Japanese singer Ayumi Hamasaki's information

1995- 1997: at the beginning of her entry into the entertainment circle, she began to take part in some low-budget dramas and B-rated films, and began to use the stage name "Ayumi Hamasaki came to the United States". It was not until June 1995 that she officially changed her name to ". She also signed a contract with Columbia Records in Japan to release her first single and extended drama "Out of Nothing". The songs in the album are mainly rap, and Ayumi Hamasaki took the first step to become a singer. The single can only be ranked as 198 in the public trust list, while the album ranks 200 th. Because there was no publicity at all, the record sales were not satisfactory and were soon abandoned by the record company. Ayumi Hamasaki also returned to the ranks of B-level idols and continued to perform in this series. As none of her works were very popular, she soon lost confidence and dropped out of her university. She often spends time shopping and singing karaoke in the streets of Shibuya, which also honed many of Ayumi Hamasaki's views on life. At that time, the management of her record company was very strict, and employees were forbidden to go out to work, so Ayumi Hamasaki worked in a company run by a friend's house, but her income was not ideal, and she had to share with her friends when ordering food. Ayumi Hamasaki's name seems to have completely disappeared in Japanese art circles, but this does not mean that her acting career is over. 1997, she was discovered by Masato Matsuura, then a music producer (one of the founders of Japanese Ebex music and now the president of the company) and signed an audition contract. But in the early days, she felt depressed about singing training and had the idea of giving up. Later, she was transferred by Masato Matsuura to new york for further training, and was ready to make her debut again. At the same time, at the suggestion of Matsuura, she also began to try to write lyrics. 1998- 1999: the take-off time is 1998. Ayumi Hamasaki made his debut after completing about a year's training. On April 8th, she released her first single "Poker Face" under the banner of Aibeix, which ranked 20th on Japanese Oricon record charts and achieved good results. In the following months, she released singles intensively, and the third single "Trust" successfully reached the ninth place in the public trust list, which was the first time that her single entered the public trust list 10. Since then, the sales of her released records have been increasing, partly because some songs have been used as the theme songs of best-selling games or series, which has increased her popularity. 1999 "A Song for XXX": Ayumi Hamasaki became famous on 1999, and Ayumi Hamasaki released her first album "A Song for XXX", which won the five-week champion of Japanese Oricon album list, with sales exceeding1450,000 copies and breaking 65,438 new female singers. The lyrics of this album were deeply accepted by female high school students at that time, and her avant-garde and fashionable dress was also deeply welcomed by young people at that time, which formed a social phenomenon in Japan and was even called "the pop leader of female college students". In April of the same year, the single "LOVE ~Destiny~" won the No.1 single of Ayumi Hamasaki's first album, and sold more than 650,000 copies. In July of the same year, the single "Boys &; Girl is a famous song in Ayumi Hamasaki. When this single was released, another newcomer in Japanese music at that time, Yami Suzuki, also released the single Together, and the sales of the two singles collided, which became the object of controversy in Japanese pop music. Later, this single sold more than one million copies, and through this work, it also began to change the form of single in Japanese history. A single contains more than 65,438+00 tracks (original songs plus remixes). The single "A" released in August is the first million-dollar single in personal official sales statistics, which has set a new record for single sales in Ayumi Hamasaki and sold more than 6,543,800+0,630 copies. This record has been maintained to this day. In the same year, Ayumi Hamasaki released his second album "LOVEppears", and the song style of the album became diversified, from "A Song for XXX" to pop rock, and this album included psychedelic music, European dance, strings and other elements. This change in song style will continue in future works, making Ayumi Hamasaki's works more popular. The lyrics are still the same as the previous works, with the theme of loneliness and mostly from her own creation. The design of album cover challenge scale caused controversy at that time. At the same time, it also released its first limited-edition single "Appearing", with a black cover and a white cover. Nevertheless, the album has sold more than 2.56 million copies. Repeated success in sales made Ayumi Hamasaki quickly climb to the position of japanese pop Queen. At the end of the same year, Ayumi Hamasaki attended the red and white singing competition for the first time and sang "Boys &; Girl (2000-2002): A musical example at the peak of her career: M (2000) M, the first song written by Ayumi Hamasaki under the pseudonym of "CREA", is also one of her singles with a sales volume of over one million. In 2000, in 2000, the first work "Fly High" was