Namie Amuro is Japanese pop's most resilient idol. Debuting in 1992 with the all-girl five-piece Super Monkey's, where she first caught the attention of Tetsuya Komuro, the producer/songwriter who would go on to shape her early career, Amuro has bounced back from hurdles that have felled lesser J-pop idols (namely raising a family and divorce) to remain on top. And like any J-pop starlet worth a theme song to a hit anime movie, Amuro has built up a solid rapport with her fans through her sense of style as much as for her music, which is essentially R&B-influenced pop, harder edged and more risqué than that of her rival Ayumi Hamasaki.

Born in the city of Naha, in Japan's southern tropical islands of Okinawa, Namie Amuro (born Namie Maruyama on September 20, 1977) began performing from an early age, encouraged by her mother. Amuro's solo career did not take off until her second album, Sweet 19 Blues, released in July 1996 on Avex Trax. Few albums are as emblematic of an era. Preceded by the single "Body Feels Exit" in October 1995, Sweet 19 Blues was written and produced by Tetsuya Komuro, a former member of the mid-'90s pop act Globe and who went on to dominate the Japanese pop landscape as a songwriter and producer.

Singles list:

(2000.01.01) LOVE 2000
(2009.03.18) WILD _ Dr
(2012.03.21) Go Round _ Yeah-Oh
(2011.07.27) Naked _ Fight Together _ Tempest
(2000.10.04) Please Smile Again
(1996.03.13) Don't Wanna Cry
(2014.04.02) グロテスク feat. 安室奈美恵
(1995.10.25) Body Feels EXIT
(2013.05.08) Contrail
(2011.12.07) Sit! Stay! Wait! Down! _ Love Story
(2012.12.05) Damage (80KIDZ Remix)
(1997.05.21) How to be a girl
(2006.05.17) Can't Sleep,Can't Eat,I'm Sick _ Mermaid
(2001.01.24) Think of Me _ No More Tears
(2010.07.28) Break It _ Get Myself Back
(2001.08.08) Say the Word
(1997.11.27) Dreaming I was dreaming
(1999.09.01) SOMETHING 'BOUT THE KISS - EP
(2013.10.16) NeonLight Lipstick
(2003.07.16) Put 'Em Up
(1999.07.07) toi et moi
(2013.03.13) Big Boys Cry
(1995.12.04) Chase the Chance
(1997.12.25) CAN YOU CELEBRATE - EP
(2004.07.22) All For You
(2013.03.06) Big Boys Cry _ Beautiful
(2013.06.12) Waterfalls
(2008.03.12) 60S 70S 80S
(2002.02.14) I WILL
(2001.12.27) Lovin'it
(2002.09.11) Wishing On The Same Star
(2014.11.12) Brighter Day
(2007.04.04) Funky town
(2005.11.26) White Light _ Violet Sauce
(1996.11.27) A Walk In the Park
(2003.10.16) So Crazy _ Come
(1996.06.05) You're My Sunshine
(2000.07.12) NEVER END
(2013.10.23) Bellarina
(2007.01.24) Baby Don't Cry
(2004.03.17) Alarm
(1996.08.21) SWEET 19 BLUES
(2003.03.05) Shine More
(1998.12.23) I Have Never Seen
(1997.02.19) CAN YOU CELEBRATE
(2004.10.14) GIRL TALK _THE SPEED STAR
(2012.10.31) Damage
(1999.03.17) Respect the Power of Love
(2014.01.29) Tsuki
(2013.07.10) Heaven_Hands On Me
(2005.04.06) Want Me, Want Me
(1999.09.01) SOMETHING 'BOUT THE KISS