her dvd will go platinum ASAP
its doing really well, she got number one position again on daily chart

*Insert beach music* copy that copy copy that copy copy copy that...

Any one have any more news on her supposed editorial photo-shoot in Paris? I'm more concerned with that for some reason right now...

Ugh gurl... that's a perfect way to make me go lesbo I swear.

I forgot about her Paris photoshoot.

.... you think she'll be there next week? :lech I'm going to Paris next week.

She looks amazing. Thank you for posting.

2009 DVD Ranking
*1　406,132　**2,427　ARASHI AROUND ASIA 2008 in TOKYO / 嵐 09/03/25
*2　334,041　***,***　EXILE LIVE TOUR "EXILE PERFECT LIVE 2008"　/ EXILE 09/03/18
*3　269,021　***,***　SMAP 2008 super.modern.artistic.performance tour / SMAP 08/12/17
*4　237,780　*11,143　TOUR 2∞9 PUZZLE / 関ジャニ∞ 09/09/23
*5　224,412　*13,225　namie amuro BEST FICTION TOUR 2008-2009 / 安室奈美恵 09/09/09
*6　209,604　***,***　KAT-TUN LIVE TOUR 2008 QUEEN OF PIRATES / KAT-TUN　09/01/01
*7　181,584　***,***　B'z LIVE-GYM Pleasure 2008 GLORY DAYS / B'z 09/02/25
*8　179,020　***,***　B'z LIVE-GYM Hidden Pleasure～Typhoon No.20～ / B'z 08/12/10
*9　170,847　170,847　4th LIVE TOUR 2009～The Secret Code～FINAL in TOKYO DOME / 東方神起 09/9/30
10　127,046　127,046　KinKi you DVD / KinKi Kids 09/9/30

ohh the new coke zero picture is hot hot hot!

and i'm so happy that her DVD is doing so well <3 it really deserves it.

sorry! you missed Namie! she was here in Paris like.. not the weekend we just had, but the last one! I went to see her with my friends :luv2:luv2

She's already done it. It wasn't for the album, it was for the Paris fashion week!

me too!! lol :innocent

Hmm? Are you lying?

No, why would I lie about seeing her?
She was here, trust me, look it up! I bet you can find something about it. But I did see her! I swear! and she was so beautiful!!:luv2

^ please use the multi quote

oh i wanna see more coke pictures...there's probably a lot more ♥

I did not doubt the fact that she was in Paris at the end of September-start of October. I know someone who saw her... I just think that randomly saying "I saw her!" out of the blue like that with no details in fishy is all. Where did you see her and what hotel was it?

I didn't see the shoot, I meant that I saw her when she was at the Fashion Week thing. You know, the cat-walk thing? fashion show? is that the word? I don't know where she's staying, but I wanna know.

You are saying that you got into the MILAN fashion show?

lol.. you mean you saw the pics of her there on your computer screen :yes

^ She said that she went to see her with friends... clearly a lie.

No, my friend, he took me to see her. I'm not lying -_-'

if my friend took me to see her i'd be freaking out and give every single detail + take tons of pics. did you take any pics?

He took some pictures, I'm just waiting for him to send them to me. I haven't seen him online in a few days. I couldn't take any because I lost my camera :weep
And I didn't pay enough attention to where we were. I've never been in Paris and I wasn't thinking much :(

First of all, why would you mention it now when she's not even in Europe anymore? Second, the fashion show was in MILAN, not Paris, and it was on the 27 of September. Caught in a lie.

Why are you making a big thing of it?

you said you saw her, it's a pretty big deal. you don't just casually say "oh yeah lol i saw NAMIE AMURO w/friends" people will be curious. it's a weird thing to lie about though

Oh so you're admitting you're lying?

Why can't you stand it when someone catches you in a lie? I can't stand it when people lie to get attention. :rolleyes

OMG i saw madonna today at my grocery store! :D:D:D she was shopping together with ayumi hamasaki! they were both wearing a namie amuro shirt!!

well I don't know what happened in here exactly but if I walk down the streets & I saw my fave artiste that I support in the flesh , I wouldn't casually wave around & say it as so

I will go bonkers & I will 'flame' the whole thread with pics & my comments about this experience xD

LOL LOL LOL 8D

Was her sugar RAW?

lol this is why i don't like coming to this thread. there's pages of garbage to sift through to get some information. that's not exclusive to this thread, though... most of them are like that, actually. i just give up the easiest on this thread.

anyway, i watched Best Fiction tour last week on my LCD w/ surround sound and it was amazing. :luv2 i know i'm kind of late but i wasn't really that much of a fan before watching it. she was so cute and likeable in that concert which was unlike the other performances i've seen of hers. it was just really enjoyable to watch her be happy and cutie and give an amazing show! i hope her next album and its tour will be just as good!

i don't know what that means :no

but i have proof! i took some pictures

Maybe you haven't seen many performances of her?

