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name | Coco Lee |
chinesename | 李玟 |
tradchinesename | 李美林 |
simpchinesename | 李美林 |
pinyinchinesename | Lǐ Wén |
jyutpingchinesename | Lei5 Man4 |
birth name | 李美林 |
ancestry | Hong Kong |
origin | Hong Kong |
birth date | January 17, 1975 |
birth place | Hong Kong |
othername | Ferren Lee |
occupation | singer, songwriter, actress |
genre | Pop, C-pop, dance-pop, hip hop, R&B;, adult contemporary, soul |
label | Capital Artists, Fancy Pie, Sony Music Entertainment, 550 Music, Epic, Sony BMG, Warner Music |
yearsactive | 1993–present |
awards | Awards 1994Top 10 Most Popular IdolBest New Artist awardsthe Golden Dragon Chart Awards 1996Best-selling album (Coco Lee) of 1996Best MV (Yesterday's passion)Awards 1997Best Female Artist by the Best 10 ArtistsMTV Asia Music Awards 1998Best Album (DiDaDi)Best Music Video (DiDaDi)MTV/CCTV Chinese Music Awards 1999Artist of the yearRadio Music Awards 1999 (Singapore)Best international newcomerYale and Harvard Universities 2000Asian-American of the yearBest Performer of the yearAwards in Hong Kong 2001Best Mandarin Female ArtistTop 10 Artist of the YearInternational Golden Melody Awards Malaysia 2001Most Popular Stage Showmanship FemaleM'sia Awards 2002best songMTV/CCTV Chinese Music Awards 2002Best female artist of the yearMTV Style Awards China 2003Breakthrough International Artist of the YearAsia's Most Outstanding PerformerLycra Style Awards 2004Asian Style Artist10 Best dressed of 2004Changchun festival 2004Best new talent (Master of everything)QQ Star Awards 2010Female Singer of the Year 2009Album of the Year 2009Hit Music Awards 2010Best song of the year 2009 (BYOB)Best female artist in Taiwan and Hong Kong area of the year 2009Awards 2010China’s Top 10 Barbie Dream Girls ''This list is not exhaustive''. }} |
Coco Lee (), born on January 17, 1975, also known by her official English name as Ferren Lee, is a Hong Kong Chinese pop singer, songwriter, record producer and actress born to a Chinese Malaysian father and a Hong Kong Chinese mother. She is the only Asian artist to have multiple top-three singles in the MTV Asia Hitlist. "Do You Want My Love" also entered the music charts in America and the entire album, ''Just No Other Way'' gave Lee a break in the English market. She speaks Cantonese, Mandarin Chinese and English fluently.
Lee is the first and only Chinese person to perform in the Oscars, singing the Academy Award nominee for Best Original Song, "A Love Before Time", from the movie ''Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon'', in the 73rd Academy Awards in Los Angeles. She also provided the voice of Mulan in the Mandarin version of Disney's animated feature of the same name.
In 2001, ''Asia Weekly'' magazine named Lee as one of the most powerful people in Asia on their Power 50 list.
There, Lee went to Presidio Middle School. After secondary school where she was the volleyball team captain, she attended Raoul Wallenberg Traditional High School in San Francisco, where she was student Council President for 4 years in a row. In 1991, she represented her high school for Miss Teen Chinatown Pageant winning first place, then she won first place in a local karaoke contest. She started medical (biology) studies at the University of California Irvine.
She made her debut by appearing in several compilation albums such as ''Red hot hits 93' Autumn edition'' (火熱動感93勁秋版). In 1994, she worked with Fancy Pie Records and released her first solo albums in Mandarin ''Love from now on'' (愛就要趁現在) and ''Promise me'' (答應我). In 1995, she released an English language cover album ''Brave enough to love'' as well as her third Mandarin album called ''Woman in love'' (被愛的女人).
For her next album ''Sunny day'', Lee registered the song ''Colors of the world'' for the opening of the Football World Cup, and the song ''The answer'' (答案) for the Chinese movie ''Bishonen''. Walt Disney Pictures hired her to sing the theme song "Reflection" (自已) and be the voice of the heroine Fa Mulan in the Mandarin version of ''Mulan''. The English version of the song appears on her maxi single ''Take a chance on love'' (碰碰看愛情) as well as ''Missing you in 365 days'' (想你的365天), the soundtrack of the cartoon ''Lotus lantern''.
On August, 1998, Coco performed in Taiwan to a concert audience of more than 30,000 fans, the second largest concert audience in Taiwan (a feat that only Michael Jackson has claimed in the past).
In 1999, Lee sang ''When you tell me that you love me'' with Julio Iglesias. This song appears on the Asian version of his album ''My life : The greatest hits''. She sang ''Married you'' (你讓我有感覺), the theme song of the movie ''Notting Hill'' which appears on her Mandarin album ''Today til' forever'' (今天到永遠).
She performed in Michael Jackson's "Michael Jackson and friends" charity concert.
Back in China, she released a new Mandarin album ''You & me''. The track ''True lover'' (真情人) held n#1 spot for 13 weeks.
In 2001, Lee sang the song ''A Love Before Time'' for the movie ''Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon''. This song appears in English in the soundtrack album and in Mandarin (月光愛人) in her album named ''Promise Coco'' released in October 2001. It contains ''So crazy'', ''Dao ma dan'' (刀馬旦) written by the singer Jay Chou, ''Baby I'm sorry'' (Baby對不起) a cover of ''A Puro Dolor'' by Son By Four, or ''I'm still in love'', the theme song for the movie ''Serendipity''.
In 2002, Lee released her remix album ''D. Is Coco'' (Dance is Coco). She sang a song against tobacco called ''From the beginning til' the end'' (煙絲萬縷) with singer Jacky Cheung. She sang the anti racism song ''A dream of one'' with Korean singer Jin Young Park.
In 2003, she performed with Shaggy at the "MTV Asia awards" in Singapore and also presented the show with him.
