"Story of Namie & 101 Dogs" 17/07 Channel-a

Here's the video of 17/07/2007 episode of 'Channel-a'. Enjoy! ^_^

Part 1 (Koto & Gatchan being trained)


Part 2 (Salesman promoting dogs related products to namie)


Part 3 (Namie choosing 3 different kinds of puppies + footages of 'PLAY' secret live'



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Let's sing 'FUNKY TOWN' Karaoke!

Saw this interesting video of a Japanese boy singing a karaoke of 'FUNKY TOWN'



♪~livING!! in thE! FUnkY!! TOWnnnn!~♪

Omg...he sends *chills* down my spine! Hahaha! ^_^;

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New Poll 'You like Namie new song to be a...?'

Yo! I added a new poll.

Like to know the what kind of music you hope namie will come out with next Jan 2008 for the CM. Ballad? Mid-tempo like 'Baby Don't Cry' or upbeat/dance track? ^_^

Almost 1 more month before we can get anything new from namie! Can't wait!

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Namie is the No.1 'Boots Beauty' !

According to Oricon-style, Namie is at the No.1 position of 'Boots Beauty' poll voted by 1000 people ranged from students, those in their 20's, 30's and 40's.

Voted by more female voters, namie is described as "Very cool. Has a pair of slim and beautiful legs that suits boots the most! Matches very well with both cute and cool-looking clothes."

Results:

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Other artists on the 'Boots Beauty' overall-chart:
Ayumi Hamasaki(#2), Yuri Ebihara(#3), Erika Sawajiri(#5), Koda Kumi(#7)

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'PLAY' Week 22 Sales

安室奈美恵 - "PLAY"

Week 22: 683
Total: 513,193

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Namie Amuro 'アナザーワールド' Book Scan

Remember a while ago, an unknown book named '安室奈美恵アナザーワールド' appeared on yesasia.com?

Here are some of the content:




The rest of the books contains only pages of texts.

I think the book writes about the biography, profile and stuffs of namie.

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Some additional things to the blog...

If you noticed to your right, I linked the cm player from www.avexnet.or.jp/amuro onto my blog...

Hope that it's not illegal or something :P ... Also hope that they don't mind! ^_^;

Isn't it cool to put it here? I think so too!!

Btw, i also added a google ad at the bottom of the side-bar. Feel free to click on it...

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Namie in Jan08 issue of 'ViVi'. Sort of...

It was mentioned that namie will be appearing in the January 2008 issue of 'ViVi'... apparently, she did appeared in the magazine...sort of.

It's her 'hair-style'. ^_^;



Original source: here

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Namie new 'VS' cm song rumored to be called 'Beautiful Lady' ?

12/29夜9時〜「人志松本のすべらない話ゴールデン2」（松本）
（出演者）岡村隆史、安室奈美恵、松坂大輔、緒方拳、加藤ローサ、aiko
大塚愛、相武紗季、スガシカオ、上戸彩、秋元康、郷ひろみ、北島康介他

お負け：
新曲タイトル
「Beautiful Lady」

According to this Japanese acticle, namie will be one of the attendants for a show on 12/29. And it mentioned a '新曲' (new song) called 'Beautiful Lady'. It is not confirmed whether it is namie's new song or not.

I'm not even sure where the source about the song is found or is it reliable or not...

Some wild guessing but will update when more infos are found...


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The Sunny Orange ^_^

Yes.

If you noticed, NNN changed from the greenly forest to the bright orange... ^_^

Namie Amuro 'Make U Believe/That's What You Are'

Namie Amuro Double A-side Single
'Make U Believe/That's What You Are'

CD-only (Front & Back)


CD+DVD (Front & Back)








Excited !?!?!?! ^o^

Hahaha! Very sorry to disappoint anyone of you who goes 'OMG!!!! A new single!!!' cuz they are made by me and the titles created by bored namie-fan in AHS forum... :P

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11/28 Sakigake will feature Namie.

Just for your info, namie will be featured on ≪魁！音楽番付 ～Vegas～≫ on the 11/28.



Don't know whether namie will be performing live or just some news clip (pray it's from 'PLAY' tour 2007!). Stay tune for more updates...

