She initially debuted in 1992 as the lead singer of SUPER MONKEY'S, with fellow Okinawa Actors School classmates MAX as back dancers. After the group disbanded, she eventually had her solo debut in 1995 on the Avex Trax label with the Tetsuya Komuro produced single "Body Feels EXIT", which was an instant hit. The following singles "Chase the Chance", "Don't wanna cry" and "You're my sunshine" all sold 1 million copies during a short period of time. In 1996, Namie released her debut solo album "SWEET 19 BLUES" which sold 3.8 millions of copies throughout Japan and broke sales records at the time. It is the 12th most selling album of all time in Japan. At the end of 1996 she won the Grand Prix Award, the highest honor at the Japan Record Awards, for "Don't wanna cry". Another monumental release for Amuro was 1997's "CAN YOU CELEBRATE?", which was the best selling release of the year, and remains the best-selling physically released single by a solo female artist in Japan.
In 1997, Namie shocked everyone when she announced that SAM (from the band TRF) and she were getting married and that she was pregnant. Namie took a break from the entertainment business and her son, Haruto, was born on May 19, 1998.
Her comeback single, "I HAVE NEVER SEEN", released on December 23rd the same year, gave Amuro a warm welcome back to the industry. "I HAVE NEVER SEEN" became Amuro's 9th number-one single.
On March 17th, 1999, Amuro released her 12th single, "RESPECT the POWER OF LOVE". On the same day, Emiko Taira, Amuro's mother, was murdered. All promotional activites for the single grinded to a halt as Amuro flew to Okinawa to identify Emiko's body. A short break followed for Amuro to recover.
A few months later, Amuro began to work with producer Dallas Austin, known for his work with American hip-hop/R&B trio, TLC. This shift was in part to Amuro's personal desire to create more R&B and Hip-Hop oriented music. In 2001, Amuro parted ways with long-time producer Tetsuya Komuro, as part of her musical direction shift. From this point on, Amuro always would be in complete creative control of her career. Around this time, Amuro made a few attempts at writing lyrics for her songs, including her single "Say the word", which hit #3 on the Oricon charts, and remained a fan-favorite with Amuro performing the song over numerous tours, including her final tour, which included 20 songs that garnered the most fan votes.
Amuro and SAM would divorce in 2002, and Amuro would completely mmerse herself in her work, hardening her R&B and Hip-Hop sound, collaboriating with a number of artists under a sonic project entitled "SUITE CHIC". "SUITE CHIC" helped empower Amuro to not "be stuck in the past" with her music, as she felt mentally constricted by her name at the time. Feeling liberated after releasing a SUITE CHIC album, Amuro would continue to refine her sound and image with the following albums "STYLE" in 2003, and "Queen of Hip-Pop" in 2005.
"PLAY", released on June 27, 2007, became Amuro's highest-selling studio album since her 2000 album, "GENIUS 2000", sold 540,000 copies, and contained another fan-favorite release, "Baby Don't Cry", which reached #3 on the Oricon charts.
2008 marked a new peak in Amuro's career. In March, she released a new single, "60s70s80s", which became her 10th #1 single, the first one for Amuro since 1998's "I HAVE NEVER SEEN".
Amuro released her third "best of" album "BEST FICTION", on July 30, 2008. "BEST FICTION" proceeded to spend 6 weeks at the #1 position on the Oricon charts, had the highest first-week album sales of any release in 2008, became the #2 best overall-selling album of that year, and has sold more than 1.4 million copies since its release.
Namie started a new arena tour called Namie Amuro BEST FICTION 2008-2009 tour. It ran from October 25, 2008 to May 31, 2009. This was her first tour Amuro held sans songs produced by Tetsuya Komuro.
From 2009 on, Amuro would steadily release chart-topping studio albums. Straying from the traditional methods of the Japanese music industry yet again, Amuro decided to utilize a strategy of focusing on touring as means of promotion, rather than TV and commercial appearances. What resulted was a beneficial business move, while fulfilling Amuro's long-time preference to perform over giving interviews. This cultivated a very loyal and diverse fanbase that would consistently result in sold-out shows whenever Amuro toured.
