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Hamasaki Ayumi (浜崎あゆみ) is considered by many to be the currently reigning queen of J-pop and continues to top the charts with almost every release.
After a rough childhood and a brief stint as an aidoru, Hamasaki was discovered by avex producer and Velfarre founder Max Matsuura. She has worked with such J-pop greats as Kitagawa Jun (CUTEMEN), t-kimura (move), Igarashi Mitsuru (Every Little Thing), TSUNKU (Sharan Q, Hello! Project), and Komuro Tetsuya (globe, TRF, TM Network) among others. She's been remixed by the likes of Ferry Corsten, Fantastic Plastic Machine, Johnny Vicious, and Armin van Buuren.
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Profile
- Stage Name: Hamasaki Ayumi (浜崎あゆみ), Hamazaki Kurumi (浜崎くるみ)
- Birth Name: Hamasaki Ayumi (濱崎歩)
- Nicknames: Ayu (あゆ, also see CREA)
- Birth Date: October 2, 1978
- Birth Place: Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan
- Blood Type: A
- Height: 157cm (61.8 in ; 5'1")
- Weight: 40kg (88.18 lbs)
- Measurements: 80cm-53cm-82cm (31.5 in-20.9 in-32.3 in)
- Favorite Artists: KEIKO (globe), Miyazawa Rie, Matsuda Seiko, Babyface, and En Vogue.
- Favorite City: New York
- Favorite Actors: Nicolas Cage, Miyazawa Rie
- Favorite Movies: The Bodyguard, Betty Blue, Leaving Las Vegas
- People I Respect: People who have things I don't have.
- People I Dislike: Liars, people who don't say hello.
- Current Interest: Collecting white things for my room
- Favorite Food: Biscuits (maybe my staple diet!), cakes, chocolates, kimchi (Korean marinated cabbage)
- Favorite Things to Read: Most of the fashion magazines. Modern-language translations of the Manyo tanka poems are especially interesting. Poems of Giniro Natsuo, Aida Mitsuo, etc.
- Lessons: Piano, Japanese calligraphy (5th rank), abacus calculation, Japanese flower arrangement, Kumon-shiki study system
Biography
Hamasaki was born in Fukuoka in 1978. At a very young age, Hamasaki experienced her father leaving her and her mother. Hamasaki woke up in the night to see him packing up his things, and when she asked where he was going, he said it was a business trip. After wishing her father a safe journey and going back to bed, Hamasaki never saw him again. Afterwards, Hamasaki and her mother (who she has always called "Mommy") lived with her grandmother. Upon moving to Tokyo later, Hamasaki and her mother both worked to put food on the table. Hamasaki's mother worked most of the time, and thus it was her grandmother that did most of the caring for young Ayumi. Hamasaki would later say that her grandmother felt more like a mother to her than her "Mommy" did. Hamasaki, in the meantime, worked as a model & actress, doing many swimsuit photoshoots for magazines like BOMB, Young Teioh, Takarajima, and Up To Boy. She starred in several movies and TV series, including yami no PAAPURU AI and Miseinen on TV, and rediisu REDIISU -soucho saigo no hi-, Like Grains of Sand, and sumomo mo momo on the screen. In 1995 Ayu signed very briefly with Nippon Columbia under the name AYUMI featuring DOHZI-T and DJ BASS and released one single and one mini-album, both titled NOTHING FROM NOTHING. It sold dismally. Hamasaki found little success as an aidoru (being unwilling to play pretend for or sleep with managers, directors, & producers) and gave it up in favor of hanging out with friends.
One fateful night in 1997, at a Karaoke bar in Tokyo, Hamasaki was approached by a stranger after singing. He introduced himself as Max Matsuura and told her she had a nice voice, but couldn't sing well, and he wanted to send her to voice lessons and sign her to his label, avex. She found him shady, but he persisted and she finally said okay. He sent her to voice lessons in New York which she rarely attended, having always had a problem with authority. She never told him that she ditched the lessons and went shopping in New York instead. She exchanged letters with Matsuura while there, showing remarkable talent for expressing her feelings. Finally she returned to Japan to record her first single, poker face. Up until the day of recording, Hamasaki had been dissatisfied with the lyrics. Matsuura, remembering Hamasaki's letters, suggested she try writing new ones, and the result was the final recording of the song.
The day before that recording, Hamasaki's grandmother was sick in the hospital. Hamasaki visited her briefly, saying that she'd come again later, but tomorrow she had to record her first single. The day of recording, Hamasaki got a fax saying that her grandmother had died.
poker face was released April 8th, 1998, followed by several singles afterwards. None were hits, but her first album, A Song for XX, reached number one on the Oricon album chart. The ayu-mi-x remix album followed, featuring a remix disc as well as an acoustic disc. Her single WHATEVER, with 2 very different versions of the song (neither listed as the original version) showed her departure from relatively safe, unassuming rock-pop to dance-pop, a staple of her discography for years to come. Hamasaki finally got her first number one single in April 1999 with the TSUNKU composition LOVE ~Destiny~, theme for the TV drama SEMI-DABURU. Her August 1999 single A was meant as a goodbye single, and was more like a mini-album with four all-new tracks and remixes of all of them. The single was initially released in 5 different colors. It sold a million copies, and a gold colored disc was released to commemorate that. It kept selling, and at 1.5 million copies a special edition gold disc was released. The single sold over 1.6 million copies total, and is to this date her best-selling single.