:@ nvm

I haven't seen a lot of live performances of Namie, but does she smile during her lives of Baby Don't Cry? Just seems like a nice song for her to smile~

Yes. It's an upbeat song, of course she'd smile! :love

:shrug enough to turn me off.

Yeah I thought so~

I know that when I was a newbie to Namie, I just youtubed some random Violet Sauce performance and I didn't like it at first because I thought....why doesn't she show any emotions

But after listening and watching more performances, I realized that she does show emotions

So some people that think she's too cold probably only watched her upbeat performances, so I would imagine a lot of people being surprised when they do see her being all cute and interacting with the audience~

when did I admit? I never admitted. YOU'RE making some huge cat fight about it. Just drop it ok? I would hate to see the 500th post flaming me :no

Okay... :innocent Well, obviously you had the wrong idea.

Well you have been caught in the act so please stop trying to play it off.

You got caught lying and now you're getting defensive about it? Please stop.

yeah i thought that Baby Don't Cry was the perfect concert ending! i like how the audience sings along! same with NEVER END.. i hope she performs that one @ her next tour!

jpopdream, if you did see her, you are really lucky! i'm happy for you. i hope your friend comes online so you can share the pictures with us :)

a little of both. but like pommy said, it was for her upbeat songs and her lack of emotion made the performance of an otherwise energetic and entertaining song seem lifeless and boring. i get that she tries hard to dance and sing and it's hard, but she's proven she can do it with "oomph" instead of just going through the motions.

Her dancers are even emotionless for Violet Sauce performances, so that's not a good example... it's that type of song.

^ By "upbeat" songs, which ones do you mean? Songs like "Violet Sauce", and "WHAT A FEELING" are more suiting to be performed with a cool image. In fact, that's how I prefer to see them performed.

oh by upbeat, i just meant faster songs, songs where she would need to dance...or something like that

well >_> it's not a good idea just watching one video and then making a biased assumption about an artist....glad that i got over that or I would never discover the amazingness that is Namie Amuro :luv2

But really...now I barely look at her face during performances of faster songs....somehow I tend to look at her outfit and hair more?..lol

Very true. I think Namie is a very charismatic woman that loves her work. That's one of the reasons why she appeals to me-- she's a hard worker and that really shows in her performances and the way she carries herself.

I'll definitely show you when I can get them! And also, is it just me, or do you guys ever wonder what it would have been like to see Namie do WILD and Dr. lives on TV, like Music Japan, Music Station, CDTV and etc.?
I think they would have been so awesome, if she'd decided to do them :luv2

EDIT:
Also, when this thread is done, I've made the new one :yes

From what I understand you can't just make a new one so early..

I miss her on music shows like Heyx3! having a fun time with the hosts

yeah, i still don't like it when she just has 1 dead facial expression through a whole song. most of BFT showed more of her personality. even in songs she previously performed where she only had 1 dead/bored expression, in BFT she smiled and it WAS charming :yes

Yeah, she herself even said that touring is one of her favorite things to do~ So it's really great to see her enjoying herself and not just doing it because she have too

But I love Namie more just from interviews/Q&A's on magazines, I mean she really is so adorable! You would never think of her as cold in those interviews~

Oh never watched her HEYx3 lives~
But she looks so cute here!

Definitely, Namie is REALLY silly. She's not as cool as she plays it as all!

sheesh, do you have a problem with me? cause that's what it comes off as, I'm just trying to be nice! I'm sorry I'm not as "perfect" as you. :dead2

honestly? I can't imagine those songs being performed at tv lives..
I can't tell because she hasn't performed them @ a tv show, but I think those 2 are songs that need to be performed in a concert.. kind of like songs like Violet Sauce & Hide & Seek. (i never liked the tv performance she did with Hide & Seek)
hmh i don't know how to explain myself lol but you get the point :)

yes you are right! like here in this picture.. it cracks me up everytime i see it :roflmao

http://i33.tinypic.com/mb20xs.gif

Listen, I was informing you, as other members have and it had nothing to do with the previous conversation. Got it? :shakehead

aloopy: Where'd you find that pic? I don't think I've seen one as large as that. It disturbs me/makes me laugh every time I see it as well.

