Ayumi Hamasaki to release best-of album to mark 10th anniversary of debut

Monday 28th July, 06:33 AM JST

TOKYO —

Singer Ayumi Hamasaki, 29, will release a best-of album “A Complete – All Singles –” on Sept 10 to mark the 10th anniversary of her debut. The album features 43 hit singles that Hamasaki has released in the past 10 years.

The DVD-set box features not only music but also concert videos. In an official comment, Hamasaki said, “This work is a history of the last 10 years of my life. I will continue to sing and hope that my music will cross borders and be loved everyone in Asia.”

13 Comments

akaguma at 08:30 AM JST - 28th July

"This work is a history of the last 10 years of my life"- I wonder how much of this history is actually the creative talent of Ayumi as opposed to the slew of producers, marketing types, hair dryers, and voice altering synthesizers that she is wholly dependent upon? When she goes into the studio to sing or on stage to perform is she really expressing herself? she appears to be a very synthetic product designed by an industry that knows how to push the right buttons which produces the right sounds in order to make teenage girls and other mentally inept types part with their yen.
Sarge at 09:11 AM JST - 28th July

I think I'll buy this just for the cover. Tee hee!
Pukey2 at 09:38 AM JST - 28th July

release a best-of album “A Complete

For god's sake, here we go again. First we have 'My precious' from Shizuka, now we have 'a complete' from the worst 'singer' in modern Jp history. A complete what? A precious what? Can these people please get their English checked if they're going to use it (although why they want to use English is beyond me).
thepro at 09:42 AM JST - 28th July

10 years of manufactured 'music'
ExPrinceska at 09:50 AM JST - 28th July

"For god's sake, here we go again. First we have 'My precious' from Shizuka, now we have 'a complete' from the worst 'singer' in modern Jp history."

...do not forget Koda Kumi, maybe "my full treasure" from her soon.
ikasan at 09:58 AM JST - 28th July

Might be good. But how can we get Chie Imaizumi to come to Japan. She is knocking everyone over in America with her incredible Jazz. I got her last CD and WOW has she got it together. I was told that she has th support of a ex business executive who was in Japan for an American company he believes she is the best thing to come out of Japan maybe ever. He was once the owner of a record company.

Her music is fantastic and I just want to know who we can get in Japan to bring her here. May the Blue Note of some other Jazz operation and the symphoney for sure should be getting in touch with her or this business guy she has. If any one gets his email please post it.

She is so good she may never come back

so, hope litlle Ayumi makes it big.
papasmurfinjapan at 12:17 PM JST - 28th July

it may be manufactured, but i still prefer her music to anything komuro tetsuya or tsunku ever churned out.
Hughgarse at 02:40 PM JST - 28th July

nice inviting pose
tokyotom at 04:19 PM JST - 28th July

great pose, I jump in there and buy that CD
shayouzoku at 06:18 PM JST - 28th July

the onyl thing with ayumi is that she's had just a few surgeries too many. she acheived near perfection about 4-5 years ago and then suddenly she started looking like a space alien. i think it was for the rainbow cover she looked the best, and then yikes...
ca1ic0cat at 02:41 AM JST - 29th July

yeah, rainbow was a good album and I think it had some original, not manufactured songs on it too. But I'm listening to trance and electronica here in the office to drown out the noise, so maybe my tastes are getting skewed.
DenshaDeGO at 07:56 AM JST - 29th July

it may be manufactured, but i still prefer her music to anything komuro tetsuya or tsunku ever churned out.

Really? I'd much rather listen to old Sharan Q than Ayu.
papasmurfinjapan at 10:04 AM JST - 29th July

Really? I'd much rather listen to old Sharan Q than Ayu

They have a few good songs, but on the whole I'd take Ayu over SharanQ any day. But that's just me...