安室久美子
Amuro Kumiko | |
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| Native name | Amuro Kumiko (安室久美子) |
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| Born | September 17, 1982 Houston, Texas, United States |
| Origin | Japan |
| Genres | |
| Instruments | Vocals |
| Years active | 1992-Now |
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Amuro Kumiko Is The Best Selling Japanese Artist, She Debuted In 1992 at the age of 10, Throughout Her Career her Music Changed Between Rock, R&B, and Pop. 2003 She Debuted In The Group SOULGIRLS, She Left In Late 2014.
History[edit]
1982-1991; Early Life[edit]
Amuro Kumiko Was Born On March 17, 1982 In Houston, Texas. Her Parents Said She Was Raised In A Wealthy Home, and was a very well behaved kid.
Kumiko Moved To Kyōto, Japan when she was 6 Years old and trained for 4 years before she debuted
She Was Supposed To Debut in 1991 But The Debut Was Pushed Back For A Year
A Year Before Her Scheduled Debut, She Released A Documentary “First Soloist Of Starfish Ent.” Kumiko was The First Artist To Be Signed To Starfish Entertainment
1992-1993; Debut In Girl Group[edit]
On July 17, 1992 Amuro Kumiko Officially Debuted With Girl Group “SoulGirl” The Song “Stop The Music”. The Song Did Very Poorly On The Charts.
The Song Started Off Doing Poorly on the Charts, The Following year The Song Sold Over 1,000,000 Sales
In 1992, SoulGirl Released her second single 「太陽の季節」The Song Sold 600,000 Units
1996-1997; Departure From Group[edit]
1996; Kumiko Announced she left “SoulGirl”, and her solo debut will be released soon
1995, Kumiko’s Sister Sera Hamasaki Debuted In The Same Label as Kumi. Once That Happened Starfish Entertainment pitted them against eachother. Leading Starfish To Create A Feud Between The Sisters
The Feud Made Kumiko look Like A Bitter Sister. While Sera Was Getting All The Fame And Sympathy, Until September 1998 It Was Revealed, Sera Was Bribing News Outlets to say bad things about Kumiko
This Leading Sera Getting Kicked Out Of Starfish Entertainment.
After The Incident, Kumiko Released A Song Titled “Illusion” Which Sold 1,000,000 Sales The First Week.
Since Hyusong’s Debut, Kumiko & Hyusong Made a Song Together In 2002 Titled “Bonnie & Clyde”. They Have Been The Talk Of Dating Rumors Since 1996 (Hyusong’s Official Debut)
Both Record Labels Denied It.
1998-1999; Marriage[edit]
In 1999, Back When Kumiko Left Starfish For rhythm nation, Kumiko & Hyusong Came Out Saying That they have been dating since 1992.
They Got Married In 1999 After 7 Years Of Dating.
2000-2001; Solo Debut, Bootylicous, Seduction Song[edit]
To Begin The Year Kumi Made a Sexy Debut With Song “Twirk”. Which Was A Massive Success.
At The End Of 2000, Kumi Broke Records With Breakthrough Single “Bootylicous”. The Song Sold Over 45,000,000 Copies Since The Release.
2001; Kumiko Has Been Known for releasing Seductive songs. On May 4, 2001, she released the song “Seduction Song”. The Song Went #1 the first day of the release
2002; Controversy[edit]
In 2002; Kumiko Released Her 10 Single “Sexuality”. The Single Caused controversy because the music video was racy it could not be played on MTV.
Although Of the controversy the song sold over 900,000 Copies the first week. Which took her to stardom
The Song Has Been Performed At All Of Her Tours
2003-2004; DANGEROUSLY IN LOVE[edit]
In 2003 She Came Back With Her 3rd Single “Keep Givin’ Your Love To Me” Reaching 1,000,000 Downloads It’s First Week.
