006. It contains the title song BLUE BIRD (featured on a ZESPRI Gold Kiwi beverage commercial), a B-side entitled Beautiful Fighters (featured on her Panasonic D-snap and D-dock commercials). A trance remix of BLUE BIRD and a rock version of the (miss)understood album track Ladies Night , called Ladies Night ~another night~ (which was featured in an earlier Panasonic Lumix commercial), are also featured in the maxi single. Blue Bird (single) scored the #1 position on the daily Oricon chart. Just a single day after going on sale, Oricon confirmed the single had outsold its competition already, securing the weekly #1 for Hamasaki's 15th consecutive number one single and 27th total number one singlehttp://www.oricon.co.jp/news/rankmusic/25664/, selling 160,572 copies in its first five days.
Hamasaki will release her eighth full-length album, Secret on November 29, 2006. It will include the #1 hits Startin, Born To Be..., BLUE BIRD and Beautiful Fighters, and is said to contain fourteen tracks. Originally, the album was slated to be released as her second mini-album with seven songs overall. However, as of October 23, 2006, her official website has announced a change of plans and that Secret (Ayumi Hamasaki album) will now be a full-length album.
On October 25th, iTunes USA added a number of artists from the Japanese store including Ayumi Hamasaki.
Cultural impact
Fashion
Hamasaki has been considered the fashion leader among Japanese females ever since reaching superstar status in 2000, especially among Japanese high-school girls. Regularly appearing in leading Japanese fashion magazines such as ViVi, Cawaii and Popteen, Hamasaki became a trend-setter with her unique style, and Japanese streets were filled with young females trying to imitate her style with fashion items such as oversized sunglasses and fake fox tails. Her influence in Japanese fashion has seen her win an unprecendented three consecutive Nail Queen awards and five Best Jeanist awards, and was inducted into the respective Halls of Fame for her achievements. As of 2006, she was named the most fashionable female artist in both Oricon's spring and summer polls.
Lyrics
As the lyricist of all of her songs, Hamasaki is well known for her deep and poetic lyrics, setting her apart from other pop stars. As others concentrate on matters of love and heartbreak, recurring themes in Hamasaki's lyrics are loneliness, self-doubt, and hope, themes which deeply resounded with the younger generation of Japan. Arguably her best lyrical work, " Seasons (song)" , won the Best Lyrics Prize at the Japan Record Awards in 2000.
Symbols
Ayumi Hamasaki uses some symbols to represent her own name or some of her singles/songs. Usually, when typed, the symbols are just replaced with the special symbols.
The first A
The first time she used a symbol for a title was her eleventh single A. The strokes of the symbol represented the a-sides of the single - monochrome, Trauma, too late, and End roll. This is the only context that this symbol has been used in, and she ceased to use this symbol after the invention of the second A. Ayumi later modified the A to represent her own name.
The second A
The second A is not really an A, but a combination of her initials A and H. This has been used frequently since its first appearance as the A in LOVEppears in 1999. This symbol was slightly changed for Ayumi's 5th studio album RAINBOW (and also the song " RAINBOW" that later appeared in A Ballads not the title track). Recently with Ayumi's latest album " (miss)understood" Ayumi invented a new symbol of the A with a heart inside of it.
M
This symbol was used for her nineteenth single M, which unlike A featured only one song. The symbol is always used whenever a version of the song M appears on a tracklist or CD compilation.
H
This symbol of the special letter H was used for Ayumi's three-side single with the same name, released in 2002. On Ayumi's discography whenever the H single is mentioned it always appears with the special symbol.
Rivalry
One of Ayumi Hamasaki's first rivals since her debut was Ami Suzuki. They both debuted around the same time and both had a similar style of music and singing. While Ami was working under Sony Music Japan, the two artists were put in direct competition with the release of Ami's BE TOGETHER and Ayumi's Boys & Girls. BE TOGETHER took the #1 spot in the first week, and Boys & Girls in the second week. Despite this, BE TOGETHER sold approximately 800 000 copies, while Boys & Girls sold over a million. In 2005, Ami Suzuki joined the avex trax label, and therefore she is no longer considered a rival of Ayumi's.
