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Namie Amuro

1977 - Today

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Namie Amuro ( NAH-mee-AY; Japanese: 安室 奈美恵, romanized: Amuro Namie; born September 20, 1977) is a retired Japanese singer. She rose to prominence as a teen idol, and transitioned into a leading pop artist due to her versatility across music styles and visual presentation. Due to her career reinventions and longevity, she is known as an icon across Japan and Asia. She has been referred to as the "Queen of Japanese Pop", and her influence domestically has drawn comparisons to artists such as Janet Jackson and Madonna in Western pop culture. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Namie Amuro is the 1,393rd most popular singer (down from 1,158th in 2019), the 1,366th most popular biography from Japan (down from 1,170th in 2019) and the 11th most popular Japanese Singer.

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Among SINGERS

Among singers, Namie Amuro ranks 1,393 out of 4,381. Before her are Jimi Jamison, Eddy Wally, Valery Meladze, Jacques Higelin, Anna Jantar, and Jovanotti. After her are Brita Borg, Helen Reddy, Mary Garden, Sandra Reemer, Don Omar, and Leo Sayer.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1977, Namie Amuro ranks 123. Before her are Manu Ginóbili, Aria Giovanni, Yoshihiko Matsuoka, Danger Mouse, Natalia Gavrilița, and Birgit Prinz. After her are Alex, Manuel Almunia, Eiji Hanayama, Royce da 5'9", Ji Sung, and Kim Hee-sun.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Namie Amuro ranks 1,366 out of 6,245. Before her are Yasutoshi Miura (1965), Yuki Amano (2000), Kansai Yamamoto (1944), Kihachi Okamoto (1924), Seiji Kubo (1973), and Shuhei Nishida (1910). After her are Kinue Hitomi (1907), Teppei Uchida (1975), Masaru Hirayama (1972), Kenkichi Iwasawa (1917), Hiroshi Suzuki (1933), and Masahiro Hasemi (1945).

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Among SINGERS In Japan

Among singers born in Japan, Namie Amuro ranks 11. Before her are Seiko Matsuda (1962), Damo Suzuki (1950), Yumi Matsutoya (1954), Akina Nakamori (1965), Tetsuya Komuro (1958), and Yoko Kanno (1963). After her are Izumi Sakai (1967), Atsushi Sakurai (1966), Joji (1992), Hironobu Kageyama (1961), Masashi Tashiro (1956), and Anri (1961).

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