Lee co-starred in the Chinese comedy movie ''Master of Everything'' (自娱自乐) with John Lone, which won the Best Foreign Film award in the 2005 Beverly Hills Film Festival. In 2004, as the YouthAIDS ambassador, she attended the global AIDS conference in Bangkok, Thailand as the representative of the Asian artists to meet various youth groups discussing what she can do to educate them about AIDS. In 2005, Sony BMG released her second English album, ''Exposed''. This album contains the Korean soundtrack of ''Charlie's Angels 2'' called ''All around the world'' and a duet called ''No doubt'' with Indian rapper Blaaze. The album was banned in Mainland China for sexy lyrics in a few songs such as ''Touch'' or ''So good''.
Lee's ''Just Want You'' (要定你) was released on September 22, 2006. It features the single "Hip-Hop Tonight" with Vanness Wu.
On September 22, 2007, Lee returned to the United States for two live concerts, the first at Harrah's in San Diego and the second at the Shoreline Amphitheater in San Francisco, with special guest Alex To.
In 2008, Lee was chosen to sing one of the Olympic songs, "Forever Friends", opposite Sun Nan. She changed her record company to work with ''Warner Music'' (Taiwan) from ''Music Nation''.
In 2009, Lee ranked No.15 on E! Entertainment's list of the world's 25 sexiest pop divas.
On August 14, she released her new Mandarin album ''East to west'' (CoCo的東西) with Warner Music. It contains the songs "Party time", "Turn" (流轉) which is the soundtrack of the movie "The Legend of Silkboy" (世博总动员-湖丝仔) for the Shanghai World Expo 2010, the cover of Jay Sean's "Maybe" called "Love now" (愛要現在), and "BYOB" ("Bring Your Own Bag") a song to encourage people to bring and recycle their own shopping bags to save the environment.
She recorded the song "Smile Shanghai" (微笑上海) with other artists including JJ Lin, Andy Lau, Jam Hsiao or Jane Zhang for Shanghai World Expo 2010.
A limited version of her album ''East to west'' was released on March 17, 2010. It contains 3 more songs : ''Hello C'', a remix of ''Turn'' and ''Younger and longer'' (美夢) which is ''Barbie'''s 50th Anniversary song.
On March, 27 2010, Lee began her "East2West" World Tour Concert in Taipei at ''Taipei Arena''. She pursued at the ''Encore Theatre'' in ''Wynn Casino'' in Las Vegas on July 3 and 4, then in ''Singapore Indoor Stadium'' in Singapore on October 2 and in Nanning on December 16.
On April 7, 2011, her song ''Dreams on oriental seas'' (梦在东方的海上) featuring Sun Nan was broadcasted. It has been named as he theme for the 14th FINA world championships, that took place in Shanghai on July, 16, 2011.
On June 8, 2011, Lee announced that she recently set up her own studio. That way, she's more free to write and produce music that she loves.
On June 25, her song ''Four seas alliance'' (四海盟約), the theme song for the 2011 China television drama ''Water Margin'' (水滸傳), was broadcasted.
Coco is currently busy recording songs for the upcoming release of her new mini album, as well as planning the associated promotional activities. A new album is planned to be released next year.
1995 : ''I'm still your lover'' (best of ''Love from now on'' and ''Promise me'')
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name | Julio Iglesias |
background | solo_singer |
birth name | Julio José Iglesias de la Cueva |
born | September 23, 1943Madrid, Spain |
genre | Latin and Latin pop |
occupation | Singer-songwriter |
years active | 1968–present |
label | Columbia Records and Sony Music Entertainment |
website | www.julioiglesias.com }} |
In the 1960s, he studied law in Madrid and was a goalkeeper for one of Real Madrid's football teams. On September 22, 1963, he was involved in a car crash, resulting in an injury to his spinal cord. He said, "I had a car accident; [a] very, very strange car accident...I lost control of the car and rolled it, resulting in what they call 'paraparexia,' which is not a paraplegi[a]. It's a compression in the [spinal] cord, in the sense of the neck...my spinal cord; and I was very, very ill for three years." His doctors thought he would never walk again; indeed, his legs were left permanently weakened, and they continued to require therapy as of late October 2010. However, slowly, he began recovering his health. To develop and increase the dexterity of his hands, he began playing guitar. When he recovered from his accident, he resumed academic studies and traveled to the United Kingdom to study the English language, first in Ramsgate, then at Bell Educational Trust's Language School in Cambridge.
In 1971, he married Filipino journalist Isabel Preysler and had three children, Chabeli Iglesias, Julio Iglesias, Jr. and Enrique Iglesias. Their marriage was annulled in 1979. In the 1980s, Iglesias was reported to have slept with over 2000 women and to have sex twice a day. He said in an interview with ''People'' magazine, "I love the girls like crazy, really, like crazy, since I was 4 years old, but I want Americans to know that I am not a superman. If something is coming my way one day, maybe I react like every human being and fall in love for the moment. But I am not so obsessed that I wouldn't choose many other things before sex." I'm just a regular party guy, like every party guy in the world."
On August 24, 2010, Julio Iglesias and Miranda Rijnsburger got married after a 20-year relationship. The religious ceremony was celebrated in the Parish of the Virgen del Carmen of Marbella, and was followed by a Mass of thanksgiving in the chapel on the property the couple owns in the same city. The couple has three sons and twin daughters: Miguel (born September 7, 1997), Rodrigo (born April 3, 1999), Victoria and Cristina (born May 1, 2001) and Guillermo (born May 5, 2007). When Iglesias was 61 years old, his 89 year old father produced more children: half brother Jaime born on May 18, 2004, half-sister Ruth born on July 26, 2006. Julio's siblings were born to Dr. Iglesias Puga's second marriage to Ronna Keitt.