Updates: It's stated that due to busy schedule, Namie will not be attending the show.

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Namie new drama theme song?

According to some Japanese articles, namie will be singing the theme song of ＴＢＳ金10「エジソンの母」.

The information is still unclear and will update when more info are available...

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'PLAY' Week 21 Sales

安室奈美恵 - "PLAY"

Week 21: 687
Total: 512,510

2007's Album-Chart :#15

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"Hide & Seek" Cosplay Performance

I must say the whole performance is very professional! The dancing was great and they even adding in a few of their own choreography.

And the whole performance felt like a actual namie's concert! I'm impressed! ^_^

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New unknown book from namie ?

Apparently, this book was found in amazon.co.jp and yesasia.com and entitled "安室奈美恵 アナザー・ワールド (RECO BOOKS)".

I have no idea what it is for and it even has a photo of namie in her 'PLAY' tour encore outfit? Huh ? WHAT THE HELL IS IT ?!?! >_<

Will update when there's more information...

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Nokko & Ishii yuki - SOMTHING 'BOUT THE KISS

If you can't remember, Nokko is the original singer of 'Ningyo' and her performance of the song TOTALLY freaks me out!!! OMG... >_<

Haha.. you will never know years after that video, namie will also cover a song by her!

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Namie new P&G's [VS] CM confirmed !!!

According to nikkei.net, it's confirmed that namie will be the spoke-woman for P&G Hair-Product, 『VS』 !!!

＜夢のコラボレーションが実現した大型キャンペーン＞
　キャンペーンテーマは　"時代は髪から変わる。ファッション　×　ミュージック　×　ＶＳ"。昔も現在も、ファッションと音楽とヘアスタイルの融合が時代のトレンドを造ってきたと言われております。カリスマ的存在のミューズ、[安室奈美恵]さん、パリコレなどコレクションでも活躍するヘアスタイリスト　オーランド・ピタ、　そして世界的にも有名なスタイリスト　パトリシア・フィールドという夢のようなプロフェッショナルコラボレーションでプレミアム　ヴィダルサスーンを盛り上げます。

P & G Japan website also confirmed the information.

Can't wait for the new cm song ! ^_^

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Namie is the no.6 most wished to attend Kouhaku 2007

According to this Japanese website, namie is positioned no.6 as the artist who Japan public wish will attend this year [紅白] (Kouhaku).

Here's the list:

*1　SMAP
*2　関ジャニ∞
*3　KAT-TUN
*4　NEWS
*5　EXILE
*6　安室奈美恵
*7　嵐
*8　大塚愛
*9　KinKi Kids
10　コブクロ
11　サザンオールスターズ
12　ポルノグラフィティ
13　Mr. children
14　YUI
15　GLAY
16　倖田來未
17　TOKIO
18　浜崎あゆみ
19　AAA
20　Hey! Say! Jump
21　WaT
22　宇多田ヒカル
23　オレンジレンジ
24　東方神起
25　Dreams Come True
26　中島美嘉
27　絢香
28　スピッツ
29　ケツメイシ
30　モーニング娘。



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credit [travis] for the pic

Namie's ranking on HMV "Best of 2007"

Japan HMV has come out with a year-long ranking of 2007 best-seller singles, albums and music dvds on chart. Here are the results:

Best 2007 - JAPANESE MUSIC SINGLES:
#14 - Baby Don't Cry <安室奈美恵>
#64 - FUNKY TOWN <安室奈美恵>

Best Of 2007 - JAPANESE MUSIC ALBUM:
#5 - PLAY <安室奈美恵>

Best Of 2007 - JAPANESE MUSIC DVD:
#4 - Namie Amuro Best Tour: Live Style 2006 <安室奈美恵>
#77 - Filmography 2001-2005 <安室奈美恵>
#100- Space Of Hip-pop: Namie Amuro tour 2005 <安室奈美恵>



Congrats to namie for having 'PLAY' & 'Live Style 2006' on the top 5 position of 2007 !!! ^_^ Hooray !

And on other notes, 'the World of Golden Egg' becomes the Best Of 2007 - ANIME ! All thanks to namie for introducing it to her fans!