Her second album, LOVEppears, solidified her title as a queen of Japanese pop. Most of the album consisted of hit singles, three of which were limited editions and are to this day highly sought-after by collectors. Her following remix series, ayu-mi-x II, consisted of no less than four albums: one of western remixers, one of Japanese remixers, one of acoustic versions, and a 2-disc set consisting of a 70 minute Non-Stop Mega Mix as well as all-new tracks. The summer of 2000 also gave us her first ever concert tour, which was a huge success and later released on DVD, VHS, and VCD. Her third album was released in late 2000, entitled Duty after her realization that as an idol to millions of girls, she had a duty to be a good role model to them. The singles that preceded it, vogue, Far away, and SEASONS, were released one-per-month and marketed as a trilogy. Hamasaki said the songs were looking at her life from the front, the back, and the side respectively, and were one of many attempts that Hamasaki made through music to deal with her past self.
In 2001, Matsuura told Hamasaki that it was time, after 3 albums, to release her Best album. Hamasaki was not happy with this, and did not want it released, but she hand-picked the songs (re-recording 4 and remixing one), and the A BEST album was released March 28th, 2001. That same week, Utada Hikaru's album Distance was released, starting an unofficial but much-watched competition between the two. Utada "won", but not by much. Both albums sold over 4 million copies.
The album included M, a turning point in Hamasaki's career. This was the first song whose melody she composed herself and it showed a definite gear-shift stylistically for the singer. Rock elements started to layer onto Hamasaki's tracks (and in copious amounts at times). Since this part of her career, nearly every single has been number one on the Oricon weekly charts, and her albums have all each shown their own character and sound. Her latest album, NEXT LEVEL, features a techno pop sound that, while popular, is thus far unexplored by Ayu. This will surely not be the last genre Hamasaki tackles.
Discography
Albums
| # | Release | Title | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1995.12.01 | NOTHING FROM NOTHING | N/A |
| 2 | 1999.01.01 | A Song for XX | #1 |
| 3 | 1999.11.10 | LOVEppears | #1 |
| 4 | 2000.09.27 | Duty | #1 |
| 5 | 2002.01.01 | I am... | #1 |
| 6 | 2002.12.18 | RAINBOW | #1 |
| 7 | 2003.12.17 | Memorial address | #1 |
| 8 | 2004.12.15 | MY STORY | #1 |
| 9 | 2006.01.01 | (miss)understood | #1 |
| 10 | 2006.11.29 | Secret | #1 |
| 11 | 2008.01.01 | GUILTY | #2 |
| 12 | 2009.03.25 | NEXT LEVEL | #1 |
Compilation albums
| # | Release | Title | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2001.03.21 | A BEST | #1 |
| 2 | 2003.03.12 | A BALLADS | #1 |
| 3 | 2007.02.28 | A BEST 2 | #1 |
| 4 | 2008.09.210 | A COMPLETE ~ALL SINGLES~ | #1 |
Singles
| # | Release | Title | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1998.04.08 | poker face | #20 |
| 2 | 1998.06.10 | YOU | #20 |
| 3 | 1998.08.05 | Trust | #9 |
| 4 | 1998.10.07 | For My Dear... | #9 |
| 5 | 1998.12.09 | Depend on you | #6 |
| 6 | 1999.02.10 | WHATEVER | #5 |
| 7 | 1999.04.14 | LOVE ~Destiny~ | #1 |
| 8 | 1999.05.12 | TO BE | #4 |
| 9 | 1999.07.14 | Boys & Girls | #1 |
| 10 | 1999.08.11 | A | #1 |
| 11 | 1999.11.10 | appears | #2 |
| 12 | 1999.12.08 | kanariya | #1 |
| 13 | 2000.12.09 | Fly high | #3 |
| 14 | 2000.04.26 | vogue | #3 |
| 15 | 2000.05.17 | Far away | #2 |
| 16 | 2000.06.07 | SEASONS | #1 |