Ayumi Hamasaki is commonly considered to be the direct rival of (also J-pop star) Utada Hikaru, which caused intense debate between fans of both artists.
On March 28, 2001, Utada Hikaru and Ayumi Hamasaki came in direct competition. Utada's album Distance (album) and Hamasaki's album A BEST were released on the same day. Distance topped the charts for the first week while A BEST was #2. The following week A BEST hit #1 and Distance dropped to #3. At the end of the year, Distance and A BEST were the top 2 highest selling albums of the year.
In a very personal interview, that was broadcast by the Japanese NTV on the 12th of april 2004 (Ayumi Hamasaki - Special Interview 2004-04-12 NTV), Ayumi Hamasaki explained that this rivalry made her feel terrible but that it was pushed by the record companies. In protest Ayumi Hamasaki, who has a very large degree of creative freedom, is depicted with a tear on her cheek on the cover of her A BEST album. It is speculated that this protest is also the reason why she insisted on re-recording some of her old tracks that feature on this album.
On one of Ayumi's most recent TV-appearance on MUSIC STATION in December 2005, both Hamasaki and Utada appeared together and got along very well. Utada even commented that she sang some of Hamasaki's songs when she went to karaoke.
The Hamasaki-Utada rivalry has been regarded as one of the biggest rivalries in the Japanese music industry.
Discography
Albums
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(September 15, 1999) A clips (February 23, 2000) HAMASAKI AYUMI (March 29, 2000) vogue Far away SEASONS (September 20, 2000) SURREAL (DVD) (December 13, 2000) M (DVD( (February 7, 2001) evolution (DVD) (June 13, 2001) A clips vol.2 (March 13, 2002) Ayumi Hamasaki Complete Clip Box A (February 25, 2004) Moments (song) (March 31, 2004) INSPIRE c/w GAME (July 28, 2004) Carols (song) (September 29, 2004) STEP you/is this LOVE? (April 20, 2005) Fairyland c/w alterna (August 3, 2005) Heaven (Ayumi Hamasaki song) (September 14, 2005) Bold & Delicious/Pride (November 30, 2005) (miss)understood (January 1, 2006) Startin' / Born To Be... (March 8, 2006) BLUE BIRD (June 21, 2006)
Short film
the song "Voyage" was made for the movie, and the promotional video is scenes from the movie. (November 13, 2002)
Tie-ups and theme-songs
Ayumi Hamasaki's songs are used very often as theme-songs in order to promote products. Here is a list:
JEWEL - Panasonic Lumix 1LOVE - Panasonic D-Snap Audio 1LOVE - Panasonic D-Dock Startin' - Capcom Onimusha: Dawn of Dreams opening theme (video game) Startin' - Mu-mo.net Bold & Delicious - Panasonic D-Snap Audio Bold & Delicious - Panasonic D-Dock BLUE BIRD - Dwango BLUE BIRD - Zespri gold BLUE BIRD - Mu-mo.net rainy day - Capcom Onimusha: Dawn of Dreams ending theme (video game) Born To Be... - Nittele: 2006 Olympics Born To Be... - Mu-mo.net Ladies Night ~another night~ - Panasonic Lumix I am... - Kose Visee About You - Morinaga & Company, Ltd. Bake appears - Aube Crush Pearl appears - Lawson (store) ourselves - Kose Visee And Then - JT Peach Water And Then - Aube Crush Pearl is this LOVE? - Morinaga & Company, Ltd. Bake INSPIRE - Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum INSPIRE - Avex Trax Audition 2004 independent - THE BASEBALL 2002 (TV-Show) immature - JT Peach Water WE WISH - Kose