Following the annulment of his marriage to Preysler in 1979, he moved to Miami, Florida, in the United States and signed a deal with CBS International, and started singing in different languages such as English, French, Portuguese, German and other languages to his music. Iglesias released the album ''De Niña a Mujer'' (1981), from it came the first English-language hit, a Spanish cover of "Begin the Beguine" which became number 1 in the United Kingdom, he also released a collection, ''Julio'' (1983). In 1984, he released ''1100 Bel Air Place'', the hit album which gave him publicity in the English speaking entertainment industry. It sold four million albums in the United States, with the first single "To All the Girls I've Loved Before", a duet with Willie Nelson, earning a fifth place spot in the Billboard Hot 100; it also featured "All of You", with Diana Ross.
In February 1985, Julio Iglesias made a cameo appearance as himself on The Golden Girls as Sophia Petrillo's date on St. Valentine's Day.
In 1985, Julio Iglesias, Sr, was kidnapped, but found alive two weeks later, prompting Julio Iglesias to move his children to Miami, Florida. That year he recorded the duets with Diana Ross and Willie Nelson previously mentioned. Iglesias won a Grammy Award for Best Latin Pop Album in the 1988 Grammy Awards for the album ''Un Hombre Solo'' (''A Man Alone''). He recorded a duet with Stevie Wonder on "My Love", in his ''Non Stop'' album, a crossover success in 1988. In the 1990s, Iglesias returned to his original Spanish melody in ''Tango'' (1996), nominated for Best Latin Pop Album at the 1998 Grammy Awards, losing to the ''Romances'' album by Mexican singer, Luis Miguel. Also that year, his youngest son from his first marriage, Enrique Iglesias, also was nominated for the ''Vivir'' album.
Julio Iglesias went on to win the World Music Award for ''Tango'' in Monaco later that year where he was up against singer Luis Miguel and son Enrique for the second time. Julio performed two "Tangos" to the delight of the audience. In 1995, he appeared as a guest star in the videoclip of Thalía's song "Amandote"; ''she'' had starred in the video clip of ''Iglesias's'' hit "Baila Morena". Iglesias returned to the headlines in October 2003, when he went to Argentina and kissed show host Susana Giménez three times during a live telecast of her show.
In 2003, he released his album ''Divorcio'' (''Divorce''). In its first day of sales, ''Divorcio'' sold a record 350,000 albums in Spain, and reached the number 1 spot on the charts in Spain, Portugal, France, Italy, and Russia. thumb|A promotional poster of Iglesias for his show in Iaşi, Romania. In 2003 and 2004, he was featured on a ten month world tour; which took Iglesias, aided by the success his album ''Divorcio'' and toured from Europe and Asia to North America, South America and Africa. More than half the shows on the tour sold out within days of going on sale. In December 2004, his Dutch girlfriend Miranda Rijnsburger and Iglesias himself recorded a duet of the Christmas song "Silent Night". The song, which was not officially released, also included a voice message from Iglesias, Rijnsburger and their 4 young children. The song was released online through the singer's official website and a CD was included on their Christmas card as a holiday gift from the Iglesias family to their friends and fans around the world.
In 2008, Iglesias recorded another song as a gift to his fans. The family recorded "The Little Drummer Boy" in Spanish and English and included it in the family's Christmas card. Iglesias also made investments in the Dominican Republic's eastern town of Punta Cana, a major tourist destination, where he spends most of the year when he is not on tour. Iglesias's south Florida mansion on the exclusive private Indian Creek Island property was placed on the market in 2006 for a quoted $28 million dollars, making it one of "Ten Most Expensive Homes in the South" in 2006 according to Forbes Magazine.
In September 2006, a new English album titled ''Romantic Classics'' was released. "I've chosen songs from the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s that I believe will come to be regarded as the new standards", Iglesias stated in the album's sleeve notes. The album features the hits "I Want To Know What Love Is", "Careless Whisper", and "Right Here Waiting". ''Romantic Classics'' was Iglesias's highest debut on the Billboard charts, entering at number 31 in the United States, 21 in Canada, 10 in Australia, and top spots across Europe and Asia. He returned to the studio to record songs in Filipino and Indonesian for his Asian releases of ''Romantic Classics'' which helped propel record sales in the Asian entertainment industry. Iglesias promoted ''Romantic Classics'' in 2006 and was seen all over the world on Television shows and in the United States, he appeared on ''Dancing With The Stars'' (where he sang his hit "I Want To Know What Love Is"), ''Good Morning America'', ''The View'', ''Fox and Friends'', and ''Martha Stewart''.
In 2008, Iglesias promoted his ''Romantic Classics'' album worldwide and in 2009-2010, he plans for a world tour as a celebration of forty years in the music industry. After his house in Indian Creek didn't sell he razed his house to the ground in 2008 and says he plans to build another.
In 2010, Iglesias continued to travel around the world with his "Starry Night World Tour" to promote his 42 years of career.
According with his official site, he has sold over 300 million albums worldwide until November 1, 2010.
In March 2011, the artist will launch a new studio album called Numero 1.
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alt | A mid-twenties African American man wearing a sequined military jacket and dark sunglasses. He is walking while waving his right hand, which is adorned with a white glove. His left hand is bare. |
background | solo_singer |
birth name | Michael Joseph Jackson |
alias | Michael Joe Jackson, MJ, King of Pop |
birth date | August 29, 1958 |
birth place | Gary, Indiana, U.S. |
death date | June 25, 2009 |
death place | Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
instrument | vocals, guitar, drums, percussion, keyboards |
genre | R&B;, pop, rock, soul, dance, funk, disco, new jack swing |
occupation | Singer-songwriter, musician, composer, dancer, choreographer, record producer, actor, businessman, philanthropist |
years active | 1964–2009 |
label | Motown, Epic, Legacy |
associated acts | The Jackson 5 |
relatives | Janet Jackson (sister) |
website | 130pxMichael Jackson's signature }} |
Michael Joseph Jackson (August 29, 1958 – June 25, 2009) was an American recording artist, entertainer, and businessman. Often referred to as the King of Pop, or by his initials MJ, Jackson is recognized as the most successful entertainer of all time by Guinness World Records. His contribution to music, dance, and fashion, along with a much-publicized personal life, made him a global figure in popular culture for over four decades. The seventh child of the Jackson family, he debuted on the professional music scene along with his brothers as a member of The Jackson 5, then the Jacksons in 1964, and began his solo career in 1971.
