Namie Amuro American Debut!!!!!!

[AfanforXX]

[IMO]Namie when compared to Hamasaki, has a better voice, more range, no matter what she sings, she sounds good. Her voice is versatile. Not to mention how good her lives are on most songs.

I'll refrain from mentioning her dancing, everyone already knows she's a pro.

While writing lyrics is definetly a plus, there's nothing wrong with singing someone else's song. I mean, people who write songs are usually profesionals, and most of the time they write good songs. Example: Diane Warren doesn't sing, but her lyrics are always great. If Namie isn't comfortable with or can't write lyrics, her voice more than makes up for it.

That article is probably erroneous. Her biggest international singles were her eurobeat songs from pre-avex, correct me if I'm wrong. Anyways, if Concentration 20 was released in the US, it was probably still in Japanese.

...just my $.02

[and no, i'm not a Namie Amuro fanboy, Ayumi Hamasaki used to be higher on my list than Namie, but then she turned into a vibrato monster and I feel out of love, i love all her pre-H songs]