Visee Will - Panasonic Lumix walking proud - Panasonic MJ59 Voyage - ドラマ“マイリトルシェフ”主題歌 (Drama) Voyage - “ayu ready?” Ending Theme (TV-Show) Voyage - Tsuki ni shizumu Theme (Movie) everywhere nowhere - Panasonic MJ55 ever free "Acoustic Orchestra" - ドラマ“天気予報の恋人”挿入歌 (Drama) evolution - Kose Visee M - Tu-Ka mobile phones ANGEL'S SONG - Panasonic D-Snap End of the World - Tu-Ka mobile phones Endless sorrow - ドラマ“昔の男”主題歌 (Drama) End roll "HΛL's mix"- Morinaga & Company, Ltd. everlasting dream "Rainbow Drew Drop Remix" - Panasonic 77MD alterna - Panasonic Lumix kanariya "radio edit" - CDTV Opening theme (TV-Show) CAROLS - Panasonic Lumix CAROLS "Classical Version" - Panasonic Lumix Greatful days - ayuready Ending theme GAME - Panasonic PM700MD SEASONS - ドラマ“天気予報の恋人”主題歌 (Drama) SEASONS "Acoustic Orchestra" - ドラマ“天気予報の恋人”挿入歌 (Drama) SEASONS "D-Z BLUE SUNBEAM MIX" - Kose Visee July 1st - Kose Visee still alone - Takano Yuri Beauty Clinic STEP you - Panasonic D-Snap Audio STEP you - Panasonic SD mini-compo Dearest - Sunrise (company) InuYasha Ending theme (anime) Dearest - Tu-Ka mobile phones Daybreak - Panasonic Daybreak "H/L's Mix 2002" - Panasonic Lumix Depend on you - CDTV ending theme (TV-Show) Depend on you - Sony PlayStation software サウザンドアームズ Duty - Takano Yuri Beauty Clinic Two of Us - Sony PlayStation software サウザンドアームズ Ending theme TO BE - JT Peach Water TO BE "Acoustic Orchestra" - ドラマ“天気予報の恋人”挿入歌 (Drama) too late - Honda Giorno Crea too late "Soul Solution Remix" - Honda Giorno Crea Trauma - JT Peach Water Trauma - Tekken 3 Trust - 花王“ソフィーナ オーブ ルージュフィーリア (movie) Naturally - Kose Visee Naturally "Dolly remix" - Kose Visee NEVER EVER - Kirin Supli NEVER EVER - Lawson (store) No way to say - テレビ“恋するハニカミ (TV-Show) No way to say - Panasonic MJ57 no more words - Sunrise (company) InuYasha Ending theme (anime) Heartplace - Panasonic Lumix HANABI - Tu-Ka mobile phones Because of You - Panasonic Lumix Far away - Tu-Ka mobile phones Who... - Tsuki (movie) fairyland - Camellia Diamonds fairyland - SPORTS Urugusu (TV-Show) fairyland - Music Fighter opening theme (TV-Show) fairyland - Nissan X-TRAIL CUP fairyland - Mu-mo.net forgiveness - ドラマ“高原へいらっしゃい”主題歌 (Drama) + - ayuready? Ending theme (TV-Show) Free & Easy - Panasonic 57MD For My Dear... - Morinaga & Company, Ltd. Monburan Fly high - Lycos Fly high - Fifth Seasons Fly high - Lawson (store) HEAVEN - SHINOBI Heart Under Blade (movie) Boys & Girls - AUBE'99 poker face - CDTV opening theme (TV-Show) vogue - Kose Visee vogue "Kirari Natsu Ayu Mix" - Kose Visee WHATEVER - 7-Eleven Valentine WHATEVER - ASAYAN Ending theme (TV-Show) my name's WOMEN - Panasonic D-snap Moments - Kose Visee Moments - Ayuready? Ending theme (TV-Show) monochrome - JT Peach Water YOU - ASAYAN Ending theme (TV-Show) YOU - Forecast 2-weekly Lens UNITE! - Kirin Supli Love ~since 1999~ - Semi-Double (Drama) Love ~Destiny~ - Semi-Double (Drama) Real me - Panasonic D-snap Real me - Fifth Seasons RAINBOW - ayu ready? ending theme (TV-Show) RAINBOW - Panasonic Lumix Someday my prince will come - Walt Disney Snow White
Ayumi Hamasaki's PV's Directors List
poker face - Director: Wataru Takeishi, YOU - Director: Wataru Takeishi, Trust - Director: Wataru Takeishi, For My Dear... - Director: Hiromitsu Odagami, Depend on you - Director: Masashi Muto,