In the early 1980s, Jackson became a dominant figure in popular music. The music videos for his songs, including those of "Beat It", "Billie Jean", and "Thriller", were credited with transforming the medium into an art form and a promotional tool, and the popularity of these videos helped to bring the relatively new television channel MTV to fame. Videos such as "Black or White" and "Scream" made him a staple on MTV in the 1990s. Through stage performances and music videos, Jackson popularized a number of complicated dance techniques, such as the robot and the moonwalk, to which he gave the name. His distinctive musical sound and vocal style have influenced numerous hip hop, post-disco, contemporary R&B;, pop and rock artists.
Jackson's 1982 album ''Thriller'' is the best-selling album of all time. His other records, including ''Off the Wall'' (1979), ''Bad'' (1987), ''Dangerous'' (1991), and ''HIStory'' (1995), also rank among the world's best-selling. Jackson is one of the few artists to have been inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame twice. He was also inducted into the Dance Hall of Fame as the first (and currently only) dancer from the world of pop and rock 'n' roll. Some of his other achievements include multiple Guinness World Records; 13 Grammy Awards (as well as the Grammy Legend Award and the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award); 26 American Music Awards (more than any other artist, including the "Artist of the Century"); 13 number-one singles in the United States in his solo career (more than any other male artist in the Hot 100 era); and the estimated sale of over 750 million records worldwide. Jackson won hundreds of awards, which have made him the most-awarded recording artist in the history of popular music.
Jackson had a troubled relationship with his father, Joe. In 1980, Jackson won three awards at the American Music Awards for his solo efforts: Favorite Soul/R&B; Album, Favorite Soul/R&B; Male Artist, and Favorite Soul/R&B; Single for "Don't Stop 'Til You Get Enough". That year, he also won Billboard Year-End for Top Black Artist and Top Black Album and a Grammy Award for Best Male R&B; Vocal Performance, also for "Don't Stop 'Til You Get Enough". Jackson again won at the American Music Awards in 1981 for Favorite Soul/R&B; Album and Favorite Soul/R&B; Male Artist. Despite its commercial success, Jackson felt ''Off the Wall'' should have made a much bigger impact, and was determined to exceed expectations with his next release. In 1980, he secured the highest royalty rate in the music industry: 37 percent of wholesale album profit.
In ''Bad'', Jackson's concept of the predatory lover can be seen on the rock song "Dirty Diana". The lead single "I Just Can't Stop Loving You" is a traditional love ballad, while "Man in the Mirror" is an anthemic ballad of confession and resolution. "Smooth Criminal" was an evocation of bloody assault, rape and likely murder. Allmusic's Stephen Thomas Erlewine states that ''Dangerous'' presents Jackson as a very paradoxical individual. He comments the album is more diverse than his previous ''Bad'', as it appeals to an urban audience while also attracting the middle class with anthems like "Heal the World". The first half of the record is dedicated to new jack swing, including songs like "Jam" and "Remember the Time". The album is Jackson's first where social ills become a primary theme; "Why You Wanna Trip on Me", for example, protests against world hunger, AIDS, homelessness and drugs. ''Dangerous'' contains sexually charged efforts such as the multifaceted love song, "In the Closet". The title track continues the theme of the predatory lover and compulsive desire. The second half includes introspective, pop-gospel anthems such as "Will You Be There", "Heal the World" and "Keep the Faith"; these songs show Jackson opening up about various personal struggles and worries. In the ballad "Gone Too Soon", Jackson gives tribute to his friend Ryan White and the plight of those with AIDS.
''HIStory'' creates an atmosphere of paranoia. Its content focuses on the hardships and public struggles Jackson went through just prior to its production. In the new jack swing-funk-rock efforts "Scream" and "Tabloid Junkie", along with the R&B; ballad "You Are Not Alone", Jackson retaliates against the injustice and isolation he feels, and directs much of his anger at the media. In the introspective ballad "Stranger in Moscow", Jackson laments over his "fall from grace", while songs like "Earth Song", "Childhood", "Little Susie" and "Smile" are all operatic pop pieces. In the track "D.S.", Jackson launched a verbal attack against Tom Sneddon. He describes Sneddon as an antisocial, white supremacist who wanted to "get my ass, dead or alive". Of the song, Sneddon said, "I have not—shall we say—done him the honor of listening to it, but I've been told that it ends with the sound of a gunshot". ''Invincible'' found Jackson working heavily with producer Rodney Jerkins. It is a record made up of urban soul like "Cry" and "The Lost Children", ballads such as "Speechless", "Break of Dawn" and "Butterflies" and mixes hip-hop, pop and R&B; in "2000 Watts", "Heartbreaker" and "Invincible".
A distinctive deliberate mispronunciation of "come on", used frequently by Jackson, occasionally spelled "cha'mone" or "shamone", is also a staple in impressions and caricatures of him. The turn of the 1990s saw the release of the introspective album ''Dangerous''. ''The New York Times'' noted that on some tracks, "he gulps for breath, his voice quivers with anxiety or drops to a desperate whisper, hissing through clenched teeth" and he had a "wretched tone". When singing of brotherhood or self-esteem the musician would return to "smooth" vocals. When commenting on ''Invincible'', ''Rolling Stone'' were of the opinion that—at the age of 43—Jackson still performed "exquisitely voiced rhythm tracks and vibrating vocal harmonies". Nelson George summed up Jackson's vocals by stating "The grace, the aggression, the growling, the natural boyishness, the falsetto, the smoothness—that combination of elements mark him as a major vocalist".