a single with a limited edition of 300,000. From the end of April to the beginning of June, Ayumi Hamasaki released three singles, Ayumi Hamasaki Trilogy, vogue, Distant and Season, with the theme of disappointment. It is also a reflection of her dissatisfaction with her image. Among them, "Four Seasons" became her third million-dollar single. Then, in September, Ayumi Hamasaki released the single Surreal, the album Responsibility and the concert DVD Ayumi Hamasaki Tour in 2000, which was the second act of the same week. All three works won the championship, becoming the first Japanese singer, and at the same time reaching three championships in the public trust list. Duty is a work with the theme of loneliness, confusion and guilt. Compared with the last album, the style of the song is deep, mainly rock music, and only contains a dance music "Audience". And she once said that she felt "uncomfortable" after finishing her work. However, this work is very popular with fans and has become one of the best-selling original albums in Ayumi Hamasaki, with a sales volume of about 3 million copies. At the end of that year, the single "M" became the fourth single with a sales volume of over one million in Ayumi Hamasaki. In this single, Ayumi Hamasaki not only wrote lyrics for his own works, but also began to write songs under the name of "CREA" for the first time. At the same time, she also became the best-selling singer of the year, including most of the awards at the end of that year. Ayumi Hamasaki is also favored by a large number of companies in different industries. She is used to promote the company's products, and her exposure in other media is increasing. She became the spokesperson of Kose Cosmetics Company in Japan. After her lipstick advertisement was broadcast, the brand sold 500,000 lipsticks in two days. However, behind the excellent sales record, in this year's Ayumi Hamasaki Tour Concert 2000 A, Ayumi Hamasaki's inner ear suddenly went deaf, which affected his balance and delayed some concerts. Later, Ayumi Hamasaki himself confirmed the sequela of hearing loss in the left ear. 200 1, the highest-selling album of Ayumi Hamasaki singer's career: A Selection entered 200 1, and Ayumi Hamasaki's record sales were still at a high level. The single Evolution released at the beginning of the year has sold nearly 1 10,000, and the other four singles released in the same year also maintained high sales. The album A BEST released in March is the first chapter of Ayumi Hamasaki's career milestone. This album has set a total sales record of more than 4.29 million copies for her, making it the sixth highest-selling album in Japanese history. She chose a photo of herself in tears as the best album cover. In the content of songs, such as "Who ...", "Surreal" and other lyric songs, the lyrics are directly lyrical. In the song arrangement of the whole album, Ayumi Hamasaki's songs are permeated with sadness and uncertainty about life and feelings. Compared with other lyric songs in the past, Ayumi Hamasaki's songs have a shocking appeal and a * * * like voice. Some critics even commented that "such lyrics are sung by Ayumi Hamasaki, who is 2 1 year old, which makes people feel very sad". In an exclusive interview with Japanese TV in 2004, Ayumi Hamasaki recalled that one of the reasons why he chose this cover was that he was intimidated by the record company, instead of releasing a selected album voluntarily. At that time, Ayumi Hamasaki thought that a singer should retire before releasing an album, so he was very resistant to this release plan. At the same time, Ebex also carried out a massive media promotion. During the release of A BEST, her portrait can be seen everywhere in the streets of Shibuya, a popular cultural center in Tokyo, and it also set a record of being on the cover of 40 magazines in the same period, which caused social topics at that time. The main reason for Elbex's huge media promotion is that Utoda, the lead singer of another company Toshiba EMI, released the album "Distance" on the same day, and the release on the same day made the supporters of both sides form a competitive atmosphere, making them show their support for their idols by buying the album. Although the sales of the last two albums both broke 4 million copies, at the same time, their record war in Japan was controversial. In September, she released her second album, ayu-ro mix 2, which was the first album in the history of Japanese pop music to top the charts. Besides, Ayumi Hamasaki has become an increasingly important singer in Japan and overseas. In the same year, during the upcoming release of the featured album, the share price of Ebex rose by 16%, and when Ebex announced the postponement of the release of her fourth album "I am ...", the share price immediately fell. Although there is no evidence that the delay of the album is the direct cause of the stock price decline, Ayumi Hamasaki is becoming more and more important in the company. She also began to actively participate in activities outside Japan, and won the "Best Sales Artist in Asia" award at the World Music Awards held in Monaco. In September, 9 1 1 terrorist attacks occurred in the United States. As a member of the AIX charity fund-raising program, Ayumi Hamasaki released a single "A Song was Born" (singing with Keiko, the lead singer of the Earth Orchestra).