From 2010 to 2018, as Amuro performed relentlessly long tours every year, Amuro remained consistent and dedicated to giving performances she felt she could be proud of, and in the process, quietly withheld that after a vocal cord injury in 2010, Amuro's vocal cords slowly were deteriorating. Amuro later revealed this was the deciding factor in her retirement, as she did not want to perform at a level she personally could not accept.
After her 25th anniversary concert in Okinawa, Amuro announced that she would retire from the industry on September 16th, 2018. The masses, aggrieved with this announcement, even created the name "Amuloss" for the emotion that was felt, knowing Amuro would leave a great void in the music industry.
A greatest hits album, "Finally" would be released in November of 2017 and would go on to sell over 2.5 million copies and be the best-selling album in Japan for both 2017 and 2018. Starting in March 2018, "namie amuro Final Tour 2018 ~Finally~" would result in Amuro breaking both ticket and Blu-ray/DVD sales records. With shows in all 5 major Japanese domes, including and a handful of shows outside of Japan, nearly 800,000 were in attendance. Pre-orders alone for the Blu-rays/DVDs would exceed the best-selling concert video release at that time. Combined DVD and Blu-ray sales for "namie amuro Final Tour 2018 ~Finally~" have sold over 1.74 million since its release in late August 2018.
Go Round
安室奈美恵 Lyrics
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(My mind when you leave)
Still love 最後のボイスメール I'm answering for you
(I'm answering for you)
ただ胸が notice
尋ねる you see?
数数える focus
もう一度 help it
だけど you don't care
あなただけに shake it
そういつも want you there
How many times どれほど say love you
How many days 数えきれない and...
How many tears 解き放つ go round
(N round, n round, n round)
Tell me you need me ねえ一つくらい on my own
(Why you saying that? Hey why you saying that?)
Tell me you love me ねえ続きはどこで？
(Come on, take me, take me home)
明日からは no tears
Baby don't you wanna see?
地図の上のコンパス
You just believe in me
もう一度 feel it
Baby, worries don't care
あなただけに shake it
そういつも want you there
How many times どれほど say love you
How many days 数えきれない and...
How many tears 解き放つ go round
(N round, n round, n round)
Go round, n round, n round
Go round, n round, n round
ただ胸が notice
尋ねる you see?
数数える focus
何度も next to me
もう一度 help it
だけど you don't care
あなただけに shake it
そういつも want you there
How many times どれほど say love you
How many days 数えきれない and.
How many tears 解き放つ go round
(N round, n round, n round)
How many times どれほど say love you
How many days 数えきれない and...
How many tears 解き放つ go round
(N round, n round, n round)
How many times
How many days
How many tears
How many times
How many times
How many days
How many tears (Go round)
How many times (n round, n round)
The lyrics of 安室奈美恵's song "Go Round" express the mixed emotions of the singer after the departure of a loved one who she still has feelings for. She is trying to move on and "stay alive" by being carefree and focusing on the present, but at the same time she still has feelings of love and longing for her departed loved one. She listens to their final voicemail repeatedly and answers it as if they were still there. She notices the feeling in her chest and wonders if the person she loves sees or feels the same. The singer is trying to convince herself that she doesn't need tears and that everything will be okay, but she still has unanswered questions about where her love stands. The song repeats the question of "how many times" she has said "love you" and how many tears she has shed, as she tries to reconcile the pain of their separation and move forward.
The lyrics are reflective of the singer's own life story as 安室奈美恵 had announced her retirement from the music industry prior to this song's release. "Go Round" was released as a promotional single for the album "Uncontrolled" and served as her final single before her retirement. The song was a commercial success, ranking number seven on the Oricon singles chart, and the music video featured intricate choreography and glamorous fashion pieces.