| 17 | 2000.09.27 | SURREAL | #1 |
| 18 | 2000.11.01 | AUDIENCE | #2 |
| 19 | 2000.12.13 | M | #1 |
| 20 | 2001.01.31 | evolution | #1 |
| 21 | 2001.03.07 | NEVER EVER | #1 |
| 22 | 2001.05.16 | Endless sorrow | #1 |
| 23 | 2001.07.11 | UNITE! | #1 |
| 24 | 2001.09.27 | Dearest | #1 |
| 25 | 2002.03.06 | Daybreak | #2 |
| 26 | 2002.04.24 | Free & Easy | #1 |
| 27 | 2002.07.24 | H | #1 |
| 28 | 2002.09.26 | Voyage | #1 |
| 29 | 2003.07.09 | & | #1 |
| 30 | 2003.08.20 | forgiveness | #1 |
| 31 | 2003.11.06 | No way to say | #1 |
| 32 | 2004.03.31 | Moments | #1 |
| 33 | 2004.07.28 | INSPIRE | #1 |
| 34 | 2004.09.29 | CAROLS | #1 |
| 35 | 2005.04.20 | STEP you/is this LOVE? | #1 |
| 36 | 2005.08.03 | fairyland | #1 |
| 37 | 2005.09.14 | HEAVEN | #1 |
| 38 | 2005.11.30 | Bold & Delicious/Pride | #1 |
| 39 | 2006.03.08 | Startin'/Born To Be... | #1 |
| 40 | 2006.06.21 | BLUE BIRD | #1 |
| 41 | 2007.07.18 | glitter/fated | #1 |
| 42 | 2007.09.19 | talkin' 2 myself | #1 |
| 43 | 2008.04.08 | Mirrorcle World | #1 |
| 44 | 2008.12.17 | Days/GREEN | #1 |
| 45 | 2009.02.25 | Rule/Sparkle | #1 |
Digital Singles
| # | Release | Title | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2007.12.05 | Together When... | #1 |
Special Singles
| # | Release | Title | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1995.09.21 | NOTHING FROM NOTHING | #198 |
| 1 | 2001.12.12 | a song is born | #1 |
Remix Albums
| # | Release | Title | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1999.03.17 | ayu-mi-x | #4 |
| 2 | 2000.02.16 | SUPER EUROBEAT PRESENTS ayu-ro-mix | #2 |
| 3 | 2000.03.08 | Ayu-mi-x II Version US&EU | #2 |
| 4 | 2000.03.08 | Ayu-mi-x II Version JPN | #6 |
| 5 | 2000.03.08 | Ayu-mi-x II Version Acoustic Orchestra | #3 |
| 6 | 2000.03.29 | Ayu-mi-x II Non-Stop Mega Mix Version | #6 |
| 7 | 2001.02.28 | Ayu-mi-x III Non-Stop Mega Mix Version | #3 |
| 8 | 2001.02.28 | ayu-mi-x III Acoustic Orchestra Version | #4 |
| 9 | 2001.09.27 | Super Eurobeat Presents Ayu-ro Mix 2 | #1 |
| 10 | 2001.09.27 | Cyber Trance Presents Ayu Trance | #3 |
| 11 | 2002.03.20 | Ayu-mi-x 4 - Selection Non-Stop Mega Mix Version | #4 |
| 12 | 2002.03.20 | Ayu-mi-x 4 - Selection Acoustic Orchestra Version | #9 |
| 13 | 2002.09.26 | Cyber Trance Presents Ayu Trance 2 | #3 |
| 14 | 2003.09.25 | RMX Works from Ayu-mi-x 5 Non-stop Mega Mix | #18 |
| 15 | 2003.09.25 | RMX Works From Cyber Trance Presents Ayu Trance 3 | #14 |
| 16 | 2003.09.25 | RMX Works from Super Eurobeat Presents Ayu-ro Mix 3 | #13 |
| 17 | 2008.03.26 | ayu-mi-x 6 -GOLD- | #6 |
| 18 | 2008.03.26 | ayu-mi-x 6 -SILVER- | #8 |
Digital Remix Albums
| # | Release | Title |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2008.03.18 | ayu-mi-x 6 haishin gentei album 1 |
| 2 | 2008.03.26 | ayu-mi-x 6 haishin gentei album 2 |
Remix Singles
| # | Release | Title | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2000.12.06 | the other side ONE: Hex Hector | #33 |
| 2 | 2001.01.31 | the other side TWO: Junior Vasquez | #10 |
| 3 | 2001.01.31 | the other side THREE: Thunderpuss, Soul Solution | #12 |
| 4 | 2001.01.31 | the other side FOUR: System F, Vincent De Moor | #11 |
| 5 | 2001.11.21 | excerpts from ayu-mi-x III CD001 | #44 |
| 6 | 2001.12.13 | excerpts from ayu-mi-x III CD002 | #34 |
| 7 | 2001.12.13 | excerpts from ayu-mi-x III CD003 | #36 |
| 8 | 2001.12.13 | excerpts from ayu-mi-x III CD004 | #35 |
| 9 | 2001.12.26 | excerpts from ayu-mi-x III CD005 | #32 |
| 10 | 2001.12.26 | excerpts from ayu-mi-x III CD006 | #30 |
Re-released Singles
