Jan 21 2009
JAPAN FEATURE: “Best Fiction” - Amuro Namie
Last year, Japanese singer Amuro Namie made the comeback of her life with her third compilation album, Best Fiction, which contains singles dating back to 2002. The set (released in July) proved immensely successful for the star, bowing with the highest debut sales week of any album in Japan for 2008 and winded up as the second best-selling album of the year.
Her return to the spotlight began when three singles that preceded 2005’s Queen of Hip-Pop notched 100,000+ sales each. I’ve only heard a few Japanese albums, but Queen is easily the best one. You can dig the tunes without understand the Japanese.
2007’s Play boasted her sensational single “Baby Don’t Cry,” helping the album’s sales eclipse those of its predecessor.
Videos were filmed for each of the three singles of “60s70s80s,” a Vidal Sassoon tie-in released March 2008 that became her best-selling single since 2001. Timing couldn’t be any better.
Namie is currently on tour and hopes to have a new single out by around May this year. She anticipates a new style as well, since Fiction marked the end of something for her.
