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Feb 11, 2018 · Information. "Hope" is the fifth digital single released by Amuro Namie. It was used as the 20th opening theme for the anime series ONE PIECE. The song was originally released in 2017 on Amuro's all-time best-of album Finally. The digital single was released along with the announcement of her namie amuro Final Tour 2018 ~Finally~.
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The group's musical catalogue includes thirty-three singles...
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Oct 5, 2020 · The group's musical catalogue includes thirty-three singles and five compilation albums. Starting with their third single, each of Nogizaka46's single releases have reached the top position on the weekly Oricon chart, and several singles since "Influencer" have sold at least one million copies.
- Mixed-race heritage. At first glance, Amuro, while beautiful, does not fit into the typical Japanese ideal defined by fair, porcelain-like skin. The pop queen has a sun-kissed, tanned skin tone, and that is in part because she is a quarter Italian on her mother's side.
- Raised by a single mother. Amuro was raised mostly by her mother Emiko Taira alone. Her parents divorced when Amuro was four and her father has reportedly been absent in her life since.
- Tragic family history. In 1999, about a year after the birth of Amuro's son, she had to confront an unprecedented tragedy. In an ugly family feud which shocked the nation, her mother was brutally attacked and killed at age 48 by Kenji Taira - the younger brother of her second husband.
- Shift in J-pop. When Amuro broke onto the scene as a Japanese teen queen in the mid-1990s with her dyed hair, tanned skin, thigh-high boots and mini-skirts, she represented a shift in Japanese pop culture.
Namie Amuro ( / ˌnɑːmiˈeɪ / NAH-mee-AY; Japanese: 安室 奈美恵, romanized : Amuro Namie; born September 20, 1977) is a retired Japanese singer. She rose to prominence as a teen idol, and transitioned into a leading pop artist due to her versatility across music styles and visual presentation.
J-pop queen Namie Amuro has retired from showbiz after a final performance in her hometown of Okinawa. It has been a year since she stunned fans when she announced on her 40th birthday...
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Jun 17, 2015 · J-pop performer Namie Amuro is one of the best-selling artists in Japanese music history. Her 12th album, _genic, isn't quite her bid for U.S. domination, but it features contributions from PC...
