[Namie Amuro] Namie's a Crazy Party Chick, and She's Gonna Take You Down! [41]

mcluva420 · #1 2nd July 2009, 07:54 AM

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「namie amuro BEST FICTION TOUR 2008-2009」 release on 9/9/09!!!

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Amuro survives a hard life with limitless talent

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IN a life of ups and downs the popular Japanese pop singer Amuro Namie is heading for one of her happier up moments. On July 11-12, Amuro will perform on the Shanghai Grand Stage. It will be her first solo concert in Chinese mainland, granting at long last her Chinese mainland fans an opportunity to watch their idol live.

The solo concert will be one of the stops in Amuro's Best Fiction Tour 2008-2009. It began in October 2008, after her latest album "Best Fiction" passed 1.7 million in sales. It's the largest ever concert by a Japanese female singer - in Japan alone there are 60 concerts in total with more than 500,000 attending. So far the concerts have met with rapturous acclaim.

Each tour concert lasts for about two and half hours - without any intervals or introductions. Amuro, who is famous for her energy, just keeps singing and dancing through about 30 numbers for the entire concert.

Born in September, 1977, in Okinawa, Japan, Amuro came from a broken home - her parents divorced when she was four and she was raised by her mother, who worked in a childcare institute and a bar to make a living for them both.

When she was very young, Amuro didn't think about being a singer. She dreamed instead of becoming an air hostess. But when she was visiting the Okinawa Actors School with her classmates, she caught the attention of Masayuki Makino, the president of the school. She became a student there, learning singing, dancing and other performance skills. In 1992, when she was in grade two of high school, she and four classmates formed a pop band named "Super Monkey's."

In March of 1992, "Super Monkey's" performed on television. One year later, the whole band moved to Tokyo for further development. Because Amuro's singing and dancing skills were very outstanding even among the other talented band members, in 1994, after they had made their fourth album, the band was renamed "Amuro Namie with Super Monkey's," which marked the beginning of her personal performance career.

In 1995, the popular music producer Tetsuya Komuro discovered Amuro's talents. He signed her with his company and began writing songs for her. That October, their first song "Body Feels Exit" topped the Oricon Chart - the first time Amuro had been a top-listed performer. After that song, all of her albums and singles passed the million-seller mark.

1996 was one of the most important years in Amuro's career. In that year, her single CDs sold over 4.25 million. It seemed that she was the only person in Japanese pop music. At the beginning of 1997, her single CD "Can You Celebrate" created an incredible record - getting sales of over 1.5 million within three days of release. She became a trend, and the entire world fell at her feet.

In October 1997, she married Sam, a member of a Japanese Disco band TRF and announced she was stopping work, temporarily. But in 1998 just after she had given birth to her son, Haruto, she returned to the stage and continued the beyond "1 million legend."

But her private life didn't go as smoothly as her career. In the March of 1999, her beloved mother was murdered, which almost made her give up her career. And in 2004, she was divorced from Sam, turning her and her 7-year-old son into a single-parent family just like the family she endured in her childhood.

But these setbacks did not defeat her. She published the song "Respect the Power of Love" to commemorate her mother, and was tattooed with her mother's birthday and her son's name - her two great loves. After overcoming deep sadness, she returned to performing as energetically as before.

In the 18 years after she first stepped into the limelight, she has never stopped progressing in her career. She has released 38 singles and 12 albums, as well 12 DVDs of her live concerts. Her tour train keeps travelling around the world - and the next stop is Shanghai.

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Current/Upcoming Magazines:
6/23「ViVi」
7/10 「sweet」
8/01 「Fine」

jbrat2219 · #2 2nd July 2009, 08:07 AM

I was wondering where the new Namie thread was?!

neuteka · #3 2nd July 2009, 08:16 AM

cool! new thread, they just keep coming~

nemesisyume · #4 2nd July 2009, 08:18 AM

wow love that pic in the first post

jbrat2219 · #5 2nd July 2009, 08:21 AM

Oh nice picture! <3

AyuHamasaki01 · #6 2nd July 2009, 08:48 AM

yay new thread! I like the full VS picture

love in music · #7 2nd July 2009, 08:50 AM

that pic is HOT. nice first post!

Mr. Goto · #8 2nd July 2009, 08:51 AM

good pic choice

and thanks Shudo for the upload!

mcluva420 · #9 2nd July 2009, 09:33 AM

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Vidal Sassoon Taiwan website recently has been updated with Namie's 「Bourgeois Gorgeous」 theme. Here's a new full-scale promotion photo for it:

- NamieNewsNetwork

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its actually much bigger, photobucket made it smaller

link to the full size:
http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_PqzWuEjz9I...00-h/vs09q.jpg

KarenPang · #10 2nd July 2009, 09:46 AM

hurrah , a new Namie thread & that Vidal Sassoon photo of her is

freedreamer · #11 2nd July 2009, 09:51 AM

that photo is AMAZING!!!

where's that new single O.O

didnt she say an album is coming this year too

pommy48 · #12 2nd July 2009, 10:54 AM

i love that picture <3<3 haha VS getting namie to promote their shampoo really works @_@ I already have 4 bottles of it

Meat Pao · #13 2nd July 2009, 10:59 AM

Wow the photo looks really nice in full-scale!

KarenPang · #14 2nd July 2009, 11:23 AM

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Originally Posted by pommy48

i love that picture <3<3 haha VS getting namie to promote their shampoo really works @_@ I already have 4 bottles of it

omg Jasmine LMAO

the power of PR , promo & advertising

hearted · #15 2nd July 2009, 12:53 PM

yay for new thread

i LOVE that VS pic

shes gorgeous~

Minttulatte · #16 2nd July 2009, 01:00 PM

Cool, a new thread for our dear Namie-chan.

I like the promo pic of VS. So hot. <3

aloopy · #17 2nd July 2009, 01:26 PM

yay thread no. 41!
great title and first post

good job

and i'm so gonna save that picture omg! i also love the outfit she's wearing in it

JackieRos · #18 3rd July 2009, 03:10 AM

hihi im kind of new to namie ^.^

i love that wally will set is up as desktop now

Lady~Deviance · #19 3rd July 2009, 06:52 AM

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Originally Posted by freedreamer

that photo is AMAZING!!!

where's that new single O.O

didnt she say an album is coming this year too

new single???
new album???

Where was I when this was announced?

mcluva420 · #20 3rd July 2009, 07:00 AM

^it wasnt officially announced, lol dun worry