In the 19-minute music video for "Bad"—directed by Martin Scorsese—Jackson began using sexual imagery and choreography not previously seen in his work. He occasionally grabbed or touched his chest, torso and crotch. When asked by Oprah in the 1993 interview about why he grabbed his crotch, he replied, "I think it happens subliminally" and he described it as something that was not planned, but rather, as something that was compelled by the music. "Bad" garnered a mixed reception from both fans and critics; ''Time'' magazine described it as "infamous". The video also featured Wesley Snipes; in the future Jackson's videos would often feature famous cameo roles.
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Coordinates | 29°57′53″N90°4′14″N |
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name | Namie Amuro安室 奈美恵 |
background | solo_singer |
birth name | 安室 奈美恵 (Amuro Namie) |
birth date | September 20, 1977 |
origin | Okinawa, Japan |
instrument | Vocals |
genre | Hip-Hop, R&B;, pop |
occupation | Singer, actress, dancer |
years active | 1992–present |
label | Toshiba-EMI(1992–1995) Avex Trax(1995–present) |
associated acts | Super Monkey's, Suite Chic, MAX, After School |
website | www.avexnet.or.jp/amuro |
spouse | SAM (m. 1997-2002) |
children | Haruto (b. 1998) |
notable instruments | }} |
is a Japanese R&B; and pop singer, entertainer, and former actress, who, at the height of her popularity, was referred to as the "Teen Queen" and the title "Queen of Japanese Pop Music". Born in Naha, Okinawa, Amuro debuted at the age of 14 as an idol in the girl group Super Monkey's. Though mostly unsuccessful, the group gained popularity during their final year together with the single "Try Me (Watashi o Shinjite)" (1995). Amuro left Toshiba-EMI after releasing two more solo singles; she continued her music career as a solo singer with the then-small independent label Avex Trax. Under the guidance of producer Tetsuya Komuro, Amuro quickly became a commercial success, producing several million-selling records and starting several fashion trends. Her single "Can You Celebrate?" (1997) became Japan's best selling single by a solo female artist. However, in late 1997, Amuro put her career on hold to focus on her pregnancy and marriage.
She returned to music in 1998 with the number-one single, "I Have Never Seen", but faced slowly declining sales. After unofficially severing ties with Tetsuya Komuro in 2001, Amuro joined Suite Chic, which would transform her from a pop idol to a R&B; artist. Since reinventing herself, Amuro has achieved newfound interest. Her seventh studio album, ''Play'' (2007) debuted at the top of the charts and was followed by "60s 70s 80s" (2008).
Over a decade since her musical debut, Amuro has remained one of the longest surviving popular female acts in Japan. She also continues to successfully combat social stigma as a divorced, working, single mother. On July 30, 2008, Amuro released her first greatest hits album, ''Best Fiction'', since transitioning to R&B; music. It spent six consecutive weeks at the number-one position on Japan's Oricon weekly charts, and was elected as "the best album of the year" at the 50th Japan Record Awards. From 2008 to 2009, she toured Japan to promote the album. It was estimated that she played to an audience as large as 400,000 people, potentially the largest audience of her career. According to an update list made by Music Station in 2010, She has sold over 30 million copies in Japan alone, making her one of the best selling Japanese Artist of all time.
The Super Monkey's were largely unsuccessful and constantly changed members. They changed their group name to "Namie Amuro with Super Monkeys" in 1994 to reflect Amuro's individual rising popularity. Aside from group activities, she had bit parts in television dramas and small films. "Try Me: Watashi o Shinjite", produced by Italian eurobeat producer Dave Rodgers and Max Matsuura, was released on January 25, 1995, peaking at the number-eight position and charting for 25 weeks on the Oricon chart. The other four members of the Super Monkey's formed their own group, MAX, under the Avex Trax label. Amuro released two more solo singles under Toshiba-EMI before moving to Avex Trax herself.
In the first half of 1996, Amuro accumulated million-selling singles - "Don't Wanna Cry" and "You're My Sunshine". Her studio album ''Sweet 19 Blues'', released on July 22, 1996, was a commercial success, selling over three million units. Amuro's popularity increased as well: she became a fashion icon, starting a trend called Amuraa characterized by tanned skin, dyed hair, miniskirts and boots. On November 27, 1996, she released the single "A Walk in the Park", which also sold over a million copies. At the end of 1996, Amuro won the Grand Prix Award, the highest honor at the Japan Record Awards, for her song "Don't Wanna Cry", making her the youngest artist to have won the award. She made Okinawa more popular in Japan and many people from Okinawa such as Speed followed her. The members of Speed said that the Okinawa Actors School was changed by her influence.
Amuro's first single of 1997, "Can You Celebrate?", eventually sold 2.29 million copies, making it the best-selling single by a solo female artist in Japan. That year, after the release of another single, "How to Be a Girl", and a second album, ''Concentration 20'', Amuro toured Japan's four domes in the summer. On August 3 of that year, the sales of Amuro's records reached 20 million.
On the 22nd October 1997, Amuro announced at a press conference that she had married Masaharu Maruyama (better known as "Sam" of the band TRF) while three months pregnant; she has since been credited for popularizing shotgun weddings in Japan. At the end of the year, she won the Grand Prix Award at the Japan Record Awards again for "Can You Celebrate?" and made her final appearance on Kouhaku Uta Gassen before beginning her one-year hiatus from the music industry.
The following single "Something 'bout the Kiss" featured production by American Hip-hop/R&B; producer Dallas Austin. Austin, along with longtime producer Tetsuya Komuro, produced her first album since her hiatus, ''Genius 2000'', released in January 2000. The album still debuted at the number-one position on the Oricon weekly chart. She spent the first half of 2000 touring in support of the ''Genius 2000'' album. After the tour, she released a single, "Never End", in July. The single was used as part of the G8 summit taking place in Okinawa, Japan that year. It was commissioned by late Prime Minister Keizo Obuchi, who asked Tetsuya Komuro to write a song conveying "a vision of harmony and interaction in the world in the 21st century". Obuchi later asked Amuro to perform the single at the summit.
After separating from Masaharu in January 2000, Amuro filed for divorce, citing irreconcilable differences alongside difficulty with Masaharu's relatives, and the two were officially divorced by July 2002.