2003, Kumi Also Made An Astonishing Comeback With Her Song “Crazy In Love” The Song Charted #1 On Oricon And Stayed There For 47 Weeks. The Single Sold 10,000,000 Units
September 21, 2003; Kumiko Released “Dangerously In Love” Her Groundbreaking album that got her major success in the USA
2006-2007; B-DAY[edit]
In 2006 Kumi releases her album “B-DAY” and held Her Best Selling World Tour
2007 She Returned As A Soloist With The Single & Album “Love & Honesty” With The Lead Single Being “Tokyo Lover” & “Baby Don’t Cry”
2008-2009; SASHA FIERCE[edit]
2008; Kumiko Released her 3rd Album “SASHA FIERCE” with lead single “If I Were A Boy”. The Album Sold 456,789 copies The First Week
2009-2010 She Went Touring To Promote The Album The Tour Was 4th The Highest Selling Tour Of the 2010s Decade
In 2009; She released her hit single “DIVA”
2010; Why Don’t You Love Me[edit]
After Her Japan Music Awards Performance Of The Song In 2010 It Was Banned On Music Shows.
June 4, 2010; Kumiko Released Her Single “Why Don’t You Love Me?” The Single Sold Over 1,000,000 Units The First Month
2011; 4[edit]
In 2011 She debuted with rhythm nation labelmate Yamashita Ryūji of G.A.N.G in Co-ed group “Redness” with single “TroubleMaker”.
Late 2011; Kumiko Releases Her Album “4” The Album Had Many Successful Singles. Most Notably “Run The World”
Winter 2011, Kumiko And Fellow Label Member Hyusong collaborated on the song “UNUSUAL”. The Song Was Added To The Deluxe Version of “SASHA FIERCE”
2012; Birth Of Rumi[edit]
April 4, 2012, Kumiko and husband Hyusong Announced She Has Gave Birth To her first daughter Rumi.
2012-2014 Was (As What Fans Call) Amuro Kumiko’s Prime Years.
2012, Kumiko Released no music but teased some bew music coming in 2013
2013: Mrs Carter Show, AMURO KUMIKO[edit]
January 2013, Kumiko Announced Her World Tour “MRS CARTER SHOW WORLD TOUR” The Tour Took Place From 2013-2014 Starting In Barcelona And Ending In Houston
By The Final Leg, The Tour Became Her Highest Selling Tour. Making Atlanta, Chicago, And Tokyo And Osaka Her Highest Selling Show Stops
January 1st, Kumiko Released Her Highly Controversial Single “BOW DOWN/I BEEN ON”. The Single Was Kumiko Dissing Her Haters That Was Saying She Fell Off Back In 2008. And She Was Irrelevant.
The Single Made Kumiko Even More Famous than What People Were Hoping for
Also In 2013 Redness Had A Comeback. “Now” it was the biggest hit in 2013. They were even crowned at the “Asian Music Awards” best duo performance.
December 13, 2013; Right On 12am Kumiko Was About To Make History As The First Japanese Female Artist To Successfully Surprise Drop An Album And The Sales Hit 700,000 Copies.
”AMURO KUMIKO” Was The Album Name The Album Consisted Of 19 Songs, the Deluxe Version contained 30 Songs. Although The Album Didn’t Have Any Singles prior to the release of The Album, it Sold Over 2,000,000 sales First Week
Amuro Kumiko Was The First Artists To Have Over 50 Number 1’s In One Year.
The New Songs Were Added Onto The Final Shows Of 2013 On The Mrs Carter Show for the rest of 2014.
She Went Further On To Promote The Album On Her “ON THE RUN WORLD TOUR”
10 Years After The Release Of The Album It Sold Over 50,000,000 Sales. Making it her Highest Selling Album
2014; On The Run, Controversy[edit]
In 2014 She Releases Her Album “On The Run” With single “PART II On The Run”
March 17, 2014; Redness Dropped Their 2nd Studio Album titled “OTR”
Summer 2014, Kumiko Released Her Most Controversial Single Of Her Career. 「SO FEVER」Was Released As Her Summer Single 2014 Project, And Was Very Controversial
The Music Video Was Released a Day After The Initial release, It was Kumiko’s Most Racy Video Of Her Career. The Song Ended Up Being A Major Success, selling over 20,000,000 Copies By the end of the month
Once News Broke Out, The Media Went Crazy, They Started Calling her selfish.