At the same time, Ayumi Hamasaki became the first artist in Japanese history whose total sales exceeded 20 billion yen for two consecutive years. At the end of the year, Ayumi Hamasaki sang "Dearest" at the 45th Japanese Record Awards and won the gold medal for the first time. Following the sudden deafness in the inner ear during the concert in 2000, Ayumi Hamasaki had an accident during this year's solo concert "Journey to the Ayumi Hamasaki Dome 200 1A". Three hours before the Fukuoka concert, Ayumi Hamasaki accidentally fell off the stage during the rehearsal, but she didn't cancel the concert, and she was injured. 2002 is considered to be the year when Ayumi Hamasaki's singing career and record sales reached the peak. The fourth album "I am ..."1released in October 65438+ 1, in which Ayumi Hamasaki got rid of the shadow of his past works and began to write lyrics with his own thoughts, from loneliness and chaos in the past to love and peace. In terms of song style, there are more black music and dance music, rock and electronic music in this album, which is Ayumi Hamasaki's album with light music as the main theme. This album also continued to sell more than 2.3 million copies, making it the second best-selling album of the year (Utoda's Deep River, the annual sales champion). After this album, Ayumi Hamasaki also changed his previous light dance music and lyrical style, gradually increased the number of rock songs and fast-paced dance music songs in subsequent albums, and began to try other different music styles.

After that, Ayumi Hamasaki's limited-edition single "Dawn" failed to win the sales champion; But since then, all singles in Ayumi Hamasaki have also won the public trust list. Single "Freedom &; Yi ",change the single form again, and reduce the number of mixed songs (before each single contained about 10). In July, "H" became the fifth single with a sales volume of over one million in Ayumi Hamasaki and the last single with a sales volume of over 1 10,000 by a Japanese female singer. With the release of the fifth album Rainbow at the end of the year, Ayumi Hamasaki added new elements to his songs. The songs in the album have different styles: there are consistent rock works, trip-hop works, Allegro and Gothic works. New mixing techniques such as gospel singing and shouting are also the music features of the album. In terms of lyrics, freedom and "sad summer" are the main themes of the work. For the first time, she added English lyrics to the song, and for the first time, she let fans participate in the lyrics creation of the new song Rainbow. After the creation, these songs were included in the album "Ballad" released the following spring. In terms of sales, this album is the first original album that can't exceed 2 million copies since the album LOVEppears. In Japan and overseas, Ayumi Hamasaki's singing career continues to develop. On the film, her first music short film "Shen Yue" was released for a limited number of days 10, and sold immediately after it was released. At the beginning of the year, she even appeared on the cover of Time magazine, becoming the second female singer in Asia and the first Japanese female singer after Faye Wong. At the same time, in the "World Music Awards" held in Singapore, she won the "Best Sales Artist in Asia" award again. In June165438+1October, she released her first European single "Connected" in Germany under the name of "Ayu", which was produced with the assistance of disc jockey Ferry Kosten. In September of the same year, Ayumi Hamasaki was elected as the representative of Japan to attend the concert commemorating the 30th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between China and Faye Wong, and performed at the same time with China, the representative of. In the same year, she also won the 46th Japan Record Award and sang "Voyage" live. However, negative news followed. In the same year, there was a rumor that Ayumi Hamasaki discriminated against disabled people, which made Ayumi Hamasaki widely criticized by Japanese public opinion. 