| # | Release | Title | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2001.02.28 | poker face | #31 |
| 2 | 2001.02.28 | YOU | #25 |
| 3 | 2001.02.28 | Trust | #29 |
| 4 | 2001.02.28 | For My Dear... | #33 |
| 5 | 2001.02.28 | Depend on you | #27 |
| 6 | 2001.02.28 | WHATEVER | #28 |
| 7 | 2001.02.28 | LOVE ~Destiny~ | #20 |
| 8 | 2001.02.28 | TO BE | #26 |
| 9 | 2002.11.07 | H | # |
European Singles
| # | Release | Record Company | Location | Title |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2002.12.15 | Lightning Records | Belgium | Connected |
| 2 | 2003.04.07 | Drizzly Records | Germany | Connected |
| 3 | 2003.10.27 | Drizzly Records | Germany | M |
| 4 | 2004.03.08 | Drizzly Records | Germany | Depend on you |
| 5 | 2004.10.18 | Drizzly Records | Germany | Naturally WIPPENBERG REMIXES |
| 6 | 2005.04.18 | Drizzly Records | Germany | appears |
| 7 | 2005.11.17 | Drizzly Records | Germany | UNITE! |
Analogs (Japan)
| # | Release | Title |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1999.06.05 | Depend on you |
| 2 | 1999.06.19 | A Song for XX |
| 3 | 1999.06.19 | from your letter |
| 4 | 1999.06.19 | poker face |
| 5 | 1999.06.19 | SIGNAL |
| 6 | 1999.07.03 | Hana |
| 7 | 1999.07.03 | POWDER SNOW |
| 8 | 1999.07.03 | Trust |
| 9 | 1999.07.03 | Wishing |
| 10 | 1999.07.17 | As if... |
| 11 | 1999.07.17 | FRIEND II |
| 12 | 1999.07.17 | Two of us |
| 13 | 1999.07.17 | YOU |
| 14 | 1999.08.11 | ayu-mi-x BOX SET |
| 15 | 1999.10.06 | A Remixes side NYC |
| 16 | 1999.10.06 | A Remixes side TYO |
| 17 | 1999.10.18 | SUPER EUROBEAT J-Euro 1 |
| 18 | 2000.01.28 | appears/WHATEVER |
| 19 | 2000.03.22 | appears |
| 20 | 2000.05.31 | ayu-mi-x II version JPN |
| 21 | 2000.10.10 | vogue |
| 22 | 2000.10.10 | Far away |
| 23 | 2000.10.10 | SEASONS |
| 24 | 2000.12.27 | SURREAL |
| 25 | 2000.12.27 | AUDIENCE |
| 26 | 2001.07.14 | M |
| 27 | 2001.07.14 | evolution |
| 28 | 2001.08.11 | NEVER EVER |
| 29 | 2001.08.11 | Endless sorrow |
| 30 | 2001.08.11 | UNITE! |
| 31 | 2001.09.26 | excerpts from ayu-mi-x III AD001 |
| 32 | 2001.09.26 | excerpts from ayu-mi-x III AD002 |
| 33 | 2001.09.26 | excerpts from ayu-mi-x III AD003 |
| 34 | 2001.11.11 | The M EP |
| 35 | 2002.07.13 | Dearest |
| 36 | 2002.07.13 | Daybreak |
| 37 | 2008.04.09 | Step you/About You |
| 38 | 2008.04.09 | GAME/Together When... |
| 39 | 2008.04.09 | Moments/ourselves |
| 40 | 2008.04.09 | INSPIRE/CAROLS |
| 41 | 2008.04.09 | No way to say/fated |
| 42 | 2008.04.09 | Startin'/Greatful days |
| 43 | 2008.04.09 | HEAVEN/talkin' 2 myself |
| 44 | 2008.04.09 | walking proud/glitter |
| 45 | 2008.04.09 | alterna/Beautiful Fighters |
| 46 | 2008.04.09 | part of Me/decision |
Analogs (Europe & USA)
| # | Release | Label | Location | Title |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2001.03.30 | avex usa | USA | Boys & Girls remixed by Hex Hector |
| 2 | 2001.06.12 | avex usa | USA | kanariya (Canary) remixed by Jonathan Peters |
| 3 | 2001.07.21 | Badorb.com | UK | monochrome |
| 4 | 2001.08.24 | avex usa | USA | Trauma remixed by Thunderpuss |
| 5 | 2001.09.29 | avex usa | USA | too late remixed by Soul Solution |
| 6 | 2001.12.01 | avex usa | USA | monochrome remixed by Keith Litman |
| 7 | 2002.01.15 | avex trax? | UK | The M EP |
| 8 | 2002.05.16 | avex usa | USA | appears remixed by Junior Vasquez |
| 9 | 2002.07.31 | avex usa | USA | Duty remixed by Eric Kupper |
| 10 | 2002.07.31 | avex usa | USA | evolution remixed by Razor |
| 11 | 2002.11.18 | Drizzly Records | Germany | Connected |