When News Broke Out That A Dispute with the group manager and Kumiko got out the whole point of view was changed as the group manager was trying to get Ayu to sign a slave contract with the group.
Once Her Manager found out he filed a lawsuit in the Group Manager sending SOULGIRLS into Hiatus after Songhee Left The Group In Early 2015
In 2015 Starfish Entertainment Got All Their Rappers From The Groups And Created A Subunit Called “Starfish-The Greatest”. Kumiko Was The Only Female Rapper In The Subunit.
They Officially Debuted On June 4, 2015, With Song “Mighty Warriors”. They Performed The Song At The Japanese Music Awards 2015
2016; FORMATION, LEMONADE, Cheating Scandal[edit]
January 1, Kumiko Released Her Hit Single “FORMATION”. The Same Day She Announced Her “Formation World Tour”
From Febuary-April of 2016 She Released 4 Singles “Hold Up”, “Don’t Hurt Yourself”, and “Sorry”.
May 5, Kumiko Surprised Dropped Her Album “LEMONADE”. The Album Was A Visual Album. This Was Her First Visual Album Since 2013.
”LEMONADE” Sold 400,000 Copies The First Week. This Was Her First Album In 2 Years.
July 8, 2016; It Was Reported Hyusong Was Out With Another Girl. Kumiko Said The Album “LEMONADE” Was All About Hyusong. After The Cheating Scandal Hyusong And Kumiko Reportedly Broke Things Off.
2018-2019; Everything Is Love[edit]
December 13, 2018; 2 Years After LEMONADE Was Released & only 1 Year Since Hyusong’s Album “4:44” Was Released
Kumiko & Hyusong Surprised Dropped Their 2nd Collaboration Album Titled “EVERYTHING IS LOVE”. The Album Had 1 Single titled “APESHIT”
The Album Sold 800,000 First Day Sales. With Hit Single “APESHIT”
2019, Kumiko’s Closest Friend and former bandmate Nakashima Miyuki Passed Away In December of 2019 from Suicide. This Lead To All Of Kumiko’s Projects To Be Halted
2023-Now; RENAISSANCE[edit]
Kumiko Announced Her “Pink Friday 〜RELOADED〜 World Tour” Early December to start in Febuary. This Is Her First Solo Tour Since 2016
The Album Surprise Dropped August 27, 2023, The First Day Sales Was 300,000 Making This Her First Album Since 2016
Kumi’s Worldwide Tour “Pink Friday〜RELOADED WORLD TOUR” Just broke records for selling the most tickets on opening night.
So Far The Tour Had 67 Shows Which All Have Been Sold Out Starting In Europe.
It Has Been The Best Selling Tour Since Her “MRS CARTER WORLD TOUR” In 2013
August 12, Kumi Announced she would be adding more tour dates to her legendary world tour. Kumiko Added 67 More Shows Leading The Tour Into The Year 2025.
The 67 Shows Would Go To South America, More USA Shows, And The Final Leg Would Be A a Japanese Leg
Discography[edit]
Studio Albums[edit]
• Dangerously In Love (2003)
• B-DAY (2006)
• SASHA FIERCE (2008)
• 4 (2011)
• AMURO KUMIKO (2013)
• LEMONADE (2016)
• act i: RENAISSANCE (2022)
Collaboration Albums[edit]
• ON THE RUN (2014) (with Hyusong)
• EVERYTHING IS LOVE (2018) (with Hyusong)
Singles[edit]
• TWIRK (2000)
• I’m Leaving (2000)
• Heart (2000)
• Bootylicous (2000)
• Seduction Song (2001)
• If Looks Could Kill (2001)
• Work It Out (2002)