2003 -2006: Decline in sales. The memorial service of extending play in 2003 began in 2003. Due to the influence of SARS and the decline of Japanese record industry, the number and sales of Ayumi Hamasaki's records began to decrease, and the career also entered a recession. Three singles and two albums were released throughout the year. In March, she released her first lyric album "A BALLADS", but the new album only included two new songs, and continued some tracks that appeared in the previous album "A BEST", and finally sold nearly 6.5438+0.04 million copies. In addition, in terms of singles, except for the single "&"released in July, which sold 590,000 copies, the sales of the other two singles were lower than before. The 30th single "Forgiveness" released in August, mainly composed by orchestral arrangement, sold 220,000 copies. Since then, Ayumi Hamasaki has never returned to its previous sales record. On June 5438+065438+ 10, the single "I can't say it" was released, which is a typical heavy and sad lyric style. At the end of 2003, the first song "Memorial Address of Yanchang Opera" still achieved sales of more than 6,543,800+0,600, which also made Ayumi Hamasaki the first female singer to exceed 6,543,800+0,000 in Yanchang Opera. In addition, this extended drama also launched her later album, which was released as a single "CD+DVD". In the same year, Ayumi Hamasaki became the first female singer in Japan to win 3 platinum+1 gold ("I am …"), and also won the gold medal for the third time in the 47th Japan Record Awards in the same year, singing the song "I can't say it", and she was the only singer who won the award for three consecutive years in the Japan Record Awards. After the "Arena Tour" in 2004 and 2003, Ayumi Hamasaki began to have the idea of being dissatisfied with the company. She once said that she felt that the company at that time regarded her as a commodity, not an artist. This idea began with the first two original albums, and also appeared in the sixth original album "My Story" released at the end of 2004. In this album, there is no unified theme like the last album; On the contrary, it is composed of different reminiscences to show that Ayumi Hamasaki wants to create new works entirely with his own ideas. Later, she also said that this album was her first satisfactory album, and its sales exceeded one million copies. Since 2004, Ayumi Hamasaki's singles "Time", "Encouragement" and "Ode" have maintained steady sales. The single "Time" released in March expressed the theme of "I hope it will always be like the brightest moment when flowers are in full bloom" in a lyrical style. In July, the single "INSPIRE" was released, which included two works with strong rhythm: INSPIRE and GAME. Ode, released in September, is also a typical lyric work. However, due to the general depression of the Japanese music scene, the single sales volume can not be restored to the previous figure, only maintaining at around 300,000. With the decline of singing career, the "# Masato Matsuura Incident | Masato Matsuura Incident" in August of the same year shocked the Japanese art and energy circles, showing Ayumi Hamasaki's influence in the company. In 2005, under the fierce competition of many newcomers, Ayumi Hamasaki's popularity and record sales declined day by day. At the beginning of the year, Ayumi Hamasaki was invited to sing a song "Born" for the opening ceremony of the Aichi World Expo. Ayumi Hamasaki released the first classical remix "Classical Private Stories" at the end of March. After the World Expo, this album was conducted by Japanese world-class conductor Satoshi and accompanied by the European Orchestra [49]. The album eventually sold about 80 thousand copies. The first double red single "Step on You/Is this Love" released in April? It is a Japanese rock single with the theme of "Women's Growing Desire for Love". In August, the single "Wonderland" was released, which brought out the theme of "Utopia" with a distinctive J-POP style, and this single was the first time that Ayumi Hamasaki distinguished different cover record types. This single music video went to Hawaii to shoot and cost more than two million dollars (about 250 million yen). This is the most expensive music video in Japanese history and the eighth most expensive music video in world history. The single "Paradise" released in September is a work created by Ayumi Hamasaki for the film "Endure-Ninja". The tune is full of sad lyrical style and the theme is "The helplessness of lovers". At the end of the year, the 38th single "Bold &; Delicious/Pride changed the style of previous works and tried to create the melody of soul music provided by the German orchestra SWEETBOX GEO, but the sales volume of this single was the lowest in Ayumi Hamasaki in recent years. This year, Ayumi Hamasaki's record sales have not changed much, but after the "Masato Matsuura incident", her influence on the company gradually declined, and she no longer interfered in the company's affairs. At the same time, the rise of the same company and other new singers in the Japanese music scene, as well as the depression of the Japanese record industry, also objectively formed the reasons for the decline of Ayumi Hamasaki's popularity and record sales.