Yeah.. well.. please just stop, I don't want an enemy :weep

I think aloopy got it from NNN?
http://namienewsnetwork.blogspot.com...blog-post.html

there are hq scans of that fan space issue over at nnn~
http://namienewsnetwork.blogspot.com...blog-post.html

found them while i was browsing magazine scans a while ago there :P

edit: pommy beat me to it :P

Oh ok! I checked mine again and it's the same size. I'm just imaging things.

JPopDream... I'm not out to get you, I just don't like it when people lie.

yeah.. this thread needs less JPopDream and more namie.
does anyone know where this pic is from?
http://i35.tinypic.com/2ewpfuq.jpg

^ I'm gonna say SCawaii, cuz there's no other mag. I know with that logo.
But, it stopped production in like, July

^ wow her bangs look really cute like that!

well, i just know that it's from scawaii....

edit: oh hazuki, cawaii is from the magazine that stopped production, scawaii is still going~

^ Really? Oh~ I thought both are stopped cause I never saw SCawaii in the store when Cawaii disappeared T_T
Well, that's a bit of good news for me! ^^

haha it is, in case you haven't seen, but this was namie's last photoshoot with scawaii for the october issue
http://namienewsnetwork.blogspot.com...ober-2009.html

identity, it's from SCawaii May 2007. Do you want the scans? I'd be glad to post them!

EDIT:
http://i847.photobucket.com/albums/a...uro/th_1-2.jpg http://i847.photobucket.com/albums/a...Amuro/th_3.jpg http://i847.photobucket.com/albums/a...uro/th_4-1.jpg http://i847.photobucket.com/albums/a...Amuro/th_6.jpg

I'm not sure if that's all, but that's all I have!^^

EDIT2:
does anyone have textless versions for SCawaii July 2007?

wow that issue looks great

well someone uploaded them here
http://forum.jphip.com/index.php?PHP...5700#msg355700

^ it does! another beautiful namie shoot :heart

omg i'm playing SUIKODEN and there is a SUITE CHIC song on the background!! "What if" is the song

^ She was much more smily in the Heyx3 performance of Baby Don't Cry. (probably cause of the audience.)

it think she always smiles during BDC <3 its such a happy and smily song! at least it makes ME smile! :D

i was thinking how these two mags looks so similar:
http://img243.imageshack.us/img243/4...000full.th.jpg
http://img73.imageshack.us/img73/865...709civ4.th.jpg
Not only in hairstyle but also in expression

^:yes i can point out like 50000000000 namie pics where she makes that expression :P

^ ye maybe she just keeps this particular facial expression as she knows not only does she looks hot and cool but also this image of her is a great angle of her and thus will sell?
I think overall namie has beautiful facial features especially if she is 1/4 Italian

Namie is voted for number 1. in new CDTV poll "Fashion Leader" ! yay :)

http://namienewsnetwork.blogspot.com...er-102009.html

^mhmm... and the top 3 people are like perfect for the ranking :heart

Namie had to win first place or else it would look odd and feel odd.
I think in other polls held in japan, it stated that Namie was an inspiration to young teenagers in fashion and wikipedia even said something about Namie being a fashion leader so Namie obviously totally deserved it! :)
and yes top3 places looks perfect.

..So the poll was from 2009?

yup yup
http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_PqzWuEjz9I...ion+leader.jpg

Lol! *Imagine*And the winner of Japanese Next Top Model Cycle 12... Namie Amuro!!:

http://img73.imageshack.us/img73/865...us0709civ4.jpg

i think i just fainted :thud so gorgeous!!

she's not the america's next top model, she's the world top model :thud

that magazine cover is so gorgeous. I love it.

I'm glad I'm not the only one who noticed that :P


her eyes and lips are so... OMG in that picture :heart

This woman cannot be any hotter.

its so funny how she looks to me as an average girl, but on the photoshoots she's so hot!

Namie looks very beautiful on that cover. :)

I was able to watch BEST FICTION concert by the way. I had trouble with it at first but it was wroth of all the trouble. It's a amazing concert. LOVE IT. <3

AyuSecret*: I just wanted to say that I really love your Namie set.

yeah her face looks really pretty, but i just dont like her with her hair like that XD

I love that picture of Namie :luv2

It reminds me of CSCEIS :)

:laugh Really? I think it's kinda nice..she looks a little elegant.

I agree! She looks so nice and simple like that! :yes

top 100 albums

89 *,*86,533 ***,808 BEST FICTION / 安室奈美恵 08/07/30 累計1,533,682

it's still selling omg :thud

& with that , we need thread 46th now :)

yay it's still selling well! and yes i agree ^

Go BEST FICTION~ You can chart over 120 weeks~ <3

thank you for the lyric links
jpopasia is so cool

I wonder when do we get new informations about the album