Amuro's next studio album ''Break the Rules'', released on December 20, 2000, was not able to top the Oricon weekly charts, peaking at the number-two position. Starting in March, 2001, Amuro toured Japan in support of ''Break the Rules''; the tour ended in May. In August, Amuro released the single "Say the Word". For the first time, she wrote the lyrics herself. The single also unofficially marked an end to the working relationship between her and longtime producer Tetsuya Komuro. However, in December she worked with Komuro for the last time on a "Lovin' It", a single released as part of Avex's Song+Nation charity project. The single featured hip-hop artist Verbal of the group M-Flo.
From December 2002, fully immersed into the Japanese R&B; scene releasing music in the musical project Suite Chic, she collaborated with several of Japan's popular hip hop and R&B; artists such as Verbal, Zeebra, Dabo and DJ Muro. They released two singles, an original album and one remix album before ending the project in 2003. She later said that after the project she had begun to do what she had wanted to do.
Amuro returned to solo activities on her own with the single "Shine More", released on March 6, 2003. The subsequent single "Put 'Em Up", released on July 16, 2003, was produced by Dallas Austin. On October 16, 2003, the double a-side single "So Crazy / Come" was released. "So Crazy" was written by American R&B; producers Full Force. "Come", used for the Japanese anime ''InuYasha'', was a re-arranged song from Sophie Monk. At the end of the year, she released her first original studio album in three years, ''Style''. From November 29, 2003 to April 11, 2004, she performed on the ''Namie Amuro So Crazy Tour Featuring Best Singles 2003-2004''. In May, she also toured Taipei, Taiwan and Seoul, South Korea. Shortly after the tour, she released the ballad "All for You"; this was followed by the double A-side single "Girl Talk / The Speed Star", released on October 14, 2004. The single debuted at the top position on the Oricon daily chart and reached the number-two position for the week, making it her first Top 3 single in two years. Amuro chose not to appear on Kōhaku Uta Gassen though she had been invited to perform at the event. She had previously attended the coveted event nine years in a row. Amuro explained that while she wished to regain popularity, she did not want to "force" herself on the public anymore.
Following the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake disaster in Southeast Asia, Amuro participated as the only Japanese representative at MTV Asia Aid in February 2005. She donated ¥10 million (approximately USD$90,000) to UNICEF for children who were affected by the disaster.
On April 6, 2005, she released the single "Want Me, Want Me". The song was a well-received hit at home debuting at the number-two position. In May 2005, following a three year split from her former husband Sam, it was reported that she would take back full custody of their child, Haruto. In August, it was reported that she officially did that. On May 29, she performed at the MTV Video Music Awards Japan for the fourth consecutive year in a row. She received two awards, "Best R&B; Video" and "Most Impressive Performing Asian Artist", making the first artist to receive awards four years in a row at the MTV Video Music Awards Japan. She took home the "Inspiration Award Japan" in 2002, "Best Collaboration" in 2003, "Best R&B; Video" for 2004, and 2005 as well as "Most Impressive Performing Asian Artist" in 2005.
On July 13, 2005, she released her sixth original studio album, ''Queen of Hip-Pop''. In collaboration with MGM Studios, Amuro used the Pink Panther character in the album; a female panther counterpart was created for the album as well. When the album was completed, Amuro said that she had not been able to sing the songs very well yet.
In September 2005, Amuro held her seventh national tour, ''Space of Hip-Pop''. Shortly after the start of her tour, she announced that she would contribute to the Japanese theaterical release of ''Sin City''. After viewing the movie, Amuro made an offer to the Japanese distribution company to sing its theme song; the company, feeling that her image fit the movie, accepted her offer. Director Robert Rodriguez was impressed by the song and asked to be a part of it; he can be heard saying "Welcome to Sin City" towards the end of the song. The theme song, "Violet Sauce", was later released as part of a double A-side single, "White Light / Violet Sauce", on November 16, 2005. Shortly after the single, she released ''Filmography 2001-2005'' a compilation of twelve of her music videos from 2001 to 2005.
Amuro collaborated with Zeebra, AI, and Mummy-D on Zeebra's album ''The New Beginning'', released on February 15, 2006, in a song called "Do What U Gotta Do". On May 17, she released the double A-side single "Can't Sleep, Can't Eat, I'm Sick/Ningyo", which debuted at the number-two position on the oricon weekly chart. In August 2006, she began her tour ''Namie Amuro Best Tour "Live Style 2006"''. On September 17, she performed to an audience of 12,000 at Yoyogi National Stadium in Tokyo, Japan. She stated that she would do the performance greater than ever before in 2007.
Her seventh studio album, ''Play'', was released on June 27, 2007. The album includes 12 songs, four of which are single tracks. The album was said to reflect Amuro's new style, and featured a rock number, and a chic slow song. One of her new songs, "Top Secret" was used as the theme song of the drama series ''Prison Break Season 2'' in Japan. ''Play'' took the number-one spot on the Oricon Weekly Chart Rankings, becoming her first number-one album in more than 7 years, with her last number-one occurring in 2000 with her album, ''Genius 2000''. It is also her fourth studio album to reach the number-one position. ''Play'' spent two consecutive weeks at the number-one position. From August 18, 2007, to February 27, 2008, she performed her concert tour in Japan ''Namie Amuro Play Tour 2007-2008'' which consisted initially of 53 performances but was increased by 12 performances to 65 performances, making this her biggest tour in terms of number of performances by far.
Amuro's first single of 2008, released on March 12, was an image song for the new Vidal Sassoon marketing campaign ''Fashion x Music x VS''. The title of her new single was confirmed to be "60s 70s 80s", and contained three songs - "New Look", "Rock Steady", and "What A Feeling". These songs have a modern twist from the '60s, '70s, and '80s. The single debuted at the number-two position on the oricon weekly charts with over 114,000 copies sold. In the second week the single gained the number-one spot for that week, making it her first number-one single after 9 years and 3 months since "I Have Never Seen". According to Oricon, "60s 70s 80s" sold nearly 300,000 copies.