• Baby You’re The Only Man (2002)
• Wishing On a Star (2002)
• Sexuality (2002)
• Keep Givin’ Your Love To Me (2003)
• CRAZY IN LOVE (2003)
• Me Myself & I (2003)
• Baby Boy (2003)
• BE WITH YOU (2003)
• What’s Good With You? (2003)
• I Can’t Take No More (2003)
• What’s It Gonna Be? (2003)
• Dangerously In Love (2004)
• Naughty Girl (2004)
• Lost Ya Mind (2004)
• Daddy (2004)
• BODY ROCK (2004)
• Check On It (2006)
• Ring The Alarm (2006)
• Move Ya Body (2006)
• DEJ-VU (2006)
• UPGRADE U (2006)
• FREAKUM DRESS (2006)
• IRREPLACEABLE (2007)
• HALO (2008)
• If I Were A Boy (2008)
• Broken-Hearted Girl (2008)
• VIDEO PHONE (2008)
• Single Ladies (2008)
• EGO (2008)
• Sweet Dreams (2009)
• Smash Into You (2009)
• DIVA (2009)
• POISON (2009)
• ROC (2009)
• Slow Love (2009)
• VIDEO PHONE (Remix) (2009)
• Save The Hero (2009)
• Why Don’t You Love Me (2010)
• Skin (2010)
• Control (2010)
• Best Thing I Never Had (2011)
• Run The World (Girls) (2011)
• Party (2011)
• I Was Here (2011)
• Dreaming (2011)
• Rather Die Young (2011)
• I CARE (2012)
• END OF TIME (2012)
• BOW DOWN / I BEEN ON (2013)
• Dreams (2013)
• Standing On The Sun (2013)
• THE MONSTER (2013)
• GROWN WOMAN (2013)
• DONK (2013)
• BACK TO BLACK (2013)
• TURNT (2013)
• RISE UP (2013)
• BLOW (2013)
• XO (2013)
• Drunk In Love (2013)
• PARTITION (2013)
• Pretty Hurts (2013)
• ROCKET (2014)
• 7/11 (2014)
• Ring Off (2014)
• FORMATION (2016)
• SORRY (2016)
• HOLD UP (2016)
• DON’T HURT YOURSELF (2016)
• FREEDOM (2016)
• ALL NIGHT (2016)
• Die For You (2017)
• APESHIT (2018)
• BREAK MY SOUL (2023)
• AMERICA HAS A PROBLEM (2023)
• DELRESTO (2023)
• ALL UP IN YOUR MIND (2023)
• MOVE (2023)
• THIQUE (2023)
• VIRGO’S GROOVE (2023)
Top 10 Songs[edit]
Crazy In Love (2003)
HALO (2008)
If I Were A Boy (2008)
Single Ladies (2008)
Standing On The Sun (2013)
Formation (2016)
Keep Givin’ Your Love To Me (2003)
BOW DOWN / I BEEN ON (2013)
PARTITION (2014)
TURNT (2013)
Drunk In Love (2013)
Pretty Hurts (2013)
Mine (feat. Hyusong) (2013)
7/11 (2014)
Best Thing I Never Had (2011)
Run The World (Girls) (2011)
Tours[edit]
Solo Concerts & Tours[edit]
Dangerously in Love World Tour (2003)
THE KUMIKO EXPERIENCE (2007)
i am… WORLD TOUR 2009-2010 (2009-2010)
2013 New Years: Live At The Tokyo Dome (2013)
MRS CARTER SHOW: WORLD TOUR (2013-2014)
ON THE RUN WORLD TOUR (2014-2016)
FORMATION WORLD TOUR (2016-2017)
ON THE RUN 2 WORLD TOUR (2018-2019)
Pink Friday 〜RELOADED〜 WORLD TOUR (2023-2025)
Residencies[edit]
I Am…Yours: Live From Vegas (2009)
4 Intimidate Nights With Kumiko (2011)
Live From Revel: End of Time (2012)
Live From Rio De Janiero (2013)
Films[edit]
Dangerously In Love Tour: Live From London (2004)
The Kumiko Experience: Live (2007)
I Am…Yours: Live From Vegas (2009)
I Am…World Tour (2010)
4 Intimate Nights With Kumiko (2011)
Live From Roseland (2012)
Mrs Carter Show World Tour: Live From Barclays Stadium (2013)
AMURO KUMIKO: The Visual Album & Behind The Scenes (2013)
On The Run Tour: Live From Paris (2014)
LEMONADE: A FILM BY KUMIKO (2016)
THE FORMATION WORLD TOUR: LIVE (2016)