| 12 | 2002.12.06 | Lightning Records | Belgium | Connected |
| 13 | 2003.01.24 | avex usa | USA | Boys & Girls remixed by Junior Vasquez |
| 14 | 2003.02.28 | Drizzly Records | Germany | Connected Remix Edition |
| 15 | 2003.08.28 | Drizzly Records | Germany | M part 1 |
| 16 | 2003.09.18 | Drizzly Records | Germany | M part 2 |
| 17 | 2003.10.30 | Drizzly Records | Germany | M limited edition |
| 18 | 2004.01.15 | Drizzly Records | Germany | Depend on you Svenson & Gielen remixes |
| 19 | 2004.02.05 | Drizzly Records | Germany | Depend on you DJ SHOG remixes |
| 20 | 2004.05.05 | Vale Music | Spain | M |
| 21 | 2004.09.02 | Drizzly Records | Germany | Naturally Wippenberg Remixes 1 |
| 22 | 2004.09.16 | Drizzly Records | Germany | Naturally Wippenberg Remixes 2 |
| 23 | 2005.03.10 | Drizzly Records | Germany | appears |
| 24 | 2005.03.31 | Drizzly Records | Germany | appears Remixes |
| 25 | 2005.05.12 | Drizzly Records | Germany | UNITE! part 1 |
| 26 | 2005.06.02 | Drizzly Records | Germany | UNITE! part 2 |
Promo-Only CDs
- Ayumi Hamasaki Special Sampler (September 2001)
Promo-Only Analogs
- WHATEVER version M (early 1999)
- Boys & Girls (mid-1999)
- SUPER EUROBEAT limited edition (mid-1999)
- WHATEVER "Ferry 'SYSTEM F' Corsten dub mix" (late 1999)
- Fly high - Dub Master X promo (2000)
- taken from ayu-mi-x III (early 2001)
- M "Above & Beyond Dub" acetate (late 2001)
- Eurobeat White Label Promo (October 2001)
- HANABI Lange Remix (late 2002)
- SUPER J-TRANCE BEST (early 2005)
Videography
Music Videos & Concerts
| # | Release | Title |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1999.09.15 | A Film for XX |
| 2 | 2000.02.23 | A Clips |
| 3 | 2000.03.29 | HAMASAKI AYUMI |
| 4 | 2000.09.20 | vogue Far away SEASONS |
| 5 | 2000.09.13 | concert tour 2000 dai1maku |
| 6 | 2000.09.27 | concert tour 2000 dai2maku |
| 7 | 2000.12.13 | SURREAL |
| 8 | 2001.02.07 | M |
| 9 | 2001.06.13 | evolution |
| 10 | 2001.06.20 | countdown live 2000-2001 A |
| 11 | 2001.12.12 | DOME TOUR 2001 A |
| 12 | 2002.03.13 | A Clips vol. 2 |
| 13 | 2002.11.13 | tsuki ni shizumu |
| 14 | 2003.01.29 | STADIUM TOUR 2002 A |
| 15 | 2003.01.29 | ARENA TOUR 2002 A |
| 16 | 2003.01.29 | COMPLETE LIVE BOX A |
| 17 | 2004.02.25 | complete clip box |
| 18 | 2004.02.25 | A museum ~30th single collection live~ |
| 19 | 2004.09.29 | ARENA TOUR 2003-2004 A |
| 20 | 2005.03.02 | COUNT DOWN LIVE 2004-2005 A |
| 21 | 2005.08.24 | ARENA TOUR 2005 A ~MY STORY~ |
| 22 | 2006.03.23 | COUNTDOWN LIVE 2005-2006 A |
| 23 | 2006.11.01 | ARENA TOUR 2006 A ~(miss)understood~ |
| 24 | 2008.03.12 | ASIA TOUR 2007 ~Tour of Secret~ LIVE+DOCUMENTARY |
| 25 | 2008.06.18 | COUNTDOWN LIVE 2007-2008 Anniversary |
| 26 | 2009.01.28 | ASIA TOUR 2008 LIVE IN TAIPEI |
Movies
TV Series
| Year | Title | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 1993 | TWINS Teachers | (Regular) |
| 1993 | hokuto no ken (Fist of the North Star | Yuri |
| 1994 | DRACULA ga neratteiru | (Guest) |
| 1994 | otte! GABURI! | (Appearance) |
| 1994-1995 | Idol On Stage | (Appearances) |
| 1994-1995 | HIP -Hot Information Press- | Regular Co-host |
| 1994-1995 | Donmai! Sports & Wide | Wednesday regular |
| 1994 | Saiyuki (Journey to the West | Guest |
| 1995 | Shinshun Kakushi Geitaikai | |
| 1995 | O-TO-NA ni shite ~complex blue~ | |
| 1995 | Miseinen | Regular |
| 1995 | Good Morning 8AM | Guest |
| 1996 | yami no PURPLE EYE | Regular |
Video Games
| # | Release | Title | System |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2001.12.13 | A VISUAL MIX | Playstation 2 |
| 2 | 2002.03.29 | A TYPE | PC |
