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Ayumi Hamasaki (浜崎 あゆみ Hamasaki Ayumi), otherwise known as "ayu" by his fans is one of the most famous female singer in Japan. Ayu dubbed the "queen of Japanese pop" because of his success.

Since its debut in 1998 with first single "poker face", so far he has sold more than 50 million albums and singles just in Japan alone, not counting the many other countries. He has released eight studio albums, 40 singles, one mini-album, four compilation albums in the shade of a record company Avex Trax which has resulted in many hits and occupied the top - top of the charts in Japan. He is a solo artist and most successful female artist as well as the second most successful artist in the history of Japanese music industry to date. With single-40nya, "Blue Bird", he has exceeded a record-breaking sales figures singles that reached 20 million copies.

With the release of her single that to 39, "Startin '/ Born To Be ..." in 2006, Ayumi has become the first female artist who has 27 singles who sits at number 1 on the charts of the famous Japanese Oricon.

Ayumi has also been awarded the Japan Record Taishou Grand Prix, a kind of Japanese Grammmy Award 3 times in a row. But in 2004 he refused the award for her single "Inspire", due to the conflict in Avex between Max Matsuura with Tatsumi Yoda. After that ayu also often reject the award designated for him because ayu want to provide opportunities for other young singers.

Year 2007 ayu released a compilation album A BEST 2 in 2 versions of BLACK and WHITE. sales of both albums in the first week exceeded 945,000 copies. and with the release of the album A BEST 2, Ayumi became the second artist record sales of 2 albums released together and ranked 1 & 2 after 37 years no one capable of making the record.