On March 25, 2008, Amuro has won the prize for "Best Female Video" for "Hide & Seek" at Space Shower TV music video awards 08. "Hide & Seek" also won the prize for "Best R&B; Video" at the MTV Video Music Awards Japan 2008 which was conducted at the Saitama Super Arena on May 31. In May 2008, Amuro also recorded a collaboration with Double in a song called "Black Diamond". On the ringtone download sales chart, it earned double-platinum certification by the Recording Industry Association of Japan. On July 26, about 25,000 people attended the a-nation '08 and saw her performance. This was the first time she was invited to perform on it in seven years. On July 31, she took part in Double's concert.
Amuro released her third greatest hits album ''Best Fiction'' on July 30, 2008. It featured all her singles from 2002's "Wishing on the Same Star" to the recently released "60s 70s 80s". It also featured two new songs, "Sexy Girl" and "Do Me More". "Sexy Girl" was the theme song for NHK drama ''Otome no Punch'' that aired on June 19, and the other called "Do Me More" was the campaign song for Vidal Sassoon. ''Best Fiction'' sold 681,000 copies on the first week and debuted at the number-one position on the oricon weekly charts. Within its third week, ''Best Fiction'' outsold a million copies, and Amuro became the only artist who produced million-selling albums in the oricon chart for three decades of her teens, 20s, and 30s. ''Best Fiction'' eventually spent six consecutive weeks at the number-one position, becoming the first album to do so in more than 14 years since the Dreams Come True's 1993 album ''Magic''. ''Best Fiction'' became the second best-selling album behind Exile's ''Exile Love'' on the Oricon 2008 yearly album charts. In addition, it became the second best selling digital-format album by Japanese artists behind Hikaru Utada's ''Heart Station'' on the iTunes yearly album charts in Japan. ''Best Fiction'' won the award for "the best album of the year" at the 50th Japan Record Awards.
On October 25, 2008, Amuro also started a tour called ''Namie Amuro Best Fiction tour 2008-2009'' at the Makuhari Messe. NHK invited her to the 59th NHK Kōhaku Uta Gassen, but Amuro declined.
On January 20, 2009, Sanspo officially announced a new Vidal Sassoon CM featuring Amuro, featuring a song from her entitled, "Dr." Her 34th solo single, "Wild/Dr.," was announced on January 21, which was a double A-side single released March 18, 2009. Wild was used in a commercial starring Amuro for Coke Zero entitled "Wild Health". On release, it became her 11th #1 single and second consecutive after 60s 70s 80s. She also broke her own record of having all of her singles debut in the Top 10 (on the daily charts) for the last 15 years. Amuro collaborated with ravex on a song for their album ''trax''. The song is called [ROCK U feat. 安室奈美恵] and was released as a radio single. As of June 2009, rumor has begun about the releasing of a summer single with ties to McDonald's. A commercial has been shot for the Quarter Pounder with the tag line being "Big Mouth". On October 1, 2009, hairstyling company Vidal Sassoon released new commercials featuring Amuro and two tracks from her expected album, "My Love" and "Copy That."
Namie released her ninth studio album, Past < Future, on December 16, 2009. Released in CD and CD+DVD format, it contained her latest single "Wild/Dr.", and was supported by airplay and video clips of several of the new songs on the album. The album became her sixth number-one original studio album and in terms of sales, surpassed her last studio album, Play. In April, Amuro launched a large-scale, 9-month-long nationwide tour in support of her album, touring 26 cities.
The live DVD "namie amuro PAST<FUTURE tour 2010″ was released in Decemember and sold 95,000 copies within the first week, ranking first in the Music DVD category of the 12/27 weekly DVD Oricon rankings. It became her second consecutive number one DVD, after "namie amuro BEST FICTION TOUR 2008-2009″. The Blu-Ray version sold 18,000 more copies.
2010 ended on yet another success with "PAST<FUTURE" charting at 6th in the Oricon yearly album rankings, her highest position with a studio album since 1996's Sweet 19 Blues (2nd best selling album of that same year).
Namie Amuro is set to release her second collaboration album (first under her own name) on April 27, 2011. Titled ''Checkmate!'', the album features nine collaboration songs released from 2003 to 2011, including Do What U Gotta Do, Luvotomy, BLACK DIAMOND, ROCK U and her 2010 collaboration single with AI, FAKE, along with four new songs: "Wonder Woman" featuring AI and Anna Tsuchiya, "Make It Happen" with AFTERSCHOOL, "Unusual" with NEWS member Yamashita Tomohisa and "#1" featuring CHEMISTRY's Kawabata Kaname. The album release was delayed (the original release date was March 23) due to the 2011 earthquake and tsunami.
Meanwhile, Namie recorded the new theme song of "One Piece". Titled "Fight Together", a 2:30 minutes edit of the song started airing on April 10 as the opening theme of the long running Japanese Anime.
The 1st six months of 2011 was indeed, another achievement for Namie, according to Oricon, her album ''Checkmate!'' is currently the 3rd best selling album in Oricon's 2011 Half Year Ranking Charts for Album, while her DVD ''Past
Her official website announced her newest single entitled "NAKED/Fight Together/Tempest". "NAKED" was used in her CM Campaign for KOSE ESPRIQUE, while "Tempest" is going to be used in a drama series with the same title. The single landed on the Top 2 of Oricon Weekly Charts, Extending her record as the only female Japanese artist to have a top 10 single each year for 17 consecutive years.
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Coordinates | 29°57′53″N90°4′14″N |
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birth date | October 28, 1967 |
birth name | Julia Fiona Roberts |
birth place | Atlanta, Georgia |
occupation | Actress |
years active | 1987–present |
spouse | Lyle Lovett(m. 1993–1995; divorced)Daniel Moder(m. 2002–present; 3 children) |
relatives | Eric Roberts (brother)Lisa Roberts Gillan (sister)Emma Roberts (niece) |
Religion | Hinduism }} |
Roberts had become one of the highest-paid actresses in the world, topping the ''Hollywood Reporter'''s annual "power list" of top-earning female stars from 2005 to 2006. Her fee for 1990's ''Pretty Woman'' was $300,000; in 2003, she was paid an unprecedented $25 million for her role in ''Mona Lisa Smile'' (2003). As of 2010, Roberts's net worth was estimated to be $140 million.
