[Polish Article] 31-year-old Japanese woman on top of the charts
 

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31-year-old Japanese woman on top of the charts

In Japan they call her "Empress of pop".
Her latest release is now on top of the world's best-selling charts, the album "Rock'n'Roll Circus"

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Ayumi Hamasaki has sold over 50 millions records - Photo: MN Chan / Getty Images.

She was born 1978 in Fukuoka city. At age 14 she moved to Tokyo to pursue her dream of a career in show business. In 1998, she managed to debut with the single "Poker Face." Since that time, Ayumi is constantly on top of the charts, and has sold as far as 50 million CDs!

Hamasaki is popular not only in Japan but also in China, Singapore and Taiwan.

Each of her 11 albums landed at the first place of the Japanese best-seller list. The latest best-seller, "Rock'n'Roll Circus," is promoted with the single "Sunrise". See the video for this song:

Spoiler:

http://ayu.no/images/news/ayumi_hama...ayu_united.jpg

On the second place, the 16-year-old Canadian Justin Bieber with the album "My Worlds", which includes EP "My World" and the LP "My World 2.0." The young singer quickly made his idol status, now you can even talk about that the frenzy is over - here's proof.

3rd re-occupied the position of Lady GaGa's debut album "The Fame", released in 2008 yet. Just behind the eccentric singer we have two new products - the American duo MGMT from the album "Congratulations".

6th this place this week and publishing Usher "Raymond v. Raymond", and the 7th Slash position was the first solo album in his work, titled simply "Slash".

"Numbers of Slash's solo debut, listen with a smile on his face, but a wide banana came to me really only two songs. The rest of the composition is housed in the foreseeable medium, although a juicy solo bow - we wrote in our review.

Ten leading global overview supplement: Lady Antebellum with 'Need You Now ", Plan B," The Defamation Of Strickland Banks And the Black Eyed Peas and the album" The END ".

Source: INTERIA.PL

Oh sweet international world of recognition.

Thanks for translating!

Oh no.. why sunrise? XD I mean... Microphone is better LOL

Nice! I love that pic, btw. :)

if only japan would count ayu sales outside asia for R&RC aswell as her digital sales :(

a...ha.


I understand it can be kinda cool, because it comes from non-asian or non-american website, but... it is necessary to make thread for it? totally random article, Interia.pl have written about her earlier.

Ah I've seen this chart before, so cool to see Ayumi on it. I think I saw Namie on it when Best Fiction came out.

oh wow that is amazing


where is that picture from?

^ 2007, event for that film where Secret was a tie-in for.

thank you

What article? I'm still staring at that gorgeous pic :thud

great article, ayu's first n uverworld fifth, from poland to other slavic countries please :D

Nice, thanks for sharing ^^ it's nice to see her in western sites like that!
she's really gorgeous in that pic

Thank you for sharing!! :D Yay Ayu~!

Yes! Yes! Yes! Yesssssss take that, crazed Justin Bieber fans!!! :vbhappy Sorry...the fangirls in my school are ridiculous... I'd like to print this out and tape it to their lockers :laugh

*cough* Anyway, YAAAAY go Ayu!!! This is awesome!!!!! :vbhappy Thanks for sharing!!!

wow, thats a good lookin pic of her...

thanks for posting

a... ha. so? i thank the poster b/c i'd like to be informed about articles that give recognition to ayu's work like this. speaking of random and unnecessary, look at... yourself. kyeahah.

anywho, wow... she's before that justin kid and lady gaga! nice to know.

Sunrise is a great song and all, but I'd hate for people who have never listened to her before to hear that ayu song first!

I just love it when ayu gets european recognition

i love the pic that they choose...
thanks for sharing