Commercials & Promotional Campaigns
- Kao Sofina AUBE
- Fifth Season
- Fukuoka City Bank
- GemCEREY (Cancelled)
- Honda
- JT Momo no Tennensui
- Kasutadon
- Kirin
- Kose Visee
- Lycos
- Morinaga
- Duskin Mister Donut
- Panasonic
- Pentel Color Fude
- Suntory
- Takanoyuri Beauty Clinic
- Tower Records
- Tu-Ka
- UC Card
- Wacoal
- Diet Weider in Jelly
Other Releases
Relational CDs
- avex 10th anniversary presents avex THE ALBUM (26 November 1998)
- TSUNKU & 7HOUSE - LOVE ~dakiatte~ (24 April 1999)
- SEMI-DOUBLE OST (2 June 1999)
- SUPER EUROBEAT vol. 100 (4 August 1999)
- SUPER EUROBEAT vol. 101 (1 January 2000)
- TranceMatch: system F vs. Armin (5 April 2000)
- SUPER EUROBEAT vol. 110 (2 August 2000)
- Dub Master X - Dub's Music Box (27 September 2000)
- COUNTDOWN J-POP 2000
- J-Euro Best (11 January 2001)
- United States of avex Artists (7 March 2001)
- SUPER EUROBEAT vol. 116 (22 March 2001)
- Grow Sound Works (18 April 2001)
- Mukashi no Otoko OST (6 June 2001)
- AUBE Collection (8 August 2001)
- SUPER EUROBEAT vol. 120 (21 August 2001)
- J-Euro Non-Stop Best (27 September 2001)
- DRAMATIC (12 December 2001)
- VARIOUS ARTISTS FEATURING song+nation (23 January 2002)
- song+nation 2 trance (6 March 2002)
- Ferry Corsten - The Very Best of Ferry Corsten (6 March 2002)
- A Best AYUMI Piano Instrumental Collection
- I am AYUMI Piano Instrumental Collection
- My Little Chef OST (4 September 2002)
- Best of Jpop 2003
- HARMONY ~J-POP MEETS CLASSICS~ (4 June 2003)
- Cyber X #01 (30 July 2003)
- SPACE DRIVE ROUTE1 -Techno Remix Ver.- (6 August 2003)
- m.c.A.T. - Returns! (4 February 2004)
- Ayumi Hamasaki Songs meets Princess China Music Orchestra (29 September 2004)
- a box
- dream meets best hits avex
- TOKYO CLUB GANG
Relational DVDs
- Aggressive Mind - Progressive Wakeboarding
- a-nation '03
- a-nation '04 Best Hit Summer Live
- a-nation '05
- CNN English Express
Official Books
- Terima Kasih
- First Book "A"
- DOME TOUR 2001 A HISTORY BOOK
- uraayu
- uraayu Special Edition
- Leslie Kee Super Stars (appearance)
- 10th Anniversary DOCUMENT BOOK
- DEJIDEJI Nikki 100kai Kinen
Magazine Covers
- [1994.??.??] Shuukan Jitsuwa
- [1995.01.01] Young Sunday
- [1995.01.27] Young Sunday
- [1995.02] BUBKA
- [1995.03] Hello!! STAND-BY
- [1995.05] CAMERAMAN
- [1995.05.??] Comic Guy's
- [1995.05] Otakara Girls
- [1995.07] Takarajima
- [1995.08] Dengeki-Oh
- [1995.09.20] Comic Guy's
- [1995.09.28] Scholar
- [1995.09] Bomb
- [1995.11.26] Holiday Auto
- [1995.12] Young Animal
- [1996.05.20] PIXIE17
- [1996.08.13] THOROUGHBRED
- [1998.11] De-View
- [1998.12] TOWER
- [1999.01.18] The Ichiban
- [1999.01.22] Young Sunday
- [1999.02] Zappy
- [1999.03] Girlpop
- [1999.04] Monthly Feature
- [1999.05.20] CD DATA
- [1999.06.25] Hot Dog Press
- [1999.07.23] an-an
- [1999.07] Girls Hits
- [1999.07] ViVi
- [1999.08.17] Isshukan
- [1999.Autumn] WHAT's IN? PICTORIAL
- [1999.09] CD HITS!
- [1999.09] COOL TRANS
- [1999.09] Girlpop
- [1999.10] JUNON
- [1999.11.16] Isshukan
- [1999.11.23] Isshukan
- [1999.11] CD DATA
- [1999.11] non-no
- [1999.11] The Ichiban
- [1999.12] CD HITS!
- [1999.12] Girlpop
- [1999.12] JUNON
- [1999.12] WHAT's IN?
- [1999.12] Zappy
- [2000.01] FRIDAY
- [2000.01] ViVi
- [2000.05.15] Seventeen
- [2000.05] The Ichiban
- [2000.05] WHAT's IN?
- [2000.06.05] CD DATA
- [2000.06] CD HITS!
- [2000.06] non-no
- [2000.06] Popteen
- [2000.06] The Ichiban
- [2000.06] Yoso-en
- [2000.06] Zappy
- [2000.07] Girlpop
- [2000.07] musicnet
- [2000.07] ViVi
- [2000.08] LYCOS
- [2000.10.??] CD DATA
- [2000.10] CD HITS!
