Style (Amuro Namie)

Album Cover

Artist

Amuro Namie

Album

STYLE

Released

2003.12.10

Catalog Number

AVCD-17372

Price

¥3,059

Tracklist

1. Namie's Style
2. Indy Lady feat. ZEEBRA
3. Put 'Em Up
4. SO CRAZY
5. Don't Lie To Me
6. LOVEBITE
7. Four Seasons
8. Fish feat. VERBAL & Arkitec (MICBANDITZ)
9. gimme more
10. As Good As
11. shine more
12. Come
13. Wishing On The Same Star
14. SO CRAZY (Mad Bear Mix) (Bonus Track)
15. Wishing On The Same Star (Movie Version) (Bonus Track)

Information

STYLE is the fifth studio album released by Amuro Namie. This is her first album released without any production from Komuro Tetsuya and his team, and her last release with American producer Dallas Austin. It is also Amuro's first full length Urban contemporary record. She had previously recorded hip-hop music with SUITE CHIC, who's debut album WHEN POP HITS THE FAN was released ten months earlier. STYLE is primarily made up of hip-hop and R&B influenced pop music and she would later coin the term "Hip-Pop". The song "Namie's Style" is her first work with her one of her future frequent collaborators T.Kura and michico (she also translated the Austin-produced tracks "Put 'Em Up" and "SO CRAZY"). The album does contain a couple electronic pop songs such as "Come" and "As Good As".

Another unusual thing about the album is that it contains several cover songs. "Indy Lady" features rapper ZEEBRA (who Amuro would record several other songs with) is a cover of Toni Estes' "Independent Woman" which features Lil Zane. The songs "Wishing On The Same Star" and "As Good As" were originally record by American freestyle music singer Keedy. The electro-pop song "Come" was originally "Come My Way" performed by Australian singer, model and actress Sophie Monk on her sole album Calendar Girl, which was released just a few months prior to STYLE.

Oricon Chart Positions

Amuro promoting the album

The album reached #4 on the weekly Oricon chart, and continued to rank for a total of 23 weeks. It sold 221,874 copies, becoming the #67 album of 2004. It also sold 6,667 copies in South Korea and reached #10. This is Amuro's lowest selling and charting album.

Mon	Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri	Sat	Sun	Week Rank	Sales
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	93,142
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	11	36,718
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	17	45,379
-	-	-	-	-	-	-
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	25	10,749
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	31	6,630
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	60	3,906
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	71	3,368
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	97	2,297
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	91	2,514
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	138	1,539
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	122	2,207
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	153	1,512
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	153	1,494
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	158	1,455
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	158	1,615
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	162	1,554
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	147	1,573
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	167	1,075
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	221	922
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	270	845
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	287	712
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	299	668

• Total Reported Sales: 221,874

External Links

• Oricon Profile