Namie Amuro (安室 奈美恵, Amuro Namie, nacida el 20 de septiembre de 1977 en Naha, Prefectura de Okinawa) es una cantante, bailarina, y previamente estrella (actriz/cantante) infantil, quien, debido al peso de su popularidad era conocida como la "Reina Adolescente de Japón" y la "Reina del J-pop". Amuro debutó a la edad de catorce años en un grupo de chicas llamado Super Monkey's. Aunque no tuvieron mucho éxito, el grupo ganó popularidad en su último año con el sencillo "Try Me ~Watashi o Shinjite~" (1995). Amuro dejó el grupo después del lanzamiento de dos sencillos más; comenzó su carrera como solista con el entonces-pequeño e independiente sello discográfico Avex Trax. Bajo la enseñanza del productor Tetsuya Komuro, Amuro rápidamente se convirtió en un éxito comercial, produciendo ventas millonarias de sus discos y comenzando varias tendencias de moda. Su sencillo "Can You Celebrate?" (1997) se convirtió en el sencillo más vendido por una solista femenina en Japón. A finales de ese año Amuro se retiró para dedicarse a su compromiso y embarazo. Volvió a la industria musical en 1998 con su sencillo "I Have Never Seen". Enfrentó ventas cada vez más bajas conforme pasaba el tiempo. Terminó su relación laboral con Tetsuya Komuro en 2001, y se unió al proyecto Suite Chic que la transformaría en artista R&B. Desde entonces ha estado renovándose a sí misma, y ha logrado renovar el interés de la gente en ella. Su disco Play (2007) debutó en el top de las listas de éxitos y fue seguido por los sencillos "60s 70s 80s" (2008), los primeros en ser número uno después de 10 años. Después de dos décadas de haber debutado musicalmente, sigue siendo una de las cantantes femeninas que ha sobrevivido durante más tiempo. Es la única cantante japonesa que ha logrado tener un sencillo colocado en el top 10 cada año durante catorce años consecutivos. También continua combatiendo exitosamente el estigma de ser una madre soltera divorciada y trabajadora. El 30 de julio de 2008 lanzó su tercer álbum de grandes éxitos, Best Fiction, el cual fue todo un éxito siendo el Álbum de una artista femenina en Japón con más ventas del 2008, 2° en el chart anual del Oricon Style y #3 en el HMV. En 2009 Namie lanzó su sencillo WILD/Dr. el cual alcanzó el #1 en el Oricon Daily. En diciembre de 2009 Namie lanzó su 9° Album de estudio, titulado Past

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Namie Amuro (安室奈美恵 Amuro Namie, born September 20, 1977) is a Japanese singer, dancer, fashion model, actress and businesswoman. She achieved popularity by a series of successful singles and albums, both exploring different genres and working with producers and musicians outside of Japan, one of the first Japanese artists to do so at the time. Due to her longevity and resilience in the industry, she has been often referred by critics and music publications as the "Teen Queen" of Japan, "Queen of J-Pop", and the "Japanese Madonna or Janet Jackson". Born in Naha, Okinawa, Amuro debuted in music as an idol girl with the band Super Monkey's at age 14. Although majority of their releases were unsuccessful in Japan, Amuro's venturing in modelling fashion and acting helped the group gain attention on their single "Try Me (Watashi o Shinjite)". Retitling themselves as "Namie Amuro with Super Monkey’s" to achieve further success, they released a studio album and a compilation. She signed with Avex Trax in 1995 to released her debut single “"Body Feels Exit", the lead single from her best-selling album Sweet 19 Blues (1996). She achieved large success with her single "Can You Celebrate?", which is still the best-selling single from a female artist in Japan. Transitioning into westernised R&B music, she released her third album Genius 2000 (2000). As she was beginning to mould her well-known signature R&B sound, sales started to decline by the release of her fifth album Style (2003). But in 2007, Play, her eight studio album, was a period of her resurgence with sales. She then moved from R&B, onto electronic dance music with her tenth album Uncontrolled (2012), and has since recorded primarily in English language, including her most recent album Genic (2015). Though Amuro has been credited as a record producer and songwriter in some of her releases, she has remained solely as a recording artist, with many of her singles hitting number one including "Chase the Chance", "A Walk in the Park", "Dreaming I Was Dreaming", "I Have Never Seen", "Wild", and an extended play single 60s 70s 80s. Alongside this, her compilation albums 181920 (1998) and Best Fiction (2008) are two of the best-selling greatest hits albums in Japan. Having sold more than 30 million records in Japan, Namie Amuro is recognized as the 12th best-selling artist, the fourth best-selling solo artist, and third best-selling female artist in that region according to The Richest. She has been recognized at several award ceremonies, including being a recipient at the World Music Awards, Japan Record Awards, Japan Gold Disc Awards, amongst many others. Recording to calculated results by the Recording Industry Association of Japan (RIAJ), she has a total of 43 million certified units. Her album Sweet 19 Blues was the best-selling album of Japan, until it was released by several more entries during most recent years.

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