Roberts has been named one of ''People'' magazine's "50 Most Beautiful People in the World" eleven times, tied with Halle Berry. In 2001, ''Ladies Home Journal'' ranked her as the 11th most powerful woman in America, ahead of then national security advisor Condoleezza Rice and former first lady Laura Bush. Roberts has a production company called Red Om Films.
Roberts wanted to be a veterinarian as a child. She played clarinet in the band in school. After graduating from Smyrna's Campbell High School, she headed to New York to pursue a career in acting. Once there, she signed with the Click Modeling Agency and enrolled in acting classes. She reverted to her original name, "Julia Roberts", when she discovered that a "Julie Roberts" already was registered with the Screen Actors Guild.
Roberts co-starred with Denzel Washington in ''The Pelican Brief'' (1993), based on John Grisham's 1992 novel of the same name. In 1995, she appeared in season 2 of ''Friends'' (episode 13 "The One After the Superbowl"). Roberts recorded her scenes from January 6–8, 1996. She had a relationship with cast member Matthew Perry at the time, and an audience member said about their on-screen kiss, "Julia looked at Matt and said 'I'm glad we rehearsed this over the weekend'." She was offered the role of Lucy Eleanor Moderatz in ''While You Were Sleeping'' (1995), but also turned it down.
Roberts co-starred with Liam Neeson in ''Michael Collins'' (1996). Over the next few years, she starred in a series of films that were critical and commercial failures, such as Stephen Frears' ''Mary Reilly'' (1996). Roberts overcame these with the commercial and critical success of ''My Best Friend's Wedding'' in 1997. In 1998, she appeared on ''Sesame Street'' opposite the character Elmo, demonstrating her ability to change emotions. She was offered the role of Viola de Lesseps in ''Shakespeare in Love'' (1998), but turned it down. She starred with Hugh Grant in ''Notting Hill'' (1999). That same year she also starred in ''Runaway Bride'', her second film with Richard Gere. Roberts was a guest star on the ''Law & Order'' television series episode "Empire" with series regular Benjamin Bratt (at that time her boyfriend). Also in 1999 she starred in the critically panned film ''Stepmom'' (1998) alongside Susan Sarandon.
Roberts made her Broadway debut on April 19, 2006 as Nan in a revival of Richard Greenberg's 1997 play ''Three Days of Rain'' opposite Bradley Cooper and Paul Rudd. Although the play grossed nearly US$1 million dollars in ticket sales during its first week and was a commercial success throughout its limited run, her performance drew criticism. ''New York Times''' critic Ben Brantly described her as being fraught with "self-consciousness (especially in the first act) [and] only glancingly acquainted with the two characters she plays." Brantley also criticized the production of "Greenberg's slender, elegant play," writing that “it's almost impossible to discern its artistic virtues from this wooden and splintered interpretation, directed by Joe Mantello." Julia starred with Clive Owen in the comedy-thriller ''Duplicity'' for which she received her seventh Golden Globe nomination. In 2010, she appeared in the ensemble romantic comedy ''Valentine's Day'', with Cooper, and starred in the film adaptation of ''Eat Pray Love''. ''Eat Pray Love'' had the highest debut at the box office for Roberts in a top-billed role since ''America's Sweethearts''. Later in the year, she signed a five-year extension with Lancôme for million ( million). In 2011, she co-starred as Mercedes Tainot opposite Tom Hanks who directed and played the title role in the romantic comedy ''Larry Crowne''. The movie has received generally bad reviews with only 35% of the 175 Rotten Tomatoes reviews giving it high ratings, although Roberts' comedic performance was praised. Roberts will appear in the 2012 Tarsem Singh adaptation of ''Snow White'', called ''Mirror Mirror'' playing the Evil Queen.
In 1998, Roberts began dating ''Law & Order'' star Benjamin Bratt, and he was her escort for the March 25, 2001 Academy Awards ceremony at which she won her Oscar. Three months later, in June 2001, Roberts and Bratt announced that they were no longer a couple. "It's come to a kind and tenderhearted end," she said of their relationship.
Roberts met her current husband, cameraman Daniel Moder, on the set of her film ''The Mexican'' in 2000, while she was still dating Bratt. At the time, Moder was married to Vera Steimberg Moder. He filed for divorce a little over a year later, and after it was finalized, he and Roberts wed on July 4, 2002, at her ranch in Taos, New Mexico. Together, they have three children, twins Hazel Patricia Moder and Phinnaeus "Finn" Walter Moder (born November 28, 2004) and Henry Daniel Moder (born June 18, 2007).
In 2000, Roberts narrated ''Silent Angels'', a documentary about Rett syndrome, a neurodevelopmental disorder, which was shot in Los Angeles, Baltimore and New York. The documentary was designed to help raise public awareness about the disease. In July 2006, Earth Biofuels announced Roberts as a spokeswoman for the company and as chair of the company's newly formed Advisory Board promoting the use of renewable fuels.
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1987 | Tracy | Episode "The Survivor" (1.19) | |
1988 | ''Miami Vice'' | Polly Wheeler | Season 4 episode 22: "Mirror Image" |
1988 | ''Baja Oklahoma'' | Candy Hutchins | TV |
1996 | ''Friends'' | Susie Moss | |
1999 | ''Law & Order'' | Katrina Ludlow | Episode "Empire (Law & Order episode) |
2003 | ''[[Freedom: A History Of Us'' | Virginia Eyewitness | 2 episodes: "What Is Freedom?" (1.07); "Yearning to Breathe Free" (1.10) |
2010 | ''Hope For Haiti Now'' | Herself | Telethon for Haiti earthquake relief |
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