We lost the original OP 

 

Due to her career longevity, resilience, professionalism, efforts behind-the-scenes in the music industry, and her way of life, she is considered a pop culture icon in Japan and Asia. She has been referred to as "Diva of Heisei Era" and the "Queen of Japanese Pop", and has been recognized as having the influence and career impact domestically equivalent to artists such as Janet Jackson and Madonna in Western music and pop culture.

 

Having sold more than 40 million records, Amuro is recognized as one of the best-selling artists in Japan by Oricon. Since her solo debut, she achieved top 10 singles for 23 consecutive years (#1 for solo artist). All of her albums are certified Platinum, and her debut solo album, Sweet 19 Blues, was the best selling album in Japan. She is the only artist in Japan to sell a million albums in her teens, 20s, 30s and 40s. Her last album, Finally, topped the year-end album charts of both Oricon and Billboard Japan for two consecutive years (the first and only artist in the Japanese Music Industry to do so). 

 

Utada may be slaying with her newfound quality, but Namie will forever be the influential Queen of J-Pop with the overall greatest discography. She continues to hold the record for the best-selling single by a solo female artist.

 

Some of my favorite vids (only clips on YouTube)

 

 

 

plus these bops:

 

 

 

 

Legend

Lemme stream B Who I Want 2 B 

Her 90s-early 00s run is unparalleled for me in J-Pop, but I do think her final studio albums took a major dip in quality (aged like much of late 00s and early 10s pop). There are still some gems from that era like her Arca collab.

 

Her best songs, IMO:

 

I Have Never Seen (Love Enhanced version)

B w/z You 

Can You Celebrate?
Lovebite

A Walk in the Park

Private

Kiss and Ride

Leavin for Las Vegas

What a Feeling

 

She also used to give incredible shows at the Tokyo Dome in her prime (and her vocals had some relatively strong periods):

 

 

2 minutes ago, bestfiction said:

Legend

Lemme stream B Who I Want 2 B 

So glad you told me about that song as a standout from her last few LPs  

streaming play rn 

 

54 minutes ago, suburbannature said:

So glad you told me about that song as a standout from her last few LPs  

SOPHIE really did her thing and it's really unexpected but it works

I still like _genic, it's probably her best late-career album. Uncontrolled was basically a singles compilation and FEEL is dated 2013 EDM but this one holds up quite well

Edited April 16, 20224 yr by bestfiction

53 minutes ago, Karla Cabello said:

streaming play rn 

 

still the funniest thing ever

 

8 minutes ago, bestfiction said:

SOPHIE really did her thing and it's really unexpected but it works

I still like _genic, it's probably her best late-career album. Uncontrolled was basically a singles compilation and FEEL is dated 2013 EDM but this one holds up quite well

How long before the Utada fans come in here suffering?

 

she makes one non-generic album and suddenly she's the Bjork of J-Pop. 

 

Someone wake her up from her chrysalis and tell her we need the Suite Chic album on streaming, like yesterday

Edited April 22, 20224 yr by bestfiction

I’m cackling at a stan of a certain artist both reporting my post and the OP to get the title changed. Namie is still the Queen of JPop, boo 

 

One of her best

 

 

feeling girls talk today

 

 

On 4/24/2022 at 11:06 PM, Future Lover said:

 

One of her best

 

 

Style is full of bops.

You know you should but you can't stay away

What your mom gonna say?

The way I pretend everything after Queen of Hip-Pop and the covers EP doesn’t exist 

Edited May 7, 20224 yr by suburbannature

Why are certain girlies so pressed about Namie

 

They pretend like she only ever made Genic type music. 

Has there been like ANY sighting of her since her retirement? Do we even know where she is? Apparently, she was meant to be doing some things behind the scenes.

14 minutes ago, Mean Trees said:

Has there been like ANY sighting of her since her retirement? Do we even know where she is? Apparently, she was meant to be doing some things behind the scenes.

It's kinda insane there are no paparazzi photos of her or anyting  

 

here the OP talks about some sightings of her here and there but she's being the elusive chanteuse and avoids being noticed at any cost

3 hours ago, bestfiction said:

It's kinda insane there are no paparazzi photos of her or anyting  

 

here the OP talks about some sightings of her here and there but she's being the elusive chanteuse and avoids being noticed at any cost

Thanks. She really is elusive. There's like no fan sighting videos at all either. Also I wonder where OP got the England sighting from? Or was that meant to be a joke...

Edited June 3, 20224 yr by Mean Trees

Legend. 

 

Bopping to a walk in the park right now. 

On 8/8/2022 at 2:49 PM, GodControl said:

Bump.

 

I miss this queen so much. Namie Amuro was quite possibly the best popstar of all-time. Truly the queen of singing and dancing at the same time, and her discography is flawless.

Same. I need her to at least do some kind of legacy-building to honor her discography  

 

she slayed these - even while crying

 

 

 

 

Edited October 9, 20223 yr by suburbannature

why none of her videos are full on yt 

 

 

 

2 minutes ago, Karla Cabello said:

why none of her videos are full on yt 

 

 

 

It's annoying af