Namie Amuro

Personal Profile
Birth name: Namie Amuro 安室 奈美恵 (Amuro Namie)
Born : 1977-09-20
Origin : Okinawa, Japan
Genre(s) :R&B, J-hip hop, J-pop
Occupation(s): Singer, Songwriter, Producer, Actress
Instrument:Singing
Years active: 1992–1995 (group)
1995–present (solo)
Label(s) :Toshiba-EMI (1992–1995)
Avex Trax (1995–present)
Associated acts Super Monkey's
Suite Chic
MAX
Offical Website: http://www.avexnet.or.jp/amuro

Namie Amuro born September 20, 1977 is a Japanese pop singer of Ryukyuan ancestry. In the Japanese press she was referred to as the "Queen of J-pop" before Ayumi Hamasaki eclipsed her popularity in the mainstream pop scene. She was noted in her early years for her Westernized dance music and popularized fashion whose followers came to be nicknamed Amur?(Amurer in English).

Debuting in 1992 as part of the quintet, Super Monkey's, she later debuted solo in 1995 to phenomenal success with producer Tetsuya Komuro. Severing her ties with Komuro in 2001, Amuro has reestablished herself as a R&B artist. Her latest album, PLAY (2007) debuted at #1.She has nine #1 singles, five of which have sold over a million copies.