- [2000.10] The Ichiban
- [2000.11] Seventeen
- [2000.11] DVD Talent
- [2000.11] Girlpop
- [2000.11] GirlsHits!
- [2000.11] non-no
- [2000.11] Popteen
- [2000.11] SCawaii!
- [2000.11] Zappy
- [2000.12] Gekkan THE TELEVISION
- [2000.12] musicnet
- [2000.12] ViVi
- [2001.01.05] CD DATA
- [2001.01.08] Weekly THE TELEVISION
- [2001.01] Ongaku to Hito
- [2001.01] ViVi
- [2001.02] GENROQ
- [2001.02] non-no
- [2001.02] Zappy
- [2001.03.31] Weekly THE TELEVISION
- [2001.03] Groovin'
- [2001.04.17] Isshukan
- [2001.04.20] CD DATA
- [2001.04] beatfreak
- [2001.04] bounce
- [2001.04] CD HITS!
- [2001.04] CUTiE
- [2001.04] Girlpop A BEST MOOK 2001
- [2001.04] non-no
- [2001.04] PATI-PATI
- [2001.04] Petit seven
- [2001.04] Rockin' On Japan
- [2001.04] Seventeen
- [2001.04] The Ichiban
- [2001.04] Walker
- [2001.04] Zappy
- [2001.05] ar
- [2001.05] Cawaii!
- [2001.05] GirlsHits!
- [2001.05] JUNIE
- [2001.05] MUSIC CREATOR
- [2001.05] Nikkei Entertainment
- [2001.05] Popteen
- [2001.05] SCawaii!
- [2001.05] SONG KONG
- [2001.05] Sweet
- [2001.05] ViVi
- [2001.05] Zipper
- [2001.07] Weekly Oricon
- [2001.10.05] CD DATA
- [2001.10] CD HITS!
- [2001.10] musicnet
- [2001.10] SCawaii!
- [2001.10] Weekly Oricon
- [2001.10] WHAT's IN?
- [2001.11] Girlpop
- [2001.11] Popteen
- [2001.11] Smart
- [2001.11] SONG KONG
- [2001.11] Stonew
- [2001.12] an-an
- [2001.12] Cawaii!
- [2001.12] Popteen
- [2001.12] SCawaii!
- [2001.12] Stonew
- [2001.12] ViVi
- [2001.12] Zipper
- [2002] GirlsHits! PLUS 001
- [2002.01] beatfreak
- [2002.01] CD HITS!
- [2002.01] Weekly Oricon
- [2002.01] Zappy
- [2002.02] GirlsHits!
- [2002.02] Popteen
- [2002.02] R&R Newsmaker
- [2002.02] SCawaii!
- [2002.02] ViVi
- [2002.03] TIME Asia
- [2002.04.27] TV Guide
- [2002.04] Gekkan THE TELEVISION
- [2002.04] Smart
- [2002.05] CD DATA
- [2002.05] Free & Easy - Hamasaki Republic special
- [2002.05] Nikkei Entertainment
- [2002.05] SCawaii!
- [2002.05] Weekly Oricon
- [2002.06] Cawaii!
- [2002.06] CD HITS!
- [2002.06] Popteen
- [2002.06] ViVi
- [2002.06] Zipper
- [2002.08] CD DATA
- [2002.08] CD HITS!
- [2002.08] Popteen
- [2002.08] Zappy
- [2002.09] CD DATA
- [2002.09] VOGUE
- [2002.09] Weekly Oricon
- [2002.Autumn] WestEast
- [2002.10] R&R Newsmaker
- [2002.10] SCawaii!
- [2002.10] ViVi
- [2002.11] Gekkan THE TELEVISION
- [2002.11] Girlpop
- [2002.11] Popteen
- [2002.12.23] Smart
- [2002.12.30] AERA
- [2002.12] CD DATA
- [2002.12] GQ Taiwan
- [2003.01] Sweet
- [2003.02] Popteen
- [2003.02] R&R Newsmaker
- [2003.02] SCawaii!
- [2003.02] Vivi
- [2003.02] Zipper
- [2003.03] Weekly Oricon
- [2003.04] Cawaii!
- [2003.04] WHAT's IN?
- [2003.05] CD HITS!
- [2003.05] Nikkei Entertainment
- [2003.05] ViVi
- [2003.08] CD DATA
- [2003.08] Popteen
- [2003.08] Ready Go!
- [2003.08.??] TV Guide
- [2003.08] ViVi
- [2003.08] Zappy
- [2003.09] Cawaii!
- [2003.09] CD HITS!
- [2003.09] Gekkan THE TELEVISION
- [2003.09] Ready Go!
- [2003.09] SCawaii!
- [2003.09] Sweet
- [2003.10] CD HITS!
- [2003.10] Ready Go!
- [2003.11] Ready Go!
- [2003.12] Smart
- [2003.12] Walker
- [2003.12.20] TV Guide
- [2004.01] Cawaii!
