Queen of Japanese Pop, Ayumi Hamasaki Best-Selling and Most Successful Female Solo Artist in The Music Industry

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FEMUSINDO.com - Ayumi Hamasaki holds the record as the best-selling solo artist and is the only Japanese solo artist to sell tens of millions of album copies in total.

Ayumi Hamasaki, who was born in Fukuoka, Japan, on October 2, 1978, is known as "Ayu" by her fans.

She is the most famous female singer in Japan. Ayu is nicknamed the "queen of Japanese pop" because of her success.

Released and Sold Dozens of Albums

Since her debut in 1998 with her first single "poker face", to date she has sold more than 50 million copies of albums and singles in Japan alone, not counting in many other countries.

She has released 10 studio albums, 47 singles, one mini album, 5 compilation albums under the Avex Trax record company which has produced many hits and topped the charts in Japan.

Ayumi Hamasaki is the most successful solo artist and female artist as well as the second most successful artist in the history of the Japanese music industry to date.

Breaking the Single Sales Record

With her 40th single, "Blue Bird", Ayumi has broken the record for surpassing the single sales figure of 20 million copies.

With the release of her 39th single, "Startin' / Born To Be..." in 2006, Ayumi has become the first female artist to have 32 singles that sit at number 1 on the famous Japanese Oricon chart.

Ayumi has also received the Grand Prix Japan Record Taishou award, a kind of Japanese Grammy Award, 3 times in a row.

Often Rejects Awards

In 2004, Ayumi Hamasaki rejected an award for her single "INSPIRE", due to a conflict within Avex between Max Matsuura and Tatsumi Yoda.

After that, Ayu also often rejected awards that were intended for her because Ayu wanted to give opportunities to other young singers.

In 2007, Ayu released the compilation album A BEST 2 in 2 versions, BLACK and WHITE. Sales of both albums in the first week reached 945,000 copies.

With the release of the album A BEST 2, Ayumi became the second artist to break the sales record of 2 albums released together and occupy positions 1 & 2 after 37 years of no one being able to make such a record. (*)