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Some old namie magazines scans...

Saw some pretty cool magazines' scan from namie quite a few years back...

Feel like share these with those who're interested. ^_^


2000 VOCE / 2001 Junon



2002 GIRL POP


Just for your info, the photos of 2000 VOCE is taken by the world-renown Leslie Kee.

Actually, I'm quite amazed that namie looked exactly the same now compared to 7 years ago... she hardly ages!

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credit amuroHK

Namie will appear on 12/07 [channel-a] !

According to this Japanese blog, mu-mo mobile has confirmed that namie will be featured in [channel-a] on 12/07!

From previous appearances, it usually reports on namie's latest news & events. So this time round, hope that it will give us some detailed information or footages of her 'PLAY' tour 2007 in Tokyo.

Another wild guess will be some news regarding a new single rumored to come out in January 2008. ^_^

I think I maybe thinking too much but no harm guessing! :P hahaha...


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Namie performed 'White Light' on 11/16

According to people who attended 'PLAY' tour on the 11/16 in Aomori City, namie sang 'White Light'!

What a surprise! Christmas is around corner and namie must be sensing it too!

Haha ^_^

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Maki Goto sang 'I HAVE NEVER SEEN'

Here's a video of ex-Morning Musume member, Maki Goto, singing namie's 'I HAVE NEVER SEEN' for her audition...



haha... ^_^ she looked rather shy and stiff when she's doing those hand-gestures :P

Namie must be the 'in' thing for youngsters back then, huh? ^_^

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Singapore Local HMV

Yesterday night, I took a trip to one of the two local HMV and decided to take some photos. :P



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'PLAY' Week 20 Sales

安室奈美恵 - "PLAY"

Week 20: 833
Total: 511,823


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NHK 58th Kouhaku Participants List

Namie is listed as one of the participants of NHK's 58th [紅白歌合戦] but not confirmed whether she will be going to attend the event or not. Since 2003, namie hasn't been attending the event for the past 3 years due to some reasons and I don't think she will be participating in this year either...



Updates: Namie will NOT be participating in this year Kouhaku. No Surprise.

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C-Pop singer 'Cyndi Wang' dresses up like ....

Look what i found...

Here're some photos of CPOP singer, Cyndi Wang 王心凌, performing on Nov.10 in Malaysia:



coincidence? ...i don't think so ^_^

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Namie ranked #3 on 'Favorite Female singer' Poll !

According to this internet polling site, Namie is ranked no.3 in the 'Favorite Female singer' poll !

01. YUI
02. BoA
03. Namie Amuro (安室奈美恵)
04. Ai Otsuka (大塚愛)
05. Utada Hikaru (宇多田ヒカル)
06. YUKI
07. Shibasaki Kou (柴咲コウ)
08. Koda Kumi (倖田來未)
09. Yuna Ito (伊藤由奈)
10. ayaka (絢香)
11. Ayumi Hamasaki (浜崎あゆみ)

Congratulation to namie !

YA! Two of my favorites, YUI & BoA made it at no.1 & 2 !!! ^_^

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More photos from 'PLAY' tour 2007 Tokyo's Stop !

Apparently, a fellow singaporean [dawnjc79] came back from her Tokyo trip and took some photos while she was at the Tokyo International Forum...






I"m jealous of her >_< ! I MUST go to a namie's concert one-day !

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photos by [dawnjc79]

Namie's Cosplay at Chibi Japan Expo 2007 ! Lol!

Hahaha! She did a pretty good job! ^_^

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Namie will be holding her concert in Brazil ?!?!

Here's a news article from a Brazilian newspaper saying 'Concert of japanese musician Namie Amuro at Ibirapuera's stadium on 23/24th May 2008'.

It's actually the commemoration of "100 years of japanese immigration in Brazil" and namie will perform on that day. Not sure whether it's a full-scale 'PLAY' tour concert or just a few performances? We'll have to wait & see...

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info by [Cloud_Honey]

Namie's 'Scawaii' Poster-board on Tokyo Train!

Woah! O_O A big 'Scawaii' poster hanging inside a Tokyo's train...

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photo taken by [dawnjc79]