Line by Line Meaning
Stay alive そう気ままに my mind when you leave
I try to stay alive and keep going, but my mind wanders aimlessly whenever you're not around
Still love 最後のボイスメール I'm answering for you
I still love you and keep answering your last voicemail message as if it was a real conversation
ただ胸が notice 尋ねる you see?
My heart can't help but notice something is wrong, so I ask if you see what's going on
数数える focus 何度も next to me
I count every moment and stay focused whenever you're next to me
もう一度 help it だけど you don't care
I try to help this situation one more time, but you don't seem to care
あなただけに shake it そういつも want you there
Only you have the power to shake things up and I always want you to be there for me
How many times どれほど say love you
I wonder how many times I've said 'I love you'
How many days 数えきれない and...
I've lost count of how many days have gone by
How many tears 解き放つ go round
I keep shedding so many tears, it's like a never-ending cycle of pain and heartbreak ('go round, n round, n round')
Tell me you need me ねえ一つくらい on my own
Tell me that you need me or want me around, just once, even if it's only in my own mind
Tell me you love me ねえ続きはどこで？
Tell me that you love me and wonder where this love could go or lead us to
明日からは no tears Baby don't you wanna see?
From tomorrow on, I won't cry anymore. Don't you want to see me happy, and not in tears?
地図の上のコンパス You just believe in me
Like a compass on a map, you believed in me and gave me a sense of direction
もう一度 feel it Baby, worries don't care
Let's feel it one more time, even though our worries and fears don't seem to care or go away
あなただけに shake it そういつも want you there
I'll let you shake things up and always want you to be there for me
Writer(s): Aili, T−sk, Miriam Nervo, Olivia Nervo, Tesung Kim
Contributed by Adam D. Suggest a correction in the comments below.
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1987kazu 621028
「安室ちゃん元気にしてますか？」引退しても大好きだからやっぱり気になりますね！こんなに大好きにさせてくれて感謝です！迷ったとき、落ち込んだとき、嬉しいとき、全てのシーンで安室ちゃんの歌を聴いています。
/亜澄us
奈美恵ちゃんのMVにあるみんなのコメントから、みんなほんとに奈美恵ちゃん好きなんだなって思うと、愛されてたんだなって泣ける
chantal murray
Watching her mvs from 2010-2017 and comparin it to older ones like in 2007 or 2009..
You can tell her dancing skills and charisma improved alot than in her past years....in her 20th aniversary special it was shown than in late 2000's like 2010 she started tourin more and appearin less on tv or in public in general to improve her skills and it obviously work...look at her sharp dance moves here compared to her dance skilss in her hello mv where she looks shy
Anthony Dégrange
Then you should look her lives, in play tour (2007) and best fiction tour (2008-2009) her dance skills are incredible, she doesn't look shy at all, she's even better than her actual dancers at times! She's a Queen, her lives are amazing, I miss her so much!
Ahmad Izzat
@Anthony Dégrange trueee
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sorry but it s the opposite actually, and it s normal. The only thing that has changed after PLAY tour is that her choreographies were more adapted to her lives and more impactful as a dance team. When you go watch her so crazy tour, you can see Namie was on her top in term of choreography, whereas I spotted 2 moves in Go round MV (short version here) where she seems "lazy" (but actually it's normal cuz she s looking at the camera to lipsync the song).
on her Okinawan lives, where humidity is really high (thus, you are more likely to have pretty bad performances in sport comparing to doing sports with "medium levels" of humidity) you can see she focuses on her singing part.
BUT I agree about her charisma, it seems after PLAY tour she woke up and became more bold to be herself in tour and to leave tv shows (sadly, cuz I used to download her live perf on tv shows and loved the lighting etc., look at ALARM performances, godlike performances, shine more too, and hide & seek/Hello tv shows I enjoyed a lot even with her mic being lower than the backtrack sometimes)
u m
MVのフルも公式でアップされますように🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻
ソティ
ほんとに好き
taku hiro
振りがライブではガラッと変わってたけどどっちも好き！