iTunes Japan 9/17. The Namie craze continues. I won't be surprised if her entire catalogue makes an appearance on the oricon chart

Songs

#1 Hero
#9 Baby don't cry

Album

#1 Best Fiction
#7 Uncontrolled
#10 Ballada

Yup, I can understand that she want´s her peace as she always was a shy person and know how nasty press can be.
But erasing herself from the music industry completly feels a bit like a punch in the face for fans =/

I believe and I hope that her youtube is shutting down so Avex can upload her videos on their channel.. I really hope so.

About the rest.. I don't know what to say ;-;

That is so weird about the YouTube being taken down. It does feel harsh and almost feels like it's a bitter move. Kind of guts me.
Did she ever release Finally, in it's entirety on iTunes or other digital services?

No, that's why is still selling like water... over 2.300.000 already *-*

More photos from Sat's WE ♡ NAMIE HANABI SHOW Zen Yasai ~I ♡ OKINAWA / I ♡ MUSIC~



https://natalie.mu/music/news/299972

That photo of Ken hugging Namie onstage is so sweet and shame there're no photos of Yamapi with Namie damn you J&A :eviltongu

what great pictures! she looks really happy in them too

If they are going to delete everything I guess we all better get busy taking screenshots, saving photos, and downloading her youtube videos. I don't want Namie to be lost to history.:nervous:(

The concert pics are amazing :weep
Everyone looks so good :weep

Also, Namie was spotted watching the fireworks show!

https://i.imgur.com/TaYFGdl.jpg

:weep

Well first of all, let's not forget that she didn't manage those sites, in her statement she mentions her staff as well, so if she's out of business so are her dancers and desginers and so on. And like any company that goes out of business everything goes with her.

yeah it is sad that we can't go back and rewatch her stuff, it's almost like they trying to erase her even from memory but that's how companies work.

The only thing I wonder as you guys do is what is going to happen to her music when gone, who is going to manage it? is she going from itunes as well? we know she's going to get royalties from her collabs so those are not going anywhere And also, I don't know how much power she has over her entire discography, videography because you all know how much labels squeeze money out of fans by producing compilations and bests and all that and since her company (dimension point) will be gone too, we can forget about all that as well right?.

Sad news.
Namie Forever.

I guess with everything of hers closing, it is quite possible all her material will go back to being managed directly by Avex and we'll see everything reuploaded on their channel.

Fingers crossed that is the case and when they do reupload everything it better be the remastered 1080p files lmao

In the meantime, I'm going to be backing up everything that's available now lmao

News report about the Hanabi show
https://www.instagram.com/p/BnzIthFnbo6/

Namie has her own record label, she runs everything she does from 2013-2018. She said the "Namie Amuro" persona is out, the stage superstar, not the Namie Amuro businesswoman. I'm pretty sure she will manage herself everything she released as a singer and I'm pretty sure she will manage her son's career too.

I'm fairly certain that she was still technically under Avex, so they could, in theory, keep her website up for archive purposes. I highly doubt they would pull her stuff from iTunes etc. So it's not like Namie revenue would disappear completely for Avex that they couldn't afford some simple upkeep. I could be wrong about that though and they could go armaggedon on her stuff, but I don't see why they would.

Definitely frustrating that they are choosing not to keep it up though. There's a lot of videos on fanspace of behind the scenes stuff that I'd love to see archived so I could watch it again. As well, I hope they keep her PVs online somewhere, it's more convenient to watch on youtube than on dvd and to be able to share them with others...

If Hulu would add subtitles to the documentary and make it available worldwide I'm sure it would get way more views than it already has. Netflix has done it for several shows and they seemed to do well.

This is it huh?

I thought the Facebook page shutting down was sad enough, although understandable, but YouTube too? Granted I never watched her vids on FB. Hopefully Avex can/will upload them to their own channel.

You can tell she always wanted to fade away from the public eye and live a normal/quiet life following her retirement but it's still sad that the FB page is shutting down. I do get it - keeping stuff like social media going still sorta keeps her "out there" but... I know we weren't going to get anymore releases from Avex such as compilations, remix (I think an acoustic orchestra album would do pretty well!) or tribute albums but it would be nice that social media could stay open. I know my dreams of a PV collection were pretty far fetched. Do we know if she bought back the rights to all her songs?

You do wonder what she's doing on her first day of retirement? No engagements, free to do whatever for the rest of her life.

The social media pages closing really does feel like this is it. Even if she does start to manage other artists or help Haruto with his solo career (if it happens and those rumours are true. I am ready, as the internet might say, to stan forever!) we won't hear a peep!

I watched the Finally tour today (still have the 25th anniversary and Nagoya disc to watch) and I was starting to well up when she saying goodbye to her dancers and when she spoke to the audience for the final time. Finally and How Do You Feel Now really were a perfect ending combo. I do have a soft spot for How Do You Feel Now. I wasn't sure how a Namie and TK song would sound in 2017 and luckily it sounds great! Also I always forget that Hope wasn't a Naoymt song as it sounds like a perfect sequel to Fight Together.

I've been feeling a bit melancholy all day and Finally has been stuck in my head. What version of the concert did everyone else go for?

It's so cool BoA posted about her!! I love a bit of BoA and never knew she was a fan.

I'm glad I have some other music to keep me going in the meantime. Being listening to Namie for the last couple of weeks and at least I have DNA and Trouble to keep me going. Feel like I haven't listened to Hatsukoi in a while either so that definitely needs a listen!

I'm not much for fireworks but those photos of the display are gorgeous. The Okinawa show looked like a great celebration of Namie.

And oh my god those HMV receipts, I want one! I love how far Japan is taking their celebration of Namie.

I can’t believe it’s over... Namie is a true legend. Have a good retirement homegirl, you deserve it.

Music Station Ultra Fes will be showing a Namie Amuro history today at noon.
https://www.tv-asahi.co.jp/music/ult...news/midokoro/

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I'm so glad we're getting to see some footage of the final live!

I bought Sapporo as I went to those 2 shows so it's special to me :yes

You and I must be the same age. I discovered her at 12 as well and got a d**n virus from limewire for downloading "stop the music" it was my FIRST japanese song and I had no idea who it was by because the name was in kanji. As time whet on i found another site "Solid 07" and that was the beginning for me really finding her music. Wow she really was generational for so many fans. It's crazy how its over

Here's some longer footage of this weekend