WHATEVER (version M) - Director: Wataru Takeishi, LOVE ~Destiny~ - Director: Wataru Takeishi, TO BE - Director: Wataru Takeishi, Boys & Girls - Director: Wataru Takeishi, appears - Director: Wataru Takeishi,
kanariya - Director: Wataru Takeishi, Fly high - Director: Wataru Takeishi, vogue-Far away-SEASONS ~The Trilogy~ - Director: Wataru Takeishi, SURREAL - Director: Wataru Takeishi, M - Director: Wataru Takeishi,
evolution - Director: Wataru Takeishi, Endless sorrow - Director: Wataru Takeishi, Dearest - Director: Wataru Takeishi, Dearest (Acoustic Piano Version) - Director: Wataru Takeishi, Connected - Director: Studio 4C Connected Project,
Daybreak - Director: Wataru Takeishi, Free & Easy - Director: Wataru Takeishi, Voyage - Director: Isao Yukisada, Real me - Director: Ukon Kamimura, RAINBOW - Director: Wataru Takeishi,
ourselves - Director: Kouki Tange, Greatful days - Director: Hideaki Sunaga, HANABI ~episode II~ - Director: Shuichi Tan, forgiveness - Director: Yoshiya Okoyama + D.B.D, No way to say - Director: Ukon Kamimura,
ANGEL'S SONG - Director: Hideaki Sunaga, Because of You - Director: Kouki Tange, Moments - Director: Tetsuo Inoue, INSPIRE - Director: Tetsuo Inoue, GAME - Director: Hideaki Sunaga,
CAROLS - Director: Masashi Muto,
About You - Director: Hideaki Sunaga,
walking proud - Director: Ken Sueda, Humming 7/4 - Director: Wataru Takeishi, STEP you - Director: Tetsuo Inoue,
is this LOVE? - Director: Masashi Muto, my name's WOMEN - Director: Wataru Takeishi, fairyland - Director: Wataru Takeishi, alterna - Director: Koki Tange, HEAVEN - Director: Wataru Takeishi,
Bold & Delicious - Director: Luis Hernandez, Pride - Director: Luis Hernandez, Ladies Night - Director: Masashi Muto, rainy day - Director: Tetsuo Inoue, Bold & Delicious (Side Story) - Director: Luis Hernandez,
Startin' - Director: Takahide Ishii, Born To Be... - Director: Takahide Ishii, BLUE BIRD - Director: Takahide Ishii, Beautiful Fighters - Director: Luis Hernandez with direction aided by Takahide Ishii,
DVDs
Ayumi Hamasaki Concert Tour 2000 A 第1幕 (September 13, 2000) Ayumi Hamasaki Concert Tour 2000 A 第2幕 (September 27, 2000) Ayumi Hamasaki Countdown Live 2000-2001 A (June 20, 2001) Ayumi Hamasaki Dome Tour 2001 A (December 12, 2001) Ayumi Hamasaki Countdown Live 2001-2002 A (January 29, 2003) 1 Ayumi Hamasaki Arena Tour 2002 A (January 29, 2003) Ayumi Hamasaki Stadium Tour 2002 A (January 29, 2003) Ayumi Hamasaki Countdown Live 2002-2003 A (January 29, 2003) 1 Ayumi Hamasaki Complete Live Box A (January 29, 2003)# 72,826 copies sold Ayumi Hamasaki A Museum ~30th single collection live~ (February 25, 2004)# 101,294 copies sold Ayumi Hamasaki Arena Tour 2003-2004 A (September 29, 2004)# 69,829 copies sold Ayumi Hamasaki Countdown Live 2004-2005 A (March 2, 2005) # 66,674 copies sold Ayumi Hamasaki Arena Tour 2005 A ~My Story~ (August 24, 2005) # 86,887 copies sold Ayumi Hamasaki Countdown Live 2005-2006 A (March 23, 2006) #2 57,405 copies sold Ayumi Hamasaki Arena Tour 2006 A ~(miss)understood~ (November 1, 2006)
1 (Only in the complete live box.)
DVD audio
RAINBOW (DVD Audio) (July 9, 2003) CAROLS (DVD Audio) (September 29, 2004) MY STORY (DVD Audio) (March 24, 2005)
Other
A VISUAL MIX (PlayStation 2 software, December 13, 2001)
Awards
{ List of Ayumi Hamasaki songs
Courtesy of: http://www.wikipedia.org/
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