- [2004.01] CD DATA
- [2004.01] SCawaii!
- [2004.01] WHAT's IN?
- [2004.02] CD HITS!
- [2004.02] Invitation
- [2004.02] R&R Newsmaker
- [2004.02] Sweet
- [2004.02] ViVi
- [2004.02] Zipper
- [2004.04] TV Guide
- [2004.05] CD HITS!
- [2004.05] Zappy
- [2004.06] Gekkan THE TELEVISION
- [2004.08] CD DATA
- [2004.08] Popteen
- [2004.08] Ready Go!
- [2004.08] Sweet
- [2004.08] Walker
- [2004.08] ViVi
- [2004.09] Casa
- [2004.09] Cawaii!
- [2004.09] Girlpop
- [2004.09] SCawaii!
- [2004.12] Oricon Style
- [2004.12] Sweet
- [2005.01] Cawaii!
- [2005.01] Girlpop
- [2005.01.18] Isshukan
- [2005.01] SCawaii!
- [2005.01] ViVi
- [2005.02] Bea's Up
- [2005.02] Gekkan THE TELEVISION
- [2005.02] Nikkei Entertainment
- [2005.02] Popteen
- [2005.02] R&R Newsmaker EX
- [2005.02] Sweet
- [2005.03] ViVi
- [2005.05] Popteen
- [2005.07] Gekkan THE TELEVISION
- [2005.08] Bea's Up
- [2005.08] Cawaii!
- [2005.08.02] Walker
- [2005.08] SCawaii!
- [2005.08] Sweet
- [2005.08] ViVi
- [2005.09] Popteen
- [2005.10] Sweet
- [2005.11] Popteen
- [2005.11.27] beatfreak
- [2005.12] Gekkan THE TELEVISION
- [2005.12] Tokyo Headline
- [2006.01] Bea's Up
- [2006.01] Cawaii!
- [2006.01] CD DATA
- [2006.01] Girlpop
- [2006.01] SCawaii!
- [2006.01] Sweet
- [2006.01] ViVi
- [2006.02] Popteen
- [2006.03] Isshukan
- [2006.03] WE-MEN
- [2006.04] Isshukan
- [2006.04] Sweet
- [2006.06] Oricon Style
- [2006.07] Popteen
- [2006.07] SCawaii!
- [2006.07] Sweet
- [2006.07] Walker
- [2006.08] Cawaii!
- [2006.08] Gekkan THE TELEVISION
- [2006.08] Walker
- [2006.08] ViVi
- [2006.11] Sweet
- [2006.12] Bea's Up
- [2006.12] Popteen
- [2006.12] ViVi
- [2007.01] Cawaii!
- [2007.01] SCawaii!
- [2007.01] Sweet
- [2007.03.13] Isshukan
- [2007.03] Bea's Up
- [2007.03] beatfreak
- [2007.03] Cawaii!
- [2007.03] CD DATA
- [2007.03] Flying Postman Press
- [2007.03] SCawaii!
- [2007.03] Spring
- [2007.04] FRaU
- [2007.04] Gekkan Songs
- [2007.04] Gekkan THE TELEVISION
- [2007.04] Nikkei Entertainment
- [2007.04] Popteen
- [2007.04] Sweet
- [2007.04] ViVi
- [2007.05] PINKY
- [2007.08] Bea's Up
- [2007.08] CD DATA
- [2007.08] Sweet
- [2007.09] Popteen
- [2007.09] SCawaii!
- [2007.11] Cawaii!
- [2007.12.24] Tokyo Headline
- [2007.12] Sweet
- [2008.01] Bea's Up
- [2008.01] beatfreak
- [2008.01] Popteen (Taiwan)
- [2008.01] SCawaii!
- [2008.02] Cawaii!
- [2008.02] Monthly THE TELEVISION
- [2008.02] Sweet
- [2008.02] ViVi
- [2008.02] VOCE
- [2008.05] Bea's Up
- [2008.05] Cawaii!
- [2008.05] SCawaii!
- [2008.05] ViVi
- [2008.10] Bea's Up
- [2008.10] Sweet
- [2008.10] ViVi
- [2008.12.20] Gekkan THE TELEVISION
- [2009.01] Bea's Up
- [2009.01] SCawaii!
- [2009.01] Sweet
- [2009.01] ViVi
- [2009.03] beatfreak
- [2009.04] Bea's Up
- [2009.04] Tokyo Headline
- [2009.05] Cawaii!
- [2009.05] SCawaii!
- [2009.05] ViVi
Awards & Achievements
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JpopStop Links
External Links
Official
Others
- Nippop Profile | Ayumi Hamasaki
- TIMEasia.com Article: Empress of Pop
- Ayumi Hamasaki Biography
- The Ayumi Hamasaki Fanlisting
- ayu-mi-x fansite & discography
- Ayumi Hamasaki -|- SEASONS -|- (Complete Ayumi Hamasaki Resource)
- TheWayToSay's English Adaptions of Ayumi's Songs
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